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Stu
26 Mar, 2019
(edited)Edited by Stu on 2019-4-2 4:00:13 AM UTC
Edited by Stu on 2019-12-22 7:01:04 AM UTC
Edited by Urulókë on 2020-12-8 5:10:09 AM UTC
2019-3-26 8:47:59 AM UTC
Given that we don't know what the Dust Jacket actually looked like (other than Perhaps Wayne who has seen one), I'm trying to make something plausible just to protect the spine of the book from UV on the shelf. I can figure out the correct size easily enough (as I know how wide the flaps were from shadowing on the endpapers).
Any suggestions, help, etc. welcomed
[Edit: It looked nothing whatsoever like my first musings, attached here! ]
26 Mar, 2019
2019-3-26 9:46:36 AM UTC
Could you make one for me as well, let me know costs?
26 Mar, 2019
2019-3-26 12:30:03 PM UTC
Splendid! Wish I could help, but I do not own a 1920s OUP title with dustjacket...
26 Mar, 2019
2019-3-26 3:59:16 PM UTC
...here are some pics from Essays and Studies from 1929, hope this helps...
I would also be interested in this dust wrapper, Stu!
26 Mar, 2019
2019-3-26 4:36:57 PM UTC
Cannot help, but would love a facsimile copy if you do produce them. Thanks for the effort (and to Ithildin and other for their help as well)!
26 Mar, 2019
2019-3-26 4:40:55 PM UTC
Stu wrote:
Given that we don't know what the Dust Jacket actually looked like (other than Perhaps Wayne who has seen one), I'm trying to make something plausible just to protect the spine of the book from UV on the shelf. I can figure out the correct size easily enough (as I know how wide the flaps were from shadowing on the endpapers).
Any suggestions, help, etc. welcomed
...and here you have the correct size of both flaps. But I don't suppose that the selling price was the same.
Stu, looking at your suggested spine, I think the text is more likely written in the same manner as on the book spine. Please compare the style on 'Essays' book and dustwrapper. And what's about the back side...?
26 Mar, 2019
2019-3-26 4:59:41 PM UTC
As far as I know, there were printed two versions of the book, concerning the front book cover: with and without the gild coat of arms. Would't it be more plausible that the dust wrapper was the same for both variants, but more likely without this decoration? What do you think?