Member: SCombs9418

I read somewhere that the majority of the subscribers to the Limited Editions Club did not keep the slipcases. Of course virtually all the ones I have seen in aftermarket venues do have slipcases, but as I have seen a mere fraction of each example--maybe a dozen at the most out of the 1500 LECs printed for each title--I can't say that the above statement about the majority tossing the slipcases isn't accurate. I do know, however, that all the LECs and Heritage Press books I've sen in public libraries are sans slipcase.

I would hesitate to accept the definitions the bookseller gave about Fine vs. Gift or Presentation editions. I'm not sure that there is even a category for the latter two, except in the case of a Presentation volume, which could include any book from Bruce Rogers' Oxford Lectern Bible to a faux leather edition of Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary given as a graduation present.

(One of the more interesting slipcase was the aluminum slipcase which contain the original Lakeside Press Edition of Moby Dick with Rockwell Kent's illustrations. Clearly, this slipcase was not merely intended as protection during shipping, but was considered as a design element.

posted by Django6924 at 10:17 pm (EST) on Oct 19, 2009

I'm not sure I ever made a statement detailing that fine pres bboks must come in slipcases--the George Macy books did, the Arion Press books do, the Folio Society books do, but other fine press books such as the defunct Franklin Library books do not. I'm not sure whether all the Nonesuch Press books did, although the ones I've sen here that were duplicates of older Heritqe Press books did.

I know of no group dealing with the subject of slipcases; just occasional threads on the Folio Society, Fine Press Forum, and the LOA groups.

Sorry I can't be of more help.

posted by Django6924 at 8:32 pm (EST) on Oct 17, 2009