Max- the white cover with red lettering is how I've seen all the 1907 numbered copies. The black cover with red lettering is how I've seen most of the 1908's. There is a variant green binding but I don't know any particulars about it.
And as far as an auction house not mentioning that they are offering a numbered edition, couldn't it just have been an oversight?
Just wanted to add that it's common with vintage books to find them with variant bindings. I've seen it many times. Only the publisher could explain why a given book, for example, could appear with either a red, green, or blue cover. I've seen a Peverelly first edition with both a blue and brown cover. And I have no idea why.
Last edited by barrysloate; 10-10-2010 at 06:48 PM.
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