[DCRM-L] CV question

Matthew C. Haugen matthew.haugen at columbia.edu
Thu Mar 5 10:27:23 MST 2015


​Thanks for the image, Alexandra. Mine looks the same, with the manicule
and all

.

Matthew

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Noble, Richard <richard_noble at brown.edu>
wrote:

> Thanks to AlexandraKordoski. It's interesting to note that they subfile
> "Fiction" by title, expecting that readers would prefer to browse titles
> rather than authors.
>
> 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 Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Alexandra Kordoski <akordoski at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I came across these in an 1881 Henry Holt edition of the Laodicean by
>> Thomas Hardy. We have two copies - one with the slips intact, and one with
>> only the stubs in place (see attached image).
>>
>> I particularly like the little manicule...
>>
>>
>> Alexandra Kordoski | Special Collections Librarian
>> Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library <http://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/>
>> University of Toronto
>> a.kordoski at utoronto.ca
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Noble, Richard <richard_noble at brown.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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 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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-- 
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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