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		1. The Sigmund Samuel Library. (Toronto: Brigdens Limited, 1953). 4to., paper boards, no pagination. With illustrations. Near fine. WAS $50 NOW $25
		2. Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Manchester Vol. 16 No. 1, January 1932. Manchester: The University Press, 1932. Tall 8vo., orig. printed wrappers, 319pp. Wrappers chipped and worn, a good copy. WAS $50 NOW $25
		3. Gerard Mercator's Map of the World (1569) In the Form of an Atlas In The Maritiem Museum Prins Hendrick At Rotterdam. Reproduced on the Scale of the Original and Issued by the Maritiem Museum... With and Introduction by B. Van T'Hoff. Rotterdam: Publicaties Van Het Maritiem Museum, 1961. 4to., printed wrappers, 69pp. BOOKLET ONLY LACKING THE SHEETS OF THE MAP, 1" chip to top of spine. WAS $35 NOW $17.50
		4. The Folger Shakespeare Library Washington Amherst, MA: Trustees of Amherst College, 1933. 4to., paper boards with cloth spine, 36pp. With 36 plates (recto only). Condition is very good with gift inscription ffep, small hole top of spine. WAS $100 NOW $50
		5. ALLEN, W.O.B. and Edmund McClure. Two Hundred Years. The History of The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1698-1898. New York: Burt Franklin, (1970). Reprint of the 1898 edition. Cloth. Fine without d/w as issued. WAS $65 NOW $32.50
		6. AMBROSINI, Maria Luisa and WILLIS, Mary. The Secret Archives of the Vatican. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1969). First edition. Illustrated. Stamp to half title else very good in slightly rubbed d/w. WAS $35 NOW $17.50
		7. BLOCK, Andrew. The English Novel 1740-1850 A Catalogue Including Prose Romances, Short Stories, And Translations Of Foreign Writers. London: Dawson's, 1968. Reprint. Near fine in a nice d/w. WAS $125 NOW $62.50
		8. BOWER, Donald E. Fred Rosenstock A Legend in Books & Art. (Flagstaff, AZ): Northland Press, 1976. First edition. 8vo., cloth, 212pp. With illustrations. Fine in d/w which has a 2" tear to the front panel at the top near the spine.   WAS $65 NOW $32.50
		9. BRUCCOLI, Matthew J. The Fortunes of Mitchell Kennerley, Bookman. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1986). First edition. Fine in d/w. WAS $45 NOW $22.50
		10. BURNS, Eric. The Joy of Books Confessions of a Lifelong Reader. New York: Prometheus Books, 1995. First edition. 8vo., cloth, 207pp. Fine with d/w which has a bit of fading along the spine. WAS $35 NOW $17.50
		11. BURTON, John Hill. The Book-Hunter etc. With Additional Notes by Richard Grant White. New York: Sheldon and Company, 1863. 8vo., orig. cloth, paper spine label, xii, 411pp. Some rubbing to binding, spine label rubbed obliterating lettering but still a very good copy.   WAS $125 NOW $62.50
		12. DAY, Kenneth. (editor). Book Typography 1815-1965 In Europe and the United States of America. (Chicago): University of Chicago Press, (1966). First edition in English. Cloth, 401pp. Ex-library with the usual pockets and markings, in d/w with library marks. WAS $75 NOW $37.50
		13. DORE, Helen. William Morris. (London): Pyramid Books, (1990). First edition. Tall square 8vo., cloth, 128pp. Illustrated in colour. Fine in d/w. WAS $50 NOW $25
		14. FUSSELL, G.E. More Old English Farming Books. From Tull to the Board of Agriculture. 1731 to 1793. London: Crosby, Lockwood, (1950). First edition. A bit of foxing to the endpapers o/w near  fine in a d/w that shows some wear, a bit of staining about very good. With bibliography. WAS $65 NOW $32.50
		15. GURNEY, Gene and Nick Apple. The Library of Congress A Picture Story of the World's Largest Library. New York: Crown, 1981. First revised edition, "New Updated Revised Edition", first published 1966. 4to., cloth, 180pp. Profusely illustrated. Near fine in a price-clipped d/w that has a 6" tear to front panel, and few small chips to the edges.   WAS $45 NOW $22.50
		16. HARTHAN, John. The Book of Hours. With An Historical Survey and Commentary by ... New York: Park Lane, (1977). First edition. 4to., cloth, 192pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Fine in d/w.   WAS $125 NOW $62.50
		17. HARVEY, P.D.A. and Harry Thorpe. The Printed Maps of Warwickshire 1576-1900. Warwick: Published by the Records and Museum Committee of the Warwickshire County Council..., 1959. First edition. 1 of 750 copies. Sm. 4to., cloth, 279pp. Name rubberstamped on e/paper o/w fine in d/w.   WAS $125 NOW $62.50
		18. HYDE, H. Montgomery. A History of Pornography. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1965). First edition. Mark from removal of bookplate o/w fine in a lightly worn d/w.   WAS $45 NOW $22.50
		19. KEARNEY, Patrick J. A History of Erotic Literature. London: Macmillan Company, (1982). Reprint. Fine in d/w. WAS $50 NOW $25
		20. LAKE, Carlton. Confessions of a Literary Archaeologist. New York: New Directions, 1990. 8vo., cloth, 190pp. With illustrations. Near fine in d/w. WAS $50 NOW $25
		21. LEJARD, Andre. The Art of the French Book. from early manuscripts to the present time. Paris: Les Editions Du Chene, (1947). First edition. Folio, cloth, 166pp. With illustrations, some in colour. Cream spine spotted o/w very good in a quite worn and chipped d/w. WAS $150 NOW $75
		22. McLEAN, Ruari. Modern Book Design. London: Faber & Faber, 1958. First edition. 8vo., cloth, (116)pp. With illustrations. Name in pen ffep (small) o/w near fine in d/w which shows a bit of wear along the edges and to the extremities, and tape remains to the inside of the front and rear flaps. WAS $100 NOW $50
		23. (MORRIS, William) NEEDHAM, Paul, Joseph Dunlap, and John Dreyfus. William Morris and the Art of the Book. With essays... by... New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976. 4to., wrappers, 140pp. With 114 plates. Some fading and sunning along the spine o/w near fine. With essays on William Morris as a book collector, calligrapher, and typographer. WAS $125 NOW $62.50
		24. PLOMER, Henry R. Wynkyn De Worde & His Contemporaries From the Death of Caxton to 1535 A Chapter in English Printing. (London): Dawsons of Pall Mall, (1974). Facsimile of the first edition of 1925. 8vo., cloth, (264)pp. Fine in d/w. WAS $45 NOW $22.50
		25. POSNER, Raphael and Israel Ta-Shema. The Hebrew Book An Historical Survey. Jerusalem: Keter Publishing House, (1975). First edition. 4to., cloth, (230)pp. Profusely illustrated. Fine in a lightly worn d/w. WAS $75 NOW $37.50
		26. TAYLOR, Isaac. History of the Transmission of Ancient Books to Modern Times Together With The Process of Historical Proof... New York: Haskell House, 1971. Reprint (first published 1875). Cloth. A bit of rubbing o/w a nice copy without d/w as issued. WAS $75 NOW $37.50
		27. THOMAS, Alan G. Fine Books. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1967). Fine in d/w. WAS $45 NOW $22.50
		28. (Various). The Last Bookman. New York: The Candlelight Press, Inc., 1968. First edition. Limited to 2500 copies. 4to., cloth. Fine in lightly rubbed d/w. WAS $75 NOW $37.50
		29. WHITE, Colin. The World of the Nursery. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1984. First edition. 4to., cloth, 224pp. With numerous illustrations. Near fine in price-clipped d/w. WAS $65 NOW $32.50
		30. (WILSON, J. Dover). Alfred William Pollard 1859-1944. London: Geoffrey Cumberlege Amen House, nd. Tall 8vo., wrappers, 51pp. Frontis. Wallet edge wrappers a bit worn, minor darkening to wrappers along edges and spine, still a nice copy. WAS $65 NOW $32.50
		31. WINSHIP, George Parker. The Cambridge Press 1638-1692 a Reexamination of the Evidence concerning the Bay Psalm Book and the Eliot Indian Bible as well as other contemporary books and people... Freeport: Books for Libraries Press, (1968). Reprint. Cloth, 385pp. Fine without d/w as issued. WAS $50 NOW $25
		32. (WISE, Thomas J.) Letters of Thomas J. Wise to John Henry Wrenn. A Further Inquiry into the Guilt of Certain Nineteenth-Century Forgers. Edited by Fannie E. Ratchford. New York: Knopf, 1944. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. black cloth stamped in gilt, xiv, 591, xvi pp. Light wear to spine ends but o/w very nice. WAS $125 NOW $62.50
		BIBLIOGRAPHY and CATALOGUES
		33. (ALGREN, Nelson). BRUCCOLI, Matthew J. Nelson Algren A Descriptive Bibliography. (Pittsburgh): University of Pittsburgh Press, (1985). First edition. Fine without d/w as issued. WAS $100 NOW $50
		34. ARNOTT, James Fullerton and John William Robinson. English Theatrical Literature 1559-1900 A Bibliography incorporating Robert W. Lowe's A Bibliographical Account of English Theatrical Literature published in 1888. London: The Society for Theatre Research, 1970. First edition. 4to., cloth. Fine in d/w. WAS $125 NOW $62.50
		35. BARNES, Melvyn. Murder In Print. A Guide to Two Centuries of Crime Fiction. (London): Barn Owl Books, (1986). First edition. Fine in d/w.   WAS $50 NOW $25
		36. (BRONTE). YABLON, Anthony G. and John R. Turner. A Bronte Bibliography. London: Ian Hodgkins, 1978. First edition. Fine.  WAS $60 NOW $30
		37. (BYRON) STEFFAN, T.G. From Cambridge to Missolonghi: Byron Letters at the University of Texas Edited with Notes by... (Austin): Printing Division of the University of Texas, 1971. Tall 8vo., paper label, 67pp. Fine with no d/w as issued.  WAS $45 NOW $22.50
		38. (CARLYLE, Thomas) TARR, Roger L. Thomas Carlyle A Descriptive Bibliography. (Pittsburgh): University of Pittsburgh Press, 1989. First edition. Fine without d/w as issued. WAS $125 NOW $62.50
		39. (CRUIKSHANK, George). Cruikshankiana. First Editions. (Cover title). Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., nd (1982). Sm. 8vo., wrappers, 16pp. Slight wear top right corner o/w near fine. Philadelphia bookseller's catalogue. WAS $50 NOW $25
		40. (DEFOE, Daniel). MOORE, John Robert. A Checklist of the Writings of Daniel Defoe. (Connecticut): Archon Books, 1971. First edition. Fine without d/w as issued.    WAS $60 NOW $30
		41. DANIELSON, Henry. Bibliographies of Modern Authors. London: The Bookman's Journal, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A nice copy. Contains: Beerbohm, Rupert Brooke, Walter De La Mare, John Drinkwater, Lord Dunsany, George Gissing, Compton MacKenzie, Leonard Merrick, Arthur Symons, Hugh Walpole, and a few others. WAS $125 NOW $62.50
		42. ECKEL, John C. The First Editions of The Writings of Charles Dickens Their Points and Their Values. A Bibliography… (Mansfield, CT: Martino, nd). Facsimile reprint of the 1932 edition. Fine without d/w as issued. WAS $125 NOW $62.50
		43. (FITZGERALD, F. Scott). BRUCCOLI, Matthew. F. Scott Fitzgerald A Descriptive Bibliography. (Pittsburgh): University of Pittsburgh, 1972. Fine without d/w as issued. WAS $125 NOW $62.50
		44. (FORD, Ford Madox) HARVEY, David Dow. Ford Madox Ford 1873-1939. A Bibliography of Works and Criticism. New York: Gordian Press, 1972. Reprint. Name o/w very good. WAS $125 NOW $62.50
		45. HAYWARD, John. (compiler). English poetry, a catalogue of first & early editions of works of the English poets from Chaucer to the present day exhibited by the National Book League at 7 Albemarle Street London, 1947... Cambridge: National Book League by the Cambridge University Press, 1947. Tall square 8vo., orig. printed wrappers. Near fine. WAS $125 NOW $62.50
		46. (HAZLITT, William). KEYNES, Geoffrey. Bibliography of William Hazlitt. London: Printed for the Nonesuch Press, 1931. 750 copies. 8vo., paper boards, spine label. Fine in d/w which is discoloured but still a fine d/w. WAS $250 NOW $125
		47. (LOWELL, James Russell). COOKE, George Willis. A Bibliography of James Russell Lowell. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906. First edition. 1 of 530 copies. Spine faded o/w fine in slipcase. WAS $125 NOW $62.50
		48. OLDFATHER, W.A. Contributions Toward a Bibliography of Epictetus… Urbana: Published By the University of Illinois, 1927. "University of Illinois Bulletin" Vol. XXV, No. 12." Wrappers. Fine. WAS $75 NOW $37.50
		49. PARRISH, M.L. Victorian Lady Novelists. George Eliot, Mrs. Gaskell, The Bronte Sisters. (Mansfield, CT): Martino, nd. Facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1933. 1 of 150 copies. 8vo., cloth. Fine without d/w as issued. WAS $125 NOW $62.50
		50. (ROBINSON--CATALOGUE). Books and Manuscripts Relating To America Including The Library of George Grenville 1712-1770 The Promotor Of The Stamp Act... Offered for Sale By Willian H. Robinson, London. Catalogue No. 70, 1940. Sm. 4to., orig. wrappers, 224pp. Some light soiling, a very good copy. WAS $100 NOW $50
		51. SAUNDERS, Richard L. Printing in Deseret Mormons, Economy, Politics and Utah's Incunabula, 1849-1851. A History and Descriptive Bibliography. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2000. First edition. 8vo., cloth, 213pp. With illustrations. Fine in d/w.   WAS $45 NOW $22.50
		52. (SITWELL). FIFOOT, Richard. A Bibliography of Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, (1971). Second edition, revised. Near fine in a nice d/w. WAS $65 NOW $32.50
		53. (STEVENSON, Robert Louis). First Editions of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-1894 and Other Stevensoniana. Exhibited at the Grolier Club From November5 to November 28, 1914. New York: The Grolier Club, 1915. One of 180 copies. 8vo., boards, 87pp. With illustrations. Bookplate, 1 1/2" chip to bottom of spine, some wear to extremities, very good. WAS $100 NOW $50
		54. (SUMMERS, Montague) SMITH, Timothy. Montague Summers A Bibliography. Wellingborough: Aquarian Press, (1983). Revised edition. Fine in d/w. WAS $45 NOW $22.50
		55. (SYMONDS, John Addington) BABINGTON, Percy L. Bibliography of the Writings of John Addington Symonds. New York: Burt Franklin, (1968). Reprint. Fine without d/w as issued. WAS $50 NOW $25
		56. (VAN VECHTEN, Carl). JONAS, Klaus. Carl Van Vechten A Bibliography. New York: Knopf, 1955. First edition. 1 of 400 copies. Fine in d/w. WAS $65 NOW $32.50
		57. (WATERSTON, Robert C). Catalogue of the Library and Collection of Autograph Letters, Papers and Documents Bequeathed to the Massachusetts Historical Society by the Rev. Robert C. Waterston. Boston: (University Press), 1906. Tall 8vo., cloth, 479pp. Some wear to extremities, some shelf wear. Better than very good but not quite near fine. WAS $65 NOW $32.50
		58. (WICK, Peter A.) The Turn of a Century 1885-1910 Art Nouveau Jugendstil Books. NP: Dept. of Printing & Graphic Arts The Houghton Library Harvard University, 1970. Sq. small 4to., wrappers, 124pp. With illustrations. Minor tanning to pages, minor wear to spine o/w near fine. WAS $50 NOW $25
		59. WILLIAMS, Iolo A. Seven XVIIIth Century Bibliographies. New York: Burt Franklin, (1968). Reprint (first published 1924). Fine without d/w as issued. WAS $75 NOW $37.50
		60. (WILSON, Edmund) RAMSEY, Richard David. Edmund Wilson A Bibliography. New York: David Lewis, (1971). A nice copy in a very good d/w. WAS $50 NOW $25
		61. WILSON, G.F. A Bibliography of the Writings of W.H. Hudson. Port Washington: Kennikat Press, (1968). Fine without d/w as issued. WAS $35 NOW $17.50
		62. WISE, Thomas James and Stephen Wheeler. Bibliography of The Writings in Prose and Verse of Walter Savage Landor. London: Printed for the Bibliographical Society, 1919. First edition. Sm. 4to., orig. cloth backed boards, (xxiv), 426pp. Bookplate, spine darkened with some staining and wear but certainly a very good copy. WAS $185 NOW $92.50
		63. WISE, Thomas James. A Shelley Library A Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harriet Shelley, and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Collected by... New York: Haskell, 1971. Reprint. Fine without d/w as issued. WAS $45 NOW $22.50
		BOOK ILLUSTRATION
		64. BLISS, Douglas Percy. A History of Wood-Engraving. With One Hundred and Twenty Illustrations. London: J.M. Dent & Company, 1928. First edition. 4to., orig. beige buckram, 263pp. Cloth slightly soiled o/w a nice copy. WAS $150 NOW $75
		65. KNIGIN, Michael and Murray Zimiles. The Technique of Fine Art Lithography. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, (1970). Sm. 4to., cloth, 143pp. Fine in d/w. WAS $50 NOW $25
		66. MUIR, Percy. Victorian Illustrated Books. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1971. 4to., cloth, 287pp. Numerous illustrations. Minor tanning to pages o/w near fine in d/w. WAS $125 NOW $62.50
		67.POLLARD, Alfred W. Italian Book Illustrations Chiefly of the Fifteenth Century. London: Seeley and Co., 1894. First edition. Sm. 4to., orig. cloth, 80pp. With 9 plates and several illustrations in the text. Spine faded o/w a near fine copy. WAS $125 NOW $62.50
		68. SOUPAULT, Philippe. William Blake. Translated by J. Lewis May. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1928. "Masters of Modern Art" series. Square 8vo., orig. blue cloth, (64)pp. text and 40 black and white plates, recto only. Fine in d/w with a couple of tape repairs to upper panel but still very good. WAS $100 NOW $50
		69. TAYLOR, John Russell. The Art Nouveau Book in Britain. London: Methuen & Co., 1966. First edition. Large 8vo., boards, 176pp. With numerous illustrations. Front free endpaper has 1" x 4" piece clipped at the top right corner o/w near fine in d/w which has a small chip to the top of the spine, and some edge wear and a couple of internal tape repairs. WAS $125 NOW $62.50
		70. WHITE, Gleeson. English Illustration 'The Sixties': 1855-70. With Numerous Illustrations by Ford Madox Brown, ... Bath: Kingsmead Reprints, 1970 (first published 1897). 8vo., cloth, 204pp. With illustrations. Light scuffing to covers o/w near fine. WAS $75 NOW $37.50
		PRINTING
		71. ARNOLD, Edmund C. Ink On Paper 2 A Handbook of the Graphic Arts. New York: Harper & Row, (1972). Fine in d/w. WAS $50 NOW $25
		72. GODFREY, Richard T. Printmaking in Britain A General History From Its Beginnings to the Present Day. New York: New York University Press, 1978. First U.S. edition. Cloth, 244pp. Fine in d/w. WAS $100 NOW $50
		73. HOWE, Ellic. The British Federation of Master Printers 1900-1950. London: NP: 1950. First edition. Cloth, 249pp. Rubber stamp on front and rear e/papers o/w a fine copy.   WAS $65 NOW $32.50
		74. LEHMANN-HAUPT, Helmut. One Hundred Books About Book Making. A Guide to the Study and Appreciation of Printing. New York: Columbia, 1949. Third edition. Inscribed by the author. A nice copy. WAS $35 NOW $17.50
		75. TREMAINE, Marie (ed.) Canadian Book of Printing How Printing Came to Canada and the Story of the Graphic Arts, Told Mainly in Pictures. Toronto: Toronto Public Libraries..., 1940. 8vo., card covers, 130pp. Numerous illustrations. Some tanning to covers o/w near fine. WAS $75 NOW $37.50
		PUBLISHERS
		76. One Hundred and Fifty Years of Publishing 1785-1935. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1935. First edition. 8vo., cloth, 42pp. With illustrations. Fine. Brief history of the American publisher Carey and Lea. WAS $50 NOW $25
		77. CAVE, Robert. The Private Press. London: Faber & Faber, 1971. First edition. 4to., cloth, 376pp. With illustrations. Near fine in d/w. WAS $150 NOW $75
		78. EXMAN, Eugene. The Brothers Harper A unique publishing partnership and its impact upon the cultural life of America from 1817-1853. New York: Harper & Row, (1965). First edition. Cloth, 415pp. Fine in a nice d/w. WAS $50 NOW $25
		79. FRANKFORT, Ellen. The Voice Life at the Village Voice. New York: William Morrow & Co., 1976. First edition. 8vo., paperboards w/ cloth spine, 272pp. With illustrations. Near fine in d/w. WAS $65 NOW $32.50
		80. FRANKLIN, Colin. The Private Presses. Chester Springs, PA: Dufour Editions, 1969. First U.S. edition. Tall 8vo., cloth, 240pp. With illustrations. Slight indent top right corner o/w near fine in price-clipped d/w which has indent and a bit of creasing to the top of the spine. WAS $125 NOW $62.50
		81. GRAY, John Morgan. Fun Tomorrow Learning to be a Publisher and Much Else. Toronto: Macmillan, 1978. 8vo., cloth, 347pp. With illustrations. Near fine in a d/w that has a small chip front panel at top and at the top of the front flap. WAS $50 NOW $25
		82. JEANNERET, Marsh. God and Mammon Universities as Publishers. Toronto: Macmillan, 1989. 8vo., cloth, 369pp. With illustrations. Fine in near fine d/w. WAS $35 NOW $17.50
		83. KRAUS, Joe W. Messrs. Copeland & Day 69 Cornhill, Boston 1893-1899. Philadelphia: George S. MacManus Co., 1979. First edition, 1 of 500 copies. Sm. 4to., buckram, 179pp. With illustrations. Fine. WAS $100 NOW $50
		84. LARREMORE and Amy Hopkins Larremore. The Marion Press A Survey and a Check List. New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, (1981). Reprint. Fine in d/w. WAS $50 NOW $25
		85. LYNCH, Kathleen M. Jacob Tonson Kit-Cat Publisher. (Knoxville): University of Tennessee Press, (1971). First edition. Cloth, 241pp. A nice copy in d/w. WAS $35 NOW $17.50
		86. MacSKIMMING, Roy. The Perilous Trade Publishing Canada's Writers. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2003. First edition. 8vo., cloth, 464pp. With illustrations. Fine in d/w. WAS $35 NOW $17.50
		87. MADISON, Charles A. Jewish Publishing in America The Impact of Jewish Writing on American Culture. New York: Sanhedrin Press, (1976). First edition. Cloth, 294pp. Fine in a very good d/w. WAS $35 NOW $17.50
		88. MURRAY, David. Some Letters of Robert Foulis. Glasgow: James Maclehose & Sons, 1917. Reprinted from the Scottish Historical Review January and April, 1917. Sq. 8vo., orig. wrappers, (73)pp. Bookplate, creases to upper panel, edge wear, very good. WAS $85 NOW $42.50
		89. NELSON, James G. The Early Nineties A View From the Bodley Head. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1971. First edition. Cloth, 387pp. Fine in a nice d/w. WAS $75 NOW $37.50
		The Pope's Bookbinder A Memoir By David Mason The Pope's Bookbinder AVAILABLE in trade paperback ($24.95) updated with new chapter "Hemingway Heist", and Hardcover ($37.95) All books purchased through us will be signed by David Mason. A memoir of Mason's forty-five years in the booktrade. After some years in Europe doing odd jobs, including a period doing bookbinding in Spain, and reading incessantly, Mason returned to Canada, apprenticed in the book trade with Joseph Patrick Books and has been selling used and rare books ever since. His memories include the books dealers, collectors, and libraries he has dealt with over that period. The added chapter in the trade paperback edition on the Hemingway / Fitzgerald / Callaghan robbery explains what happened and why the author chose not to put it in the original edition. More details

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