are there any websites that sell JUST the dustwrappers from modern
first edition books?  btybrdy@aol.com

Hi! Thanks for the question.

I have found a site, which sells dust jackets only. The site has some
dust jackets for 1st Edition books. To save you time, I will list here
the 1st edition books only.

“Allende, Isabel: PAULA; (Dust Jack ONLY - NO book), (Harper Collins),
1995, First English-language edition, fine. $15.00”

“Boorstin, Daniel J.: AMERICAN CIVILIZATION; (Dust Jack ONLY - NO
book) (First Edition), bumps at top and bottom of spine, wear at
corners, very good. $15.00”

“JOHN GAW MEEM, PIONEER IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION; Santa Fe (Museum of
New Mexico Press), First Edition, ISBN 0-89013-151-1, fine. $15.00”

“De Vinci: THE UNKNOWN LEONARDO; (Dust Jack ONLY - NO book) McGraw
Hill, First Edition, very good. $20.00”

“Gassier, P. & Wilson, J.: GOYA; (Dust Jack ONLY - NO book) Reynal,
first edition, near fine. $20.00”

“Hall, H. R.: AEGEAN ARCHAEOLOGY; (Dust Jack ONLY - NO book) (First
Edition, 1915), 5 short tears repaired on inside with archival tape,
spine faded from blue gray to almost buff. $20.00”

“Hall, W. S.: CURRIER & IVES PRINTS: THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA; (Dust Jack
ONLY - NO book) (may be a first edition, $2.25 is the price on the
front and orange paper has an "old" feel.) $15.00”

“Hesse, Hermann: KLINGSOR'S LAST SUMMER; (Dust Jack ONLY - NO book),
New York (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), first English-language edition,
SBN 374.1.8166.7, near fine, $15.00”

“Rewald, John: CEZANNE; (Dust Jack ONLY - NO book) First Edition,
fine. $20.00”

All of the above-mentioned titles could be found at “Dust Jackets
(Only)” from De la Peņa Books
http://www.delapena.com/Dust_Jackets.html

Odd Volumes United also sells book dust jackets only but does not
mention whether it is for 1st edition of books.
http://www.oddvolumesunited.com/cgi-bin/ovushort.cgi?djacketsSale

I hope this is what you require. Please ask for a clarification if you
need further information. Thanks for being a part of Google Answers.

Regards,
Easterangel-ga

Dear JB, 

If I understood correctly (and please correct me if I'm wrong) you're
looking *only* for the dustwrappers, without the books that was
inside.

I only found this: 
http://www.deiltak.com/wrappers.html

Also these might be of interest
www.maulu.demon.co.uk/books/DWJ/ 
http://www.2nd-hand-books.co.uk/
Thomas Tanselle's "Book-Jackets, Blurbs, and Bibliographers,"  The
Library, June 1971.

politicalguru,

A dustwrapper ("dustjacket" in booksellers' lingo) that's
price-clipped is damaged.

JB,
I own a bookstore and let me tell you, literally 80% of the value of a
Modern 1st Edition is from the dustjacket.

I would expand on my answer and tell you the perfect solution, and
places you can find it, but I'm still waiting on Google to accept my
Researcher application.

politicalguru,

Nevermind.  I just saw that the first one was price-clipped but the others weren't.