Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Godburn, Mark R., 1954-
Title:
Nineteenth-century dust-jackets / Mark R. Godburn.
Alternate Title(s):
19th century dust-jackets
Published / Created:
England : Private Libraries Association ; New Castle, Delaware : Oak Knoll Press, 2016.
Physical Description:
215 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN Ref. NC973 G59 2016 (LC) Oversize: Dust jacket.
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.
Subject Terms:
Book jackets -- History -- 19th century. | Book jackets.
Form/Genre:
History.