I was able to find first editions, hardcover, of Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars books. I really wanted to preserve them with original dust covers, and I found a guy who makes excellent facsimiles ! After I got those i took them to a local used book store and got the dust jackets fitted with mylar sleeves. They look beautiful and now occupy a drawer (out of direct sunlight) in my library/office. The whole process was not expensive and the results are very gratifying !
I've a copy of Beachheads in Space (1952 sci-fi anthology) hat was inexpensive due to no dj, and a book of pulp art to source a unique cover. Thanks for the presentation!
You can also print a copy of the original jacket onto photo paper or whatnot from images on the internet and use that for your jacket. I see that you get into all of this stuff I am saying later in your video. I pulled the trigger a bit early. Good advice from you all around.
Okay. On a first edition of a great book like Lost Worlds by Clark Ashton Smith or Fingers of Fear by J U Nicholson, I will spring for the $22 facsimile. But for a later edition of, let's say, The Man Who was Thursday, I will go on the internet, look up the book, select IMAGES from my browser, choose a cool image of a real jacket, size the image to the book, print on photo paper, and use the paper you recommend to produce a nice jacket. Thanks for the inspiration.
Beautiful stuff Lucille, very unique and imaginative, love your work. Also some great book repair hacks. Wondering if you have done any art work for Gryphon Press ? Keep on doing what you do. Cheers
Hi, Andrew, thanks for the kind words, Lucille has done some covers for my Gryphon Books as we as Hardboiled mag covers. She will be happy to hear you like her work. Keep watching, she is going to do a video on her tricks and tips for book repair.
Hi, Jonny, Lucille reads true crime, i read vintage crime fiction. There are so many Vintage books i am sure you have heard of them. A good place to start are the books reprinted by Stark House Press, an impressive group.
