Judging the Book...

I love the smell of musty books in the morning.

[science70]

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1971).

Cover art: Carl Berkowitz

[thegroovyarchives]

SUPER DC Giant presents “Love 1971“ finished comic cover and its original illustration board. Illustration by Charlie Armentano. (cover via: ebay) (original via: comics.ha.com)

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Betty Crocker’s Pie and Pastry Cookbook Illustration: Wilson McLean 1968.

[greenvincentine]

Sometimes I feel That I need to move on So I pack a bag And move on

“Move On,” Lodger  David Bowie

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A Cast of Killers by Sidney D. Kirkpatrick

A Cast of Killers by Sidney D. Kirkpatrick

A Cast of Killers  Sidney D. Kirkpatrick Hardcover, 301 pages Published June 1986 by Dutton Books   The blurb: On February 1, 1922, the distinguished silent-film director William Desmond Taylor was shot to death in his Los Angeles bungalow by an unknown assailant. Reports of strange activities at the scene of the crime circulated soon after. When the police arrived, was the head of Paramount…

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Some silent movie scandal? Yesssss...

[detrocboi]

P. Craig Russell

Elric

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The Umbrella Maker’s Daughter by Janet Caird

A chilling study of the personality of a small town, as singular and alive as its inhabits

Remember that one book about cholera and witch hunts?

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You should.

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My Book About Christmas

1948

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Kitty is pretty. So is her inamorata Adam Ant.

[halloweentreat]

Once I Had A Monster (1969)

[phantastische-illustrationen]

Arthur C. Clarke - A Fall Of Moondust (Illustrator Dean Ellis)

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In this 1971 outing, Velda Johnston channels Mary Stewart:

THE CHILL OF SUMMER

Ellen Stacey was pretty, talented, out-of-work young actress, facing a long, hot New York summer. She welcomed the offer to take care of 11-year-old Cecily Vandering at the family's seaside estate.

But soon it became clear this was no ordinary job. Someone was trying to corrupt Cecily with drugs, someone whom the little girl refused to reveal, someone who would let no one stand in the way. And even in the protective arms of a brilliant, handsome man who said he loved her, Ellen felt the icy embrace of fear, as a killer tightened his deadly noose...

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In the great gothic tradition, we now have women flying from houses.

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Backwoods trash from Midwood.

[70sscifiart]

Lou Feck

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Richard Powers

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Margaret Tulloch illustration for The Taming of the Shrew.