Book-jackets

The present work offers a concise history both of publishers' detachable book coverings (primarily British and American) and of the attention they have received from scholars, dealers, collectors, and librarians. It also surveys their use by publishers (as protective devices and advertising media) and their usefulness to scholars of literature, art, and book history (as sources for biography, bibliography, cultural analysis, and the development of graphic design).

Year

2011

Language

English

Publisher

Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia

Editions

1

Pages

288

ISBN

9781883631130

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