Yekke2 – You’re right, but I was assuming that it wasn’t, and that in the remote possibility that it was, he would apologize. But this conversation sounds like it’s about to go the way that many do, so I’m not sure it should be continued…
Sparkly: Good for you for being makpid on shmiras Haayin and trying to avoid it! I had forgotten about that issue – sometimes a book might be okay, but they stick inappropriate pictures on the cover, even though they are unrelated to the content.
The problem is that there can be different printings of the same book. So someone might recommend a book thinking it’s fine, and then it will turn out that the copy in your library has an inappropriate picture.
I just remembered that my friend had a listing of books and how kosher they are. It was put out by Frum people. I can try to find out how you get ahold of it, bli neder.