Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World

Description: Amazon.com Review After years of competitive extravagance at birthday time, Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone decided to limit themselves to $20 each, which is how they came to be in possession of a $10 definitive translation of War and Peace, complete with maps of the major battles and fold-out color illustrations. It is also how they eventually came to be the owners of a $650 edition of Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit. Used and Rare, the Goldstones' tale of the journey from point A to point B, is a joyful celebration of their love of books. Rare-book dealers are a quirky lot; while one might invite you to caress an Adventures of Tom Sa ... (more)

Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
Release date: 15 April 1997
ISBN-10 : 0312156820 | ISBN-13: 9780312156824

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