At 01:23 PM 8/11/97 -0500, you wrote:

>The papers states, "R. S. Peale & Co., the Western agents for Gen.
>Grant's book, suffer a loss of 100,000 copies of the above work,
>this being the second edition.  The value of the copies was
>placed at $35,000."
>
>Problems with this news  report are:  1) Was this the second *volume*
>instead of a second *edition*-- a mere reporting error?
>2)  The $ amount of the loss doesn't add up with the number of
>copies lost-- another reporting error?  3) R. S. Peale & Co.
>were associated with known pirates of Twain's earlier works and
>housed in the same building with the same.  Were the lost volumes
>legitimate copies or some other edition of Grant's work?

Perhaps I missed it, but what was the date of the fire? The date could do
much to determine whether it was indeed the second volume or the second
edition which burned.

Marc

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