L.C. Page and Company
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Making a Molehill out of a Misprint
There are events, sometimes small, that reverberate down through the years, sometimes with unexpectedly momentous consequences (“For want of a nail …”). This is not one of those. Rather, it’s the story of a misprint composed by an unknown hand in a book published by the L.C. Page Company in 1901. The misprint reappeared 111… Continue reading
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Publisher's series bindings
These beauties are getting cataloged today! As you can see from the image, they have the same binding designs just with different colors and different images in the frames. I love when bindings like these come across my desk for a couple of reasons. (1) Creating the binding description is less time consuming because you… Continue reading
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L.C. Page & Company
Penelope in California by Dorothea Castelhun came across my desk the other day with a L.C. Page & Company imprint. No big deal, until I saw the copyright and first impression date of 1926. I knew that L.C. Page & Company had changed their name to Page Company in 1914, so what’s the deal? I… Continue reading
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