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First Publisher-Issued Dust Jacket in the United States (1865)


According to Mark R. Godburn's website for his forthcoming Nineteenth Century Dust Jackets: An Illustrated History, "In the United States, the earliest known publisher-issued dust jacket is on a copy of The Bryant Festival at 'The Century' (1865) published by D. Appleton & Co. This jacket was printed on the front and rear panels with the same design as the binding."