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>1 RRCBS: No. It is a hardcover, not part of the main series, might fit widthwise in one of the existing ones, but is a shade too tall to fit in any of the slipcases that LOA uses.
3RRCBS
Thanks! I have the book and it looks like the pages are glued not sewn, but sometimes hard to tell :(
4jroger1
>3 RRCBS:
I hope you are wrong about the glue, because smyth-sewn bindings are one of the most attractive features of LOA books. However, a glance at the description of the book on LOA’s website shows this note:
“This special publication features full-cloth binding, acid-free paper, and a unique design with specifications differing from those of Library of America series titles.”
No mention of smyth-sewn bindings.
I hope you are wrong about the glue, because smyth-sewn bindings are one of the most attractive features of LOA books. However, a glance at the description of the book on LOA’s website shows this note:
“This special publication features full-cloth binding, acid-free paper, and a unique design with specifications differing from those of Library of America series titles.”
No mention of smyth-sewn bindings.
5RRCBS
Yes...otherwise a beautiful volume...I asked loa customer service but seems glued...if so it will be my last special binding purchase
6RRCBS
For those interested, I received a reply from LOA today stating that nonseries books have glued binding. Very disappointing, this is the last one I’ll be adding to my collection.
7elenchus
Appreciate the follow-up, RRCBS. I'm not decided that the glued binding will preclude me from purchasing any nonseries editions, but the clarification is key regardless.
8Truett
I got a copy of THE FUTURE IS FEMALE, though I didn't know about the lack of smyth sewn pages -- bummer.
Regarding publishers who DON'T do that as a matter of course: I have ordered a few limited books from PS Publishing, a small, specialty, British publisher. The last two times I ordered convinced me to give them a pass in the future (no matter WHAT the title). One was a Lucius Shepard title (years ago) and the last was in 2015, when they published an updated version of ELLISON WONDERLAND by Harlan Ellison. They published a sort of a "trade" version of the limited as well as a deluxe version of the limited, which was slipcased in with an even more limited publication of a book full of mostly uncollected pulp fiction titles. Thing is, the "vanilla" version was costly enough (though it had a glued binding), but to slap injury upon insult, the "Chocolate" version featured a sewn binding on the main title and then a glued binding on the extra special edition that was included. And these guys charged a fair chunk of change for that book! (Sidenote: I've noticed that British publishers often publisher hardcovers books on their side of the pond with only glued bindings).
In any case, if you get a hankering to order a PS Publishing title (they do only genre titles and authors, but WELL-KNOWN authors -- Stephen King, included), you might want to write them and ask about the binding.
Speaking of that: if you folks ever find yourself able to part with a large amount of "pocket change", and you want to buy one (or two or three, or more) of the finest books money can buy, the objets d' art (literally) put out by Charnel House Publishing can be breathtaking. The books are all handmade. And, I'm thinking, here, particularly of THE GLASS TEAT OMNIBUS by Harlan Ellison. Yes, the binding is exquisite; and, yes, the typesetting is perfect. And, yes, the drawing on the slipcase (taken from a beautiful drawing by Leo and Diane Dillion, two artists whose work was championed by Ellison in their early days), is tipped in 24 karat gold. But the design of that cover: it still knocks me for a loop (and I "only" ordered the numbered edition). The cover of the (huge, coffee-table-sized book) features letters coming up through the "strata" of the cloth cover. It's one of the most beautiful pieces of biblio-art that I own, and that I have ever seen.
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This has nothing to do with the subject at hand, but since a LOT of LOA books and authors are included in the list,
and since it is interesting to see the slow move toward mostly popular and, nowadays -- thinking of Patterson in particular -- assembly-line type books. I thought you folks might find it worth a look, too. Yes, the list was put together
using only "Publisher's Weekly" bestseller lists (which can be quite different from, say, the "NY Times list"), but it is still
a pretty good bellwether.
https://hhhhappy.com/these-are-the-biggest-fiction-bestsellers-of-the-last-100-y...
Regarding publishers who DON'T do that as a matter of course: I have ordered a few limited books from PS Publishing, a small, specialty, British publisher. The last two times I ordered convinced me to give them a pass in the future (no matter WHAT the title). One was a Lucius Shepard title (years ago) and the last was in 2015, when they published an updated version of ELLISON WONDERLAND by Harlan Ellison. They published a sort of a "trade" version of the limited as well as a deluxe version of the limited, which was slipcased in with an even more limited publication of a book full of mostly uncollected pulp fiction titles. Thing is, the "vanilla" version was costly enough (though it had a glued binding), but to slap injury upon insult, the "Chocolate" version featured a sewn binding on the main title and then a glued binding on the extra special edition that was included. And these guys charged a fair chunk of change for that book! (Sidenote: I've noticed that British publishers often publisher hardcovers books on their side of the pond with only glued bindings).
In any case, if you get a hankering to order a PS Publishing title (they do only genre titles and authors, but WELL-KNOWN authors -- Stephen King, included), you might want to write them and ask about the binding.
Speaking of that: if you folks ever find yourself able to part with a large amount of "pocket change", and you want to buy one (or two or three, or more) of the finest books money can buy, the objets d' art (literally) put out by Charnel House Publishing can be breathtaking. The books are all handmade. And, I'm thinking, here, particularly of THE GLASS TEAT OMNIBUS by Harlan Ellison. Yes, the binding is exquisite; and, yes, the typesetting is perfect. And, yes, the drawing on the slipcase (taken from a beautiful drawing by Leo and Diane Dillion, two artists whose work was championed by Ellison in their early days), is tipped in 24 karat gold. But the design of that cover: it still knocks me for a loop (and I "only" ordered the numbered edition). The cover of the (huge, coffee-table-sized book) features letters coming up through the "strata" of the cloth cover. It's one of the most beautiful pieces of biblio-art that I own, and that I have ever seen.
---------------
This has nothing to do with the subject at hand, but since a LOT of LOA books and authors are included in the list,
and since it is interesting to see the slow move toward mostly popular and, nowadays -- thinking of Patterson in particular -- assembly-line type books. I thought you folks might find it worth a look, too. Yes, the list was put together
using only "Publisher's Weekly" bestseller lists (which can be quite different from, say, the "NY Times list"), but it is still
a pretty good bellwether.
https://hhhhappy.com/these-are-the-biggest-fiction-bestsellers-of-the-last-100-y...
