<html><body><div>Randal - I think any of the three choices you suggest (as well as [a]) could be defended, more or less, but I agree with your choice of pi. Neither Gaskell nor Bowers is at all comprehensive - they couldn't be, I think, so cataloguer's (or bibliographer's) judgment is still a significant component of the descriptive process.<br></div><div><pre style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" _mce_style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">John Lancaster<br></pre></div><div><pre style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" _mce_style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br></pre></div><div>On Oct 03, 2011, at 12:50 PM, Randal Brandt <rbrandt@library.berkeley.edu> wrote:<br><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="msg-quote"><div class="_stretch">I am cataloging a book with partially duplicated signatures and would <br>
like some advice. The book is an octavo in 4's and the preliminaries are <br>
signed as follows:<br>
<br>
unsigned gathering, B, b-i<br>
<br>
The main text is then signed:<br>
<br>
B-3X<br>
<br>
My question is about the initial unsigned gathering. Would it be <br>
recorded as '[A]', '[superscript pi][A]', or 'pi'? The second gathering <br>
has to be signed '[superscript pi]B' because of the duplicated B <br>
gathering that begins the text. At this point I'm leaning towards 'pi' <br>
since 'A' is not used in any of the subsequent sequences, resulting in a <br>
signature statement as follows:<br>
<br>
pi^4 [superscript pi]B^4, b-i^4, B-3X^4<br>
<br>
Any other suggestions? I've looked at Gaskell p. 331 and Bowers p. 219+, <br>
but do not see this particular situation.<br>
<br>
Thanks!<br>
<br>
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