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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