Showing posts with label oldest book jacket. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oldest book jacket. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Book Jackets


photo Bodelian Library, University of Oxford
Since they're running out of the hardcover edition of Stolen Child, I've put up the paperback over there. In so doing, I got curious about the whole history of dust jackets. Seems the first one - dating from 1829. More info from the blogs of the Seattle Post Intelligencer.