The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 17, April 21, 2002, Article 8

DUST JACKETS

.   In response to our earlier discussions of book jackets,
  Steve Pellegrini writes; "Yes, I think it is ridiculous to add or
  detract great amounts of money on the presence or absence
  of a book's dustjacket, most especially on modern, retail
  copies of standard editions.

  For example:  I'd recently been looking for a copy of the
  Hibbler-Kappen 'So-called Dollars'  book.  One offer I
  finally received was for an earlier edition in moderately used
  condition: $60.00 w/o a dustjacket or $90.00 for one with
  jacket.  I thought that I just might be able to get by without
  this particular dust jacket. -- This spreading phenomenon
  seems just another example of the market's recent strategy
  of adding qualifiers on top of qualifiers as a means of upping
  the ante on rather common material -- books and coins.

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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