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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Two 12mos (or what I think are 12mos) have crossed my desk in the past 24 hours each with gatherings of 6 leaves, one a 1787 New Brunswick, New Jersey imprint, the other an 1822 Dublin, Ireland imprint, and both have gatherings where the third leaf is consistently missigned as the second leaf (e.g. A3 is signed A2). Is this just a fluke, or am I missing some known irregular printing practice? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Best,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Will </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Will Evans</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Chief Rare Materials Catalog Librarian</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Library of the Boston Athenaeum</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">10 1/2 Beacon Street</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Boston, MA 02108</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif""> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Tel: 617-227-0270 ext. 224</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Fax: 617-227-5266 </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif""><a href="http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/"><span style="color:blue">www.bostonathenaeum.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>