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Design Category
Book design, 1998
Design firm
Little, Brown and Company (New York, New York)
Collection
(1999) 50 Books/50 Covers of 1998
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Without getting too caught up in deep meanings, put simply, this is a book about an archivist and the library he maintains (along with a history lesson and a love story). I think this cover is successful because it clearly yet subtly conveys the subject matter.