We are cautioned to avoid judging a book by its cover, yet that is precisely what publishers hope we will do. Dust-jacket (book cover) illustration, which came into its own in the 1920s, has long ...

The Illustrated Dust Jacket, 1920-1970 chronicles the rise of the book dust jacket from disposable object to a creative platform for publishing design. “In view of its origins as a plain protection to ...

It takes a keen eye to know what you're buying as a book collector, and while a first edition could be worth thousands of dollars, as the saying goes, you can't always judge a book by its cover.

BENGALURU: When I visited the John Steinbeck Center in Salinas in January 2024, it was the 75th year since the publication of Grapes of Wrath, the definitive novel on the Great Depression. I was ...