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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 590719, member: 33"]So they used the illustration from a different cover? Is that what you mean, [USER=10593]@Jarl Varska[/USER] ? It obviously isn't the actual cover of the other book since it doesn't include that title.</p><p><br /></p><p>You mention the English publication of the books, but this is an American publication and probably post-dated those by some time. I will see if I can do some research on this later, if nobody else has by then. I think that Donohue sometimes did inexpensive editions in the early 20th century. I suspect that is what this is, based on the cover and typeface. I happen to enjoy this type of old inexpensive edition. Another company that did that type of thing was Grosset & Dunlap.</p><p><br /></p><p>[Edit: or did you mean publication <b>in English</b>? Sorry if I misunderstood your original intent on that.][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 590719, member: 33"]So they used the illustration from a different cover? Is that what you mean, [USER=10593]@Jarl Varska[/USER] ? It obviously isn't the actual cover of the other book since it doesn't include that title. You mention the English publication of the books, but this is an American publication and probably post-dated those by some time. I will see if I can do some research on this later, if nobody else has by then. I think that Donohue sometimes did inexpensive editions in the early 20th century. I suspect that is what this is, based on the cover and typeface. I happen to enjoy this type of old inexpensive edition. Another company that did that type of thing was Grosset & Dunlap. [Edit: or did you mean publication [B]in English[/B]? Sorry if I misunderstood your original intent on that.][/QUOTE]
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