PN3451: Wanted Dead or Alive

In the context of the Old West poster, the word "wanted" is an oxymoron; you don't want the perpetrator, but rather wish him away. The classification number PN3451 seems something of a scofflaw, an antinomian. In the classification schedule it represents "Prose--Prose. Prose fiction--History--Comprehensive works--American and English." It is the final level, "American and English," that is questionable. I have found the following records under this call number: (a) books about American and English literature; (b) books about foreign literature; (c) books written in German, French, Italian, etc.

If the terms "American and English" refer to the language, then "b" and "c" do not belong in this classification; if they refer to the nationality of the authors of the titles "c" is suspect.