The dust-jacket considered
This article addresses the history of protective book coverings from earliest times to their current use; their design as it mirrors changes in the graphic arts and materials over the past century; scholarly, commercial, and marketing use of dust-jackets, collections in institutions. Treatment in...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Association CeROArt
2014-01-01
|
| Series: | CeROArt : Conservation, Exposition, Restauration d'Objets d'Art |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ceroart/3786 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1832578108790669312 |
|---|---|
| author | Margit J Smith |
| author_facet | Margit J Smith |
| author_sort | Margit J Smith |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This article addresses the history of protective book coverings from earliest times to their current use; their design as it mirrors changes in the graphic arts and materials over the past century; scholarly, commercial, and marketing use of dust-jackets, collections in institutions. Treatment in library settings and availability to students and users will also be discussed. Findings, suggestions and instructions for their preservation, pros and cons of retention, importance in the rare book trade, and the production of fake and facsimile dust-jackets are also considered. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-70014b0876154969a956681ae0cc6689 |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 1784-5092 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2014-01-01 |
| publisher | Association CeROArt |
| record_format | Article |
| series | CeROArt : Conservation, Exposition, Restauration d'Objets d'Art |
| spelling | doaj-art-70014b0876154969a956681ae0cc66892025-01-30T14:14:22ZengAssociation CeROArtCeROArt : Conservation, Exposition, Restauration d'Objets d'Art1784-50922014-01-01910.4000/ceroart.3786The dust-jacket consideredMargit J SmithThis article addresses the history of protective book coverings from earliest times to their current use; their design as it mirrors changes in the graphic arts and materials over the past century; scholarly, commercial, and marketing use of dust-jackets, collections in institutions. Treatment in library settings and availability to students and users will also be discussed. Findings, suggestions and instructions for their preservation, pros and cons of retention, importance in the rare book trade, and the production of fake and facsimile dust-jackets are also considered.https://journals.openedition.org/ceroart/3786bookcollectiondust-jacketbook-jacketfac-simile |
| spellingShingle | Margit J Smith The dust-jacket considered CeROArt : Conservation, Exposition, Restauration d'Objets d'Art book collection dust-jacket book-jacket fac-simile |
| title | The dust-jacket considered |
| title_full | The dust-jacket considered |
| title_fullStr | The dust-jacket considered |
| title_full_unstemmed | The dust-jacket considered |
| title_short | The dust-jacket considered |
| title_sort | dust jacket considered |
| topic | book collection dust-jacket book-jacket fac-simile |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/ceroart/3786 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT margitjsmith thedustjacketconsidered AT margitjsmith dustjacketconsidered |