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Icon for Betty Bacon Blunt's wordless novel, Bet It's a Boy.
May 10, 2025 / Last updated : July 20, 2026 wordmin Blunt

BLUNT -1940 Bet It’s A Boy; different production processes

Not all four editions issued during 1940 and 1941 of Betty Bacon Blunt’s wordless novel, Bet It’s A Boy, used the same production process.

April 3, 2025 / Last updated : July 20, 2026 wordmin Rey

Zebrology – Satire and Subversion of Nazi Nuremberg Race Laws

H. A. Rey’s wordless stories, Zebrology and Flying Fishes are not children’s stories but subversive and satirical adult stories in response to Nazi Race Laws.

Gray Interior Sequence
January 3, 2025 / Last updated : July 20, 2026 wordmin Patri

Variations in editions of Patri’s wordless novel, White Collar

There is a high likelihood of variations between copies of the 1st and 2nd editions. Any hand-printed project of this magnitude can easily result in some pages out of order, upside down, or sideways.

November 23, 2024 / Last updated : July 20, 2026 wordmin Nückel

Nückel – Destiny variants; red/tan/grey cloth boards

Nückel’s Destiny (both the New York and UK editions) came out with red cloth boards, but there also appear to be variants.

November 23, 2024 / Last updated : July 20, 2026 wordmin Patri

Patri’s White Collar – Confusion over Dates and Edition Sizes

The first three editions of Giacomo Patri’s White Collar were published without publication dates or edition sizes, causing some confusion.

November 23, 2024 / Last updated : July 20, 2026 wordmin Nückel

Nückel – the covers for Schicksal/Destiny

In the 1920s (some suggest 1926), Nückel published soft- and hard-cover editions of his wordless novel, Schicksal. In 1930, it was translated into English and published as Destiny.

November 23, 2024 / Last updated : July 20, 2026 wordmin Patri

Patri’s White Collar – Confusion about Bindings of the 3 editions

Given the scarcity of the first three editions of Patri’s, White Collar, there has been some confusion as to how each was bound.

November 23, 2024 / Last updated : July 20, 2026 wordmin Patri

Patri’s White Collar and the ripped-out Lewis Epilogue???

The case of the missing Lewis Epilogue from Patri’s wordless novel, White Collar, and the Pisani edition.

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Icon for Betty Bacon Blunt's wordless novel, Bet It's a Boy.

BLUNT -1940 Bet It’s A Boy; different production processes

May 10, 2025

Zebrology – Satire and Subversion of Nazi Nuremberg Race Laws

April 3, 2025
Gray Interior Sequence

Variations in editions of Patri’s wordless novel, White Collar

January 3, 2025

Nückel – Destiny variants; red/tan/grey cloth boards

November 23, 2024

Patri’s White Collar – Confusion over Dates and Edition Sizes

November 23, 2024

Nückel – the covers for Schicksal/Destiny

November 23, 2024

Patri’s White Collar – Confusion about Bindings of the 3 editions

November 23, 2024

Patri’s White Collar and the ripped-out Lewis Epilogue???

November 23, 2024

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