Brilliant book covers...

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Penguin First Edition Handbook published in 1961.Cover design by Hans Unger.
Is This The Greatest Cover For "Fahrenheit 451" You've Ever Seen?
Book design with matchbook surface spine - Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel which presents a future American society where books are outlawed and firemen burn any house that contains them. By Elizabeth Perez.
Tarka the Otter
Tarka the Otter - C.F. Tunnicliffe - Henry Williamson Puffin PS 60 (on first page erroneously 'PS81', see comments), first Penguin 1937, several reprints up to 1942, first Puffin 1949, this reprint 1951. Cover and illustrations C. F. Tunnicliffe.
The Owl Service by Alan Garner, 1968
The Owl Service by Alan Garner, 1968 I can't immediately find out who the cover illustration is by - but to me it's classic late-60s design
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Cover illustration by Alan Aldridge
Heidi
Heidi Written by Johanna Spyri. Illustrated by Roberta Macdonald. Junior Deluxe Editions, 1954.