Pedigreed copies or not? Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar...

[jimbo_707]

I've seen several books with this little "a" followed by what looks like a capital "D." This is the only one I own.

[Timely]

I've seen several books with this little "a" followed by what looks like a capital "D." This is the only one I own.

 

Your book is from the Cape Cod collection. Most books from this collection have an "ND" on them, but a small percentage have an "AD".

 

Here is another one with "AD" on the cover.

 

[jimbo_707]

Thanks West! (I need to spend more time on that pedigree site!)

[telerites]

 

http://comicpedigrees.com/pedigrees.php#NEW_HAMPSHIRE

 

I always forget to look there. Was waiting for the book to be released

[walclark]

I've seen several books with this little "a" followed by what looks like a capital "D." This is the only one I own.

 

Your book is from the Cape Cod collection. Most books from this collection have an "ND" on them, but a small percentage have an "AD".

 

Here is another one with "AD" on the cover.

 

 

Here are a couple more Cape Cods:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jimbo_707]

Clever covers! I see that both of yours have the "a" as well.

[Cat-Man_America]

[font:Times New Roman]This is turning out to be a real interesting thread thread with all variety of sharp lookin' books from long forgotten original owner collections.

 

Kudos to everybody helping out providing info and great scans.[/font] (thumbs u

[143ksk]

 

First, the penciled "L" or check mark. I have two high grade books with almost exactly the same marking in a similar location on the first letter of the book's title, upper left:

 

 

Does it mean anything? Maybe. Who knows.

 

 

 

 

 

[Timely]

 

First, the penciled "L" or check mark. I have two high grade books with almost exactly the same marking in a similar location on the first letter of the book's title, upper left:

 

 

Does it mean anything? Maybe. Who knows.

 

 

 

 

 

You should check out the Pep Comics #26 in the Gerber Photo-Journal.

 

I had the chance to buy that copy when Verzyl had it in 1991 for $600... guess I blew that one!

[143ksk]

Yeah, I should have bought it when I purchased its bretheren in the 1985 (?) Gerber auction. It only graded out a 7.0, but it's a very pretty book (thumbs u

[mrmitchgro]

Always wondered about this E:

 

[RareHighGrade]

"Int" books are known for being a generally high grade collection of books from the late 30's and early 40's. Here's an example:

 

[font:Times New Roman]Ah! That's very interesting. I have one of those (I think)...[/font]

 

 

[font:Times New Roman]Peter, do you know anything more about that collection?[/font] >>>>>

I don't, I just know that every "Int" copy I've seen is in the vf or better range with nice pages. Yours appears to be one of them.

[jimbo_707]

I thought I would bump this thread just for the heck of it. I can't tell what letter this is supposed to be in the distributor's mark; it looks like a capital Greek phi to me. I thought someone might know what distributor was responsible for it. (It seems like I've seen similar markings a time or two.) I doubt it's from a CGC-recognized pedigree, but I thought it might be from a lesser, known collection.

[sacentaur]

 

[sacentaur]

[c-mack]

here's my "B" copy

 

 

 

And my "L" copy

[Johnny545]

One thing I have noticed on a number of books is a "D" in pencil on the cover.

 

Here is one I have.

 

 

Here is a Church D on one of my MT obviously the D is different.

 

 

I have a few others with a D (will try to post more) - in fact I feel like I see a "D" on a lot of books.

 

I assumed it was a coincidence or a poor attempt to make a book look like it was a Church.

[Straw-Man]

hey you experts, is that writing in top left "int"? never really noticed until i was looking at it today.

 

[rjpb]

Is it possible some of these marks were added by the retailer to indicate distributor for potential returns?

[ciorac]

hey you experts, is that writing in top left "int"? never really noticed until i was looking at it today.

 

 

it is indeed