I believe it's true. I reluctantly instituted an oversize section at home when I found that my two copies of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy were of different heights. Very different heights: a paperback from the days before paperbacks got big ideas and some shiny special edition more than twice its height and width.
(Big American university libraries have open stacks through which readers are allowed to wander, and no doubt play kiss-chase; these might not be so strict about size.)
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Date: 2007-07-13 10:48 am (UTC)(Big American university libraries have open stacks through which readers are allowed to wander, and no doubt play kiss-chase; these might not be so strict about size.)