TheMilford wrote:I recently purchased a DMG on eBay and there are some conflicting elements that are making it hard for me to discern whether it's a 3rd Gamma or a 2nd Beta:
deimos3428 wrote:2nd Beta. So far, the Third printing (any version) as described has not been shown to exist. We really need to update that page.
The Collector's Trove wrote:Howdy,I thought several people, including me, had a 3rd gamma with the pasted over endpapers?Futures Bright,Paul
TheMilford wrote:According to Acaeum research BOTH the 2nd beta and 3rd Gamma have pasted end-papers.
The Collector's Trove wrote:Oh, right, it's been so long since I've looked at it. The 3rd gamma should not have pasted over endpapers. I'm not sure how that got in there.
Has anyone found a 4th with goldenrod colored endpapers?
TheMilford wrote:One thing to consider about the 3rd-gamma debate. If they were discarding the damaged covers... there would be no reason to have double end papers. The textblock most likely were stripped and new flyleaves, endpapers and binding cloth was used to attach them to the new covers ... maybe these are the printings that received the white papers due to these extenuating circumstances.
Stormber wrote:Probably the only way to tell is to pull one apart and look for traces of goldenrod paper in the stitches (Volunteers?). Even then it might not be possible to identify that it had been recovered.
TheMilford wrote:Here's my 2nd Beta.
deimos3428 wrote:Funny, somehow I missed this until now. In the phone the stitching on your 2nd Beta appears to go around the pages at the top (bottom?) I don't think mine does, but I'll check when I get home.