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Mark Dorset
Herb ’n’ Lorna is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, dialogues, settings, events, and organizations portrayed in it are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictionally and are not to be construed as real.
Copyright © 1988 by Eric Kraft
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. E-mail babbingtonpress@erickraft.com.
While I was at work on this book, I was assisted by a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. I am grateful to the Endowment for the encouragement and assistance provided by that fellowship. — E. L. K.
Excerpt from The Analytical Engine, by Jeremy Bernstein, courtesy of William Morrow and Company, Inc. Excerpt from “Within a Budding Grove,” from Remembrance of Things Past, Volume One, by Marcel Proust, translated by C. K. Scott Moncrieff, courtesy of Random House, Inc. Excerpt from “Can You Identify These Charms?” courtesy of LIFE Picture Service, Life Magazine, © 1938 Time, Inc. Reprinted with permission. Excerpt from One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez, courtesy of Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.
Illustration Credits: 1. From The Illustrated London News, May 17, 1845. 2. Photographer unknown. 3. From National Archives, 86-G-2J-6. 4. Photographer unknown. 5. Photographer unknown. 6. Reprinted from The Studebaker Century, copyright © 1983 by Dragonwick Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Asa E. Hall and Richard M. Langworth. Photo from the collection of Asa E. Hall. 7. Reprinted from The Studebaker Century, copyright © 1983 by Dragonwick Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Asa E. Hall and Richard M. Langworth. Photo from the collection of Asa E. Hall. 8. Courtesy of Herb and Lorna Piper. 9. Photo by Martinus Anderson; courtesy of LIFE Picture Service. 10. Photograph number 514826, copyright © 1987 by Studebaker National Museum. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Studebaker National Museum. 11. Courtesy of Mark T. Canning.
Manufactured in the United States of America
Cover image: Szinyei Merse, Lovers (1869, detail)
Peter Leroy’s cover image: Auguste Rodin, The Kiss (1904)
Publishing History
1988 Crown published Herb ’n’ Lorna in hardcover.
1989 E. P. Dutton published Herb ’n’ Lorna in paperback. Hodder & Stoughton published Herb ’n’ Lorna in hardcover in Great Britain. Scepter published Herb ’n’ Lorna in paperback in Great Britain.
1993 Eddiciones Destino published Herb ’n’ Lorna in paperback in Spain.
Voyager published The Complete Peter Leroy (so far), Kraft’s hyperfiction linking Little Follies, Herb ’n’ Lorna, Reservations Recommended, and Where Do You Stop? through annotations written by Mark Dorset, who is a character in the work.
2010 Amazon Encore reissued Herb ’n’ Lorna in paperback and ePub.
2012 Brilliance Audio issued Herb ’n’ Lorna as an audiobook.
CorLeonis published Herb ’n’ Lorna in paperback in Hungary.
First Babbington Press Edition: February 2009
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