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September 28, 2008

third batch

21. Joan Didion, Play It As it Lays (Weidenfeld, 1971). First UK. Water damage on book and jacket. Priced by Allan at $10, but unsaleable.

22. Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire (McGraw Hill, 1968). Second printing, in a somewhat worn jacket. NVA. For KM on her birthday.

23. W.H. Auden, Secondary Worlds (Faber, 1968). For Liz. Allan's price: $30.

24. Robert Graves, No More Ghosts (Faber, 1945). Nice copy. Allan's price: $100. For Liz.

25. Theodore Roethke, The Far Field (Doubleday, 1964). Nice copy. Allan's price: $25. For Liz.

26. Rosemary Lamkey, The Lonely Dwarf (Holt, 1939). Some water. Ugly dwarves. For Liz.

27. The Strand Magazine. August 1908. NVA.

28. Ivan Bunin, The Dreams of Chang (Knopf, 1923). Sticker and name on pastedown, otherwise a lovely copy without jacket. Scarce: Only two copies online, neither with jacket, neither as good. Allan's price: $75.

29. Dustjacket for Magister Ludi, published by Holt in 1949. Not a great jacket, but scarce.

30. Theodore Roethke, Exorcism. Broadside. For Liz.

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  • Allan Milkerit was a good friend and a great bookman. After his unexpected death I ended up with hundreds of the books in his shop and apartment. One at a time, I am unearthing them and deciding which to keep and which to sell or give away. Often, I read the book first, or try to. In the process, I think about Allan and the changes the rare book world is undergoing. This blog's only regular reader is Joe Marchione, who shared a shop with Allan for several years. Joe's reflections are too good to leave as mere comments so I hoist them into their own posts.

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