SATNROSE’S BOOK QUIZ

[lludwig]

SATNROSE’S BOOK QUIZ

2. What is the most valuable printed book?

Answer in invisible ink: 2. Was The Gutenberg Bible; now it is the Caxton Canterbury Tales

Note: I think a complete Gutenberg would beat the Canterbury if offered up to auction. However, the Caxton Canterbury is currently the most expensive printed book ever to change hands. 13 million? I forget.....

[bookthink]

790.

What was the first Grosset & Dunlap First Edition issued?

[mmadigan]

789

Marcia Willett

a)Chadwick

b)Devonshire

c)

[sigmapsidelta]

c) Salterton (Buddleigh).

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[jeanpaulbooks]

790:  Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle?

[bookthink]

13 First Editions preceded it.

[jeanpaulbooks]

790:  The Rover Boys at the Farm?

[ok-mrs-bee]

789

Hi mmadigan,

Not the ones which I'm thinking of.  Your answer for b) is v.v.close, geographically. 🙂

Hi Steve (sigma)

c) is correct.  Not too hard for someone living in the right area. 🙂 Googling 'The Salterton Trilogy' will find the Canadian author and the other trilogies.

[bookthink]

790: You're getting warm. Only 7 First Editions before this one.

[jeanpaulbooks]

790: Counting backward on the Rover Boys series, is it The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes?

[bookthink]

790: Chatterton-Peck issued that First Edition.

Hint: It's not a series book.

[sigmapsidelta]

Mrs Bee, are we talking about Nigel Williams here?

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[ok-mrs-bee]

ref. 789

No, Sig, you really only need to do a bit of a search to find the books and the author.

Background story - OT.  I was introduced to this author via a cryptic crossword in the Independent newspaper (UK).  The setter, Phi, incorporated several words from the three titles of one of the trilogies.  He explained that he was a fan of this author and such was his enthusiasm that I bought one of the trilogies.  When I set my question I was half-way through reading this and had just completed another Phi crossword referencing the very trilogy which I was reading.  Truly an author who deserves plaudits - and a place in SATNROSE'S BOOK QUIZ.

[sigmapsidelta]

Aha.

Then the identity you seek is William Robertson Davies.

The Deptford Trilogy

The Cornish Trilogy

The Salterton Trilogy

I was thinking of 'The Wimbledon Trilogy' with Nigel Williams. Not something I've consumed, but I've sold a couple of copies, and there being other topographically-titled trilogies by him that I was unaware of was eminently possible.

Still awaiting the finding of a copy of your book in a donation to the shop. 

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[sigmapsidelta]

This thread is sinking.

Was I supposed to pose a question?

If so, here it is.....

Who was the artist responsible for the illuminations in the earliest known separate English Book of Hours, presently housed in the British Museum?

If not, never mind.

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[lludwig]

sigmapsidelta - No, it is not necessary for the person who answered a question correctly to then pose the next question, but I am glad you did. It is great to have more people involved in asking the question. Just a suggestion for future reference, when asking a question or answering one, it helps if you number it to avoid confusion. Not a big deal if not numbered however.

Recap:

# 789 Has now been answered.

# 790: Question still has not been answered and I really want to know! Is it a Photoplay edition? And if so, is it King Kong?

# 791: New question posed by sigmapsidelta - "Who was the artist responsible for the illuminations in the earliest known separate English Book of Hours, presently housed in the British Museum?"