Export Publishing Bibliography Part III

Here are two more entries from my bibliography of early Canadian paperback publisher Export Publishing. These are two of the 28 books Export published for the US market. But first some comments on bibliography.

A descriptive bibliography includes the following techniques: (a) transcription of the title page, (b) collation of the book, (c) details of the book’s contents, (d) list of states, (e) binding information and (f) other information about the book.

Capital letters designate editions, numbers following the letter designate impressions (printings) and lowercase letters designate states. An edition is defined as all copies resulting from a single job of typographical composition such as plates. An impression is all copies of an edition printed at the same time and a state is a variation in an impression, either of the text block or the wrappers. 

6A Sin For Your Supper

A1.

SIN | For Your | SUPPER | by | MILTON DOUGLAS | [ornament: company logo] | A NEWS STAND LIBRARY POCKET EDITION

Collation: pp. [1-4] 5-160; 180 x 111 mm.

Contents: p. [1] This Book In Brief…; [2] FIRST PRINTING | NEWS STAND LIBRARY POCKET EDITION | JUNE, 1949 | Printed and Bound in Canada | Export Publishing Enterprises Limited | TORONTO LONDON NEW YORK; [3] title [4] blank; 5-160 text.

Binding: Perfect. Inside covers illustration – light gray.

Note: Paperback original. 

A1.DJ

Binding: Perfect. Inside covers illustration as A1.a. Dust jacket attached at spine – number 19.

  

7A The Pagans

A1.

THE PAGANS | By JACK BENEDICT | [ornament: company logo] |A NEWS STAND LIBRARY | POCKET EDITION

Collation: pp. [1-4] 5-160; 179 x 102 mm.

Contents: p. [1] About This Book [2] FIRST PRINTING | NEWS STAND LIBRARY EDITION | AUGUST, 1949 | Printed and Bound in Canada | Export Publishing Enterprises Limited | TORONTO LONDON NEW YORK; [3] title [4] Let us drink! – who would not? – Since | Through life’s varied round, | In the goblet alone no deception is found. | LORD BYRON; 5-160 text.

Binding: Perfect. Inside covers illustration – light gray.

Note: Paperback original. Unsigned art by D. Rickard. At p.53 there is an error in the text. 

B1.

Binding: Perfect. Inside covers illustration light gray.

Note: Text reset starting at p.53 correcting the error in A1.

B1.DJ

Binding: Perfect. Inside covers illustration as A1. and B1. Dust jacket attached at spine – number 14.