Thread Name: Out of Africa -- second ML edition spotted? From: Scot Kamins <kamins@removed> Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 09:08:05 -0800 Folks, I received a direct e-mail question from somebody about a 2nd ML edition of Out of Africa. Comments on this? I have two copies, ML #23. They're identical, I think, except one has a page in between the copyright and table of contents, with an epigraph in Latin, and blank verso. Would that be the later one? Is there a way to know for sure? The copyright is 1937, 1952 by Random House. Does that make this a second ML edition? The list in the back aren't full 1957 catalogs, only giants. ------------------------------------- From: "John Wolansky" <jwol@removed> Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 13:56:53 -0500 My FMLE of 23.2 states on the copyright page: Copyright, 1938, 1952, by Random House, Inc. First Modern Library Edition Opposite the copyright page is the Latin "Equitare, Arcum tnedere, Veritatem dicere" A second copy I have, dating to 1959 states the following on the copyright page: Copyright, 1937. 1952, by Random House, Inc. It also includes the Latin epigraph. Notice the copyright date changed from 1937 to 1938 from the FMLE to the reprint. Otherwise, the editions are the same. For comparison, the 1980's edition states: Second Modern Library Edition September 1983 Copyright 1937, 1938 bu Random House, Inc. Copyright renewed 1965 by Rungstedludfonden. The Library of Congress catalogue number has changed but the Latin epigraph remains. The pagination and the introduction are the same. Does not look like a different edition, just some copyright date changes. Perhaps the copy the individual has had the Latin page torn out or it was a manufacturing flaw. ------------------------------------- From: Scot Kamins <kamins@removed> Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 10:30:15 -0800 Just got this e-mail: Yikes. I blew it. Page is torn out. Sorry Scot. No mystery, just a messed up book. Oh, well. ------------------------------------- From: "Carolyn and Murry Spector" <candm@removed> Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 18:45:12 -0800 Although it probably isn't, the woodcut version of Out of Africa, states "Second Modern Library Edition, September, 1983." ------------------------------------- From: "Jimmy Williamson" <jwslaw@removed> Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 23:13:33 -0600 just to say 'good job' on the faq's -------------------------------------