Thread Name: Hardcover B&L titles in blue cloth From: "John Wolansky" <jwol@removed> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 06:55:03 -0500 Sharon, thought I would eMail via the list since it may be of interest to others. I have a similar copy of 55.1, Selected Addresses of Wilson. Like yours, mine has no topstain, is dark blue, monk on the cover (actually a Toledano #3 spine, as well), and STIFF boards. The list at the end has 78.1, Moliere as the latest entry, dating the book to 1924. Thought I had the only one in existence, drat! ------------------------------------- From: GORDON NEAVILL <aa3401@removed> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:15:50 -0500 The B&L title I have in this format (dark blue cloth over stiff boards) is Yeat's Irish Fairy and Folk Tales. The list at the back also includes Moliere. My guess is that there was a temporary shortage of imitation leather and the ML's binder substituted blue cloth for ML books being bound at this period. There were 12 distinct lists of titles during the Boni & Liveright period. I designate these as B&L lists A-L. The first five (A-E) were one-page lists that appeared at the front of ML books. The last seven (F-L) were multi-page lists that appeared at the end. The list in my clothbound Yeats is K. List K has 5 pages of titles; the last title on the first page is Davidson, Poems. My guess is that all B&L titles in blue cloth have the same list--if they include a list at all. (Sharon's copy of Van Loon's Ancient Man, now on eBay, has 2 blank leaves at the end--or so I assume--and therefore didn't have room for a 5-page list.) If you have a B&L title in this format, please check and see if it has a list at the end, and if so which one it is. Here are the last 3 lists used in ML books published by Boni and Liveright: List J -- 5 p. list of titles; last title on the 1st page is Daudet, Sapho (in same vol. as Prevost's Manon Lescaut) List K -- 5 p. list of titles; last title on 1st page is Davidson, Poems List L -- 5 p. list of titles+ 5 p. Subject Index; last title on 1st page is Crane, Men, Women and Boats. If all books bound in this format have the same list, my hypothesis about a temporary shortage of imitation leather is probably the most likely explanation. Please respond to the list! ------------------------------------- From: "John Wolansky" <jwol@removed> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:18:48 -0500 My copy contains the K list. ------------------------------------- From: Scot Kamins <kamins@removed> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:41:15 -0800 Barry, So you would put the date of the blue copies to 1924? -------------------------------------