[PW] aeronaut Leo Stevens?/even more

[Dennis Lien]

At 03:09 PM 2/4/2008, you wrote:

>    A possible solution may also come from an wearly book in  which he was
>highlighted (with a small chapter):
>
>Careers of Danger and Daring (1898), by Cleveland Moffett
>
>
>    The problem here is in getting the first edition of 1898  - later ones
>abound (1901, 1903, 1908, etc). This book (in Google Books, but  1908 ed) 
>states
>that Leo Stevens is around 30 years old, but was that  age 'changed" for any
>of the different editions? What did it say in 1898? None  of the usual book
>dealers seem to have the very first  ed.
>
>Allen


Allen --

Your problem is heightened by the fact that no 1898 edition exists...

(1) WorldCat shows no edition earlier than 1901.


(2) The AMERICAN CATALOGUE for 1895-1900 does not list the book.  The
cumulation for 1900-1905 does, thus:

Moffett, Cleveland.  Careers of danger and daring. '01 (O26) il.
O net, $1.80; [New cheaper ed.] '03 (O17) il. D. $1.50.


(3) Earliest mention in either the NEW YORK TIMES or CHICAGO TRIBUNE
per fulltext searching is 1901:

         1.       MAGAZINE FEATURES.; Principal Contents of Prominent 
Ametican Ones.
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 25, 1901. p. BR8 (1 
page)


         2.      Table of Contents 2 -- No Title
Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Aug 1, 1901. p. 16 (1 page)


NYT feature notes that "part VI" of a series of this name by Moffett was
published in ST NICHOLAS magazine for June 1901.  (Presumably earlier and
perhaps later parts appeared there as well; possibly the earliest dated back
to 1898, though that is unlikely.)  TRIBUNE same information but no part 
number.

Later cites in the NYT:

         4. NOTES AND NEWS.
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 31, 1901. p. BR14 
(1 page)

         5.      BOOKS RECEIVED.; History and Biography.
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Oct 19, 1901. p. BR17 
(1 page)

describe the book first as forthcoming and then as just received.

So: 1901 is definitely the first book appearance; some or all of the contents
appeared in ST NICHOLAS earlier that year, and possibly earlier than that.


Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // d-lien at umn.edu