Doesn't that make all these books just a bit unite with the title running upon standing the books upright as Families Mayflower instead of Mayflower Families?? On the side they still read it that way, but as David says, upside down.? Now, if you turn the book over onto its face and lay it flat it reads right side up.? So what is the big deal about laying it on its back and it is upside down and laying it on its face and it is right side up.? No matter what they would have done, someone would notice and "complain" about the direction of the title on the spine.? Would it have created such a problem had it read Mayflower Families from top to bottom? I would suspect that the intention of the title was to read Mayflower Families when you lay the book on its face.? When you shelve the book, it reads Mayflower Families starting above the number which then creates the upside down effect when you place the book on its back. Christie Trapp -----Original Message----- From: mayflower-request@rootsweb.com To: mayflower@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:00 am Subject: MAYFLOWER Digest, Vol 3, Issue 129 Today's Topics: 1. Mayflower Society books (David E. Cann) 2. Re: Mayflower Society books (Linda Smith) 3. Re: Mayflower Society books (Janean Ray) 4. Re: Mayflower Society books (David E. Cann) 5. Re: Mayflower Society books (Janean Ray) 6. Re: Mayflower Society books (Lois Kortering) 7. Re: Mayflower Society books (Cinda Marsh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 18:16:04 -0400 From: "David E. Cann" <decann@infionline.net> Subject: [MFLR] Mayflower Society books To: "Mayflower List Posting" <mayflower@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <9BDA24246F904E97A827BB720E177BE4@david> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I am likely "stretching" the list topic a bit here, but I have noticed something that has really got me puzzled regarding the Mayflower Society's marvellous publications. I know that at least a few upper level folks in the society monitor this list, so maybe one of them can answer my silly question, on or off list. About two years ago I purchased volume 22 of the "silver books," which of course covers Gov. William Bradford. I think maybe 20 years of genealogy has made me too much of a stickler for details, but I noticed right away that the information printed on the spine was upside down. If you notice with almost any book, unless the information is printed vertically, the spine is normally printed so that if you lay the book down flat on the BACK cover the information is readable from left to right and right side up. With the Bradford book it was upside down. No big deal, really, I just assumed a printing error discovered after publication and went on enjoying the book. Last week I ordered all four of the Brewster "pink books," and low and behold they are ALL FOUR printed just like the Bradford book, with the spine supposedly printed upside down. So much for my theory that the Bradford book was printed that way as a fluke, or a one-time error. Now, I am wondering if all the books are printed that way, and if so, why? Can anyone out there give me an answer, without making a guess? The books are great otherwise, and I have no intention of going further with this, but I think my darned genealogist's natural curiousity and desire to find answers is getting the better of me. If anyone knows the answer to this mystery, I'd appreciate hearing from you. :-) David E. Cann decann@plymouthcolony.net ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:03:08 -0500 From: Linda Smith <smit8698@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: [MFLR] Mayflower Society books To: mayflower@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <48EEA9CC.90800@bellsouth.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed David, I have the Bradford book and the Brewster pink books. Mine are not upside down. They are 'normal'. Maybe you're just lucky??? :) David E. Cann wrote: > I am likely "stretching" the list topic a bit here, but I have noticed > something that has really got me puzzled regarding the Mayflower Society's > marvellous publications. I know that at least a few upper level folks in > the society monitor this list, so maybe one of them can answer my silly > question, on or off list. > > About two years ago I purchased volume 22 of the "silver books," which of > course covers Gov. William Bradford. I think maybe 20 years of genealogy > has made me too much of a stickler for details, but I noticed right away > that the information printed on the spine was upside down. If you notice > with almost any book, unless the information is printed vertically, the > spine is normally printed so that if you lay the book down flat on the BACK > cover the information is readable from left to right and right side up. > With the Bradford book it was upside down. No big deal, really, I just > assumed a printing error discovered after publication and went on enjoying > the book. > > Last week I ordered all four of the Brewster "pink books," and low and > behold they are ALL FOUR printed just like the Bradford book, with the spine > supposedly printed upside down. So much for my theory that the Bradford > book was printed that way as a fluke, or a one-time error. Now, I am > wondering if all the books are printed that way, and if so, why? Can anyone > out there give me an answer, without making a guess? The books are great > otherwise, and I have no intention of going further with this, but I think > my darned genealogist's natural curiousity and desire to find answers is > getting the better of me. > > If anyone knows the answer to this mystery, I'd appreciate hearing from you. > :-) > > > David E. Cann > decann@plymouthcolony.net > > > Frequently-asked questions may often be answered by visiting the FAQ page for this list at: http://www.craigrich.net/mayfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAYFLOWER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 21:37:47 -0400 From: "Janean Ray" <jray38@neo.rr.com> Subject: Re: [MFLR] Mayflower Society books To: <mayflower@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <2CD3B266305948439500ADA099F1FE45@owner518b33bbd> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I have the Allerton silver book and it is upside down. I'm looking at it in my shelf with all my other books with the titles starting from top to bottom, not the reverse as David indicates. Never noticed it but it is strange. Hmm Janean -----Original Message----- From: mayflower-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mayflower-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Linda Smith Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 9:03 PM To: mayflower@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MFLR] Mayflower Society books David, I have the Bradford book and the Brewster pink books. Mine are not upside down. They are 'normal'. Maybe you're just lucky??? :) David E. Cann wrote: > I am likely "stretching" the list topic a bit here, but I have noticed > something that has re ally got me puzzled regarding the Mayflower Society's > marvellous publications. I know that at least a few upper level folks in > the society monitor this list, so maybe one of them can answer my silly > question, on or off list. > > About two years ago I purchased volume 22 of the "silver books," which of > course covers Gov. William Bradford. I think maybe 20 years of genealogy > has made me too much of a stickler for details, but I noticed right away > that the information printed on the spine was upside down. If you notice > with almost any book, unless the information is printed vertically, the > spine is normally printed so that if you lay the book down flat on the BACK > cover the information is readable from left to right and right side up. > With the Bradford book it was upside down. No big deal, really, I just > assumed a printing error discovered after publication and went on enjoying > the book. > > Last week I ordered all four of the Brewster "pink books," and low and > behold they are ALL FOUR printed just like the Bradford book, with the spine > supposedly printed upside down. So much for my theory that the Bradford > book was printed that way as a fluke, or a one-time error. Now, I am > wondering if all the books are printed that way, and if so, why? Can anyone > out there give me an answer, without making a guess? The books are great > otherwise, and I have no intention of going further with this, but I think > my darned genealogist's natural curiousity and desire to find answers is > getting the better of me. > > If anyone knows the answer to this mystery, I'd appreciate hearing from you. > :-) > > > David E. Cann > decann@plymouthcolony.net > > > Frequently-asked questions may often be answered by visiting the FAQ page for this list at: http://www.craigrich.net/mayfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAYFLOWER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > Frequently-asked questions may often be answered by visiting the FAQ page for this list at: http://www.craigrich.net/mayfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAYFLOWER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.7.6/1715 - Release Date: 10/8/2008 7:19 PM ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 22:27:10 -0400 From: "David E. Cann" <decann@infionline.net> Subject: Re: [MFLR] Mayflower Society books To: <mayflower@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <0B07EF2671E2425AAEFBEF9DBA8D23A0@david> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" And maybe your books themselves are upside down on the bookshelf. If the spine reads like other books, I bet they are. :-) David E. Cann decann@infionline.net -----Original Message----- From: mayflower-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mayflower-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Linda Smith Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 9:03 PM To: mayflower@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MFLR] Mayflower Society books David, I have the Bradford book and the Brewster pink books. Mine are not upside down. They are 'normal'. Maybe you're just lucky??? :) ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 22:34:24 -0400 From: "Janean Ray" <jray38@neo.rr.com> Subject: Re: [MFLR] Mayflower Society books To: <mayflower@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <3330FE95961941E092843AABA2B8CF57@owner518b33bbd> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" You lost me there All my books are like you said. If you lay them on their back they read left to right..... OR if standing top to bottom. The Mayflower book you would have to lay it on it's face in order to read it from left to right. But as you began this...... it's way off topic. Hopefully someone can answer this mystery. -----Original Message----- From: mayflower-bounces@rootsw eb.com [mailto:mayflower-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David E. Cann Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 10:27 PM To: mayflower@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MFLR] Mayflower Society books And maybe your books themselves are upside down on the bookshelf. If the spine reads like other books, I bet they are. :-) David E. Cann decann@infionline.net -----Original Message----- From: mayflower-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mayflower-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Linda Smith Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 9:03 PM To: mayflower@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MFLR] Mayflower Society books David, I have the Bradford book and the Brewster pink books. Mine are not upside down. They are 'normal'. Maybe you're just lucky??? :) Frequently-asked questions may often be answered by visiting the FAQ page for this list at: http://www.craigrich.net/mayfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAYFLOWER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.7.6/1715 - Release Date: 10/8/2008 7:19 PM ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:21:45 -0400 From: "Lois Kortering" <lekort@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [MFLR] Mayflower Society books To: <mayflower@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <7D3AAC956373404B9316CD297C31FE62@lois326ea15853> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original David wrote: > And maybe your books themselves are upside down on the bookshelf. If the > spine reads like other books, I bet they are. :-) David and List, My first silver book was the large Stephen Hopkins volume, and not many months later, I ordered and received the three Richard Warren books. I noticed it, immediately, when I received the Hopkins book, so when the Warren books came that way, I told myself a joke: "Well, it must be that the publisher has "wry " neck!" Obviously, the publisher has no problem cocking his or her neck to the left. Unfortunately, I cannot cock my head to the left! If I were to put the books on the shelf so that the printing on the spine reads from top to bottom like all of the dozens of normal books in our book case, then the pages inside would be upside down when I took the book off the shelf and opened it! Hm-m-m, Lois Kortering ----- Original Message ----- From: "David E. Cann" <decann@infionline.net> To: <mayflower@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 10:27 PM Subject: Re: [MFLR] Mayflower Society books > And maybe your books themselves are upside down on the bookshelf. If the > spine reads like other books, I bet they are. :-) > > > David E. Cann > decann@infionline.net ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 23:33:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Cinda Marsh <cindam80501@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [MFLR] Mayflower Society books To: mayflower@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <564170.92947.qm@web51708.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Don't dare post anything remotely resembling this line of interest on one of Mr. Cann's 100+ lists, or you'll be unsub'd and the rest of the list reprimanded. What's good for the goose, Mr. Cann, is certainly good for the gander. No wonder so many of the lists you usurp fail miserably, and oh so quickly. Cinda --- On Thu, 10/9/08, Lois Kortering <lekort@comcast.net> wrote: > From: Lois Kortering <lekort@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [MFLR] Mayflower Society books > To: mayflower@rootsweb.com > Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 11:21 PM > David wrote: > > > And maybe your books themselves are upside down on the > bookshelf. If the > > spine reads like other books, I bet they are. :-) > > > David and List, > > My first silver book was the large Stephen Hopkins volume, > and not many > months later, I ordered and received the three Richard > Warren books. I > noticed it, immediately, when I received the Hopkins book, > so when the > Warren books came that way, I told myself a joke: > "Well, it must be that > the publisher has "wry" neck!" > > Obviously, the publisher has no problem cocking his or her > neck to the left. > Unfortunately, I cannot cock my head to the left! If I > were to put the > books on the shelf so that the printing on the spine reads > from top to > bottom like all of the dozens of normal books in our book > case, then the > pages inside would be upside down when I took the book off > the shelf and > opened it! > > Hm-m-m, > > Lois Kortering > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David E. Cann" > <decann@infionline.net> > To: <mayflower@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 10:27 PM > Subject: Re: [MFLR] Mayflower Society books > > > > And maybe your books themselves are upside down on the > bookshelf. If the > > spine reads like other books, I bet they are. :-) > > > > > > David E. Cann > > decann@infionline.net > > > Frequently-asked questions may often be answered by > visiting the FAQ page for this list at: > http://www.craigrich.net/mayfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAYFLOWER-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message ------------------------------ To contact the MAYFLOWER list administrator, send an email to MAYFLOWER-admin@rootsweb.com. 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