seaJane Posted 11 June , 2015 Share Posted 11 June , 2015 The link still leads to the nuisance calls article for me! http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/h/history-of-the-dust-jacket/ http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/b/british-library-dust-jackets-collection/ mention, but don't link to, the exhibition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 15 June , 2015 Author Share Posted 15 June , 2015 A couple more for your delectation, this time from the first 2 anthologies of the famous trench magazine, published by Herbert Jenkins in 1918. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 15 June , 2015 Share Posted 15 June , 2015 This an excellent thread. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 15 June , 2015 Share Posted 15 June , 2015 Can't resist making a contribution... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 15 June , 2015 Share Posted 15 June , 2015 Seven Pillars of Wisdom.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 15 June , 2015 Share Posted 15 June , 2015 Sorry, one more from my library... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 15 June , 2015 Author Share Posted 15 June , 2015 Sorry, one more from my library...This one has a Lawrence connection. The author was selected for special service with Lawrence & gives an account of his time with the great man. Published by Robert Hale in 1937. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 15 June , 2015 Share Posted 15 June , 2015 1932 book tie in with the Greta Garbo film.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 15 June , 2015 Share Posted 15 June , 2015 Another TEL connection. Captain W E Johns was the recruiting officer in London that enlisted Lawrence into the RAF in 1922 as John Hume Ross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 15 June , 2015 Share Posted 15 June , 2015 My last one for today..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 16 June , 2015 Share Posted 16 June , 2015 Many thanks to Dust Jacket Collector for his excellent website from which the three covers above are taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 16 June , 2015 Author Share Posted 16 June , 2015 Many thanks to Dust Jacket Collector for his excellent website from which the three covers above are taken.Thanks Ghazala, glad to see somebody looks at it. As you have a quote from Charles Douie I thought we'd better have the jacket from his most famous book here :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 16 June , 2015 Share Posted 16 June , 2015 I know the thread title is 'Favourite book jackets' but one thing that disappoints me is when a book with a great title has a very boring jacket, keeping with the Lawrence theme, this 1937 publication is a good example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 16 June , 2015 Share Posted 16 June , 2015 Normal service is resumed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 17 June , 2015 Author Share Posted 17 June , 2015 It's true that many of the finest War books came with less than inspiring jackets. As a long-time collector of War poetry I rather wish they all came adorned as here, in this rather turgid collection by Harold Begbie, published by Constable in 1914. Sadly they don't. The example below might well be my favourite jacket as it took over 40 years to find, cost more than almost any book I've ever bought & is still the only example I've ever seen (until you all tell me you've got several copies!). Published by Sidgwick in 1919, the jacket is particularly fragile, which might account for its scarcity. It didn't sell well either judging by the reduced price sticker just visible on the spine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 18 June , 2015 Author Share Posted 18 June , 2015 I've always found this one to be rather amusing. An early History of Submarine Warfare by Harold Wheeler published by Harrap in 1919. I wonder what the crew would have made of this manoeuvre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Filsell Posted 18 June , 2015 Share Posted 18 June , 2015 I love the Mata Hari - a real 1930's naughty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 18 June , 2015 Share Posted 18 June , 2015 I've always found this one to be rather amusing. An early History of Submarine Warfare by Harold Wheeler published by Harrap in 1919. I wonder what the crew would have made of this manoeuvre? War in the Underseas.jpg Can't help feeling that the artist must have observed a whale breaching at some point - the impression is very similar! sJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 18 June , 2015 Share Posted 18 June , 2015 I suppose it's the way you interpret the picture, I had assumed it was attacked and damaged on the surface by the warship and was sinking rather than diving, but I'm no expert in Naval warfare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 18 June , 2015 Share Posted 18 June , 2015 Even for a sinking submarine it's rather a long way out of the water... in my non-expert opinion ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 18 June , 2015 Share Posted 18 June , 2015 WSC, 1940: "...the 'Spee' still sticks up in the harbour of Montevideo as a grisly monument and measure of the fate in store for any Nazi warship which dabbles in piracy on the broad waters." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 18 June , 2015 Author Share Posted 18 June , 2015 I suppose it's the way you interpret the picture, I had assumed it was attacked and damaged on the surface by the warship and was sinking rather than diving, but I'm no expert in Naval warfare Either way it looks a rather uncomfortable experience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 20 June , 2015 Share Posted 20 June , 2015 Thanks Ghazala, glad to see somebody looks at it. As you have a quote from Charles Douie I thought we'd better have the jacket from his most famous book here :-the weary road.jpg Love it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 20 August , 2015 Share Posted 20 August , 2015 Not fiction for a change, but this is a typical piece of art nouveau fount design (sorry about the label; it's our shelf-mark). Trust the French to be elegant even when discussing fractures of the eye-socket:- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 20 August , 2015 Author Share Posted 20 August , 2015 Thank goodness they didn't put a picture on the jacket! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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