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Vintage romance covers. Romance collecting enabler. Advocate for romance in the rare book trade 📚💏

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A winner has been chosen!
Yes, I did the drawing the old-fashioned way, but writing individual entrants on individual slips of paper & drawing the winner from the bag in photo, with my cat, Bat, sticking his head in the bag for good luck 😹Thank you to everyone who entered! The lucky winner has been contacted 📚🙌 By subscribing to the newsletter, you'll be among the first to know when I do another giveaway, & I will be doing more!

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I've had it in mind to get a high resolution scan of either this or the paperback cover. The paperback has more intense color, but there's no way, at least that I'm familiar with, to get wraparound on the paperback without damaging the book. So, I'll see! I have to find a place to do the scan & find time to go there 😄

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I'm giving away this hardcover copy of Tender Is The Storm, by Johanna Lindsey! Winner will be chosen on March 22. Directions for how to enter are at the link in bio 📚🧡

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@KeeneJarret Love it! 😍

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Vintage romance illustrators frequently paid tribute to great artists, through style & composition. Here we can see Morgan Kane channeling a bit of Gustav Klimt

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The Lion's Lady, by Julie Garwood
Pocket Books, 1988 (book club edition/hardcover)
Illustration signed "Kane" (Morgan)

The book club dust jacket has nothing on the back, which is why I'm not including back photo. I imagine the original paperback has text or illustration or both

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@YoungRapscalion Oh! Have you read it? Might have to hunt this one down 😍

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@vintageillustra Sweet

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@AuthorGFAllen 🙋 You bet!

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@fictiondb I'm not far off from this 🙈

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These may be the puffiest ever sleeves on a romance cover

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Revisiting this stunning Robert McGinnis illustration. He did an entire Patricia Hagan series in the 80s, of which this book is a part

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"Against a world of danger and deception, they pursued their love-crossed destiny"

Love And Dreams, by Patricia Hagan
Avon, 1988
Illustrated by Robert McGinnis

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72-year-old Muhammad Aziz has spent more than 43 years reading books every day — 6–8 hours a day. According to him, he has read more than five thousand books in his lifetime.
His shop is right on the street. The books are open, without locks or security.

When asked if he is afraid that the books will be stolen, Muhammad simply smiled and replied with a well-known Arabic proverb:
"A reader does not steal, and a thief does not read."
This phrase encapsulates a whole world.

A quiet faith in people, respect for knowledge, and the feeling that a book chooses its own reader.
Sometimes it seems that such people are the last guardians of a calm, unhurried world where trust is still more important than locks.

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@siansbookcases That's a good question!

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Stepback for
Fairest Of Them All, by Theresa Medeiros
Bantam, 1995
Illustrated by Pino Daeni

This is set during the Middle Ages

Historical romance is currently on the outs, sadly, but if you enjoy it, what do you think of this era as a romance setting?

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@JoannaMaverick Aww ❤️ So wonderful that Harlequin Historicals inspired you