Baron Munchausen - Gentleman's Edition
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broken serenity
Mongoose
ok so i can hold off on killing the postman for pinchin my copy then lol 
thanks for the update matt
thanks for the update matt
Further update: They arrived today, and are currently being packed. _Most_ will go out with the post tomorrow, though some may go out on Friday (depends on how fast we can pack!).
I just received my copy of the Gentleman's Edition today; I seem to have fallen victim to a strange printing error: the footer of every page contains the first word of the following page. It's a really ugly-looking error in an otherwise beautiful-looking book!
Do all of the copies of the Gentleman's Edition have ths problem? The Mongoose returns policy suggests that I can return it for a refund... I'd hate to do that because I love the idea of this book and the game very much. I'd be happy to return it in exchange for a fixed copy, if any such copies exist.
What are my options here?
Do all of the copies of the Gentleman's Edition have ths problem? The Mongoose returns policy suggests that I can return it for a refund... I'd hate to do that because I love the idea of this book and the game very much. I'd be happy to return it in exchange for a fixed copy, if any such copies exist.
What are my options here?
Hi guys,
Good news - we got _every_ copy of the Baron out!
Good news - we got _every_ copy of the Baron out!
dfabulich said:
It is supposed to be like that
BigJackBrass
Mongoose
msprange said:
Splendid! I shall dig a foxhole immediately and ambush the postman on the morrow
Shane_Mclean
Mongoose
I would suspect it made it easier to correctly order the pages back in the good old days of slow hand printing before page numbering was common. Or something like that.
Shane
Shane
Shane_Mclean said:
Sort of--page numbers, or rather folio numbers (one number per leaf), were used intermittently in England from the thirteenth century, perhaps earlier. One leaf = two pages, a recto (right side) and a verso (its reverse). Once printing took off, some printers used signature notations in addition, or instead: A1 is the first leaf of a gathering (the little booklet you get after cutting and folding a large sheet), A2 is the second leaf, B1 is the first leaf of the next gathering, and so on. That's not really related.
Catchwords occurred at the foot of the last leaf of a gathering, for both medieval manuscripts and printed books, so that the binder would know which booklet came next. Sometimes you see catchwords on the verso of each leaf; booklets came apart, catchwords were used decoratively, etc.
Having catchwords on every *page* is still wrong, or at least redundant and a waste of ink
because you can't split apart the recto and verso of a leaf. If you have a recto, you always have a verso and cannot possibly lose it or mistake which page comes next. I suppose there might exist old books with catchwords on every page, but they'd be exceptional (and I'd be curious to know what they are).Not to be too confusing, but I can see the use in having catchwords on every verso (the current comment is not from dfabulich, rather dfabulich's spouse, a medievalist / manuscript scholar). Having them every page might be a joke...?
lastbesthope
Mongoose
Got my copy today, phoned MAtt a t MGP to check I wasn't seeing things and actually had a Gentlemen's Edition in my and. Thanks for taking my call Matt.
LBH
LBH
BigJackBrass
Mongoose
Thanks to all involved in getting the books out so quickly. My copy was waiting for me this afternoon and it's a truly handsome volume.
Brisco said:
Sorry, no. Our warehouse has completley sold out, but we have about 20 copies left here in the UK office, if you are quick. . .
lastbesthope
Mongoose
Brisco, I'm sure if you email Matt directly he'll fix you one if they have the GE left.
msprange@mongoosepublishing.com
LBH
msprange@mongoosepublishing.com
LBH
