Spalding, Reach and other cut outs sold on our BST

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by drcy

And, realize, that if you ban book and magazine cutout pictures, you'd have to ban the sale of cutout Harper's Woodcuts to be consistent.

David, I don't understand this logic at all. Reach Guides were sold with photos as support for the text. Harper's woodcuts were sold with full-page woodcuts that were sometimes even hand-painted at the time, the publishers creating a product that was more appealing because it had pages that images that could be removed. Plus, it was a newspaper, not a book. I frequently tear articles, etc., out of my daily newspaper without thinking twice about it.

[drcy]

I agree that the Harper's publisher may have assumed many of the woodcuts would be removed and may have even printed the full page spreads for people to put on their walls. Irrelevant to publisher's intent (which I don't know), it was reader fashion to remove the woodcuts. I also agree that cutting up a hardbound book is commonly perceived differently than cutting out clippings from yesterday's newspaper. But many would say taking a scissors today to a complete Harper's Weekly is destruction and the magazine should be left in whole-- irrelevant to what the original publisher intended or subscribers thought.

It's not a black and white topic and things can be viewed from different angles and sentiments.

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Originally Posted by Runscott

...my daily newspaper...

They still make those?

[drcy]

I add that I also understand that the Reach and other guides are thick information and statistical sources for historians and researchers, such as Scott, and cutting them apart hinders research. If I bought a Reach guide for research and found 20 pages removed, I'd be pissed-- irrelevant to how the destruction effects the market value of the book. Same as if I got Catcher in the Rye and discovered halfway through that pages 115 and 210-12 are missing. That copy would be a waste of money if I got it for free.