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Apostrophe verses the numeral 7.....
Concerning the first edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's A CHILD"S
GARDEN OF VERSES One bookseller says: "The apostrophe on the spine occurs in rounded form or, as here, shaped like the numeral "7". " Another bookseller says: " Original peacock-blue bevelled cloth boards, binding variant with apostrophe after the "D" in Child's on spine" And still another says: The apostrophe in the second word on the spine is shaped like the numeral "7". It also occurs in a rounded form" And one mo "First issue with "7" on spine instead of the apostrophe. Bookseller Inventory..." Is is safe to say that there is no priority to the first issue binding...that the book can have either an apostrophe or a number 7 and, either way, be called the first issue of the first edition? As always TIA Jonathan |
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Apostrophe verses the numeral 7.....
Jonathan wrote:
Concerning the first edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's A CHILD"S GARDEN OF VERSES One bookseller says: "The apostrophe on the spine occurs in rounded form or, as here, shaped like the numeral "7". " Another bookseller says: " Original peacock-blue bevelled cloth boards, binding variant with apostrophe after the "D" in Child's on spine" And still another says: The apostrophe in the second word on the spine is shaped like the numeral "7". It also occurs in a rounded form" And one mo "First issue with "7" on spine instead of the apostrophe. Bookseller Inventory..." Is is safe to say that there is no priority to the first issue binding...that the book can have either an apostrophe or a number 7 and, either way, be called the first issue of the first edition? As always TIA Jonathan I found this bibliography of the works of RLS on the internet: http://dinamico.unibg.it/rls/tigerbooks.htm It contained the following remarks about the first issue of A Child's Garden of Verses: "Details: "1st UK edit *(xii)+101+(3)pp *ded to Alison Cunningham *peacock blue cl, dec gold, lettered gilt *bevelled bds *white epps "Comments: "i) 1st issues: sp has an apostrophe shaped like a '7'; ii) contains 64 poems; iii) from a trial book ptd in 1883 entitled 'Penny Whistles' " They also note that a second edition came out in 1885 as well, without the apostrophe. It would appear from this document that the "7" shaped apostrophe indicates the first issue. Francis A. Miniter |
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Apostrophe verses the numeral 7.....
Francis A. Miniter wrote:
Jonathan wrote: Concerning the first edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's A CHILD"S GARDEN OF VERSES One bookseller says: "The apostrophe on the spine occurs in rounded form or, as here, shaped like the numeral "7". " Another bookseller says: " Original peacock-blue bevelled cloth boards, binding variant with apostrophe after the "D" in Child's on spine" And still another says: The apostrophe in the second word on the spine is shaped like the numeral "7". It also occurs in a rounded form" And one mo "First issue with "7" on spine instead of the apostrophe. Bookseller Inventory..." Is is safe to say that there is no priority to the first issue binding...that the book can have either an apostrophe or a number 7 and, either way, be called the first issue of the first edition? As always TIA Jonathan I found this bibliography of the works of RLS on the internet: http://dinamico.unibg.it/rls/tigerbooks.htm It contained the following remarks about the first issue of A Child's Garden of Verses: "Details: "1st UK edit *(xii)+101+(3)pp *ded to Alison Cunningham *peacock blue cl, dec gold, lettered gilt *bevelled bds *white epps "Comments: "i) 1st issues: sp has an apostrophe shaped like a '7'; ii) contains 64 poems; iii) from a trial book ptd in 1883 entitled 'Penny Whistles' " They also note that a second edition came out in 1885 as well, without the apostrophe. It would appear from this document that the "7" shaped apostrophe indicates the first issue. Francis A. Miniter That comment about the second edition should have said "without the '7' shaped apostrophe". Francis A. Miniter |
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