The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 20, May 12, 2002, Article 9

THE LAST WORD ON DUST JACKETS?

  Dick Johnson writes: "As I look around my library shelves
  there are three kinds of books I see: those with dust jackets,
  those without, and those with lithograph book covers (those
  integral covers in color designs). I like the last category best.
  Notable: Bowers' recent "American Numismatics Before the
  Civil War" and Rulau's latest edition of "Medallic Portraits of
  Washington." The dust jacket is kinda built into the covers.

  The need for a dust jacket is to entice you into the book.
  Commercial book publishers go to a lot of expense in
  designing dust jackets to make their product more appealing,
  particularly in the book store.  Of all my reference books,
  however, only one or two have a dust jacket. So here's
  my last word on dust jackets:

  A book with a dust jacket is a book to read.  A book
  without a dust jacket is a book to buy."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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