[DCRM-L] Collation conundrum

[Lenore Rouse]

Thank you to all who made suggestions on this. There seems little 
support for the arranged marriage of PI and CHI. I had considered the  
pi1 + insert of A formulation but was hoping to avoid the complexity, 
though it seems the likeliest solution.

But having once been forced to THINK, I confess Richard's "made up" 
solution points in another direction. It bothers me a bit to name the 
fold [B] but calling it PI also seems problematic when it was really an 
expedient afterthought to handle the last page of type, not meant to be 
a real prelim. Could one follow the Bowers practice of "associating" 
the  bifolium with leaf A8 while still calling it CHI, since the first 
leaf of the bifolium merely continues the text of A8? Perhaps:
A^8 (A8 + chi 1.2)
and a note to explain that chi2 is the conjugate unprinted "half title".
If the note will not suffice could a cancellation/removal of chi2 work 
as well as the cancellation of [B]2 or does it make most sense to cave 
and go with [B]?

Thanks again and best holiday wishes.
Lenore