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File:Godel, Escher, Bach (first edition).jpg

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English: Book cover of the first American edition of w:Douglas Hofstadter's w:Gödel, Escher, Bach (1979)
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Source https://www.librarything.com/work/5619/covers
Author Photograph by w:Douglas Hofstadter

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Examination of the dust jacket on various auction & sale listings shows no copyright notice, neither on the front cover, back cover, front flop, nor back flap.

Per Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices: Chapter 2200, § 2207.1(C), copyright notice within a book is not sufficient to protect the copyright of a dust jacket.

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current03:09, 25 December 2023Thumbnail for version as of 03:09, 25 December 2023826 × 1,270 (591 KB)Toohoolhigher resolution
17:28, 16 January 2023No thumbnail175 × 269 (27 KB)TuckerresearchFirst edition without rip in the dustjacket
08:19, 25 March 2015No thumbnail200 × 285 (12 KB)FreeknowledgecreatorUploading smaller version for copyright reasons.
08:17, 25 March 2015No thumbnail943 × 1,344 (303 KB)Freeknowledgecreator{{Non-free use rationale |Article = Gödel, Escher, Bach |Description = First edition |Source = Scan of book cover |Portion = front cover |Low_resolution = yes |Purpose = to illustrate an article...
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