Subject: RE: Re: Watermark Question
From: Shandy R. Casteel (shandy@shandyland.com)
Date: Wed Aug 01 2001 - 12:49:50 GMT
I have looked at several copies of the May 1991 printing of the paperback
edition by Little, Brown and Company and in two of them have noticed what
appears to be watermarked text on the last blank page. On one of them it
appears at the top of the page facing the last page of text in the novel. In
the second book, two sentences appear at the bottom of the back of the blank
page. While I can make out nothing of what the words say, it is my theory
that these are the result of the printing and or storage of the book. The
pulp is not of the highest quality, and maybe during the actual printing
process the blank page that was added may have had traces of previous pages
left on it. The "watermark" may also be a result of the book just sitting
around or the very nature of reading it, portions of the type bleeding
through the thin paper.
Of course, these are just a lurkers thoughts, and maybe my head has been
clouded by watching "The Wizard of Oz" while playing "Darkside of the Moon"
one to many times.
- Shandy
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