Please Grade my Baker, any experts on St. Johns and trimming? 0

[Changer]

Just got this book,

The book is quite a bit shorter then existing samples, but also a little wider too.

This book's edges look right to me, but I'm not an expert. 

There appears to be size variance in the golden age St. Johns books.

Just wondering what the grade might be, but more interested if there will be trimming found ? 

included a couple graded for reference.

Any opinions appreciated

 thanks, Eric 

 

Edited June 11, 2019 by Changer

[Yorick]

I don't see the "problem".  Looks like a clean example to me.  A rare "Cover Date" variant!!

Grade 4.5-5.0... maybe?

[Changer]

16 minutes ago, Yorick said:

I don't see the "problem".  Looks like a clean example to me.  A rare "Cover Date" variant!!

Grade 4.5-5.0... maybe?

was just surprised how short the book was, but then noticed that these other books vary in width and height.

[comicdonna]

The bottom slabbed copy looks a little pie shaped to me.   I am guessing your copy isn't trimmed.  Kind of hard to trim a book that thick, without it being obvious.

[Dr. Love]

30 minutes ago, comicdonna said:

The bottom slabbed copy looks a little pie shaped to me.   I am guessing your copy isn't trimmed.  Kind of hard to trim a book that thick, without it being obvious.

exactly

[Point Five]

As a general question, weren't all these thick comics made out of remaindered comics trimmed very slightly? ... i.e. they took four normal coverless comics, wrapped the cover around and trimmed them flush?

 

[The Lions Den]

8 minutes ago, Point Five said:

As a general question, weren't all these thick comics made out of remaindered comics trimmed very slightly? ... i.e. they took four normal coverless comics, wrapped the cover around and trimmed them flush?

 

Makes sense to me...

[Changer]

1 hour ago, The Lions Den said:

Makes sense to me...

Ahh that makes sense now

[PeterPark]

1 hour ago, Point Five said:

As a general question, weren't all these thick comics made out of remaindered comics trimmed very slightly? ... i.e. they took four normal coverless comics, wrapped the cover around and trimmed them flush?

 

I never found it to be that slight even...maybe the variability of the combinations of issues combined with St. John's already less than stellar printing quality led to miscuts and shorter issues. I have to take a look at my rebound St. John books to see if they have some variation too...

[The Lions Den]

45 minutes ago, PeterPark said:

I never found it to be that slight even...maybe the variability of the combinations of issues combined with St. John's already less than stellar printing quality led to miscuts and shorter issues. I have to take a look at my rebound St. John books to see if they have some variation too...

Yes, some publishers were notorious for having poor manufacturing standards...

And of course, the kids buying comics back then didn't care much, either. I distinctly remember folding an early Vampirella magazine in half (I'm pretty sure it was #6) and putting it in my back pocket before riding over to a friend's house on my bicycle. But for 50 cents, so what?   

[theCapraAegagrus]

4.0 range and not trimmed IMO.