Friends:
The demise of AB is a sure sign of how much the world of rare books has
changed over the last generation. Think of how much Sol Malkin and MAM
contributed every week to our community! I regret this change, just as I
regret the diaspora of rare book shops from centers of commerce and life
into the hinterlands. Once we could meet at Goodspeeds or Seven Gables
or Dauber & Pine or at Jake Zeitlin's and find great books and good
friends -- learning, trading lies, and going out to lunch with one
another.
Bibliocity or Alibris or e-Bay -- bah humbug!
So, raise a glass to Sol and Mary Ann Malkin and all those other friends
who made our community such a joy!
--
Marcus A. McCorison
mamcc@worldnet.att.net