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The dust jacket (sometimes book jacket, dust wrapper or dust cover) of a book is the detachable outer cover, usually made of paper and printed with text and illustrations. This outer cover has folded flaps that hold it to the front and back book covers ; these flaps may also double as bookmarks .
The 1906 front dust jacket of Burgess's Are You a Bromide?, which contains the first use of the word "blurb." A blurb is a short promotional piece accompanying a piece of creative work. It may be written by the author or publisher or quote praise from others. Blurbs were originally printed on the back or rear dust jacket of a book.
Early 1860s duster. The original dusters were full-length, light-colored canvas or linen coats worn by horsemen in the United States to protect their clothing from trail dust.
A paper wrapper, or dust jacket, is usually put over the binding, folding over each horizontal end of the boards. Dust jackets serve to protect the underlying cover from wear. On the folded part, or flap, over the front cover is generally a blurb, or a summary of the book. The back flap is where the biography of the author can be found. Reviews ...
In all cases, the lack of a dust jacket is noted if the book was issued with one. The same applies to other possible accessories, such as inlays (like errata lists, cards, photo prints, PCBs ), foldouts (like maps), media (like diskettes , CDs , DVDs ) etc.
Paul Wenck (1892–1964) was a German and American painter, graphic artist and illustrator, particularly of book dust jackets. [1] Wenck was born in 1892 in Berlin, Germany. [2] In 1941, he was living in New Rochelle, New York. [2]
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The books were printed with plain paper dust jackets until 1969. Each one had a unique pattern of squiggly lines at the top but these were not especially practical because they were easy to rip and stain. From 1970, the covers were protected with a glossy coating. These types are often referred to as "Glossies".