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The Historiography of American Literary Publishing by G. Thomas Tanselle
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The Chaucerian Proverbs by George B. Pace
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The Printing of Spenser's Faerie Queene in 1596 by Frank B. Evans
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Dr. Donne and the Booksellers by R. C. Bald
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A Bibliographical Account of The Gentleman's Magazine, 1731-1754 by William B. Todd
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Tables I-III: General Information
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Table I: Register of Copies
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Table II: Order of Woodcuts
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Table III: Order of Imprints
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Tables IV-V: Analysis of Numbers 1731-1733
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Table IV: Identity and Order of Issues 1731-1733
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Table V: Text Points 1731-1733
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Table VI: Analysis of Numbers 1734-1754
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Table VI: First Editions, 1734-1736
  
Notes
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Tennyson's The Lover's Tale, R. H. Shepherd, and T. J. Wise by W. D. Paden
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A Quantitative Solution of the Ambiguity of Three Texts by Antonín Hrubý
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A Description of "Paterna": The Unpublished Autobiography of Cotton Mather by William R. Manierre II
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Emily Dickinson and the Machine by S. P. Rosenbaum
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The Red Badge of Courage Manuscript: New Evidence for a Critical Edition by William L. Howarth
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The First Edition of Ficino's De Christiana Religione: A Problem in Bibliographical Description. by Curt F. Bühler
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The Printer and the Date of Romeo and Juliet Q4 by George Walton Williams
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The Printing of A King and No King Q1 by Robert K. Turner, Jr.
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The Date of the Separate Edition of Milton's "Epitaphium Damonis" by John T. Shawcross
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Shirley's Coronation and Love Will Find out the Way: Erroneous Title-Pages. by T. J. King
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A Checklist of the Writings of Albion W. Tourgée (1838-1905) by Dean H. Keller
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Whitman's Leaves of Grass: Notes on the Pocketbook (1889) Edition by William White
  
Blake's Jerusalem: Plate 3 Fully Restored by David V. Erdman
  
A Note on Tennyson's Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington. by Christopher Ricks
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A SELECTIVE CHECK LIST OF BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR 1963

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Table I: Register of Copies

Sets are ordered according to the edition of the first number, English copies cited in full, American by Library of Congress symbol. Defects are noted only for examined copies.

  • First edition (3 copies; see fn. 19)
  • A. TxDN.
  • B. NSU.
  • Also examined: MNS.
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  • Second edition (16)
  • C. W.B. Todd. See fn. 20.
  • D. University of London.
  • Also examined: Bristol Central Library (2d volume, supplied from another source, is of the I-J sequence); NjP (mixed set). Reported: C-S, IaU, MNS, MsU, N, MjMD, OCl, OU, OkU, TxDaM, WM.

  • Third edition (7)
  • E. MB (rare book room). January 1731 title excised.
  • F. Cambridge University Library.
  • Also examined: NN (1731 volume and January titles excised). Reported: CSmH, IU, MoS, OWC.

  • Fourth edition (28)
  • G. TxU (Griffith). Large paper set, 1731-33, 1735-43, 1745. See fn. 11.
  • H. ICU.
  • Also examined: Bodleian Library, British Museum (249.c.1); CtY (rare book room). Reported: AzU, CSf, CoU, DLC, GAT, InU, KyBgW, MeU, MiD, MiDB, MtBC, MWiW, NcU, NjNbS, OCU, ODW, PHC, TNV, TxD, UW, V, VLR, VW.

  • Fifth edition (35)
  • I. John Rylands Library.
  • J. ICU.
  • K. *CtY (Pottle). Volume title for 1732 excised.
  • Also examined: *British Museum (2120.f. 2d volume, supplied from another source, is of the earlier A-F sequence), Manchester Central Library (monthly titles excised), Royal Society, Victoria & Albert Museum; CtY (Franklin), MB (some monthly titles excised), NNC, ViU, TxU (monthly titles excised). Reported: *ArU, CLSU, DSI-M, GEU, IEN, In, LNHT, MHS, MWA, MWC, MdBP, Mi, MoU, NIC, NNA, NPV, NcD, Nh, PPHi, PU, *PWbH, WvU. The starred entries, and probably several others, represent the later fifth edition imprinted E. Cave.

  • Sixth edition (30)
  • L. CtY (Lewis). Large paper set, cut to normal size. See fn. 11.
  • M. MH.
  • Also examined: Society of Antiquaries; PBL, PPL, PPL-R (mixed set; see fn. 17). Reported: CLU, CMC, CSt, CtHW, CtNIC, ICN, IGK, KU, LU, MNF, MWelC, MdBG, MdBJ, MiDU, MnHi, NBuG, NNCoC, NjR, ODa, PMA, PSt, RPB, TKL, Vt. Certain of those reported may be of the next sequence.

  • Sixth counterfeit edition (7)
  • N. Victoria & Albert Museum (Forster).
  • O. MBA.
  • P. Professor Leo Hughes (U. of Texas).
  • Q. Oxford, English Faculty. Anomalous set disregarded in following Tables. See fn. 18.
  • Also examined: ViU. Reported: MSM, OrU.

  • Facsimile edition, 1806 (18; see fn. 6)
  • Examined: Bodleian Library (Douce); CtY (reading room). Reported: CSmH, MA, MdAN, MeB, MeP, MiU-C, NBP, NCH, NRU, NhD, OCl, OOxM, PPAP, PPi, PSC, WaU.
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  • Other copies reported in Union List of Serials
  • Status undetermined: C, CU, CtW, DeU, GU, IEN-M, InI, KyL, M, MiU, MoSW, NNU-H, NR, OC, OCIW, OO, PBm, TxHR, WaS, WBB. Incorrectly recorded or transferred: IC, MH-BA, Me, MoK, NNS, NNUT, NSchU. Lacking earlier vols: DeWI, Ia, MdBE, MiGr.
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