Yeah, that's right, I ripped a book apart today. Is your jaw on the floor? It was totally sanctioned and my boss even gave me the instrument of destruction: a letter opener. Ok, ok, I was tearing it up because the pages didn't get cut apart when it was printed so they were all folded up on each other. So really I was helping the book out. I'm not gonna lie, it was kind of fun but I was glad that the book was only about 80-some-odd pages as it got kinda old after the first 70. I found a couple of other neat books today, too. One was just postcards. It wasn't really bound, but rather in a sort of portfolio kind of thing with 7 postcards in it. The other book find of the day was a book that had 2 original lithographs in the back of it. Needless to say, that got added to the rare books collection.
Today's mileage: 3.01 mi
It's a good thing we don't live in the 18th or 19th centuries, when books were commonly sold to readers uncut. http://www.library.yale.edu/BeinCatM/notes/uncut.htm It would be so tedious! So hey, when are you coming back to G'ville? I was thinking of getting a group together to see Anything Goes at the GCP--Tomás is the male lead!
ReplyDeleteOoh, nice find, Tomiko! I will be back August 13th - will the play still be on then?
ReplyDeleteDarn, no...I think it runs only until the end of July. There will be other plays to catch him in, I'm sure!
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