OT: not "jazz (not music)--1911?"

[Joel S. Berson]

Victor, I was joshing.

JB

At 9/6/2011 11:33 AM, victor steinbok wrote:
>I am not sure what you meant, but I'll try to clarify what I said.
>
>I found volume 200 in the series that was originally published in 1911.
>There is no other indication of the printing date, but the general
>publisher's promo is attached in the back.
>
>I also found volume 211, which was originally published in 1912. This one
>also has publisher's promo attached in the back, but also has a
>comprehensive excerpt of the publisher's catalog, including listing of books
>to be published in 1929. From this I devised that the second volume (211)
>was actually printed in 1928. I would not at all be surprised if the first
>volume (200) was printed around the same time, but I have no overt
>information one way or the other. Jon pointed to radio being mentioned, so
>the ad must be 1922 or later.
>
>VS-)
>
>On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > At 9/6/2011 04:54 AM, victor steinbok wrote:
> > >I found another volume in the series, this one with copyright date 1912,
> > but
> > >published in 1928 (the big hint is the list of books at the end that is
> > "to
> > >be published January 1929" or later). Still, this says nothing about the
> > >date of the other book.
> >
> > The "big, clean, interesting books" became so popular in 1911 that
> > the publisher had a tremendous backlog by 1912 that it didn't expect
> > to clear up until after January 1929?
> >
> > (I write this only because I am presently tussling with 3 manuscript
> > copies of the same original (which is not extant) that either claim
> > or appear to date the original and themselves in confusing and
> > inconsistent ways.)
> >
> > Joel
> >
>
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