This study deals with the many and varied impulses that resulted in a great growth in book cover design in Victorian Britain. New technical developments provided the means for artists to attempt wide experimentation, and allied to this was the impetus for a huge new market for creatively designed bindings that came in the 1840s and cumulated with the Great Exhibition in 1851. At the same time, practitioners such as Owen Jones, Walter Crane and John Leighton broke new ground in the artistic style that they adopted.
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This study deals with the many and varied impulses that resulted in a great growth in book cover design in Victorian Britain. New technical developments provided the means for artists to attempt wide experimentation, and allied to this was the impetus for a huge new market for creatively designed bindings that came in the 1840s and cumulated with the Great Exhibition in 1851. At the same time, practitioners such as Owen Jones, Walter Crane and John Leighton broke new ground in the artistic style that they adopted.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book Fine, as-new large hardcover book with removable mylar. Clean deep blue cloth boards with blind-stamped decoration, stamped gold lettering on cover and spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. All pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated in full color. 324 pages.
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Very Good in Good jacket. 9 x 11. Dj is clear stamped plastic with small tear near top front corner, book has very minor wear, xxiii + 324 pages including indexes, list of binders and descriptions of the works they produced, some only identified by their initials, bibliographical information on differences in editions included where known, bw and color illustrations.
