[net.books] Somerset Maugham's symbol?

leeper@mtgzz.UUCP (m.r.leeper) (07/06/85)

Odd question, but I happen to notice that any hardback book written or
edited by Somerset Maugham has a symbol indented on the cover.  
Anybody know what the story is?  Was this his personal symbol or
something?

It seems to be a variation on a gothic cross in which two arcs meet a
vertical bar at the top so it looks almost like a half-collapses
umbrella.  There are horizontal cross pieces on the vertical bar.  That
isn't a good description, but anyone who would know the answer will
know what I am talking about.

				Mark Leeper
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