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Peculiar dust jackets, part 17
For my wife, who is interested in such things, tonight I picked up a copy of
Jeffrey Steingarten's *The Man Who Ate Everything and Other Gastronomic Feats, Disputes, and Pleasurable Pursuits* (Knopf, 1998). The jacket is entirely taken up with a hugely enlarged picture of a piece of bread, the spine corresponding to the crust, and in the middle of the spine of the jacket there is a big faux bite mark, extending into the front and back covers and revealing the title goldstamped on the spine of the book. An amusing, if fragile, wrapper. William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com |
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"William M. Klimon" wrote in message news:URQvc.3708$ye1.2397@lakeread05...
For my wife, who is interested in such things, tonight I picked up a copy of Jeffrey Steingarten's *The Man Who Ate Everything and Other Gastronomic Feats, Disputes, and Pleasurable Pursuits* (Knopf, 1998). The jacket is entirely taken up with a hugely enlarged picture of a piece of bread, the spine corresponding to the crust, and in the middle of the spine of the jacket there is a big faux bite mark, extending into the front and back covers and revealing the title goldstamped on the spine of the book. An amusing, if fragile, wrapper. William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com Do I understand correctly that your wife collects books with unusual dust jackets? Interesting.... Art Layton Stamford CT |
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"Art Layton" wrote in message
om... For my wife, who is interested in such things, tonight I picked up a copy of Jeffrey Steingarten's *The Man Who Ate Everything and Other Gastronomic Feats, Disputes, and Pleasurable Pursuits* (Knopf, 1998). The jacket is entirely taken up with a hugely enlarged picture of a piece of bread, the spine corresponding to the crust, and in the middle of the spine of the jacket there is a big faux bite mark, extending into the front and back covers and revealing the title goldstamped on the spine of the book. An amusing, if fragile, wrapper. Do I understand correctly that your wife collects books with unusual dust jackets? Interesting.... No, she is interested in gastronomic writing. I always keep an eye open for unusual dust jackets. A collection of such is an interesting idea--for someone else to execute. William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com |
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