photo of cover of w.e.b. du bois’ 1928 novel dark princess, which is beige with black lettering & a colorful painting of a woman

photo of horizontal spine of w.e.b. du bois’ novel, dark princess, which is beige with black lettering and a small colorful painting of a woman

#9 w.e.b. du bois’ *dark princess: a romance* (1928) is royal. the cover #art & #typography on #dustjacket are striking. so many questions: what is the #font? who did #painting or #drawing? why did du bois dedicate #romance #novel to titania #amidsummernightsdream #shakespeare #blackstudies #india

photo of book by jean toomer—cane, a 1923 novel. the book is placed horizontally

photo of black & white bookplate in jean toomer’s cane, which features aaron douglas artwork of a person playing the banjo in nature

#5 jean toomer’s *cane* (1923) is otherworldly. this copy @librarycongress.bsky.social rare book & spec coll div is a 2nd printing & part of the #ralphellison #book #collection. did the 1st printing have a #dustjacket? look at this beautiful #bookplate featuring #aarondouglas #art #blackstudies #dc

Mi Amigo by W. R. Burnett (MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1960). Cover Art by Norrington. #MiAmigo #WRBurnett #1960s #book #books #MacDonaldAndCoPublishersLtd #cover #coverart #artwork #Western #Cowboy #hardback #hardcover #dustjacket #dustwrapper

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#DelicateCreatures #HardCover #J.MichaelStraczynski #TopCow/Image #HardCover #GN
Delicate Creatures By J. Michael Straczynski (Top Cow/Image) Hard Cover GN
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The front of the dust jacket for Robert Scharff's Complete Book of Wood Finishing. The title descends vertically along the righthand edge of the jacket. Illustrations of several wood working tools (a rasp? a file? I'm not educated on this" with neatly detailed handles appear to the left of the title.

A pleasing book cover.

#booksky #design #dustjacket #bookcovers #usedbooks #vintage

photo of the cover of a small-ish white book w/ brown & white colors

#2 gwendolyn brooks’ *in the mecca* (1968) is #chicago. #brooks #book is in rare book & special collections div
@librarycongress.bsky.social a #1stedition w/ #dustjacket it was published by harper & row, the bookend of her run w/ white publishers. i wonder how many copies were printed. #blackstudies

photograph of front cover of orange book

photo of horizontal spine of an orange book

#1 w.e.b. du bois’ *black reconstruction* (1935) is a sunburst. #dubois #book is in rare book & special collections div
@librarycongress.bsky.social it is the 1st time i’ve held a #1sted copy w/ a #dustjacket. #magical it was published by harcourt, brace & co. i wonder how many copies were printed.

horizontal stack of 7 books

#dc #goodwill #bookhaul #yesterday. ~$13 total. i’m especially excited re danzy senna book. i really wanted one in #hardcover w/ #dustjacket. several of the books here i now have in duplicates or triplicates. the blue mosley. the yellow mcmillan. the blue & yellow woodson. #colortheory #blackstudies

back cover of book, which is yellow and upright

inside cover of book, which includes black & white photo of toni morrison

#jamesbaldwin & #johnawilliams praise *sula* (1974) & *the bluest eye* (1970), respectively, on the back cover of *song of solomon". photo of #tonimorrison is on the back inside flap of the #dustjacket. i love her smile & the silver earrings & necklace. #blackstudies #happybirthday #howarduniversity

The Sailcloth Shroud by Charles Williams (Cassell & Company Ltd., 1960). Cover Art by A. L. Whitear. #TheSailclothShroud #CharlesWilliams #1960s #books #book #cover #coverart #artwork #ALWhitear #CassellAndCompanyLtd #Cassell #crime #mystery #thriller #thrillers #thrillerbooks #dustjacket #hardback

photo of the cover of carter g. woodson & charles h. wesley's book *the negro in our history, which is yellow & black.

photo of the spine of carter g. woodson & charles h. wesley's book *the negro in our history, which is yellow & black & includes a white library sticker with black numbers.

photo of the back of carter g. woodson & charles h. wesley's book *the negro in our history, which is yellow & black & includes four pieces of clear tape

carter g. woodson & charles h. wesley's c1922 *the negro in our history* is sunny. 1966 (11th ed.) #dustjacket features james wells' #art. #woodcut? i love how they pulled one image & used it to illustrate spine & back. bought @b.i.g. #booksale in sept 2025 $4. #blackstudies @asalh-bhm.bsky.social

photo of nell irvin painter's book *the history of white people*. the book is mostly white w/ a centered black circle that includes title and author's name. also shows the spine, which includes the title summary, author name & publisher logo.

nell painter's 2010 book *the history of white people" is striking. #dustjacket cover is white w/ small black circle & white lettering for title & author's name. spine includes title, summary, author's name, publisher logo. jacket design's reminiscent of #bluesteye & #apeopleonthecover #blackstudies

#Scarce 1968 First British edition of an #anthology of #anthropological #sciencefiction! Striking #dustjacket by #LaurenceEdwards. $120. #Booksky #NationalScienceFictionDay #RobertHeinlein #LesterDelRey #ArthurCClarke #LSpraguedeCamp #HGWells

I love this book more than anything. So I had to make my own dust jacket (I didn't really like the Polish cover)
#aftg #fanart #dustjacket #thefoxholecurt #allforthegame #art #book #bookart

Rot and Ruin, the young adult ZOMBIE EPIC done by Jonathan Maberry! It was a FANTISTIC art experience!! www.youtube.com/shorts/iAl3b... #rotandruin #zombieart #zombieartist #novel #dustjacket #zombie #youngadult #youngadultreads #zombieapocalypse #zombies

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#TheYearOfDecision1846 #BernardDevoto #©1943 #1stEdition #Hardcover #Book #DustJacket
The Year of Decision 1846 By Bernard Devoto, ©1943 1st Edition Hardcover Book DJ
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The Girl Outside by Alan Bestic (Barrie And Rockliff, 1959). #TheGirlOutside #AlanBestic #1950s #book #books #cover #coverart #artwork #BarrieAndRockliff #dustjacket #dustwrapper #hardcover #hardback #BarbaraMarston

A House In The Uplands by Erskine Caldwell (Falcon Press (London) Ltd., 1947). Cover Art by F. Quilter. #AHouseInTheUplands #ErskineCaldwell #1940s #book #books #cover #coverart #artwork #FQuilter #FalconPress #dustjacket #dustwrapper

#OliverGoldsmith was born on this day in 1728...this lovely ca.1929 edition of the #VicarofWakefield was #illustrated by #ArthurRackham, and has its #dustjacket and matching #box!
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Sadly, the former owner of this 1940 #history of #aviation excised his name from the halftitle with scissors, where the #author and his wife have #signed their names. He also destroyed the #dustjacket! #Illustrated with #B&W #photos. $25. #Booksky #HarryHarper #airplanes #aircraft #flying

Attn. #KidsSeries #collectors: #FirstEdition 1934 #MysteryHunters #book with #dustjacket! $25. #Booksky #ChildrensBooks #SaalfieldPublishing #CapwellWyckoff #mystery

This #FirstEdition 1913 #grammar of #English #heraldry is #scarce with a #dustjacket! #Illustrated with #B&W #photos and #drawings. #Silk #RibbonMarker. A previous owner has glued a #vintage #Arrid #antiperspirant #ad in the front. $30. #Booksky #England #CoatsofArms #armory #family #genealogy

Attn. #Childrens #annual #collectors! Thanks to its #glassine #dustjacket, this ca.1925 #SchoolBoys annual looks as good now as it did when it was given as a #gift 100 years ago! $60.
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Chautauqua by Day Keene (Gunard Hjertstedt) and Dwight Vincent (W. H. Allen, 1961). #Chautauqua #DayKeene #GunardHjertstedt #DwightVincent #1960s #book #books #WHAllen #cover #dustjacket #dustwrapper #hardback #hardcover

Oklahoma Crude by Marc Norman (Hart-Davis MacGibbon, 1973). #OklahomaCrude #MarcNorman #1970s #books #book #coverart #cover #artwork #HartDavisMacGibbon #hardback #hardcover #dustjacket #dustwrapper

If you don't mind your #literature with extra #notes and #underlining, this 9th Impression of #VirginiaWoolf 's #MrsDalloway (1958) is for you! It has the #dustjacket by #VanessaBell, Woolf's sister. $25. #Booksky #asis #fiction #BritLit

Thanks to its #dustjacket, this 1926 edition of #Kipling 's #PuckofPooksHill doesn't look its age! $25. #Booksky #literature #RudyardKipling #fiction #poetry

Attn. #ChildrensBooks #collectors! How many books in your #collection have a #handmade #dustjacket? This #wartime edition of #WhatKatyDidNext does! $20. #Booksky #SusanCoolidge #WhatKatyDid #KidsSeriesBooks

#BringtheForklift for this massive 1979 #history #book with a #slipcase! #Illustrated with #colour and #B&W #photos. Lacking #dustjacket. $20. #Booksky #CoffeeTableBook #SocialHistory #anthropology #LostCivilizations #Celts #Vikings #Egyptians #Incas

This 1952 #HistoricalFiction #book about #Acadians in #NewBrunswick was written by a #Woodstock dentist. $20 (also have one with a #dustjacket for $25). #Booksky #GeorgeFrederickClarke #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #fiction #FirstEdition