Blue Penguin Classics travel memoir found near Cannery Row
Description
I found this blue Penguin Classics travel memoir this morning around 10:15 am along the Monterey Bay Coastal Trail by Cannery Row, near the overlook by the old fish pier. It's a 5x8 inch hardcover, cobalt blue cover with a faded white title on the spine, about an inch thick and in good read-condition—slight edge wear but solid. Inside, a bright green seashell-shaped bookmark sits between pages, and there's a dog-eared note tucked in the back of the front cover. I also spotted a crumpled Seabreeze Café receipt on the inside cover with the name 'Emma' scrawled in blue ink. Looks well-loved; I’d love to help reunite it with its owner.
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