A small square book by author and illustrator Edward Gorey entitled 'The Wuggly Ump' Cover illustration shows three children on a hill looking down into a cave where the title character lives. A slithering tail is seen receding into the darkness of the cave. The tail is curled around a closed umbrella. A yellow border surrounds the image.
Book cover of 'Jacques Cousteau's Calypso'. The cover image shows the oceanographer's research ship floating on the water against a blue sky. We can see beneath the ship in this composite image; the lower portion shows hammerhead sharks swimming beneath the vessel.
'Architecture Without Architects' by Bernard Rudofsky. A square softcover book with a photo image in black & white. It shows an ancient civilization's large multi-tiered structure built into a hillside.
The book 'A Happy Death' the first novel written by French author Albert Camus. The cover shows a black & white image of his face in profile. He has a cigarette in his mouth. Titles are in white, red and yellow.
Books I'm shipping to new homes this morning ๐
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