File:Portrait photograph of Stephen King by Alex Gotfryd, c. 1974.jpg

DescriptionPortrait photograph of Stephen King by Alex Gotfryd, c. 1974.jpg	English: Carrie (1974) dust jacket, first edition
Date	Published 1974
Source	Heritage Auctions (direct link)
Author	Jacket by Alex Gotfryd Photo by Alex Gotfryd
Other versions	This file has been extracted from another file : Carrie (1974) back flap, Book Club edition.jpg

There are no copyright notices on the dust jacket. Thus the entire dust jacket is in the public domain in the US.

Note that the "C." in the top right-hand corner is not a valid copyright notice.

Chapter 2204.4(A) "Variants for the © Symbol" of the U.S. Copyright Compendium states:

Examples of unacceptable variants on the © symbol include the following:

• CO
• C
• C/O
• @ (i.e., the letter a in a circle).
• The letter c with a circle attached to the bottom of the letter.
• The letter c in a square.
• [c]

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