FALLOWS, Alice Katharine. EVERYBODY'S BISHOP: BEING THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE RIGHT REVEREND SAMUEL FALLOWS, D.D. Illustrated. NY: J.H. Sears, [1927]. Small 4to., navy-blue cloth, stamped in gilt. First Edition. Fallows was Chaplain-In-Chief for the Grand Army of the Republic during the Civil War. He became a Methodist pastor after the war but joined the Reformed Episcopal Church and became a bishop in 1876. Many interesting Civil War photographs. Signed presentation by Fallows, his daughter, on front endpaper: "To Mr. Paul Block, with the compliments of Alice K. Fallows. February the Twenty-first, 1927." Scarce to find an inscribed copy! Very Good (bright, few tiny stains covers). $125.00.
FALLOWS, Alice Katharine. EVERYBODY'S BISHOP: BEING THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE RIGHT REVEREND SAMUEL FALLOWS, D.D. Illustrated. NY: J.H. Sears, [1927]. Small 4to., navy-blue cloth, stamped in gilt. First Edition. Fallows was Chaplain-In-Chief for the Grand Army of the Republic during the Civil War. He became a Methodist pastor after the war but joined the Reformed Episcopal Church and became a bishop in 1876. Many interesting Civil War photographs. Signed presentation by Fallows, his daughter, on front endpaper: "To Mr. Paul Block, with the compliments of Alice K. Fallows. February the Twenty-first, 1927." Scarce to find an inscribed copy! Very Good (bright, few tiny stains covers). $125.00.
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Letter line: A letter line is a convention occasionally used by publishers to denote the printing of a particular book. It is generally located on the copyright page and consists of a sequence of letters, the lowest alphabetically of which generally indicates the number of the printing (for example, "A" indicates a 1st printing, "B" a second printing, "C" a third printing, etc.).
Below is a letter line from Harvill Press, in this case indicating a first printing:
For more information on similar conventions used to identify printings, see also number lines.