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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clutteredcloset49, post: 195550, member: 85&quot;]Not an expert, just chiming in with an opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>The book the OP is showing was special ordered for a library, probably for a school rather than a public library.&nbsp; I helped out in my son&#039;s school library one year.&nbsp; I remember the librarian talking about the covers being heavy duty because of the rough handling from children.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the term ex-library,&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure that it means the heavy cover so much as being stamped with library name, and envelope glued in front.&nbsp; Often times the public library has the dust jackets covered in plastic and taped in.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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