[DCRM-L] Extra leaves

[Noble, Richard]

And here I put in a plug for John Carter, *ABC for Book Collectors* (8th
ed.)

http://www.oakknoll.com/pages/books/75338/john-carter-nicolas-barker/abc-for-book-collectors-8th-ed-u-s

which is both informative and a frequently amusing read. e.g. (at random)

"FACSIMILES AND FAKES. A facsimile ... figures frequently in the nightmares
of collectors, causes booksellers more trouble than almost any other factor
in their business, and has been known to upset the studious equanimity of
librarians. For an exact copy is a menacing thing to those who pursue
originals."

Hoping that all your studious equipoise is not too frequently upset, even
by overly adhesive fly-leaves - Richard

RICHARD NOBLE :: RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER :: JOHN HAY LIBRARY
BROWN UNIVERSITY  ::  PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02912  ::  401-863-1187
<Richard_Noble at Br <RICHARD_NOBLE at BROWN.EDU>own.edu>


On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Weiss, Amy <akweiss at fsu.edu> wrote:

>  Fly leaves!  I knew there had to be something to call them.
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> They were added by the binder. They are notably different from the paper
> of the text block.
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> Amy
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> *From:* dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] *On
> Behalf Of *Noble, Richard
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 06, 2014 11:32 AM
> *To:* DCRM Users' Group
> *Subject:* Re: [DCRM-L] Extra leaves
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> If you are sure that the stuck-together leaves really are binder's blanks
> that have no connection with any leaves of the text block, you have the
> option to note them as part of the binding description, though they might
> not be noted at all if there's nothing special about them in quality or
> quantity.
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> The proper term for them is "endpapers", consisting of the leaf that's
> pasted down, the "pastedown", and its freely turning companion, the "free
> endpaper", sometimes more specifically the "front free endpaper"--which you
> may see abreviated as "ffe", since inscriptions often land there--and "back
> free endpaper", which usually receives less attention. Additional leaves
> are referred to as "fly-leaves".
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> In the case of your book, what's probably most worth noting is that the
> fly-leaves (and the free endpapers?) are unusually numerous (binding
> description) and that they are stuck together (condition report). "FSU copy
> with numerous front fly-leaves now stuck together" or something like that.
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>  RICHARD NOBLE :: RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER :: JOHN HAY LIBRARY
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> BROWN UNIVERSITY  ::  PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02912  ::  401-863-1187
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> <Richard_Noble at Br <RICHARD_NOBLE at BROWN.EDU>own.edu>
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> On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Weiss, Amy <akweiss at fsu.edu> wrote:
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> Hi—I am a novice rare book cataloger and I have a situation I don’t know
> quite how to describe.  I have a book Locorum theologicorum which has been
> bound with a large number of blank pages at the front of the book.  The
> pages are in terrible condition--- stuck together so that I dare not try to
> separate them to count them. The rest of the text block is in adequate
> condition, but I’m not sure what would be a good note for the preliminary
> pages.  Something like “FSU Special Collections copy: contains blank
> preliminary leaves not included in signatures or pagination.”?
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> Thanks for your help in advance,
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> Amy Weiss
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> Florida State University
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