Book-jackets : their history, forms, and use / G. Thomas Tanselle.

Main entry:

Tanselle, G. Thomas (George Thomas), 1934- author.

Title & Author:

Book-jackets : their history, forms, and use / G. Thomas Tanselle.

Publication:

Charlottesville : Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 2011.
New Castle, Delaware : Oak Knoll Books

Description:

xii, 288 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Book-jackets, blurbs, and bibliographers (1971) -- The growth of interest in book-jacket history -- Introductory comments on book-jacket history -- Book-jackets as historical evidence -- The bibliographical description of book-jackets -- Dust-jackets, dealers, and documentation (2006) -- Writings on book-jackets, 1970-2005 -- The role of dealers in preserving book-jackets -- Further examples of evidence from book-jackets -- The history of book-jackets -- The preservation and cataloguing of book-jackets -- Coda: News and the Nineties (2010) -- Recent book-jacket news -- The characteristics of 1890s book-jackets -- A list of pre-1901 examples of British and American publishers' printed book-jackets, boxes, and other detachable coverings.

Summary:

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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Table of contents

ISBN:

9781883631130 (hc ; alk. paper)
1883631130 (hc ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Book jackets.
Library materials Conservation and restoration.
Book Ornamentation history
Rare Books history
Book Industry history
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Livres Jaquettes.
Documents de bibliothèque Conservation et restauration.
Médecine Histoire 19e siècle.
Médecine Histoire 20e siècle.
book jackets.
Bestandserhaltung
Katalogisierung
Schutzumschlag
Biblioteksmaterial bevarande och restaurering.
Bokomslag historia.
United States
United Kingdom

Added entries:

University of Virginia. Bibliographical Society, issuing body.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 276915
Call No.: NC973 .T36 2011
Status: Available

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