On the cover (but not the spine, title, or half-title) of Jean-Michel Rabaté's Language, Sexuality, and Ideology in Ezra Pound's Cantos (SUNY Press, 1986):
Language, Sexuality, and Idealogy in Ezra Pound's CantosOn the spine (but not the cover, half-title, or title) of Antony Easthope's Literary into Cultural Studies (Routledge, 1991):
Literary into Cultral StudiesBloody hell – my copy is the fourth printing; did this persist thru 3 reprints, or did it creep in after the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd versions? See what happens when you go into cultural studies? – you loose the ability to spel.
And finally (drumroll...), the half-title of Ian Brinton's excellent collection A Manner of Utterance: The Poetry of J. H. Prynne (Shearsman, 2009):
A Man of UtteranceI think that's reimporting the author function with a vengeance, no?
Our beloved Ricks says you can find at least 5 errors in every book! I've tried it, and it's true.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you fixed those 5 errors, you or another eagle-eyed kibitzer would find 5 more.
ReplyDeleteWhile I'd love to be labeled an "eagle-eyed kibitzer," it doesn't take much to find a misspelled cover, title page, or spine, does it?
ReplyDeleteSo one would think. Here's a spectacular example in which it's the author's name that's botched, in large type. (Perhaps the proofreaders just couldn't stand looking at that typography.)
ReplyDeleteI just finished my 37 volume of
ReplyDeleteStone Girl
ALL 227 pages of
typos
I think I'll call it a Vizpo-em...no one will be the wiser.
and let it go!