Posted by Ed Kiser on February 20, 2008 at 01:31:42 from 205.188.116.198 user Kisered.
In Reply to: Re: Quaker Oats posted by Jock on February 20, 2008 at 00:25:24:
Lippincott 1933 version of PD has it as "Quaker oats" where the Quaker is initial caps but the "oats" are all lower case. So this is different from the Godine version which has both words in lower case. Looks like the wrong word of that pair got "corrected."
Lippincott 1934 version of WH has both words with initial caps which is the same as it is in the Godine version. So that is consistant between versions.
It is great to have access to those very old editions, as the art work went through major changes in later versions.
My typing of these twelve books was done from the Godine versions, because the earlier ones, being as old and rather worn as they were, just were not in a condition to subject them to the mounting in a holding frame to be held as I typed it in. Those old ones have some loose pages, and some backs are broken. If treated kindly and gently, they can continue to be complete, but I did want to avoid as much wear and tear as I could by using the newer editions as typing sources. It was also hoped that being the later versions, they might have some fixes that came to light in the older versions, as for example in PM, Nancy was imitating the GA, and in her quotes of the GA, used the name Nancy instead of Ruth which of course the GA would not have called her thusly. In later versions, that ocnversation is reported to have the GA calling her RUTH.
Ed Kiser, Kentucky