At the Home Plate

Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1910. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Copeland, Charles. Volume two in the author's Stories of the Triangular League series. Bound in dark blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt and decorations stamped in black, white and tan. With six illustrations on coated paper, all present. The author's box lists seven titles in the Phillips Exeter series and two in the Triangular League series. Ads at the rear list seven titles in the Phillips Exeter series, the first title in this series, plus six more pages of books by various authors, none of them published after 1910. The cloth shows light edgewear with bumps to the lower corners and small rub marks to the spine corners. The fore-edge has several small stains; the front free endpaper has one at the top edge. The book is otherwise unmarked. Hinges solid; binding square. A bright, tight copy. Mattson & Davis 59500, format 1. PLEASE NOTE: Buyers should understand that the publisher's slug on the copyright page is useless in determining first edition status on any of this publisher's books issued after the merger of D. Lothrop and Lee & Shepard in June 1905. While the slug, which reads "Published/month/year" was likely originally designed to show first edition status, the fact is that it was never removed from any of this publisher's reprints for at least 15 years, during which time not only books by this author but many others were reprinted with the slug intact, thus causing confusion ever since. We have more than 85 books by this publisher issued during the period from 1905 to 1925, and all of them carry this slug. Perhaps the easiet way to check this information lies in Edward Stratemeyer's Dave Porter series, which was completed in 1919, all books being issued in a cream cloth with gilt titles. Reprints then followed, both in green and orange cloth; in every instance, with every title listed at the rear, these reprints carry the slug, even those originally issued as early as 1905. Books that remain collectible today include authors such as Everett Tomlinson, Warren Eldred, Edna Brown, Edward Stratemeyer and Francis Rolt-Wheeler. Also take note of the fact that this publisher's heel logo, which first appeared in 1905 as a cursive version of L, L&S Co., was changed to the publisher's complete name in block lettering in 1910. Thus any printing with block lettering of a title that appeared before 1910 is a reprint. We will be happy to confirm any information contained in this note; just email us. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall