Thread Name: Idea For A Project, Maybe ... From: "John Wolansky" <jwol@removed> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:26:30 -0400 Scott, some time back you invited suggestions for new Dogeared projects. On the update page I noted several 1st edition pointers and recalled your earlier summary titles Stalking the Unmarked First. Can you incorporate these nifty little pointers into your summary? ------------------------------------- From: Scot Kamins <kamins@removed> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:03:38 -0700 Not sure I understand what you're asking for, John. Is it this: On the Updates page, I announce when a new DJ is up, and if it's a first DJ, I note that. Sometimes the DJ might be a "hidden first" (that is, the points are not easily recognizable because the book has no "first edition" slug, or the slug might lie and some other 1st edition point must also be there). It would be good if, in such a case, I were to note on the Updates page that this is a first DJ on a hidden first book, and include a link to the Hidden First page (which, by the way, happens to be -- for the nonce -- http:// www.dogeared.com/Identifiers/hiddenFirsts.html ) Do I have it right? ------------------------------------- From: "John Wolansky" <jwol@removed> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 22:08:52 -0400 Not quite. I printed your summary of unstated firsts as a handy take along one page reference when book hunting. Some firsts have other pointers besides lacking the First Statement. For example, on your update list I noted several pointers listed which are explained at "I" icon located near the dust jacket picture. For example, O'Hara 49 Stories has no number per Toledano, but the recent addition to your site I noted is: "O'Hara's 49 Stories was published in fall 1963. The list of ML Giants at the end of the volume includes O'Hara, 49 Stories but not (under "Miscellaneous") Great Classical Myths. The list of titles inside the jacket includes Ellison, Invisible Man, but not Malamud, Two Novels." Could these nuggets be incorporated into your Stalking the Unmarked First page for a handy one place reference? ------------------------------------- From: Scot Kamins <kamins@removed> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:43:36 -0700 Oh! Hmmm. I suppose you mean full text info, not a link to other info. Let's see...I'd have to redesign the page with a "comments" field... Good idea. OK. It's on the list. -------------------------------------