Book-Jackets: Their History, Forms, and Use

by G. Thomas Tanselle

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Detailing the use of book-jackets as protective devices, advertising vehicles and cultural expressions, this book presents a list of almost 1,900 extant pre-1900 book-jackets that the author has been able to discover since he began this project in 1969.

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Detailing the use of book-jackets as protective devices, advertising vehicles and cultural expressions, this book presents a list of almost 1,900 extant pre-1900 book-jackets that the author has been able to discover since he began this project in 1969.

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