Editions comparison of They Shall Inherit The Earth Essay

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Editions Comparison of They Shall Inherit the Earth
Introduction
The book They Shall Inherit the Earth by Callaghan Morley makes for interesting reading by the renowned Canadian author. The Canadian author, born in 1903 in Toronto, Ontario, is known for his production of a wide range of quality works of fiction spanning over his six decades in the writing industry. They Shall Inherit the Earth is one of the books belonging to the author’s collection of fictional books. The book, first published in 1935 attracts diverse reviews and reactions from readers around the globe from the different editions of the book available in the market. Among the book’s editions available in the market is a publication by Modern Age Books in 1937 and the 2009 New Canadian Library publication. Despite the fact that both editions are under the same authorship of Callaghan Morley, they have different elements in their bibliographic and print contexts that serving as the basis for the analysis. Provided herein is a detailed comparison of the two editions based on the bibliographic and print analysis of the same. The comparison further builds on the annotations of the two editions as provided below;
Callaghan, Morley. They Shall Inherit The Earth. New York: Modern Age Books, 1935.
The Modern Age Books edition is a re-issue of the author’s original work. The fact that the edition is under the red seals’ label or category of publication indicates that it is a re-issue of the author’s original work. It further indicates that the edition comes at an affordable price to readers.
Callaghan, Morley, and Ray Ellenwood. They Shall Inherit The Earth. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 2009.
The 2009 edition is bound and printed by McClelland & Stewart Ltd and makes for one of the latest or modern editions of the author’s original work financed by the Canadian government. The edition consists of the author’s autobiography and an afterword by Ray Ellenwood.
First and foremost the two editions for analysis are bound in stiff papers bearing the titles and the author’s name. The latest edition of the two published in 2009 is bound by a brown stiff paper with black horizontal stripes that enhances the book’s appearance. The book’s cover further has an illustration of a boat with a paddle in it appearing at the top right corner of the book. Appearing also on the front cover of the New Canadian Library’s edition is an emblem or a symbol of a man in a chariot drawing an arrow from a bow, which functions as the publisher’s trademark. The 1935 Modern Age Books’ edition, on the other hand, also bears some decorations on the front cover of the book that distinguishes it from other editions of the book. The paperback is, for instance, decorated by red seals on a black background that is symbolic of one of the categories used by the publishing company to classify or rather determine the pricing of the books. The red seals thus function as trademark symbol for the books under the company’s publication. It is also important to take note of the fact that both the title is written in lowercase letters for the New Canadian Libra...