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I just picked up the first hardback I could reach behind me, Rolls, Man of Speed, Bodley Head, 1953. Each chapter starts with a drop cap, and the first word is all capitalised.
The Galloway Case, The Crime Club, (Collins), 1958: First two words in all capitals.
Murder Every Monday, Penguin, 1956: First two words.
Shoot if you Must, Hodder paperback, 1954: First word, using small caps font.
The Trouble at Pinelands, by Ernest M Poate, New York, 1922: entire first line of type in caps, plus the added glory of a drop cap!
Tales of Terror, by Dick Donovan, London, 1899: First word in caps.
I thought it was common practice.
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