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Description	Cover and spine of first edition of "The Calcutta Chromosome", by Amitav Ghosh.
Author or copyright owner	Amitav Ghosh
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Scan of my personal copy of this book.
Date of publication	1996
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	The Calcutta Chromosome
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Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of a low resolution image of a work's cover will not impact the commercial viability of the work.
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