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Overdue Library Card Tote — Gothic Book Tote Bag
This library card tote bag carries an overdue notice from a library that never quite closes — stamped Nevermore, Thornfield, 221B, and Wonderland, as if every dark corner of literature checked out the same book.
Some stories are never really returned.
This atmospheric tote reimagines a vintage library card as a passport across Gothic literature's most haunted addresses. A raven watches over the ledger while overlapping due-date stamps trace a reader who never stayed in just one story.
Roomy enough for a novel, a notebook, and the small evidence of an overdue library habit, it carries easily from stacks to street. The black shoulder straps keep the silhouette practical while the single-sided artwork does the storytelling.
Details
- Canvas tote bag with a spacious 40 × 40 cm body
- Black shoulder straps measuring approximately 36 cm
- Single-sided library card artwork with a Gothic literary crossover design
- Designed for books, notebooks, daily essentials, and literary errands
- Manual measurement tolerance: up to 3 cm
Size
| Measurement | Approximate size |
|---|---|
| Length | 40 cm / 15.7 in |
| Width | 40 cm / 15.7 in |
| Strap | 36 cm / 14.2 in |
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