{"id":1907,"date":"2019-08-17T13:30:45","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T01:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/?page_id=1907"},"modified":"2019-08-17T13:30:47","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T01:30:47","slug":"childrens-book-jackets-1920s-to-1940s","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/childrens-book-jackets-1920s-to-1940s\/","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s Book Jackets 1920s to 1940s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In the Friends\u2019 Display Case: National Library of New Zealand<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Children\u2019s Book Jackets from the 1920s to 1940s \u2014 at National Library of New Zealand

Up until World War I children\u2019s books were generally covered with decorated cloth bindings. Removable paper jackets were sometimes used, but they usually duplicated the design on the cover of the book. After the war, economics drove a gradual change to the use of printed paper jackets in preference to expensive, multi-colour printed cloth covers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As well as protecting the cover of the book when it is waiting to be sold, a book jacket tells the potential reader something about the book within. Not all book jackets were of a high standard in terms of design and print quality, but the best examples combine design, illustration and printing technique to produce jackets which are works of art in their own right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These titles from the Dorothy Neal White Collection are on display for the next few months outside the Turnbull Library Reading Rooms on the First Floor of the National Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n