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The Man Who Made Millions From Old Comics in a Closet

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Mapping Huckleberry Finn’s Mississippi River Journey

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Secrets of the Book Designer: Paperbacks

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The Invention of Mid-Century Cool

The Invention of Mid-Century Cool

On the Revolutionary Book Covers of Roy Kuhlman

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Original Art for Riverhead's Fall Books

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