Thread Name: strange b/l endpapers From: JPetersonlhi@removed> ((John Peterson) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:05:50 EST I was cataloguing a bunch of B/Ls tonight, and made two discoveries: 1. I'm the proud owner of at least a flap of a B/L dj! 2. My copy of 59.1 Woman Question, a first, w/spine style 1, has strange endpapers. While they have a marbled design similar to other endpapers of that vintage, and are light greenish in color, these have a texture almost like skin. Anyone have any B/Ls with endpapers like this? If this topic has been discussed before, I've missed it. ------------------------------------- From: Scot Kamins <kamins@removed> Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:44:07 -0800 On Dec 28, 2005, at 5:05 AM, JPetersonlhi@aol.com wrote: > While they have a marbled design similar to other endpapers of that > vintage, and are light greenish in color, these have a texture > almost like skin. Do you mean a graphical texture or a physical texture (like a puckering to the paper)? If the former, can you post a scan (or send it to me for posting)? ------------------------------------- From: JPetersonlhi@removed> ((John Peterson) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 17:01:03 EST It's a physical texture, kind of like the linen of some DJs, but more pronounced. I'll scan it and see if it shows up at all. If so, I'll send it to you. ------------------------------------- From: J B Krygier <jbkrygier@removed> Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 13:21:44 -0500 On Dec 28, 2005, at 8:05 AM, JPetersonlhi@aol.com wrote: > I was cataloguing a bunch of B/Ls tonight, and made two discoveries: > 1. I'm the proud owner of at least a flap of a B/L dj! Congrats on your flap! > 2. My copy of 59.1 Woman Question, a first, w/spine style 1, has > strange endpapers. While they have a marbled design similar to > other endpapers of that vintage, and are light greenish in color, > these have a texture almost like skin. Skin? Does it look like this book (read description below image): http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/highwayman.html ------------------------------------- From: JPetersonlhi@removed> ((John Peterson) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 17:07:02 EST Yikes! I hope not! Otherwise, this puppy's for sale, cheap! ------------------------------------- From: Scot Kamins <kamins@removed> Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 16:32:44 -0800 Here are two shots of the endpapers that John Peterson described earlier. The marbled design is common enough, but you can also see the texture he referred to in the scans. The second scan is a portion of the first scan shot at higher rez. The book is The Woman Question, 59.1, a first edition from 1918. http://www.dogeared.com/endpaper1.jpg http://www.dogeared.com/endpaper2.jpg ------------------------------------- From: J B Krygier <jbkrygier@removed> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 18:15:29 -0500 So I am eating my lunch, and come across this tidbit about books bound in skin: http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2006/01/07/ some_of_nations_best_libraries_have_books_bound_in_human_skin/ or http://tinyurl.com/ddqjc Then I stop off at a local bookstore and there sits a 1st B&L ed of Macy's "Spirit of American Literature" (no DJ) with the "skin" endpapers just like John Peterson described (& illustrated above). So I guess John's book is not the only one! I did not buy the book ($7.50) so if someone wants to contact the store, email me personally and I will pass along their phone number. ------------------------------------- From: Madaline Reddy <mac-reddy@removed> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 16:31:16 -0800 (PST) Sounds interesting! I would like to buy if you haven't heard from anyone. Thanks. ------------------------------------- From: JPetersonlhi@removed> ((John Peterson) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 20:50:58 EST I'm too much of a skinflint to pay that much. -------------------------------------