First, the photo is a mechanical scan/photocopy of the original cover and does not qualify for independent copyright protection.
Second, the cover design is too simple and does not meet the threshold of originality.
The cover shows a lowercase "a" with different colors (blue, orange, green) filling in its interior and the sides around it, along with the author's name superimposed in a simple white sans-serif font, the title below in a italicized black font, and the subtitle in an all-caps sans-serif white font. These elements are a simple arrangement of text, color, and shapes that do not meet the threshold of originality for copyright protection. Please note that, although this cover design is in the public domain, the contents of the book itself are believed to be copyrighted.
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This image is in the public domain because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original, or – from the available evidence – is so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be expected to arise. The original itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
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{{Information |Description={{en|1=Cover of ''Notes from the Air: Selected Later Poems'' (2007) by John Ashbery. Published by Ecco Press.}} |Source=Scan sourced from [https://books.google.com/books?id=yG5PqSbf-QoC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books]. Retouched by uploader to remove jpeg compression and upload as a png. |Date=2007 |Author=Uncredited; see [https://books.google.com/books?id=yG5PqSbf-QoC&pg=PR6#v=onepage&q&f=false copyright pag...