Jonathan Cape has been since 1987 an imprint of Random House. It was originally a London publisher, founded in 1919 as Jonathan Page and Company; the name was changed in 1921, and it took over the back list of A. C. Fifield. From that point on it was a major force in British publishing, notably of books by T. E. Lawrence and Ian Fleming. A defensive merger with Chatto and Windus was carried out in 1969; later Bodley Head and Virago Press were added to the group, before the Random House takeover.
Both the Cape logo at the foot as well as the title on the spine, are also printed in red.
Capes archives indicate the total size of the first edition was 4,728 copies, less than half of those were sold commercially, with the remainder being delegated for public libraries!
The title as well as the JonathanCape logo located at the bottom of the spine are also gilt stamped.
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