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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2362575, member: 66&quot;]The Newcomb book IS his handwritten manuscript.&nbsp; The publisher had agreed to publish the book before he died.&nbsp; Then the second world war intervened and the publisher had to delay the book (paper shortages and other restrictions).&nbsp; In 1944 Newcomb&#039;s health took a turn for the worse and the publisher had to rush the book into production.&nbsp; They used a lower grade of paper and a photolithograph of the handwritten manuscript.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure why but later reprints didn&#039;t typeset the book either. Possibly because of the distinctive look of the book.</p><p><br /></p><p>A word of advice on attributing the middle dates, it usually works best to start with the reverse.&nbsp; Pay special attention to the leaf point below the second S in STATES, then the one below the F.&nbsp; These two will identify most of the reverses.&nbsp; If they don&#039;t then check the leaf below the C in AMERICA and then the one below the D.&nbsp; That order works better than the order listed in Newcomb.&nbsp; And approach it with the mindset to eliminate what it isn&#039;t rather than what it is&nbsp; Once you are fairly sure what the reverse is then start looking at the Obv.</p><p><br /></p><p>While the page from Newcomb does look confusing, the diagram earlier in the book tends to make the leaf position abbreviations clear.&nbsp; I would suggest making a photocopy of it so you don&#039;t have to keep flipping back to it in the book untill you have a firm understanding of it.&nbsp; The plates in the book are pretty bad.&nbsp; If you can, I would recommend finding a copy of the Dan Holmes II collection catalog. (They seem to go for about $16) Until you can find a copy you can download the images from the sale on the Goldberg website.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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