Thread Name: 125.1 FMLEd or not? From: "Ron Thoman" <rgthoman@removed> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 16:55:58 -0700 Back in February Berry Neavill gave the reply [REMOVED - see "ID 1st Turgenev "Smoke" in Feb 2004] (re. my question on Turgenev's "Smoke" regarding stated 1919 books issued in 1920 and stated 1920 books issued in 1921. Now I have another, similar question. I have a copy of Gissing's "New Grub Street" (125.1), spine 4, which states itself as a "First Modern Library Edition 1926" and introduction copyright 1926, but the catalog at the back includes some (but not all) of the titles listed in the Guide as issued in 1927. Is this the same situation as it was with "Smoke", i.e. what I have is a first edition but it is a stated 1926 book issued in 1927? Or in this case is what I have not a first and FLMEd statement incorrect? And is this so with other years issues shown in the guide beside 1919/20, and 1920/21? ------------------------------------- From: GORDON NEAVILL <aa3401@removed> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 23:23:41 -0500 The ML edition of Gissing's NEW GRUB STREET, along with Joyce's DUBLINERS, was published in late December 1926. NEW GRUB STREET was listed in the December 25, 1926 "Weekly Record" listing of new publications in Publishers' Weekly; DUBLINERS was listed in the "Weekly Record" of January 1, 1927. Both had spring 1927 lists at the end of the volumes (including Hudson, PURPLE LAND but not JUDE THE OBSCURE). The DUBLINERS jacket had a fall 1926 list, the NEW GRUB STREET jacket had a spring 1927 list. The FMLE statement was retained on at least one additional printing of NEW GRUB STREET. This printing is 8 pages shorter, ends with the last page of text (552), and omits the list of titles at the end; there is also a different publisher's note facing the title page. -------------------------------------