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Title page |
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Page 1 of "Impersonation of a Lady" |
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Inside front cover with with library book plate and book store sticker |
The Redwood Library of Newport, Rhode Island acquired the book through the Bookshop for Boys & Girls, a book store operated by the Women's Educational & Industrial Union, then located at 270 Boylston Street in Boston.
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Colophon with Cutter catalog number and dedication page with acquisition date stamp |
The book was copyrighted by Maude Parker on August 28, 1934; the edition notice page lists the copyright to Maude Parker Pavenstedt, her married name. Born on July 30, 1892, she passed on November 12, 1959. Her husband, Edmund W. Pavenstedt, renewed the copyright on September 5, 1961.
The Redwood Library entered the book into its holdings on November 3, 1934 under the catalog number P2272i, using the Cutter classification system. The copyright page shows their unique cataloging system.
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Inside back cover due dates and library rules |
The book was first borrowed on November 10, 1934 and enjoyed seemingly constant readership for the next year, until November 2, 1935. The book was then borrowed once in 1939 and twice in each calendar years of 1944, 1946, 1961, and 1966. After enjoying some thirty two plus years on the library shelves, "Impersonation of a Lady" was withdrawn.
Pasted in the inside back cover of the book are the "Selections From The Rules" of the Redwood Library. Some of the rules of note are that: overdue book fines increase the longer a book is overdue; not paying the overdue fines will debar one from the library; books cannot be lent to anyone outside the borrower's house; and, the very explicit defacement and damage criteria and consequences.
Nothing is known of the books whereabouts until late 2019. Then, the book appeared in the donation box for used books that are resold by a library. Deemed not salable nor donatable, it was relegated to the recycling bin; its story is told here.
What a wickedly woven history!
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