situated in the gap between the covers so as not to smoosh them or scratch pages

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A bit of the "currently being read" shelf.

Hardback, 1945.

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Final dummies

I pieced the blurb together from Amazon and Wikipedia.

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Frontcover of the historic crime novel "Strömkarlen" by Limme & Palmqvist. Published by Kabusa Böcker (www.kabusabocker.se). Hardcover edition. Book numer two in the historic mystery series about reverend Simon Eldfeldt.

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N.C. Wyeth, "Trending into Maine" dustjacket, 1938

Dust Jacket at Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix, Ariz. on Dec. 21, 2011.

Dustjacket for the Book: Animal Farm.

J. Allen St. John, "Bloody Ground" dustjacket, 1928 (scanned from my collection)

Dust Jacket at Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix, Ariz. on Dec. 21, 2011.

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found this in the garbage at work . first edition , first printing . really love that dust jacket art .

Paperback. First published 1954; this edition 1957.

Penguin 268, 1940.

Very dirty dustjacket, but nice clean book underneath. Which I guess is the entire point!