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1982 edition, copyright Dell Publishing. Scanned in order to illustrate the book in question.

[edit] Licensing

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Non-free / fair use media rationale for Tai-Pan (novel)
Description

Cover of Tai-Pan (novel), by James Clavell. 1982 edition, copyright Dell Publishing.
Source

Book cover scanned by image uploader.
Article

Tai-Pan (novel)
Portion used

Only the book's front cover is used. This image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
Low resolution?

The image is of sufficient resolution for illustration, but considerably lower resolution than original. Any copies made from this image would be of inferior quality, unsuitable as artwork on pirate versions or other uses that would compete with the commercial purpose of the original artwork. The image does not in any way limit the ability of the copyright owners to market or sell their product.
Purpose of use

This book cover is used as the primary means of visual identification of the book for informational and educational purposes.
Replaceable?

Being a novel by a deceased author it is not replaceable by a free image. As a book cover, this image is protected by copyright, therefore an uncopyrighted or freely licensed image won't exist.
Other information Use of this image in the above article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy and fair use under United States copyright law as described above.

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Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 200 dpi
Vertical resolution 200 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop 7.0
File change date and time 12:00, 12 June 2006
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