It sounds like this is the final week for Borders stores to be open. I happened to find this tiny label last week, amongst some books for another project. This little sticker was used to cover the printed price on the back of a trade paperback — I imagine they were also used inside dust jackets at that time. My book was published in 1992. Really, a tasteful solution to keep people from price-clipping dust jackets or gouging off prices on the rear cover of a paperback when they gift a book to someone, and for reasons I’ve never really understood, wanted to conceal the price of the book. Now, in my collection of book trade labels, though a little different. I like it. Has anyone ever seen different varieties of this label? Has anyone seen a price-cover-up sticker/ label from another bookshop?
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Nice find! It does make me think of the interesting things we find in used books… old airline tickets, purchase receipts, etc. from years past. Sometimes you remember what you find, sometimes it's from a previous owner. I'll bet someone could start a blog of nothing but these interesting little finds!