This hand-painted suede book cover was a souvenir of Atlantic City, New Jersey. These suede souvenirs were apparently quite a fad for a time, because I have come across examples commemorating other vacation destinations, all having the same basic construction, but different painted decorations suitable to the tourist site, as well as photo and postcard albums. This book cover is 8.5 inches by 5.5 inches and considering its wonderful condition, apparently did not spend too much time in the sand and sun at the shore. The owner's initials are gracefully stamped on the upper corner.
It is not only the book inside that may beguile, because the cover features a lithe and lovely bathing beauty seated by the sea and shaded by her big green parasol.
Inside is an attached bookmark, with a rather fortune-cookie motto and the date "1928."
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