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...plates, but reprinted on larger, thicker paper, with the imprint: Norwegian Publications, Oslo, Norway. Another Salop success was a 1,136-page volume titled Five Sinners and a Saint priced at $1.69. Inside this new literary package readers discovered six time-worn staples-the autobiographies of Madame P'ompadour, Benvenuto Cellini, De Quincey, Rousseau, Benjamin Franklin, St. Augustine. Another time Salop bought an out-of-date civics book. When it did not sell, he dressed it up in a fancy jacket, sold out the edition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Junk Man | 6/26/1939 | See Source »

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