Copyright law of book jacket design

What does the law say about the copyright of book jacket design?

I am the sole librarian and my library owns a certain book. Since I didn’t like the original jacket, I made my own based on the design by one Everett Aison from a much older edition. This edition was printed in the US but by a UK publishing house:

Copyright © 1963 Victor Gollancz, Ltd

Gollancz is now owned by another UK publisher. I wasn’t able to find any useful information on this Aison fellow.

Would I be breaking any laws if I attached my version to the library book?

The Third Man

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Comments

• dsalo: Just the book jacket you made? Or the entire book?
• The Third Man: Just the book jacket. “My version” refers only to it, and _not_ the actual book.
• Ashley Nunn: While this is a very interesting question on copyright, it is not about Libraries or Information Science, and thus is off topic.
• The Third Man: @AshleyNunn I agree that the topic is not strictly about libraries and information science. However, Stack Exchange doesn’t have a site dedicated to legal affairs. I figured librarians and library professionals might be able to shed some light on the copyright law of books (and cover jackets).
• Joe: It would most likely fall under any other artwork laws. It would seem to follow the Obama Hope picture incident, in that it involved something based on a commissioned work, but he got got into more trouble for faking evidence.
• The Third Man: @Joe I guess you’re right. Thanks.
• jonsca: @Jeni I've accepted the edit, but let me discuss with my fellow mods as to whether we will reopen this.
• jonsca: I think we're going to leave it be for the time being, as even as presented now, it's more about the copyright aspect than the role of the librarian or library.