Thread Name: 1963 book with "i" type jacket? From: Patrick Kerr <crashelmet@removed> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:43:38 -0700 I'd like to first ask your pardon for this is more than likely, a pretty dumb question. I'm a new collector though, and consider it progress to be able to form any kind of question at all. That said, I am having a blast exploring this new world, and am amazed and obsessed by the books, the guide and of course, the dogeared website. That said, I'd appreciate a little guidance. I've got copy of Out of Africa which seems to be from 1963 from dating the jacket. It has an i type jacket though, which stopped in 59. I assume the publishers would not bother updating the back of the jacket if the front was staying the same, but since the book was originally published by ML in 52, wouldn't it have an h type jacket? Scot's incredible database shows a scan of the same jacket which is labeled 1963 - which would be a j jacket type? Any help in explaining the discrepancy, if it is one. I've got a John Donne with the same sort of issue. Thanks. --Confused in Hollywood. ------------------------------------- From: Scot Kamins <kamins@removed> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:21:07 -0700 Your confusion is warranted. It turns out that ML was pretty -- er -- flexible about mixing and matching styles; it chose to avoid what Emerson might call a foolish consistency. While the Guide does its best to keep up with ML's vagaries, it sometimes gets overwhelmed. I have a note in my copy of the Guide on page 165 next to the "i" jacket: While the Guide suggests 1954/59, my note suggests that at least a few sightings have occurred extending the date to 1963. Yours confirms it. ------------------------------------- From: <modlib@removed> ((Ron Holl) Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 20:27:05 -0500 I have always considered the guide DJ dates as relevent mostly to new issues; i. e. that is when the style was introduced and first used on new titles, while the others migrated over time. I have quite a few type 'i' DJs from the early 60's. My latest is a 102.3 which has a type 'i' jacket with a Fall 1964 book list. (The book itself dates to Spring 1965.) -------------------------------------