The Book Blinders

The first known dust-jacket to appear on a book in the UK dates from 1819. Sadly, almost...
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Author: John Clute
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Language: English
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The Book Blinders by Clute, John

The Book Blinders

$151.64

The Book Blinders

$151.64
Author: John Clute
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
The first known dust-jacket to appear on a book in the UK dates from 1819.

Sadly, almost none of these jackets have survived. The one institution primarily responsible for this vandalism is the British Library, which removed dust-jackets from every book it accessioned, and destroyed almost all of them. As a result, almost no hardbound book accessioned by the Library after the middle of the nineteenth century was in fact presentable in a visual context: no dust-jacket artwork survived to brighten the theatre of the book; no flap copy to articulate the rituals of expectation and entry that coded successive unveilings of this transgressive literature.

In The Book Blinders, distinguished critic, editor and novelist John Clute looks at 115 books whose jackets have survived out here in the real world. They escaped the burning. Each has a story to tell.




Author: John Clute
Publisher: Norstrilia Press
Published: 05/01/2024
Pages: 502
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.81lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d
ISBN: 9780645369649

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