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10 Dec, 2016
2016-12-10 1:13:37 AM UTC
Thanks all for the feedback. Seems like it has sparked an interesting discussion. Glad to listen in.
10 Dec, 2016
2016-12-10 10:51:57 AM UTC

Trotter wrote:

Do you have any idea how many 7th impression jackets were price-clipped and had 12s.6d net overprinted and how many 8th impression jackets were price-clipped and had 12s.6d net overprinted?

There are two entries in the A&U ledger for overprinting Hobbit jackets in 1956. One for 1260 jackets at a cost of £1.18s.6d and another for an unspecified number for £2.9s.
There is also a letter to the binders dated 17th January 1956 asking for the price to be changed on the 7th impression copies being bound at that time and on the 8th impression jackets that had just been delivered. Judging from copies seen online, at least some copies slipped through without being overprinted, but I don't think it is possible to say how many.
11 Dec, 2016
2016-12-11 7:53:31 AM UTC
If the price paid to the printers was the same, then £2.9s.0d would have been 1600 copies overprinted by the binders.

If I read Deagol's notes correctly, then these would be 8th impression dust-jackets, so 1600 out of 3150 is possibly a good guess, nearly 50%.

Thanks a lot Deagol for your excellent research into this
11 Dec, 2016
2016-12-11 6:02:25 PM UTC
Thanks!
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