[ModLib] Concurrent Printing of Different Titles with Same ML #

[Gordon Neavill]

I don't know what the idea was! It's always been a mystery to me.

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>Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 8:45:04 -0500
>From: Ron Holl <modlib at windstream.net>  
>Subject: Re: [ModLib] Concurrent Printing of Different Titles with Same ML #  
>To: For collectors of Modern Library books <modlib at owu.edu>
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>> Gatsby and several other titles that were remaindered at this time were outfitted with newly printed jackets stamped DISCONTINUED TITLE.
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>Thanks Gordon.  I didn't know new jackets were printed, then stamped.  I thought they took the book with the existing jacket and stamped them.  I suppose the idea was to have a fresh list of titles on the jacket?
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>I just found this on modernlib.com, under the Gatsby jacket description:
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>"There was a second printing in fall 1939 (268 titles) created especially to cover all unsold stock. All these jackets were hand-stamped "Discontinued Title.”
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>We should add similar text for Gilbert. 
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>ron
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