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March 25, 2009

Samuel Beckett, Worstward Ho

Grove, 1983.

Copies online range from $20 to $100. Allan bought this for $4.50, less a presumed discount, and was trying to sell it for $20, less a presumed discount. Not much of a margin to pay his rent. "Enough. Sudden enough. Sudden all far."

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What I'm Doing Here

  • 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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