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The Collation

Folger Mysteries: September 2024

What might be going on here? Reasonable and outlandish ideas are equally welcome in the Comments.

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Two sheets of paper stuck together and ran through the press together?

Deborah J. Leslie — September 10, 2024

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I’d like to see the rest of the signature although I would guess two sheets of paper went through the press together. One was printed on the recto and the other the verso. I can see page number 17 to the left and 18 to the right. I can’t make out the running title other than “The.”

Jean Reavis — September 11, 2024

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An apprentice who didn’t know what to do with his balls?

Catherine Loomis — September 12, 2024

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Perhaps originally printed one side only with fold at foredge, and then unfortunately trimmed by binder.

Peter Criddle — September 12, 2024

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