Saturday, February 16, 2008

The Loveliest Quaker in Christendom



For Joe, on Christmas
1978. This is the only
book I know that moves
as incessantly as you…

with affectation,
Dwight

P.S. I couldn’t find a Star Wars game.



Working as I do in a used bookstore, I see a lot of previous owners' inscriptions. They're often heartfelt but apparently just didn't have staying power. I find them a little touching, a little poignant. Now I see that The Book Inscriptions Project has an online collection of these ephemera, so you too can know the melancholia of the previously-owned book world.--David E

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