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Nineteenth-century dust-jackets /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Godburn, Mark R., 1954- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: England : New Castle, Delaware : Private Libraries Association ; Oak Knoll Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Book jackets > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Origins of publishers' jackets
  • 2. Sealed wrappings
  • 3. Early flap-style jackets
  • 4. Mid-Victorian jackets
  • 5. Lewis Carroll's 'paper wrappers'
  • 6. Widespread use
  • 7. End of an era
  • Appendix one. File copies of John Murray and Smith, Elder
  • Appendix two. List of jackets to 1870.