[DCRM-L] CV question

[Noble, Richard]

It's CIP (quite literally, even though some 82 years *avant la lettre*), so
"CIP leaf?"--a somewhat lighthearted suggestion.

- Has anyone else seen one?

- Could we see an image of this one? I'm curious to see what 1889 CIP looks
like.

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On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 5:15 PM, Matthew C. Haugen <
matthew.haugen at columbia.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I recently came across something in a book I haven't seen before: printed
> descriptions of the book meant to be excised and pasted onto library
> catalog cards.
>
> The book is Our familiar songs and those who made them. New York : Henry
> Holt and company, 1889.
>
> The text printed on the preliminary leaf begins: "Slips for Librarians to
> paste on Catalogue Cards. N.B.--Take out carefully, leaving about quarter
> of an inch at the back. To do otherwise would, in some cases, release other
> leaves." This is followed by the text for for 5 cards, for author, title, a
> variant title and two subject entries.
>
> From the description and signing pattern, I take this to be an integral
> leaf. I imagine some copies might have only a stub suggesting that this
> leaf was removed. Or, perhaps this was a separate issue distributed to
> libraries and this text wasn't included in all copies?  I have a copy of
> the Holt 1881 edition which has a blank preliminary in this place.
>
> It does seem to be an interesting case, but I'm not sure how best to
> describe it, nor can I find an obvious term in the controlled vocabularies.
> I'll consider proposing one if needed. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matthew
>
> --
>
> --
> Matthew C. Haugen
> Rare Book Cataloger
> 102 Butler Library
> Columbia University Libraries
> E-mail: matthew.haugen at columbia.edu
> Phone: 212-851-2451
>
>
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