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strong contender for best book cover

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Rating the weirdest/best book covers/titles I have found in the library I work at

Dogs - "Probably the most important book about dogs ever written"

The review says everything you need to know and there are cute bups on the cover. Feels like it was written by a dog. 15/10

Love Canal - published in 2016, about a waterway actually called Love Canal, the author could have given it a more specific title because at this point it's very clearly just an innuendo. Newman you jokester. 9/10

Homo Aestheticus - published in 1995, in the BH section (Library of Congress classification) which is focused on the philosophy of aesthetics. Probably not about homosexuality per se, but I'm guessing aesthetic in Homo sapiens is what the author was going for. They made an excellent gay joke. 10/10 because Homo Aestheticus could be my nickname tbh

The Fur Person - published in 1957, in the PS section which is just for American literature, supposed to be about a cat, sounds like an old fashioned term for a furry or therian, 8/10

The Milkman's on His Way - published in 1982, sources say it's about growing up gay. That's great and all but...I mean...look at it. Every iteration of the cover is pretty uncomfortable but this is the one I found in my library and frankly it horrifies me. 1/10 because the title and the cover of this are just...really something else.

The Amazing Bone - children's book, look at it, just LOOK, take it all in, the implications, the artwork... 0/10

Leo the Late Bloomer - another children's book. I feel kinda bad for the little guy, maybe children would find the art a bit less uncanny than I do. Just kinda weird but not entirely unwholesome, 5/10

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'WET' WILD PROHIBITION DAYS

Minnesota 13(?) by Elaine Davis

Loving the title and cover photo. That's definitely the face of mischief.

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"Typographic design is my passion"

I should have taken a picture of something else for scale, but if it's not clear, this is a pretty sizable tome. It also has one of the most illegible title pages I have seen thus far. It's got like 12pt font, center-justified, and each word of the title has an ocean of blank space between it.

The History of Postmodern Architecture, Heiniricu Klotz, published 1988.

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Huge if true!!

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Welcome to Library Lost Treasures!

Here you’ll find a collection of unique (read: weird, uncanny, rare, beautiful, clever, humorous, etc.) items that were found in libraries!

If you find something strange or neat in your local library, please submit it!

If you have questions about libraries, ask away and I’ll do my best to answer!  If you ask nicely, I may even be able to help you find relevant, informative resources on various subjects.

Rules for Submissions:

Submissions can include images, quotes, anecdotes, book recommendations-- really anything as long it pertains to libraries.

For your privacy, make sure anything that might reveal your location is blurred in image submissions - every library I know of stamps their materials, and uses barcodes that are labeled with the library’s name.

Please refrain from openly mocking items; remember that other human beings had to put time and effort into their publications, oftentimes years of work.  Jokes about materials should be made in good taste (if you’re uncertain whether your comment is inflammatory or not, it’s probably best to keep it to yourself).

Please do NOT submit anything that contains text or images that are overtly racist, xenophobic, antisemitic, homophobic, transphobic, ableist, sexist, etc.  If you also happen to know that the author is openly any of these things, do NOT submit materials created by them, UNLESS they are deceased (that means no JKR, regardless of how ridiculous something she writes is).  I do not wish to endorse any living people that use creative methods to be bigots and incite violence. 

If you are able to, please provide author credits for materials.  I, personally, am also interested in copyright years and book editions, so if you have that info handy, please share it with your submissions!

If you see that I share a submission that breaks any of these rules, please let me know so I can remove it.  I am also a human being, and sometimes I don’t catch things or I just simply don’t know about them...I’m trying my best out here.

A little bit about my library work experiences thus far:

I worked at my university’s academic library for three and a half years while I was a student there, and I now work at (well, basically manage) another college’s academic library.  As of fall 2022, I have applied to a graduate program to work towards my Master’s in Library & Information Science.  My dream is to become an academic librarian for a college or university that’s located in a rural area.