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Tolkien's Gown' and Other Stories of Great Authors and Rare Books
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January 15, 2022Light and entertaining collection of stories about rare books and their authors by a rare book dealer. Wouldn't go out of your way to get it, but amusing filler for an idle hour.
June 12, 2011
Rick Gekoski is a dealer in rare books, but he's also a natural story-teller and a good gossip. He is happy to talk about money - which makes his accounts of buying and selling books all the more interesting. And he takes an almost philosophical view of what he and his peers in the book trade do for a living.
Tolkien's Gown is a gripping account of the famous writers he's dealt with, both in person, and personified by the first editions of their work that have passed through his hands. I was so enthralled when I read it last summer, that I went to see Gekoski talk at a rare book fair in London last week.
In person he's a slightly unkempt figure with straggly hair and thick glasses. But his mastery of his subject and confidence in his own judgement make him a charismatic speaker, funny, clever and wise. Here's some of what he had to say:
The internet is probably raising rather than lowering the price of his kind of books. As soon as someone has anything they think might be of value, they go online and price it according to the most expensive copies they can see, without the knowledge to realise the differences between copies that determine price. So instead of a dealer like him turning up and telling the seller what their book is worth, he is now second-guessed by his customer, who, in Gekoski's view, usually gets it wrong.
He is fed up with today's obsession with 'fine' copies. Older books should look old, he says. And there's a ridiculous premium paid for books with dustjackets. He cited one he bought with a jacket for £50,000 which would have sold for less than £5000 without the jacket.
His solution to the internet destroying his business is to deal in books that are so rare that they aren't for sale online. That way, his expertise can still play a part in the buying and selling. But it means the average price of books he trades is £8000. It also means that the old 'scouting' tours he used to enjoy, visiting bookshops and collectors in the US and Australia, are largely a thing of the past.
The fun's gone out of it, he said, and that special relationship between collector and dealer has been lost. Where once his customers, like a lawyer's clients, came to him for advice, in a mutually beneficial relationship, today he is at odds with them, sometimes even in competition for books. But there is still a wisdom he brings to the business, seeing the collector as a kind of artist, that surely the best collectors must still value.
Graham Greene told him, he said, as he was visiting him in Antibes, that if he hadn't been a novelist, he would have liked to be a book dealer, because it was a form of treasure hunting. And if I hadn't been a dealer, Gekoski replied, I would have liked to be a novelist.
He brings one quality to his business that the internet can never replace: he is obviously good company - and I suspect that much of his success is down to the fact that people such as Greene and many others he writes about in Tolkien's Gown enjoyed having him around. He appreciates writing as well as books, making him the perfect house guest to distract a writer from getting down to work.
Tolkien's Gown is a gripping account of the famous writers he's dealt with, both in person, and personified by the first editions of their work that have passed through his hands. I was so enthralled when I read it last summer, that I went to see Gekoski talk at a rare book fair in London last week.
In person he's a slightly unkempt figure with straggly hair and thick glasses. But his mastery of his subject and confidence in his own judgement make him a charismatic speaker, funny, clever and wise. Here's some of what he had to say:
The internet is probably raising rather than lowering the price of his kind of books. As soon as someone has anything they think might be of value, they go online and price it according to the most expensive copies they can see, without the knowledge to realise the differences between copies that determine price. So instead of a dealer like him turning up and telling the seller what their book is worth, he is now second-guessed by his customer, who, in Gekoski's view, usually gets it wrong.
He is fed up with today's obsession with 'fine' copies. Older books should look old, he says. And there's a ridiculous premium paid for books with dustjackets. He cited one he bought with a jacket for £50,000 which would have sold for less than £5000 without the jacket.
His solution to the internet destroying his business is to deal in books that are so rare that they aren't for sale online. That way, his expertise can still play a part in the buying and selling. But it means the average price of books he trades is £8000. It also means that the old 'scouting' tours he used to enjoy, visiting bookshops and collectors in the US and Australia, are largely a thing of the past.
The fun's gone out of it, he said, and that special relationship between collector and dealer has been lost. Where once his customers, like a lawyer's clients, came to him for advice, in a mutually beneficial relationship, today he is at odds with them, sometimes even in competition for books. But there is still a wisdom he brings to the business, seeing the collector as a kind of artist, that surely the best collectors must still value.
Graham Greene told him, he said, as he was visiting him in Antibes, that if he hadn't been a novelist, he would have liked to be a book dealer, because it was a form of treasure hunting. And if I hadn't been a dealer, Gekoski replied, I would have liked to be a novelist.
He brings one quality to his business that the internet can never replace: he is obviously good company - and I suspect that much of his success is down to the fact that people such as Greene and many others he writes about in Tolkien's Gown enjoyed having him around. He appreciates writing as well as books, making him the perfect house guest to distract a writer from getting down to work.
March 2, 2018
Utterly engrossing bookman-insider wit and gossip.
October 16, 2024
I have the 2004 hardcover edition of this book, still in the original dust jacket. Good condition. Originally priced at $30, I got it second hand for $2. Considering that this is a book about very expensive books... brought over and over again for increasingly insane prices.... I find my own super-cheap purchase weirdly thrilling.
Oh, the book?? The ACTUAL book?? Very interesting. Don't know that I'd like Gekoski as a person that much, but that doesn't matter! He has met some amazing people, has great stories to tell, knows his stuff & has held in his hands books that I would probably sell a kidney for.
Oh, the book?? The ACTUAL book?? Very interesting. Don't know that I'd like Gekoski as a person that much, but that doesn't matter! He has met some amazing people, has great stories to tell, knows his stuff & has held in his hands books that I would probably sell a kidney for.
March 9, 2008
This is a lovely collection of Gekoski’s reminisiences about his time as a rare book dealer and his encounters with 1st editions and their authors. It is written in an open and engaging manner while also being informative. What pleases me most about this work is is humour and personal style [it’s just between you and me - don’t tell anyone!!]. He has the ability to infect readers with similar passions about books, rare or otherwise. A fantastic read!
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August 10, 2011Informative fun(ny) and utterly compelling. Most importantly, it offers further proof that Ted Hughes was a prick and a half.
July 21, 2010
As a bibliophile and a book collector, this was heaven.
April 16, 2018
Rick Gekoski is a seller of rare books. This book, which has its origins in a Radio 4 series, tells a number of stories about a number of books, manuscripts (and a cloak) that Gekoski has dealt with. We get to meet famous authors, hear tales of the book's creation and why they have become collectable.
Some of the stories are better than others. I particularly enjoyed those relating to Graham Greene, a writer who I really should read more of as the three novels of his that I have read - Our Man in Havana, Brighton Rock and The End of the Affair - I have liked a lot; J.R.R. Tolkien, James Joyce - that chapter actually made me want to read Ulysses for the first time - and Nabokov. But there are other stories here too. Only the last chapter, on a manuscript of a Larkin poem that was never published, hits a dud note and that's because it seems slightly out of place in this book.
I love books but I'm not sure book collecting would be for me. It's not a book as an object that I'm drawn to, but the content of the book. Although I'll admit to preferring a real book to a Kindle. But that's perhaps because my collector gene seems attached to Doctor Who and that occupies most of my time.
It's a nice read and Gekoski does a good job of making you want to read some of the books he talks about, which is an achievement in itself. So, enjoyable and interesting I'd quite like to hear the radio series now.
Some of the stories are better than others. I particularly enjoyed those relating to Graham Greene, a writer who I really should read more of as the three novels of his that I have read - Our Man in Havana, Brighton Rock and The End of the Affair - I have liked a lot; J.R.R. Tolkien, James Joyce - that chapter actually made me want to read Ulysses for the first time - and Nabokov. But there are other stories here too. Only the last chapter, on a manuscript of a Larkin poem that was never published, hits a dud note and that's because it seems slightly out of place in this book.
I love books but I'm not sure book collecting would be for me. It's not a book as an object that I'm drawn to, but the content of the book. Although I'll admit to preferring a real book to a Kindle. But that's perhaps because my collector gene seems attached to Doctor Who and that occupies most of my time.
It's a nice read and Gekoski does a good job of making you want to read some of the books he talks about, which is an achievement in itself. So, enjoyable and interesting I'd quite like to hear the radio series now.
February 4, 2019
For second-hand (and antiquarian) book buyers. The inside dirt on the second-hand book trade. Often eye-popping essays by a top-ticket dealer. You can dream of finding one of the copies he talks about. Or dream of being able to afford one.
May 20, 2020
A gossipy, eminently readable account of a very funny and clever book seller, with a partly slimy underbelly to it (and him?) which gives the book that much more charm.
August 13, 2020
"這其實是我的參考書……但他非常有趣，是個寫掌故、寫珍本書，當然毫無疑問也會寫到作者小八卦的一本書。
對書商在做些什麼有興趣的話可以看看……但他似乎絕版了XD"
對書商在做些什麼有興趣的話可以看看……但他似乎絕版了XD"
September 2, 2022
Picked this up at the Library and read it in short bursts. I enjoyed this as an easy read.
January 7, 2023
A light book with fun gossip. Good for a couple hours of entertainment.
May 21, 2024
Loved it.
June 18, 2025
I enjoyed this very much, such an interesting take and angle for observations and stories of authors.
March 30, 2025
This is a fun book for any bibliophile.
February 16, 2012
This man is something else. He has been able to combine his mad passionate love of books and everything linked to them with the buying and selling of them for what could be regarded as ridiculous amounts of money. He is a dealer in books and associated paraphernalia such as manuscripts, chapters, and items such as JRR Tolkien's old college gown. Way back in 1982 he found it 'more fun to buy and sell books than to keep them. That way you kept acquiring interesting things, could suck the pleasure out of them, sell them, and move onto something new'. And that is what he has spent the last 30 years doing and, if this book is anything to go by, having an absolute blast in the process.
This little gem of a book takes a number of his best encounters with books and their writers and gives us a potted history of how the book came to be written and how he came to acquire a particularly valuable copy of the book - usually a first edition, or a copy annotated by the author with the special message to the recipient such as 'For Virginia Woolf from the author T.S Eliot' or 'For Rick Gekoski, the book which women like, from Graham Green'. Modern literature gold!
The author writes just like a child let loose in a sweet shop. His enthusiasm, his mad crazy energy, his marvellous sense of humour shines through in bucket loads and most importantly he doesn't seem to take himself at all seriously. On the book's endpapers there is a gorgeous photo of him in a tuxedo having a laugh with Dame Edna Everage and she features in one of the essays in the book. He adores what he does, and he loves telling people about it. These essays are based on a BBC radio series called Rare Books, Rare People that he broadcast on Radio 4. I would love to have heard him tell his stories, it would have been excellent entertainment.
There is nothing conventional about any of the authors selected by Mr Gekoski. They were/are all outstanding and memorable individuals whose books have created a stir/fuss/outcry/stampede/made a mark on the twentieth century landscape. And you will learn the most interesting stuff such as where the inspiration for Peter Rabbit came from, that JRR Tolkien designed the cover for 'The Hobbit' himself, that Jack Kerouac wrote 'On the Road' in six weeks on a 120 foot roll of teletype paper, that Graham Greene was also a mad passionate collector of rare books.
This is such an easy, entertaining and relatively quick read that will leave your head reeling with all sorts of interesting bits and pieces and lamenting the fact that becoming
a rare book collector could well have been the perfect career choice.
This little gem of a book takes a number of his best encounters with books and their writers and gives us a potted history of how the book came to be written and how he came to acquire a particularly valuable copy of the book - usually a first edition, or a copy annotated by the author with the special message to the recipient such as 'For Virginia Woolf from the author T.S Eliot' or 'For Rick Gekoski, the book which women like, from Graham Green'. Modern literature gold!
The author writes just like a child let loose in a sweet shop. His enthusiasm, his mad crazy energy, his marvellous sense of humour shines through in bucket loads and most importantly he doesn't seem to take himself at all seriously. On the book's endpapers there is a gorgeous photo of him in a tuxedo having a laugh with Dame Edna Everage and she features in one of the essays in the book. He adores what he does, and he loves telling people about it. These essays are based on a BBC radio series called Rare Books, Rare People that he broadcast on Radio 4. I would love to have heard him tell his stories, it would have been excellent entertainment.
There is nothing conventional about any of the authors selected by Mr Gekoski. They were/are all outstanding and memorable individuals whose books have created a stir/fuss/outcry/stampede/made a mark on the twentieth century landscape. And you will learn the most interesting stuff such as where the inspiration for Peter Rabbit came from, that JRR Tolkien designed the cover for 'The Hobbit' himself, that Jack Kerouac wrote 'On the Road' in six weeks on a 120 foot roll of teletype paper, that Graham Greene was also a mad passionate collector of rare books.
This is such an easy, entertaining and relatively quick read that will leave your head reeling with all sorts of interesting bits and pieces and lamenting the fact that becoming
a rare book collector could well have been the perfect career choice.
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June 23, 2013Booksellers are a curious, obsessive breed. Even when we are not working we are trawling the local second hand bookstores for first editions and proofs of populist titles to impress friends, colleagues or sell them on Ebay. Yes, we really need to get out more. It's a bad sign for example, when you glance back as you pass a pretty girl in the street and the first thing you notice is the Penguin Classic she carries in her hand. "Ahh," I try and recall the artwork on the cover. "Thomas Hardy... "We just spend too much time around books sometimes and so I expect does Rick Gekoski, who has an antiquarian bookstore in Bloomsbury and like me is an obsessive collector of oddly personal signed copies of books. Here he talks about each special book in his collection and gives us a wonderful history about some of the book world's most notoriously hard to find editions. The passion he exudes about each one makes me reminisce about the similarly unique first editions or specially inscribed works/proof copies I have collected from authors over the years thanking me for their support, like my copy of Everett True's book about The Ramones signed by one of The Ramones who came into my store, a Bella Pollen proof inscribed with 'Sorry for my bad spelling and more bizarrely than the others, a copy of 'The Butcher, The Baker and The Candlestick Maker' the erotic swingers memoir by Suzanne Portnoy inscribed with, 'If I didn't like black guys so much, you'd be next.' Some of these may be worth something in time (most probably not) but all will be dear to my heart because they all carry either a wonderful story like Rick's but more importantly something I could also pass onto a passionate reader in years to come. A great passionate tribute to some of the world's finest books.
March 3, 2014
I saw Rick Gekoski speak at the 2014 Perth Writers Festival and was struck by his joviality, his quick wit and his passionate attachment to the book as what editor Ellen Datlow describes as 'objects of adoration'; that is, the love of the book as an objet d'art in its own right, even before opening it to read the text within.
This book is a further examination of this passion, but without Gekoski's unique spoken voice it takes some effort to uncover the wit behind the anecdotes. Well-written it certainly is, and the majority of stories are engaging, but it becomes plan very early that Gekoski's main passion is the trading and economic system surrounding something he sees as nothing more than a commodity-- occasionally beautiful, often startlingly unique, with rich histories and provenances, but ultimately no different to a piece of furniture or a vase, with value aligned only to the balance of payments it attracts. This is not necessarily a bad thin-- you don't have to love houses to sell real estate-- but it does change the nature and flavour of the book as it is being read.
The stories are, largely, entertaining, and the anecdotes suitably intriguing if, like me, you are a geek for writers as much as you are for their works.Part memoir, part gossip column, part catalogue, it's a diverting volume, perfectly pleasant for reading while lying in bed or relaxing at the end of the day. I just wish Gekoski had come across as more of a lover of books for themselves, as well as someone proud of his ability to spot profit in an obscure art object. But that's my failing, not his.
This book is a further examination of this passion, but without Gekoski's unique spoken voice it takes some effort to uncover the wit behind the anecdotes. Well-written it certainly is, and the majority of stories are engaging, but it becomes plan very early that Gekoski's main passion is the trading and economic system surrounding something he sees as nothing more than a commodity-- occasionally beautiful, often startlingly unique, with rich histories and provenances, but ultimately no different to a piece of furniture or a vase, with value aligned only to the balance of payments it attracts. This is not necessarily a bad thin-- you don't have to love houses to sell real estate-- but it does change the nature and flavour of the book as it is being read.
The stories are, largely, entertaining, and the anecdotes suitably intriguing if, like me, you are a geek for writers as much as you are for their works.Part memoir, part gossip column, part catalogue, it's a diverting volume, perfectly pleasant for reading while lying in bed or relaxing at the end of the day. I just wish Gekoski had come across as more of a lover of books for themselves, as well as someone proud of his ability to spot profit in an obscure art object. But that's my failing, not his.
November 29, 2016
This book can be read quickly, as it consists of brief anecdotes and factoids about various classic novels of the 20th century. The author is a dealer in rare books and has over the years picked up some great stories about books and their often-eccentric authors. Thus 'Tolkein's Gown' is a sort of anthology. I found some sections funny, others not so suited to my sense of humour. My favourite snippets concerned 'Animal Farm'. Not only was the manuscript nearly destroyed during the Blitz, sustaining some singeing, but one publisher suggested that what it needed was the removal of the pigs!
I was less interested in the price that first editions command. The arbitrariness of book value rather baffles me; to me fair Gekoski also expresses this sentiment. I am decidedly not a book collector, as soon as I've read something it'll go back to the library or be passed onto someone else, with rare exceptions. The condition of a book also seems to me irrelevant, as long as it remains readable. On the other hand, it must be a much trickier to keep first editions pristine these days as bindings are of such poor quality. The glue holding pages in seems to perish after a few years, tops. Those tangents aside, 'Tolkein's Gown' is amusing but the tone felt a little uncomfortably self-congratulatory. It's also fairly slight, as anecdotage is wont to be.
I was also reminded that, although it's supposed to be such a work of incredible genius, I don't want to read 'Ulysses'.
I was less interested in the price that first editions command. The arbitrariness of book value rather baffles me; to me fair Gekoski also expresses this sentiment. I am decidedly not a book collector, as soon as I've read something it'll go back to the library or be passed onto someone else, with rare exceptions. The condition of a book also seems to me irrelevant, as long as it remains readable. On the other hand, it must be a much trickier to keep first editions pristine these days as bindings are of such poor quality. The glue holding pages in seems to perish after a few years, tops. Those tangents aside, 'Tolkein's Gown' is amusing but the tone felt a little uncomfortably self-congratulatory. It's also fairly slight, as anecdotage is wont to be.
I was also reminded that, although it's supposed to be such a work of incredible genius, I don't want to read 'Ulysses'.
June 22, 2014
If you’re a lover of books like I am then you’re going to love Tolkien’s Gown – it’s a collection of stories by Rick Gekoski, a rare book dealer known as “the Bill Bryson of the book world.” That pretty much tells you everything you need to know, and it should give you a good idea of what to expect.
Gekoski’s privileged position in the literary world gave him the chance to meet and work with some of the most influential writers of our time, and he handled rare books and artifacts by authors as varied as J. R. R. Tolkien, Beatrix Potter, George Orwell, Graham Greene, Ernest Hemingway, Oscar Wilde, Jack Kerouac and J. K. Rowling.
Tolkien’s Gown, his titular story, recounts the time when Tolkien was having a clear out and wanted to get rid of his old college gown, and Graham Greene was delighted to be doing business. Not all of his dealings with writers were pleasant, though – J. D. Salinger threatened a lawsuit, and William Golding ended up writing a parody of Gekoski.
The author’s stories come from a time that is no longer, when the world was populated by genuine greats instead of the celebrity autobiographies and ghost-written novels that litter the market today. It’s worth reading for these insights in to a culture that’s no more.
Gekoski’s privileged position in the literary world gave him the chance to meet and work with some of the most influential writers of our time, and he handled rare books and artifacts by authors as varied as J. R. R. Tolkien, Beatrix Potter, George Orwell, Graham Greene, Ernest Hemingway, Oscar Wilde, Jack Kerouac and J. K. Rowling.
Tolkien’s Gown, his titular story, recounts the time when Tolkien was having a clear out and wanted to get rid of his old college gown, and Graham Greene was delighted to be doing business. Not all of his dealings with writers were pleasant, though – J. D. Salinger threatened a lawsuit, and William Golding ended up writing a parody of Gekoski.
The author’s stories come from a time that is no longer, when the world was populated by genuine greats instead of the celebrity autobiographies and ghost-written novels that litter the market today. It’s worth reading for these insights in to a culture that’s no more.
June 29, 2009
On the whole, I am glad I read this book. I saw it in the James Joyce Center in Dublin and the title caught my eye, so I decided to buy a copy. It was an enjoyable read on the whole.
This is an excellent book if you want to find out the publication histories of the books which Gekoski writes about. He also sometimes provides quotes or tales of meeting up with authors which are quite funny and make the work as a whole a bit more colorful. Of course, a certain aspect of the book is devoted to the technicalities of trading rare books, like price. It did inspire me to read more.
My complaint about this book would be that the author is a bit pretentious, and to me his taste in books was primarily those that would be considered academic. I don't necessarily agree with this, as I liked to read nearly everything (okay, not grocery store romance novels and I haven't read a lot of thriller/suspense/horror), so that irritated me a bit.
If you're looking for something that will help you learn a little bit more about the rare books trade or just rare books, give this a go.
This is an excellent book if you want to find out the publication histories of the books which Gekoski writes about. He also sometimes provides quotes or tales of meeting up with authors which are quite funny and make the work as a whole a bit more colorful. Of course, a certain aspect of the book is devoted to the technicalities of trading rare books, like price. It did inspire me to read more.
My complaint about this book would be that the author is a bit pretentious, and to me his taste in books was primarily those that would be considered academic. I don't necessarily agree with this, as I liked to read nearly everything (okay, not grocery store romance novels and I haven't read a lot of thriller/suspense/horror), so that irritated me a bit.
If you're looking for something that will help you learn a little bit more about the rare books trade or just rare books, give this a go.
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May 4, 2021The book jacket boasts that "[t]hrough it all shines Gekoski's infectious love of books". I don't buy it. I buy that he enjoys owning books (rare ones); he enjoys selling them; he enjoys hobnobbing with the hoi polloi while simultaneously making snide remarks at their expense; but I don't get the sense that Mr. Gekoski enjoys books. Indeed, he only has respect for one or two of the books in this collection; the rest he dismisses, but enjoys the money or notoriety he got from them.
In this book, Mr. Gekoski is nasty, smug, and dismissive of books and authors alike. I fail to see any joy, wit, or good nature in this collection. His 'inside stories' feel like that awkward man at a dinner party who insists on reminding you that he brushed elbows with Celebrity A once, and won't stop mentioning his friendship with dear old Celebrity B.
I finished it because I don't like to leave books unfinished, but I didn't enjoy this at all.
In this book, Mr. Gekoski is nasty, smug, and dismissive of books and authors alike. I fail to see any joy, wit, or good nature in this collection. His 'inside stories' feel like that awkward man at a dinner party who insists on reminding you that he brushed elbows with Celebrity A once, and won't stop mentioning his friendship with dear old Celebrity B.
I finished it because I don't like to leave books unfinished, but I didn't enjoy this at all.
April 25, 2011
Mr Gekoski deals in rare editions of now-famous books of the twentieth century and in this 'literary memoir' he talks about twenty of them, from Lolita to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. He name drops like crazy but somehow it didn't annoy me as much as name dropping usually does. Maybe because he really knows what he's writing about and besides when you're a relatively well-known rare book dealer, you will rub shoulders with some book collectors who are famous authors themselves. But this isn't about Rick Gekoski as such but more on the history of some well known books and its authors.
July 14, 2016
Interesting, well-told tales of the book world written by a consummate insider. Gekoski was an academic who gave up university teaching to focus on his business as a rare-book dealer. Here he shares stories about the book trade and about particular books. So few people have entree to this world that reading these stories is like going backstage at a West End hit.
November 23, 2017
superb little collection of anecdotes / reviews from rare book dealer Gekoski adapted from his Radio 4 series. entertaining, interesting, informative, sensitive and funny from start to finish with plenty of blarney and charm
October 9, 2013
totally charming stories that leave me with an even longer reading list than i already had and a thirst for me. i must find podcasts of the BBC series on which this is based, i'd love to listen to these stories as well.
June 13, 2015
Rick Gekoski has met so many wonderful authors that I’d almost think he was lying. He’s a used book dealer and his job has put him in contact with the amazing copies of the works of Graham Greene and Evelyn Waugh and J. R. R. Tolkien. A nice little ride with a collector.
January 2, 2016
I love most books about other books and authors and this one is terrific. So many great stories about famous authors the writer has known, funny tales, interesting tidbits about well known books. Loved it.
June 5, 2016
I'm not sure I'd describe Rick Gekoski as the Bill Bryson of rare books. His style is occasionally amusing, but mostly pompous, and the book seems to be an exercise in literary name-dropping rather than a celebration of rare texts.
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