tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707040.post8926269748316441538..comments2024-02-25T12:47:03.941-06:00Comments on Johnny LaRue's Crane Shot: Terror Strikes As A Madman Rules!Marty McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084642122976337263noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707040.post-92000984566397694862012-06-24T21:38:52.943-05:002012-06-24T21:38:52.943-05:00Did hardcover books use to come from the factory w...<i>Did hardcover books use to come from the factory with the edges of the pages uncut?</i><br /><br />Yes, actually. It's even a point of characterization in Fitzgerald's <i>The Great Gatsby</i>. A guest at one of Gatsby's parties exclaims that Gatsby has hit exactly the right note of authenticity with his bookshelves: he's bought all the right books that the highest-class people should have on their shelves, but he hasn't made the mistake of cutting the pages in the mistaken belief that the books ever actually get read.Antaeus Feldsparhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11845426339678044179noreply@blogger.com