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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).
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1 edition- Other · English · 2011Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia · 288 pages · 9781883631130
Conservation and restorationBook jacketsLibrary materialsBook OrnamentationHistoryBook IndustryHistory, 19th CenturyHistory, 20th Century