Ocristo, No idea why they did it! At one point I thought it might be
some form of remaindering mark, but then I realised that no publisher in
their right mind would go to the bother of neatly snipping all four
corners of books they couldn't sell. And...
Ocristo, Are they books published by Jonathan Cape in the '60s or '70s?
I was told that by a pretty knowledgable seller/collector that this was
something that Cape did for a time, for reasons unknown. I have five
Cape first editions by my favourite a...
