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A couple of books at Holden had protective detachable corners made of
cardboard but reinforced with metal, they have long since been removed because the
tips were so sharp they risked scratching adjoining books.
In a message dated 3/15/2008 3:12:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
dfarren@CONCENTRIC.NET writes:
I have just acquired a book that has detachable corners. What I mean is that
each of the corners of the front and back cover at the head and tail is
covered with a cardboard cover that looks like the corner of a half-binding,
but the cardboard corners are detachable. To further the appearance of a
half-binding, the cardboard material is colored off-white, like vellum. The
corners secure in place a thin paper jacket that is wrappered around the
cloth-covered boards of the case. The outside of each cardboard corner is
stamped: "Manufactured by WAY & RANKIN 588 Halsey St. Brooklyn, N.Y."
The book is a proverbial slim volume of poetry, _Stray Verses_, by Andrew
Fleming West (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1931). The thin paper
jacket wrappered around the cloth-covered boards of the case is printed.
Interestingly, the author has written his presentation inscription on the
thin paper jacket.
Has anyone seen this or another such arrangement? I haven't seen any other
such.
Donald Farren
4009 Bradley Lane
Chevy Chase, MD 20815-5238
dfarren@concentric.net
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Stanley H. Johnston, Jr., Ph.D., M.S.L.S
Curator of Rare Books
The Holden Arboretum
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Kirtland, Ohio 44094
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