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    boring book covers

    Been selling books online for a while now and have accumulated a few photos of interesting covers.

    Here are some of the most boring for you :









    (to which my friend commented "yes, much more accurate than flowers")







    (personal favourite due to the look on that girl's face - a creeping feeling that there *might* be more to life than lino cutting)

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    Re: boring book covers

    Indeed! I'm amazed how books like this attract any buyers ..
    /vince ..

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    Re: boring book covers

    Hey, now this is getting personal.

    That first "entry" is from a charming, very smart, sometimes colleague of mine!

    In any case, here's my entry. (And, yes, I do have a paper in it. :))



    Best wishes,
    Bob

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    Re: boring book covers

    Quote Originally Posted by rfrazier
    Hey, now this is getting personal.

    That first "entry" is from a charming, very smart, sometimes colleague of mine!
    My apologies. It seems I shouldn't have judged a book by its cover. :wink:

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    Re: boring book covers



    Very "Edgar Wallace" :shock: :lol: :lol:

    However, I quite like this:



    Typography is not the best, but hey, you can't have everything ;-)
    I'm not as think as you drunk I am.

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    Re: boring book covers

    Really liking "the history of british vegetation" great title :-)

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    Re: boring book covers

    And for some funny ones :lol:





















    And finally:

    I'm not as think as you drunk I am.

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    love those, mr 1973!


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    Mr 1973, those are superb. Thank you
    'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.

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    OMG those are fantastic, superb laugh !!

    "Fellow Fags", "A Passion For Donkeys" ha ha ha :lol: :lol: :lol:

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    HAHAHAHA, "old tractors and the men who love them"! :D :D :D

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    And not forgetting this cracker !! :lol:


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    ^^^^

    :lol: :lol: :lol: What's the cowboy hiding behind that log thing! :D

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    Re: boring book covers

    Quote Originally Posted by dadaist
    love those, mr 1973!

    Foreword by Virginia McKenna? Her interests have slipped down the evolutionary chain a bit since Born Free... :D

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    Re: boring book covers

    I don't know about boring, but ...


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    :laughing3: Does that one come under personal hygiene in Waterstones?

    Some great book covers guys, keep 'em coming :thumbleft:

    Cheers,

    Gary

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    Re: boring book covers

    This one isn't boring!

    Paul

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    Re: boring book covers

    Quote Originally Posted by Sharky
    Genius! :lol: :lol:

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    OMG :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
    I'm not as think as you drunk I am.

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    Re: boring book covers

    Sorry , can't contibute but this is one of the best threads (non-watch) I've seen in a long time. Thanks for cheering up the day.

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