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State Department to lead the low-key life of a rare-book dealer.
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And Cotton Malone former U.S. Justice Department agent turned rare-book dealer will be drawn into an intense geopolitical chess game.
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Instead he had the Microsoft word document of "Il Divino Bambino" transferred to canvas, the resulting artworks for sale at John McWhinnie @ Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, a rare-book shop on East 64th Street, starting next week.
A Divine Intervention Ralph Gardner 2010
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“They have cuneiform tablets in the rare-book collection!”
Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011
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So begins this history of 20 collectible modern first editions by rare-book dealer Rick Gekoski.
Extreme Book-Collecting Allison Hoover Bartlett 2010
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To follow the course of his life is to understand a critical time of evolution in the rare-book world, when va lues skyrocketed, the super-wealthy built grand collections, and then the more fortunate institutions became their beneficiaries.
Extreme Book-Collecting Allison Hoover Bartlett 2010
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Instead, he established a network of rare-book dealers around the globe, who sent him material on an almost daily basis.
A Culinary Man of Letters Bruce Palling 2011
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Conceptual photographer David Matterhorn's show, installed in a rare-book shop, focuses on the "dash" symbol used between birth and death years on tombstones.
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"The Ninth Gate" picks up on the supernatural spoofery of "The Fearless Vampire Killers" by way of a hermetic conspiracy thriller, as dashing rare-book dealer Johnny Depp treks across Europe in search of some rare Satanic verses.
Start September With Superior Cinema Steve Dollar 2011
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“They have cuneiform tablets in the rare-book collection!”
Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011
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