Looking for a good home for my small collection of Heritage Press
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1Rollingm
I need to downsize, and bookcases are one of the first places I'm starting.
My dad subscribed to Heritage Press, though I'm not sure precisely when - the books were in our house for as long as I can remember.
All are in what I consider really good condition, but I am not an expert on these matters. The slip cases are solid, and the Sandglass is with each book.
If anyone on this list is interested, in one or all, please let me know. At some point, I will likely take them to a local senior citizens home, along with a bunch of puzzles.
I'm not sure how to provide a link to my library here in LibraryThing; my user name is Rollingm
Thanks,
Chris
My dad subscribed to Heritage Press, though I'm not sure precisely when - the books were in our house for as long as I can remember.
All are in what I consider really good condition, but I am not an expert on these matters. The slip cases are solid, and the Sandglass is with each book.
If anyone on this list is interested, in one or all, please let me know. At some point, I will likely take them to a local senior citizens home, along with a bunch of puzzles.
I'm not sure how to provide a link to my library here in LibraryThing; my user name is Rollingm
Thanks,
Chris
3Rollingm
>2 lilithcat: thank you.
4Django6924
>1 Rollingm:
A difficult situation. A lot depends on whether the books have "New York" or a Connecticut address on the title page--the latter being much less desirable with a very few exceptions. If possible, please include the Sandglass number in your listing as this will help with determining the desirability.
I was a Heritage Club member for over 40 years until it ceased to function, and 15 years ago donated all my Connecticut-era Heritage Press to my son's middle school library.
A difficult situation. A lot depends on whether the books have "New York" or a Connecticut address on the title page--the latter being much less desirable with a very few exceptions. If possible, please include the Sandglass number in your listing as this will help with determining the desirability.
I was a Heritage Club member for over 40 years until it ceased to function, and 15 years ago donated all my Connecticut-era Heritage Press to my son's middle school library.
5Rollingm
>4 Django6924: Good suggestion about the Sandglass number. Is there a particular “field” I should use?
6Django6924
>5 Rollingm:
If you don't want to add a field, I'd just put it in the TAGS column, which doesn't seem to used, or the DATE column as the only certain way to determine the date when it was issued is by the Sandglass number--the copyright date is pretty much meaningless when it comes to Heritage Press books, as it is either the date of the Limited Editions Club book it reproduces, or the illustrations if those are different from the Limited Editions Club illustrator, or sometimes the date of the Foreword or Introduction.
If you don't want to add a field, I'd just put it in the TAGS column, which doesn't seem to used, or the DATE column as the only certain way to determine the date when it was issued is by the Sandglass number--the copyright date is pretty much meaningless when it comes to Heritage Press books, as it is either the date of the Limited Editions Club book it reproduces, or the illustrations if those are different from the Limited Editions Club illustrator, or sometimes the date of the Foreword or Introduction.
7Rollingm
>6 Django6924:
Got it. I really appreciate the help. I will get to work.
Got it. I really appreciate the help. I will get to work.
8Django6924
>7 Rollingm:
This may be helpful; I posted this quite a while ago in another thread, so I'm copying and pasting it here:
The Heritage Press were issued in series, and the Sandglass number refers to the appearance of each volume in the series. The first few years used letters to indicate the Series number: starting "A" -June 1937--May 1938 and the last of the letter series was series N-June 1949--May 1950. The Sandglasses were marked in these letter-designated series with the code (order issued in the series)(series letter) For example, one of my favorites, the Savage-illustrated Sentimental Journey has the Sandglass 2E, deciphering it means that it was in the fifth regular series ("E" being the 5th letter of the alphabet) and was the 2nd book issued in that series, making it issued in July 1941.
Things changed for some reason in June 1950, when the Sandglass code changed to (Roman numeral for the order position in the series)(Arabic numeral indicating Series number). Thus the Sandglass for the complete Plays of Christopher Marlowe has the Sandglass coded VII: 32 meaning that the volume was the seventh book issued during the thirty-second series, which ran June, 1967 through May 1968.
BuzzBuzzard is quite right about the meaning of the added letters "R" and "X", though sometimes in earlier years, a reissue would duplicate the series letter is it was a re-issue. Also, in some of the later number-designated series, you will find that the Roman numerals can go to XIII or even XVIII. You may say how can they go higher than XII when there are 12 months in the year? The answer is accounting: in some series, there were multiple offerings available. Thus my 2nd Heritage printing of Faust has the code XIII: 15. It was the 15th series, but it was the 13th book because the 2nd book in that series was The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, as was also the 3rd book which was offered in the same month (July). Geoffrey II was clothbound and Geoffrey III was bound in full red leather. The 11th book in the 15th series was A Shropshire Lad as was also the 12th book. Lad XI was clothbound and Lad XII was leather-bound. Thus Faust was the XIIIth book (cloth only).
This may be helpful; I posted this quite a while ago in another thread, so I'm copying and pasting it here:
The Heritage Press were issued in series, and the Sandglass number refers to the appearance of each volume in the series. The first few years used letters to indicate the Series number: starting "A" -June 1937--May 1938 and the last of the letter series was series N-June 1949--May 1950. The Sandglasses were marked in these letter-designated series with the code (order issued in the series)(series letter) For example, one of my favorites, the Savage-illustrated Sentimental Journey has the Sandglass 2E, deciphering it means that it was in the fifth regular series ("E" being the 5th letter of the alphabet) and was the 2nd book issued in that series, making it issued in July 1941.
Things changed for some reason in June 1950, when the Sandglass code changed to (Roman numeral for the order position in the series)(Arabic numeral indicating Series number). Thus the Sandglass for the complete Plays of Christopher Marlowe has the Sandglass coded VII: 32 meaning that the volume was the seventh book issued during the thirty-second series, which ran June, 1967 through May 1968.
BuzzBuzzard is quite right about the meaning of the added letters "R" and "X", though sometimes in earlier years, a reissue would duplicate the series letter is it was a re-issue. Also, in some of the later number-designated series, you will find that the Roman numerals can go to XIII or even XVIII. You may say how can they go higher than XII when there are 12 months in the year? The answer is accounting: in some series, there were multiple offerings available. Thus my 2nd Heritage printing of Faust has the code XIII: 15. It was the 15th series, but it was the 13th book because the 2nd book in that series was The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, as was also the 3rd book which was offered in the same month (July). Geoffrey II was clothbound and Geoffrey III was bound in full red leather. The 11th book in the 15th series was A Shropshire Lad as was also the 12th book. Lad XI was clothbound and Lad XII was leather-bound. Thus Faust was the XIIIth book (cloth only).
9Rollingm
>8 Django6924:
Clearly, a person can go crazy with this stuff. :-)
Thank you for the background, it is helpful.
Clearly, a person can go crazy with this stuff. :-)
Thank you for the background, it is helpful.
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