Re: Best Memoirs of Book Collectors/Dealers?

[20 Ants <archetype@20ANTS.COM>]

His Nabokov's Butterfly is another one. It's an account of how he 
bought and sold ten (I think) specific books.

-Michael Watson

At 02:35 AM 7/27/2006, you wrote:

> For summer reading I'd highly recommend Rick Gekoski's
> recent TOLKIEN'S GOWN AND OTHER STORIES OF FAMOUS
> AUTHORS AND RARE BOOKS (Constable, paperback). The
> [London] Sunday Telegraph reviewer said of it: " ... a
> fascinating back-stage look at [Gekoski's] own rare
> book trade ... memorably bizzare encounters with
> literary giants".
>
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> --- Farley Katz <fkatz@SATX.RR.COM> wrote:
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> > I'm looking for summer reading.  What would list
> > members recommend as the
> > best memoirs by rare book collectors or dealers?
> >
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