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Signet paperback, 1952. (Book originally published in 1948).
Click on image for larger, more detailed version. I’m not quite sure if the images are supposed to be directly related to the book – some of them don’t exactly ring a bell – or if it’s just supposed to telegraph “WAY OF ALL FLESH” in typical pulpy art…
I’m pretty sure it was my mother’s. I can’t think where else I would have gotten it, but from her library.

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