One staple books

[jkrk]

This is the only one I own.

 

[PovertyRow]

Here's one of my Fiction House one-staplers from August 1945. Man a frustrating book. It really is gorgeous and then you have the corner problems. But still. Just wonderful to see. The scan makes it look a lot worse. OK - no more excuses:

 

PS - any opinions on grade appreciated but secondary to contributing a 1-staple cover.

 

[bobpfef]

I dug up my FC 146 last night at it too has only one staple, so I assume all copies of it have just one. However this book was put out in 1947, long after the war, as are a few of the other example mentioned so the reason for one staple must not simply be war rationing. Maybe publishers were just cutting cost? It only seems to be an odd book now and then... and it seems to be a variety of publishers.

[1st-and-keys]

Here is one from 1951! .. ...only a top staple.......weird.

[tth2]

Here's my only one-staple book. It fits the typical pattern by falling during the war years.

 

[nearmint]

I'll buy that for a dollar.

[bobpfef]

I'd go 10

[ft88]

tth, you've seen this before, I wonder if it came from the same original "stack"

 

Not as sweet as yours but worth a buck or ten

 

[ft88]

And don't forget the 3 staple books. Do any of those have only two staples? WDCS ended 3 staples at issue 8 or 9.

 

Ed

 

[Arty]

And don't forget the 3 staple books. Do any of those have only two staples? WDCS ended 3 staples at issue 8 or 9.

 

 

Quote from my old post a couple of months ago:

 

War era wdcs 30-49 are one staple books.

+wdcs 1-9 have 3 staples - (there are slight variations on issue 9, some have 2 staples.)

[Harvey Dude]

Of the displayed slabbed books, mine appears to be the only one with the one staple noted on the label. I wonder if the seller viewed this as a defect since I only bought the book at a cost slightly over the cost of the slabbing. Their loss was my gain.

 

[tth2]

I wonder if the seller viewed this as a defect since I only bought the book at a cost slightly over the cost of the slabbing. Their loss was my gain.

 

Seriously? That`s a steal! That`s a good example of a manufacturing defect which has absolutely NO impact on the eye appeal of a book.