Mrs Tim by D. E. Stevenson
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1lyzard
Hi, I'm looking for some advice about what is definitely an author series (so at least we've got that sorted!).
The first two books in this series were originally published as Mrs Tim Of The Regiment, in 1932, and Golden Days, in 1934, and were issued by different publishers. However, in 1941 Collins obtained the rights to both and published them as an omnibus which is usually called either "Mrs Tim" or "Mrs Tim Christie"; although most unhelpfully Bloomsbury has recently called their omnibus "Mrs Tim Of The Regiment". Those two books have been reissued together as a single volume since the original merging.
Currently "Mrs Tim / Mrs Time Christie" is listed as the first book in the series. My impulse is to change this, to list Mrs Tim Of The Regiment and Golden Days as Book 1 and Book 2 in the series, respectively, and the others as (Omnibus 1-2), but does this history change anything? Does the fact that these days you can only get the first two books as a single volume make that volume Book 1 by default?
I would appreciate some opinions on this situation. I don't want to tackle what will be a very messy clean-up without being sure I should be tackling it in the first place. :)
The first two books in this series were originally published as Mrs Tim Of The Regiment, in 1932, and Golden Days, in 1934, and were issued by different publishers. However, in 1941 Collins obtained the rights to both and published them as an omnibus which is usually called either "Mrs Tim" or "Mrs Tim Christie"; although most unhelpfully Bloomsbury has recently called their omnibus "Mrs Tim Of The Regiment". Those two books have been reissued together as a single volume since the original merging.
Currently "Mrs Tim / Mrs Time Christie" is listed as the first book in the series. My impulse is to change this, to list Mrs Tim Of The Regiment and Golden Days as Book 1 and Book 2 in the series, respectively, and the others as (Omnibus 1-2), but does this history change anything? Does the fact that these days you can only get the first two books as a single volume make that volume Book 1 by default?
I would appreciate some opinions on this situation. I don't want to tackle what will be a very messy clean-up without being sure I should be tackling it in the first place. :)
2JerryMmm
There can be various ways to order a series. If the chronology makes more sense to have Regiment first and Days second, then by all means put them in that order. This is reinforced by them being published after each other originally.
On other series the omnibuses come after the regular numbers as well.
I wouldn't put Days as 1.5 myself. It's available as a separate novel, is it not? It's not a short story or anything.
On other series the omnibuses come after the regular numbers as well.
I wouldn't put Days as 1.5 myself. It's available as a separate novel, is it not? It's not a short story or anything.
32wonderY
This reminds me of the publishing history of Little Women/Good Wives, originally published separately, but almost always thereafter combined under the first title.
Taking a look at that Series page
http://www.librarything.com/series/Little+Women
Little Wives is sometimes identified as 1b. See the bottom omnibus.
Taking a look at that Series page
http://www.librarything.com/series/Little+Women
Little Wives is sometimes identified as 1b. See the bottom omnibus.
4lyzard
Yes, the Little Women / Good Wives situation is probably the closest point of comparison - two books that a lot of people don't realise are two books, and are often not treated as such. I'll take a look and see how that's been handled.
