Changing Prices on the Fly

During the life of the very early DJ styles, Boni-Liveright had occasion to raise prices. Prices during that period were printed in the red band near the bottom of the spine. In some cases rather than reprinting the entire dust jacket to accomdate the new price, Boni-Liveright overprinted the price using a variety of methods. Here are some of them.

If you have other examples, or better examples of the ones shown here, please let me know.

Price Cross-out Overprint

Spine bottom: Old price crossed out followed by new price within the red band.

Price Cross-out Overprint

Spine bottom: Old price crossed out followed by new price below the red band.

Blanked Price Overprint

Spine bottom: Red band totally covered in black overprint with new price below the red band.

Taped Price Overprint

Spine bottom: Red band price covered with red tape, new price printed on the tape.