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Let's Hear it for the First Addition
Jon Meyers, in a thread he recently posted to the rec.collecting.books newsgroup, suggested it was way past time to replace the term, "first edition," with the term, "first printing."* I agree.* I also think it is time we hear more about the use of the first addition as well. * First additions are often confused with first editions. Believe me; they are two different animals: A first edition is the first printing of a book from the original setting of type. A first addition is the first printing of a book which contains additions, corrections or revisions to the original text. A first addition, in reality, is a second edition; however, it is more impressive to say a book is a first addition. Right? Booksellers on abebooks have already started to use the term, "first addition." There were 104 first additions listed on abebooks yesterday, ranging in price from one dollar to over fifteen-hundred dollars. First additions are more abundant on ebay, where anyone can become an instant bookseller. Yesterday, there were 237 first additions listed on ebay in all categories; however, thee were only 125 first additions listed in the Books category. This just goes to show you that on ebay, at least, not all first additions are books. Let the Buyer Beware! Jerry Morris, Book Collector ** Moi's Books About Books: http://www.tinyurl.com/hib7 Moi's LIbrary http://www.moislibrary.com My Sentimental Library http://www.picturetrail.com/mylibrary Florida Bibliophile Society http://www.floridabibliophilesociety.org |
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Let's Hear it for the First Addition
Jerry,
You're giving them way too much credit. I think the majority of those first "additions" are really "editions" (edition and addition sound similar, so I think many of those are just misspelled These are not book dealers but mainly people just trying to make a buck. Remember, many of those people are the same ones who elected the great orator, Dubya, who, "let me tell ya", couldn't spell nuclear if our lives depended upon it. |
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Let's Hear it for the First Addition
Jon Meyers, in a thread he recently posted to the rec.collecting.books
newsgroup, suggested it was way past time to replace the term, "first edition," with the term, "first printing." I agree. I also think it is time we hear more about the use of the first addition as well. First additions are often confused with first editions. Believe me; they are two different animals: A first edition is the first printing of a book from the original setting of type. A first addition is the first printing of a book which contains additions, corrections or revisions to the original text. Is there such a thing as a first book -- the first book produced by the frist print run of a first edition? Or am I getting to esoteric, here? |
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Let's Hear it for the First Addition
Al Smith wrote in news:8VAXf.53139$VV4.905952@ursa-
nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca: A first addition is the first printing of a book which contains additions, corrections or revisions to the original text. Is there such a thing as a first book -- the first book produced by the frist print run of a first edition? Or am I getting to esoteric, here? Not at all. Ignore those naysayers who will claim you have reached reductio ad absurdum.I believe, you have clearly found the "Holy Grail" of modern first collecting. Provenance could be established by the printer's thumbprint on the front cover and splashes of Chanpagne or (in the likely event that the book was not produced in France) the printing country's finest sparkling wine on the FEP |
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Let's Hear it for the First Addition
Sam wrote:
Jerry, You're giving them way too much credit. I think the majority of those first "additions" are really "editions" (edition and addition sound similar, so I think many of those are just misspelled I'm fairly certain Jerry's on top of that and was having a bit of fun. Myself, I always thought my older son was my first addition (and first issue, natch). --Jon Meyers |
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Let's Hear it for the First Addition
A first addition is the first printing of a book which contains
additions, corrections or revisions to the original text. Is there such a thing as a first book -- the first book produced by the frist print run of a first edition? Or am I getting to esoteric, here? Not at all. Ignore those naysayers who will claim you have reached reductio ad absurdum.I believe, you have clearly found the "Holy Grail" of modern first collecting. Provenance could be established by the printer's thumbprint on the front cover and splashes of Chanpagne or (in the likely event that the book was not produced in France) the printing country's finest sparkling wine on the FEP Awww, you're just joshin' me. But it makes sense. If books of the first print run are identical to books of the second print run, but are much more valuable only because they are printed earlier, than surely the first book to come off the press must be more valuable than the second, third, and so on. Or do I raise hackles among collectors by resorting to reason? The obvious answer is for publishers to sequentially number their books. They could call it .... oh, let's see ... I know! A numbered edition! Then collectors could rank all the books in the printing according to their increasing value to collectors, based on which was printed earlier. |
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Let's Hear it for the First Addition
Actually, in the art and phoo book field, it is common to have limited
editions that are signed and numbered. Sometimes with a print, sometimes without. Of course, it's not neccessarily so that the numbering scheme corresponds to the actual sequnce in which they came of the press. I don't have any 1/500 but my favorite is a Loel Peter Witkin work issued in a numbered edition of 1000. I have number 666 which if you've ever seen Witkin's work makes it highly desireable :-) Denton On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 04:43:46 GMT, Al Smith wrote: Awww, you're just joshin' me. But it makes sense. If books of the first print run are identical to books of the second print run, but are much more valuable only because they are printed earlier, than surely the first book to come off the press must be more valuable than the second, third, and so on. Or do I raise hackles among collectors by resorting to reason? The obvious answer is for publishers to sequentially number their books. They could call it ... oh, let's see ... I know! A numbered edition! Then collectors could rank all the books in the printing according to their increasing value to collectors, based on which was printed earlier. |
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Let's Hear it for the First Addition
Actually, in the art and phoo book field, it is common to have limited
editions that are signed and numbered. Sometimes with a print, sometimes without. Of course, it's not neccessarily so that the numbering scheme corresponds to the actual sequnce in which they came of the press. I don't have any 1/500 but my favorite is a Loel Peter Witkin work issued in a numbered edition of 1000. I have number 666 which if you've ever seen Witkin's work makes it highly desireable :-) Denton I've got some nice numbered editions myself. I think they're kind of neat. I appreciate any little touch that makes a book more personal, such as author's signature, numbered edition, special plates, inserts, maps, and so on. I was being a bit factious about the first book of the first print run. Still, something to think about. With modern printing, individual books in a print run probably could be sequentially numbered. |
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