invincibleoverlord wrote:Wow, this just keeps getting weirder…. 1. About Stephen's Bella… I could swear I see faint marks where the graph in the rooms' should be.From looking at his photo it looks like a copy of an offset version with the copier set to "lighter", and it lost the grid…or maybe it's a second or third generation copy of a copy.
afoolandhis$ wrote:I can see what you mean, but I believe what you're seeing is the map on the page behind the one that's visible in the photo. That's evident when you shift the pages by sliding them between thumb and forefinger through the bag. I'll try to get another shot with the pages slightly separated if possible.
mbassoc2003 wrote:afoolandhis$ wrote:I can see what you mean, but I believe what you're seeing is the map on the page behind the one that's visible in the photo. That's evident when you shift the pages by sliding them between thumb and forefinger through the bag. I'll try to get another shot with the pages slightly separated if possible.Does that mean the other pages have a grid but the last one doesn't?
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mbassoc2003 wrote:This is a yellow cover version with the sketch of the tower on the front?
My best guess, looking at the material empirically, is that my black folder version is made up of printed map pages and photocopied text pages, which suggests that, originally, the makers decided to print more copies of the map pages than the text pages because the text pages were easier to reproduce with a copy machine and would require less toner, thus saving money. It may very well be that the black folder was an attempt at a deluxe edition after the first run was sold. It could also be that the black folder was an in-house special. I just don't know. If you remember Mike Kuo, he bought a black folder in shrinkwrap off of Ebay a few years ago. If he still has it, he might be able to shed some more light. It's obvious that my yellow-covered version is a complete photocopy, except, maybe, for the cover.
It's obvious that my yellow-covered version is a complete photocopy, except, maybe, for the cover.
FoulFoot wrote:As I mentioned, though, the gray grid is not gray at all. It's black dots. So it wouldn't have made any sense to make two separate plates, and run the paper through twice.
stormber wrote:Is there another reason the grey grid is off kilter?