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The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald was published 88 years ago today. Here’s Alan Ladd posing for a publicity shot in 1949 to support that year’s movie of the book.

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald was published 88 years ago today. Here’s Alan Ladd posing for a publicity shot in 1949 to support that year’s movie of the book.

Otter Nonsense… a fine joke from Norton Juster and Eric Carle, and a surprisingly rare children’s book.

Otter Nonsense… a fine joke from Norton Juster and Eric Carle, and a surprisingly rare children’s book.

A fine example of some classic Depression era pulp from Phoenix Press.

A fine example of some classic Depression era pulp from Phoenix Press.

A fine figure of a man, Henry Rider Haggard, photographed by Herbert Rose Barraud in 1890.

A fine figure of a man, Henry Rider Haggard, photographed by Herbert Rose Barraud in 1890.

A fashionable book - Gianni Versace published by Abrams and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1997. 

A fashionable book - Gianni Versace published by Abrams and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1997.