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Saturday, February 07, 2015

OT: Cover Similarities - Hands (the motherlode)

I put my mild(?) obsession with covers to good use today, with this display for National Libraries Day featuring the familiar 'hands cupped holding something' motif:

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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous9:45 pm

    This is great, Karen! I had no idea that there were so many!

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  2. Bill Selnes11:22 pm

    Lovely. To think a display of covers of hands could convey such meaning.

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  3. Kay11:55 am

    There was period where many covers had the back of a woman's head, often with beautiful hair, pictured. No face.

    Love the display. I used to love to do things like that when I worked at the library.

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  4. Clothes In Books9:46 am

    Great picture! It's amazing how tropes become fashionable for a while....

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