Notes on Shaw's An Unsocial Socialist

An Unsocial Socialist had three distinct title pages in the Boni-Liveright period: the first, in use through several printings, gives the publisher as BONI AND LIVERIGHT, INC.  The second (circa 1924) omits the "INC." from the imprint.  The third (1924/25) includes the monk device on the title page.

Dating This Title: Earlier printings that include a list of ML titles on the verso of the half title can be dated by the contents of the list; but later printings of An Unsocial Socialist don't have a list at the end and are harder to date.  The gatherings or signatures of earlier printings consist of 8 leaves (16 pages); gatherings of later printings consist of 16 leaves (32 pages).  You can see the individual gatherings when you look at the top or bottom edge of the volume.  When you open a book to the middle of a gathering you can see the thread in the gutter that holds the gathering together, and you can then count the leaves to see whether it's a gathering of 8 or l6 leaves.


First copyright page text:       [ none ]

First binding style:     1

First inverse DJ number:     [ none -- B-L Catalog C2 ]

Dates in print:     1917 - 1933

Toledano number:     015.1


GT42

Confirmed buckram sighting?            no


Genre:     Novel

Original language:      English    


Thanks to the contributors:

Henry Toledano Barry Neavill

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