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[conuly]

Can anybody identify the blurry book in this movie still?

You can post your answer here on Reddit, or tell me and I'll post it.

Comments

[bitterlawngnome]

To avoid copyright violations, books in movies are typically props fabricated by the art department.

[conuly]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[steorra]

Not sure how consistent that is. I work in a used bookstore, and we get people working on movies/TV shows coming by the store to buy books for sets.

I second the person in the Reddit link who says
"I am pretty sure that is an Oxford World's Classics edition. I have some from the 90s and they have the same cover format."

I'm not sure what date range used that cover format, but it doesn't seem to be the one currently in use, but it definitely was. The author's name should be on the cream part and the book title on the green part. It looks to me like a two-line book title. But I can't make out any words or letters or even how many words.

[steorra]

I wonder if the colours of the label code for anything (whether the background to the title etc. is blue or green or red). The internet isn't telling me that they do, though.