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Old 07-16-2012, 08:21 AM   #22
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There were two typical reasons for this happening:

- to emphasise the handmade paper
- to reduce paper and production costs by eliminating a cut and using more of the paper

So it's usually the very expensive or very cheap books which have this.

I've actually purchased a couple of old books which were printed on handmade paper and which hadn't been slit fully, so I knew that I was the first person to actually open and fully read the book.

There was one instance of a famous author finding a a very old book which he needed for research at a library, finding many sections still unopenable 'cause they had not yet been cut, asked the librarian when checking out, ``Who did you purchase this book for?''

--- the librarian's response, ``For you <insert famous author name here>.''

Anyone know the author in question?

Found a great (different) story on this though:

http://mintaka.sdsu.edu/GF/bibliog/library/cut.html

A warning --- if you find a rare book which is unopened, consider / research the value which will be lost by cutting the edges, as well as the possibility of damaging the pages.

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