A book entitled "Life Force at the Anvil: The Blacksmith's Art from Africa". The black & white cover photo shows a fire-forged and handworked sculpture of a human figure, set against a black background. Titles are in white letters.
A book about painter Wolf Kahn, entitled "Wolf Kahn's America: An Artist Travels. Further text below the titles: Paintings, Pastels and text by Wolf Kahn, with an introduction by John Updike. Cover art has us looking up at a large barn, rendered in turquoise blue, The sky behind it is purple-gray. Foreground is green. The main title is in Orange and yellow-green. The smaller text is in white letters.
A piece of sheet music from 1963 by Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry. The title is "Then He Kissed Me". The all-female group The Crystals appear on the cover, in matching white dresses, white high heels and wearing white gloves. They are set against a light blue background. It was published in London and the song was recorded in London.
A children's book from the year 1909 entitled "Little Indian Maidens at Work and Play", by Beatrice Baxter Ruyl. The brown front board is illustrated with two paper insets. The top one is horizontal and shows six Native American girls playing what looks like tug of war. Colors are off-white, black and shades of orange. The lower inset is arranged vertically and contains the title in black letters with orange capitals. The author's name is in a smaller size in black letters. The front board shows wear at the edges and corners.
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