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B outer forme Phase IIIa

Preparation for printing: all pages get new skeletons; B1r receiVes 25 pairs of
acorns, with endpieces. Headline parentheses on B4V are the same as on D4v. In
the process of reimposition, some disturbance and damage occur on B1r and 2v,
and the catchword is left off of 4v.

Pauses for correction: none. One copy shows a page-number shift on B4V.

After printing: all pages stripped and kept standing. B1r loses its acorns along
with the page number.

This printing of B(o) is somewhat short with respect to the other text quires
in Phase III—something prevents Norton from machining the full white-paper
stack. He will complete it when he has dealt with whatever has caused the inter-
ruption. Meanwhile, he strips the outer forme of B and puts it aside. The situ-
ation is similar to the interruption in the run of quire A in Phase IIa, but here
only the outer forme is affected and both sub-phases are backed up with the same
state of the inner forme. Once again it is illogical for Norton to strip the skeletons
if he expects to resume presswork soon. Nevertheless, after a presumably short

delay, it appears that B(o) gets reimposed and put back on the press for a short
completing run, which constitutes Phase IIIb of the outer forme: