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									ohn Steinbeck, Cup of Gold, Popular Library #216. The bright gold gown and clear skies make this a brighter than usual Belarski cover, but the essential content of his more sought- after covers is present: damsel-in- distress, here having her clothing ripped by a ruddy faced pirate. Belarski's style is difficult to describe because his figures could run the gamut from cartoonish to fine portrait. One would think a Steinbeck novel would deserve something more toward fine art, but this cover probably did what it was intended to do, sell a novel that had flopped in hardback.
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								Hart Stillwell, Campus Town, Popular Library #331. One of Belarski's more popular covers, this type of theme helped land Popular Library in trouble when Congress investigated the sordid side of paperbacks. Belarski's work, along with that of Bergey, gave Popular Library some woe during the 1952 hearings and as a result both men were released by the publisher.