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Front cover of the Cunard Magazine, dated October 1923. The Cunard Magazine was a house magazine, first produced in January 1918. It was initially set up as a means to keep in contact with Cunard staff on active war service, in an effort to show the…

Front cover of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

Front cover showing vellum binding. It has a leather spine label with the title in gold; a clear sign that this book was destined to be stored with the spine facing outwards. The turning round of books took place over the course of the 17th century –…

Front cover showing the binding of this copy made from thick wooden boards, a pigskin spine, and metal clasps. The pigskin indicates that this owner was from northern Europe, pigskin being used principally in Germany. This copy was purchased by the…

Image of shelf in Case 3: Forbidden Futures - Science Fiction Foundation Collections in the exhibition Banned, Binned, Bomed: Survival and Selection in Special Collections and Archives.

The front cover of the Penguin 1972 edition of A Clockwork Orange, featuring David Pelham's famous cover art. A Clockwork Orange has been banned in various countries for sexually explicit content.

Front cover showing the ornate gilt tooling on the 17th C French calf binding of a copy of "Statii Syluarum...". This particular copy was donated by Robert Morton.

Front cover of Printed book "Eddie and the Gypsy" by Alex Wedding, pseudonym of Grete Weiskopf.

Front cover of printed book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alice’s Adventures was banned in the 1960’s U.S. for promoting drug use – and in China, for featuring talking animals.