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D2.3. Third Harper Printing (New York, 1850)
Besides the change of the title-page date to 1850, the most obvious alteration in the third printing occurs in the advertisements: R continues
typography. All copies exhibit several new instances of plate damage, including a few that alter the punctuation of the text: at 59.30 ('icebergs'), 170.14 ('Bob'), and 375.20 ('ladies') semicolons print as commas; at 72.5 ('around') a comma is missing; and at 202.35 ('earls') a comma prints as a period. The only prominent variation noted between copies of the 1850 printing is a gradual deterioration of the comma after 'MELVILLE' in the dedication: in some copies (e.g., 1, 6, 7, 11-14, 16) it prints as a damaged comma, in others (e.g., 2) it appears as a period, and in others (e.g., 4, 5, 8-10, 17) it does not print at all.
binding. . . .
copies examined. . . .
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