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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:58 pm
Post subject: Different kind of printers' error...
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Have a 110-year old book, not a particularly valuable one,
but when reading it i came across some pages where two
were joined at the outer edge of the book.
For example, the piece of paper that is pages 170/171
is not cut apart from the paper that is pages 172/173.
I figure that the cutter just did not lop off enough of the
outer margin to separate the pages, or that the printing
was offset so much that some quires had to be bound
closer to the spine than normal.
Wondering if this defect has any bearing on the book's
value? I think it doesn't, so i've just been cutting the
folds with a letter opener as i get to that page.
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:01 am
Post subject: Re: Different kind of printers' error... [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Scaly Lizard wrote:
> Have a 110-year old book, not a particularly valuable one,
> but when reading it i came across some pages where two
> were joined at the outer edge of the book.
>
> For example, the piece of paper that is pages 170/171
> is not cut apart from the paper that is pages 172/173.
> I figure that the cutter just did not lop off enough of the
> outer margin to separate the pages, or that the printing
> was offset so much that some quires had to be bound
> closer to the spine than normal.
>
> Wondering if this defect has any bearing on the book's
> value? I think it doesn't, so i've just been cutting the
> folds with a letter opener as i get to that page.
>
> SL
This is not a printer's error at all. The pages are "unopened". While
extremely rare in modern books, it was fairly common in books more than a
hundred years old. The purchaser/reader was expected to take a knife, not to
sharp or it may not cut straight, and carefully cut the pages open.
See: http://www.mywingsbooks.com/coll-terms/edg02_.shtml
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:16 am
Post subject: Re: Different kind of printers' error... [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:01:09 -0500, "Francis A. Miniter"
<miniter.RemoveThis@attglobalZZ.net> wrote:
>Scaly Lizard wrote:
>
>> Have a 110-year old book, not a particularly valuable one,
>> but when reading it i came across some pages where two
>> were joined at the outer edge of the book.
>>
>> For example, the piece of paper that is pages 170/171
>> is not cut apart from the paper that is pages 172/173.
>> I figure that the cutter just did not lop off enough of the
>> outer margin to separate the pages, or that the printing
>> was offset so much that some quires had to be bound
>> closer to the spine than normal.
>>
>> Wondering if this defect has any bearing on the book's
>> value? I think it doesn't, so i've just been cutting the
>> folds with a letter opener as i get to that page.
>>
>> SL
>
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>This is not a printer's error at all. The pages are "unopened". While
>extremely rare in modern books, it was fairly common in books more than a
>hundred years old. The purchaser/reader was expected to take a knife, not to
>sharp or it may not cut straight, and carefully cut the pages open.
>
>See: http://www.mywingsbooks.com/coll-terms/edg02_.shtml
>
>
>Francis A. Miniter
Ahh, the website says to use the edge of a playing card to
separate the pages. I hadn't thought of that, but you're right:
a sharp knife is too sharp.
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