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Author : Lawrence Goldstone
Number of Pages : 224
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
List Price : $14.95
Amazon Price : $6.00
Used Price : $2.80 |
Product Description
When Nancy Goldstone bought a vintage copy of "War and Peace" to win a birthday bet with co-author Larry, the couple began their journey into the world of book collecting, meeting a hilarious cast of eccentrics along the way. Part travel story, part love story, and part memoir, this book provides a delightful love letter to book lovers everywhere.
Customer reviews
Entertaining and informative 
by .. L. J. Roberts (Oakland, CA)
First Sentence: We came to book collecting because our birthdays fall eight days apart.
[Dust Jacket] Years ago, the Goldstones fled high-paying jobs in Manhattan to live and write in the Berkshires. Enough of an overachieving spark remained to ignite a contest when the search for inexpensive birthday gifts began. While Lawrence settled for a bath brush, Nancy tracked down a ten-dollar copy of "War and Peace," and the couple's love affair with book collecting was born.
For those who love the combination of books, history and collecting, this is a delight. Although there is a tone of being dismissive toward other people, and the phonetic spelling of speech from a New Zealand dealer was annoying, there was much that was good about this book. There were times I found myself laughing out loud. Being set in locations I know quite well also made it fun for me. The best part was the instructive, informative information about book collecting woven into the story and I did find myself taking notes.
Poignant tale of book collecting novices 
by .. J.W. Posey (South Carolina)
I just finished this book and I found the stories wonderful. This book is obviously aimed it the beginning book collector. It details the adventures of the authors as they began to dip their feet into the world of rare books and collecting. The stories detail the adventures of the authors as they haphazardly jump into collecting books. As a somewhat novice book collector I found the stories both humorous and reassuring. I could see myself in many of the stories. There is a pull to collecting that sometimes overrides good judgment. I highly recommend this book.
Excellent foray into book collecting by .. Edward DeVere (Franklin, TN USA)
This is very well done and enjoyable. It is a light treatment of the subject prompted by my journey through the Bookman Series by Dunning.
Trifling, but a few hours' entertainment by .. Librum (CA, USA)
Though I found the opening chapters of URTBW greatly annoying (had the two professional-novelist authors of this book really never been to a used bookstore before they moved to the Berkshires? Did they really have no idea what pleasure used/antiquarian/rare books might hold for booklovers?), and the stereotyped description of book-dealers throughout tiresome (nearly every one an eccentric, an ego-maniac, or both; even if true, no need to make the point over and over), in the end I found URTBW pleasurable enough. Sure, it's the lightest of fair. But what booklover and die-hard-haunter-of-used-bookstores wouldn't relate to the authors' exciting adventures? URTBW is neither learned nor particularly well-crafted. But once one gets past the first couple of chapters, it's a good bit of fun. I'm happy to count the Goldstones among my fellow travelers in Booklandia.
Delightful! by .. W (Long Beach, CA)
I really enjoy this series and following the authors on their journey collecting books. The travels and booklore that they share are interesting and enjoyable to read.
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