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I remember seeing a sci-fi book cover back in about 1980/81 at my public library that was likely based upon an earlier painting. It depicted an arid desert scene with the landscape dominated by a group of mesas in the distance. The nearest mesa had a gleaming city-ship atop it. In the distance you could see an identical city-ship just arising from another mesa.

I remember thinking that this was an awesome painting and I wish I could locate what the title of the painting was and its artist, if at all possible. I would love to see this painting again, but I never have.

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Sounds like something you could see on the cover of Dune. Does any of this ring a bell? – Goran Jovic Feb 26 at 11:11
Sounds very "Cities in Flight"-esque to me, but I'm not able to find anything that matches the description. – mh01 Feb 26 at 18:58
Do you remember how old the book was? Paperback or hardback? Do you remember anything about the content of the book? – Gilles Feb 26 at 22:01

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What you are describing sounds very like the City Ships of Alpha from Spacecraft 2000-2100AD: Terran Trade Authority Handbook by Stewart Cowley

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Looking through the cover images for books by Stewart Cowley on LibraryThing doesn't reveal anything like the image the OP described. The closest is a cover where there are ships landing/taking off from some burning high-rise buildings. – Martha Mar 5 at 16:28
The book is presented as a spacecraft recognition guide so contains many pictures that may have not made it too book covers. The city ships themselves can be seen in a picture at bisbos.com/sf_tta_u_cityships.html – CdMnky Mar 5 at 16:42

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