blurb (antedating 1907 May 16)

[Garson O'Toole]

Great! Thank you for responding. I should have looked at World Wide
Words website. Here are some additional links to digital reproductions
of sections of the book jacket from the Library of Congress archive.

http://memory.loc.gov/rbc/rbpe/rbpe24/rbpe242/24203600/001dr.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/rbc/rbpe/rbpe24/rbpe242/24203600/002r.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/rbc/rbpe/rbpe24/rbpe242/24203600/003r.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/rbc/rbpe/rbpe24/rbpe242/24203600/004dr.jpg


On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 4:26 AM, Michael Quinion
<wordseditor at worldwidewords.org> wrote:
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> Garson O'Toole wrote:
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>> Perhaps someone now has direct evidence of the book jacket. A scan
>> would be great, but I have not come across it yet. Apparently 1914 is
>> still the earliest date of direct evidence. So here is a cite in 1907:
>
> I have some notes on it, including a reproduction of the original book
> jacket from the Library of Congress Printed Ephemera Collection:
>
>   http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-blu1.htm
>
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> Michael Quinion
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