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Dust jacket of Meet the Austins (The Vanguard Press, 1960) by Madeleine L'Engle, first edition. Image is slightly cleaned up due to a tear on the actual dust jacket. Artist unknown. Additional significance is that a chapter cut from this first edition was later published separately as The Anti-Muffins, and eventually included in the novel's 1997 hardback edition.

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1960 first edition dust jacket of Meet the Austins by Madeleine L'Engle

Source

scanned from dust jacket

Article

Meet the Austins

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front

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391 × 593 pixels. Low-quality scan of damaged copy of out-of-print edition; thus has no commercial value

Purpose of use

for use with article on the book illustrated.

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no free image is possible of this rare book. The image servers to identify the edition discussed in article.

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This book cover is significant in that it is a first edition of an older book by the author, and the first visual representation of her character Vicky Austin and Vicky's siblings. Vicky is the most frequently-appearing major character in the L'Engle corpus, and has been depeicted in a variety of ways. This edition is also notable for its omission of a controversial chapter which was later published separately, and later still appeared in a new hardcover edition, as discussed in the article.

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Description

Cover of the 1960 first edition dust jacket of Meet the Austins by Madeleine L'Engle, depicting Vicky Austin and her siblings. Cover artist unknown.

Source

scanned book cover

Article

Vicky Austin

Portion used

front

Low resolution?

yes: 391 × 593 pixels

Purpose of use

illustrates several major characters in Madeleine L'Engle's books, who appear only on book covers (and in one TV movie). This particular dust jacket marks the first visual representation of each.

Replaceable?

No free image possible of fictional characters. This book cover image is widely available but no longer in print, hand does not impede copyright holder's commercial interests in any way.

Other information

This book cover is significant in that it is a first edition of an older book by the author, and the first visual representation of her character Vicky Austin, her brothers John and Rob Austin, and their mother Victoria, as well as the family pets. Vicky is the most frequently-appearing major character in the L'Engle corpus, and has been depeicted in a variety of ways.

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current21:23, 8 July 2019Thumbnail for version as of 21:23, 8 July 2019251 × 383 (50 KB)GrahamHardy (talk | contribs)crop
05:04, 7 July 2017No thumbnail256 × 388 (29 KB)DatBot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
04:09, 15 June 2007No thumbnail391 × 593 (98 KB)Mavarin (talk | contribs)

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