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Harvard University Press, 1954. hardcover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. Cambridge, 1954; blue cloth covered boards; edge and corner wear with board exposed; illustrated jacket with edge and corner wear, housed in a Bro-Dart like cover; 4to,9 3/4" to 12" tall; Ex-library with typical stamps and markings; top 1/3 of free front end paper clipped and missing; 2" by 1" patched clipped from bottom edge of page 73/74; interior is clean and unmarked; 74 pages.
The Growth of the Book-Jacket by ROSNER, Charles (text); LUSTIG, Alvin (jacket design) - 1954
by ROSNER, Charles (text); LUSTIG, Alvin (jacket design)
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The Growth of the Book-Jacket
by ROSNER, Charles (text); LUSTIG, Alvin (jacket design)
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1954. First Edition. Quarto (25cm); turquoise cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xxxiv,[2]pp, plus 74pp of black and white reproductions of dustjackets. Boards slightly splayed, touch of offset from flaps onto endpapers, with a hint of dustiness to text edges; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $4.00), gently spine-sunned, with a touch of dustiness and some scattered foxing to flaps; Very Good+. Attractive copy of Rosner's survey of dustjackets, ranging from the earliest-known 19th century jackets through the 1950's, providing reproductions of jackets from 25 different countries (226 illustrations).
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- Date Published 1954
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The Growth of the Book Jacket
by Rosner, Charles
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The Growth of the Book-Jacket
by Charles Rosner
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1954. cloth, hard cover. lacks dust jacket. both boards curl up toward the fore-edge. wear to cloth at both spine ends. less at corners. no markings. sturdy binding.; xxxiv-74pp., 226 b/w illustrations. a history of the dust jacket is followed by contemporary examples from many nations. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Growth of the Book Jacket
by ROSNER, Charles
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1954. First. hardcover. very good(+)/very good(-). Alvin Lustig. Illustrated in black & white). 74 pages. Slim 4to, blue cloth, pictorial dust wrapper, illustrated by Alvin Lustig (wrapper torn at front and repaired with tape at verso. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1954. First edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) wrapper.<br/> <br/>
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The Growth of the Book Jacket - WITH Alvin Lustig Dust Jacket
by ROSNER, Charles
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very Good+/Good+. Alvin Lustig (dust jacket design). 4to. Pp. xxxiv, 74. 226 black & white photo illustrations on coated paper. Letterpress printed text. With indexes. Light blue cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the cover and spine. In the two color Lustig illustrated dust jacket with price $4.00 intact on the front flap: edge crimped, very short closed tears to head & tail edges, faint transfer to endpapers. A survey of the earliest dust jackets, commercial and artistic criteria for designs, and a selection of contemporary jackets from 25 countries. Rosen organized the first International Book Jacket Exhibition in 1949.Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.
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The Growth of the Book-Jacket
by Charles Rosner
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The Growth of the Book-Jacket
by Rosner, Charles
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Harvard University Press. hardcover. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing
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