Designer nerds rejoice!
Back in 2000, Crap Hound author and pal Sean Tejeratchi briefly worked in a cavernous, decrepit bookstore called Amitin's, in downtown St. Louis. Finding beauty in the lost, he picked and scanned some of the best covers and as usual, is generously sharing them with the public on Lost and Taken's website. His beautiful, broken book covers can be found and downloaded HERE. He includes the whole book, tattered edges and all.
Lost and Taken's high res textures of everything from woodgrain to concrete can be found HERE. He says "feel free to use it in any of your work, personal or commercial...and don't worry, no credit is needed. If you do something cool with the image, I'd be more than happy to check it out, so hit me up with a link."
It's wonderful when designer's share their knowledge and help art happen. Thank you.