Bookseller label

Also called a ticket. In days of yore (that would be, before now) new bookstores would often have a small, usually discreet label that they would affix to one of the endpapers in the new books that they were selling. In some instances they are collectible, in some instances they are a nuisance, and in any case they indicate where a certain copy of a book originally sold at retail. We don't consider these to be a significant flaw, but usually note their presence without prejudice, unless they are unusually annoying. This discreet label could be found on the bottom of the rear pastedown of a copy of Dawn Powell's first book, Whither, offered in 2006. The bookseller label from the legendary New York bookstore Brentano's lends provenance to this copy, which also bore the ownership signature of a family friend (of Powell's, not ours). The label on this copy would be acceptable regardless, since it was the only copy in the last several decades to be offered in the original dustwrapper.