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Weird Remainder Mark
I picked up some fantasy books at my local thrift shop and several of them
had a big, black, magic-marker "B" on the page edges. At first I assumed that it was an idiosyncrasy of the former owner ("Bob" perhaps?) but then I found the same title on ABE with a description of the same mark on the bottom page edges. The books are _The Gate of the Cat_ by Andre Norton and _The City In the Autumn Stars_ by Michael Moorcock. Both are first editions published by Ace Fantasy. I've got this identified as a remainder mark on my Visual Aids page, but I'm wondering how common this actually is. Does anyone know anything about this mark? ("B" for "bad book!" perhaps? Or "B-list"? Or "Boot it out!"?) Thanks. Alice |
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On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 18:52:54 GMT, "my-wings"
declared: I picked up some fantasy books at my local thrift shop and several of them had a big, black, magic-marker "B" on the page edges. At first I assumed that it was an idiosyncrasy of the former owner ("Bob" perhaps?) but then I found the same title on ABE with a description of the same mark on the bottom page edges. The books are _The Gate of the Cat_ by Andre Norton and _The City In the Autumn Stars_ by Michael Moorcock. Both are first editions published by Ace Fantasy. I've got this identified as a remainder mark on my Visual Aids page, but I'm wondering how common this actually is. Does anyone know anything about this mark? ("B" for "bad book!" perhaps? Or "B-list"? Or "Boot it out!"?) dunno the reason, but i have also seen it on many science fiction books. specifically ones published by "ace" iirc. robert "I've been long, a long way from here Put on a poncho, played for mosquitos, And drank til I was thirsty again We went searching through thrift store jungles Found Geronimo's rifle, Marilyn's shampoo And Benny Goodman's corset and pen" |
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In message , MindElec
writes I've got this identified as a remainder mark on my Visual Aids page, but I'm wondering how common this actually is. Does anyone know anything about this mark? ("B" for "bad book!" perhaps? Or "B-list"? Or "Boot it out!"?) dunno the reason, but i have also seen it on many science fiction books. specifically ones published by "ace" iirc. Possibly a way of identifying books in a job lot at auction to buy the remainders or something similar ? -- John |
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Have you tried emailing the publisher? They might find it funny that their
remainder mark is creating so much confusion. "my-wings" wrote in message ... I picked up some fantasy books at my local thrift shop and several of them had a big, black, magic-marker "B" on the page edges. At first I assumed that it was an idiosyncrasy of the former owner ("Bob" perhaps?) but then I found the same title on ABE with a description of the same mark on the bottom page edges. The books are _The Gate of the Cat_ by Andre Norton and _The City In the Autumn Stars_ by Michael Moorcock. Both are first editions published by Ace Fantasy. I've got this identified as a remainder mark on my Visual Aids page, but I'm wondering how common this actually is. Does anyone know anything about this mark? ("B" for "bad book!" perhaps? Or "B-list"? Or "Boot it out!"?) Thanks. Alice |
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