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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 325070, member: 56&quot;]This book was cited in a thread a while ago.&nbsp; It sounded interesting so I went looking for a copy and found one online that was half the cost of other copies, even with the shipping included.&nbsp; This book cost less than the print-on-demand copies being offered, and it&#039;s an original printing.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]108422[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I was looking for a working copy, so it didn&#039;t matter to me if it was tattered or battered so&nbsp; long as it was all there.&nbsp; So I bought it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was surprised when it arrived because it&#039;s a nice, tight, clean copy.&nbsp; In fact... unread condition.&nbsp; Why so inexpensive?&nbsp; It&#039;s unopened.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know how books are made today, but not long ago at all, several pages would be printed on a large sheet.&nbsp; The sheet was folded so that the pages correctly aligned and then it was sewn together with other similarly printed and folded sheets (called signatures) to make the book.&nbsp; The signatures were trimmed to eliminate the folds so the pages would open properly.&nbsp; In book terminology, &quot;unopened&quot; means the folds weren&#039;t trimmed from some (or all) of the signatures so the pages are not properly separated.&nbsp; That&#039;s the situation with this book.&nbsp; It&#039;s mostly unopened across the top and a large proportion of the fore-edge is also unopened.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]108423[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this is fun.&nbsp; A curio.&nbsp; The problem is that if I want it to be a functional reference, if I want to read it, I&#039;ll have to separate the pages... and I don&#039;t really want to.&nbsp; I don&#039;t want to buy another copy either.&nbsp; It is available as an online text, but I&#039;ve never been happy reading online texts.&nbsp; I do like books.&nbsp; I like them as artifacts.&nbsp; I like to hold them in my hands and turn the pages... when they can be turned.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh well, it&#039;s a quandary I&#039;m in no hurry to resolve.&nbsp; One way or another, it was a good and interesting purchase.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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