“How the book got it’s jacket” sounds like a good title from Rudyard Kipling’s Just So stories yet it is an interesting question, when did books acquire their dust wrappers? Before the 1820’s the text of a book was often bound in a commissioned binding of the owners choice. If a cover was needed to … Read more
A Clockwork Orange dust jacket Book collectors know that, with modern first editions, the dust jacket accounts for about 80% of the value of a book. However, some might argue that book collectors are also in the business of seeking additional rewards from holding an ironically designed jacket. The cover of William Heinemann’s 1962 edition … Read more
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