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Now I'm wondering if there's a publishing equivalent of the "dead wax" on a record: some little marks that a printer makes that you have to know to look for.
by AlbertCory 4y ago
Now I'm wondering if there's a publishing equivalent of the "dead wax" on a record: some little marks that a printer makes that you have to know to look for.
- bombcar 4y agoThere are indicators used to show which printing it is on some (most) books, but there are details that people can use to determine if a book is a first printing.
- akiselev 4y agoYes publishers often have first edition logos that are different from or accompany their normal logo but it’s far from a fool proof method, especially for pre-20th century publications. Book collectors depend on bibliographies that catalog publications and their print runs, sometimes providing detail on identifying features (like spelling mistakes fixed in later editions). Most bibliographies focus on a specific niche, era, or even an especially large collection. For particularly interesting books, provenance is often just as important as with artifacts.