A two-volume set of softcover books entitled Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John L. Stephens (Dover books, 1963). This title first appeared in 1843. Covers are of old engravings of Mexico from the period, but deeply tinted in bright shades of yellow, orange and red. Titles are in white.

A quarterly journal 'Black Art: An International Quarterly', volume 3, number 1 from January 1979. Cover illustration shows an African sculpture of a man's head, seen in profile, superimposed on a wood grain background. All in shades of brown.

An horizontal format exhibition catalog of the work of American sculptor Kenneth Snelson, published by Marlborough Gallery, New York in 2003. The cover shows one of the artist's large modern stainless steel works set against a blue sky. Only the words 'Snelson' and Marlborough' appear on the cover in white letters.

The novel 'Thirst for Love' by Yukio Mishima, in an English translation by Alfred H. Marks. (Alfred Knopf, New York, 1969). The cover shows a simple profile silhouette of a man's head in solid purple, which appears to be splitting down the middle into two parts. Other colors include red and brown.

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