Ready or Not?
Rare books don’t rule the world. They are part of the world and while intellectual, primarily appeal to the emotions. They are baubles whose appeal for some is magic, for others unimportant. They are, in the complex online world, now the makings of jigsaw puzzles conceived by individuals, and executed over varying time and with changing focus. They are the polar opposite of stamp collecting for there are few specifics and many variables and the success of a collection is often not known until long after the last book, manuscript or object has long gathered dust. Traditional collecting ...