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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 113791, member: 33"]I had never heard this before. Interesting, and I'll look into it. Do you know of any sources to check for this?</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing about dates... many books include only the copyright date, not the publication date. Just one example: I bought a copy of Carson McCullers' novel <i>The Member of the Wedding</i>. The only date in the copy I bought is the copyright date when the book was first published, which is 1946. However, the blurb in the book jacket refers to later things that happened, including that the novel was turned into a play that was published in book form in 1951. So, my copy dates from after that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dates on books are not straightforward as the date of publication. In the case of this Peter Pan book, <b>Debora</b> has found good information as she found a period advertisement. Sometimes these sorts of clues are the main way to find actual or near publication dates.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 113791, member: 33"]I had never heard this before. Interesting, and I'll look into it. Do you know of any sources to check for this? One thing about dates... many books include only the copyright date, not the publication date. Just one example: I bought a copy of Carson McCullers' novel [I]The Member of the Wedding[/I]. The only date in the copy I bought is the copyright date when the book was first published, which is 1946. However, the blurb in the book jacket refers to later things that happened, including that the novel was turned into a play that was published in book form in 1951. So, my copy dates from after that. Dates on books are not straightforward as the date of publication. In the case of this Peter Pan book, [B]Debora[/B] has found good information as she found a period advertisement. Sometimes these sorts of clues are the main way to find actual or near publication dates.[/QUOTE]
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