Rare book dust jackets

Because the paper dust jackets were fragile many have gotten damaged or lost through the years. Vintage hardy boys book lot with dust jackets the secret panel missing chums etc the missing chums. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. If you specialize in first editions from the 1920s, chances are that you are familiar with. The semiautbiographical work was published in 1917 by grant richards limited. Use the softbristle attachment of a vacuum hose to remove the dust from the top edge of the book, which is now facing down. Reusable and protective jackets for hard cover schoolbooks and textbooks. I cant believe people would throw them away, to me its an integral part of the book. No books all jackets state facsimile dust jackets l. Dust jackets are so important that sometimes an essentially worthless book can be valuable because of its dust jacket. I feel these dust jackets are an important part of our culture. How dust jackets play a key role in value of collectible.

Collection of book jackets nypl digital collections. Book collecting is the collecting of books, including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever books are of interest to a given collector. See more ideas about books, my books and rare books for sale. Strabos geographica in a sixteenthcentury dustjacket. In our last video we talked about the basics of book collecting. The beginners guide to cleaning your books amanda nelson dec 14, 2012. Surviving pre1920 jackets add some additional value to the book they cover and, in some cases, can be worth much more than the book itself. Book printer william caxton made the first edition of the canterbury tales in 1477. The book is bound in limp vellum with quasiyapp edges and remnants of foreedge ties. Our team has many years experience, both as rare book collectors and sellers, and can help you track down even the most elusive titles. Pages are mostly in excellent condition with minor wear. Rare dust jackets mean big bucks in the antiquarian book business. My goal is to scan and archive images of as many vintage dust jackets as i can.

They were essentially small boxes, open on one or both ends, often constructed of pasteboard. As the notoriety of dust jackets increased, so too did their importance in the rare book trade, and it is not uncommon today to see a fine jacketed book sell for ten times as much if not more than its unjacketed twin. If you thought the rare book market was crazy, look into the prices on some of those first edition dust jackets. We give open quotes and can show how the quote breaks down by book and even the profit we expect to make if you wish. Early dust jackets looked much different than they do today. If your shelves are in sunlight and theres nothing you can do about it, wrap the dust jacket in a uvresistant plastic book cover available at craft stores or online. The dust jacket is both the most decorative part of a book, and the most delicate. This selection ranges from 1917 to 1969, and really is. Casino royale became a rare first edition due to its dust jacket, which is nearly impossible to keep in near mint condition.

Those things sell for hundreds of dollars i once saw a vintage nancy drew dust jacket go for 500 dollars. The semi autbiographical work was published in 1917 by grant richards limited. In this video we are going to discuss dust jackets. This rare book catalog includes selections in modern first editions, economics and finance, art and architecture, childrens books, golf, cooking, chess, science and. Despite the fact that dust jackets often include useful information about a book and its author, including biographical notes and often a portrait, it has long been research libraries practice to remove the jackets from new books during processing for their permanent place in the stacks. Over time techniques of printing and marketing advanced allowing publishers to make book covers more colourful and appealing although at the time continued scrapping of lovely jackets as wrapping paper. The importance of dust jackets used books and rare books. A rare first edition of the first book by evelyn waughs older brother. Serious book collectors are nuts for dust jackets and their absence is always a serious flaw to any collectible book that came with a dust jacket because collectors want books in as close to original condition as possible. How dust jackets play a key role in value of collectible books. Boards are agetoned with rubbing at the spine and spine head, rear hinge cracked and webbing exposed. During the 1990s, when restoration of dust jackets reached a high art, it soon became a controversial subject for rare book dealers and collectors. The cat in the hat but not the jacket rare books digest.

Overall, a beautiful set, the books fine, the jackets and slipcases very good or better. Our used and rare book store is located on the wine trail in the beautiful finger lakes area of upstate new york southeast of rochester near canandaigua, ny. But doing so would be terrible for casual book readers. For example, a first edition of the great gatsby or the maltese falcon in good condition.

How to spot and identify a facsimile book dust jacket. The beginners guide to cleaning your books book riot. A first edition published by stackpole sons in 1939. Start by taking off the dust jacket and holding the book upside down to prevent dirt from dropping into the pages. Without their jackets, most books are visually dull. Though no longer designed only for protection, dust jackets are the books first defense against sunlight, humidity, handling, dust, and other stresses. The sheaths typically housed literary annuals, gift books.

Condition of the dust jacket is key to the value, just as it is in books. Sun will permanently fade dust jackets and covers, which can severely devalue rare books. The rare book hub offers tools for the book collector and bookseller, especially old and rare books, antique or antiquarian books, hard to find, out of print, and collectible collectable books. A missing dust jacket, or a dust jacket that is in poor condition, can cut a collectible books value more than 50%, and make it harder to find a buyer. Dont hate on the dust jacket some people would like to get rid of dust jackets those glossy outer covers of hardcover books. A brief history of the dust jacket books tell you why, inc. Many of the books represent the earliest known examples of classic works in dust jackets. Unusual information about an author or the book on the dust jacket can now make it a rare and sought after object. Scarce first edition of the beloved childrens classic, in rare original dust jacket. Rare book collectors look for authenticity and minimal wear, tears, stains, cuts or writing inside or outside the dust jacket dust wrapper or dust. All i need is the height, width, and spine width of your book. The jacket is made from a scrap of vellum with handwriting on. A college roommate of mine removed the dust jackets from his books and threw them. Dust jackets as we know them today arrived at the turn of the 20th century.

Dust jackets play an important role in a rare books value. The love of books is bibliophilia, and someone who loves to read, admire, and collect books is called a bibliophile book collecting can be easy and inexpensive. The golden age of illustration ensured that ornate and beautiful books were designed which required no decorative covers so any dust jackets for these books. To indicate a rarity of locating books in the original dust jacket, i performed an online search of 15,000 antique book dealers that handles over 125 million books. Brb 103072 first edition of maguires immensely popular reinvention of oz, 1995. As a rare book dealer, i get calls on a weekly basis to provide valuations of first editions. These dust jackets could remain on the book when it was opened, providing protection for volumes even as they were read. Please select all the ways you would like to hear from lycanthia rare books. Pfister and lentner mention a slipcase, but not the dust jackets. There are poorly written books which have beautiful dust jackets and are collectible solely because of the jacket. Not to mention when it comes to rare books the dust jacket is like 80% of the price, and i cant imagine if i threw away a dust jacket from some first edition of a contemporary author, which later becomes sought after in ten years and you threw away history. This book explores what grace looks like in actioneven in a world jaded by violence and unforgivenessand how it can triumph. Browse our fine and rare antiquarian book catalogs.

Store old books or any book you want to pay extra attention to out of direct sunlight. How the book got its jacket rare and antique books. Most art deco book jackets are fabulous even if the book. The valuable rare book dust jacket rare books digest. Casino royale became a rare first edition due to its dust jacket. Gabriel coterius, 1559 has come to light in a contemporary dustjacket.

Bauman rare books first editions, signed and inscribed. Of course, a lot of people make dust jacket reproductions too especially of famous dust jacket covers. Below is the image of the complete set of my fourteen wizard of oz books in order. By the 1870s, dust jackets had become commonalthough in many cases, they were left blank. A dust jacket on a book can be compared to the original finish on a fine piece of antique furniture. Hill paid special attention to facial features, and thus, had a knack for conveying the complexities and subtle nuances of expression and emotion. Old scrolls used and rare book shop old scrolls book shop.

The dust jackets use significantly increased after 1920, when publishers used them as decorations with artistic designs and styles. The dust jackets themselves were worthless and the plain paper was discarded when the books were unwrapped for display in bookstores. Yes, dust jackets, on which opinions were decidedly mixed. The community of book collectors, as usual, had the final word. The very first dust jackets or dust wrappers appeared in 1832 with the sole purpose of protecting books during transport between the printer and the bookstore. After book publishers began using cloth bindings in the 1820s, they started providing dust wrappers, which protected books while being transported from the merchant to the buyers home. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. A book with its dust jacket present will always bring a premium. Author designed jackets such as vile bodies by evelyn waugh, 1930, or moonraker by ian fleming, are unusual items. An extremely early title in dust jacket, published in 1819. These high quality archival book jacket covers are centerloading for dust jackets.

If a cover was needed to protect a book it was a plain paper wrapper, known as a bastard title that was. You may view our catalog for the collection here or. Paper that looks too new for its age usually is too new for its age. Besides these temporary boards or blank pages, the earliest version of the dust jacket was a slipcase, or sheath, first seen in the late 18th century. As any dust jacket collector of 19th and 20th century dust jackets knows a dust jacket from this period is a rare item indeed. Facsimile dust jackets llc is the sole funding for mark terrys dust jacket archive project.