> Invid Fan wrote
>
> There was a store around here in the 70's that only sold
> books and comics without covers. It seemed like it was
> around for years, but time flows differently when you're
> a kid :)
Same here, seems like back in 70's coverless paperbacks
were pretty common, in fact my copies of "The Hobbit" and
"LofR" are coverless paperbacks I bought back then.