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Collector Page for Scot Kamins
Other Collection Categories and Attributes: Catalogs/Brochures; DJ Only
I try to get the cleanest copies in the best condition I can find. I often trade up, although I like to begin with the best available. If I can find a first, all the better -- but a non-first in great condition suits me fine. I also collect ML ephemera because I think it rounds out the collection. My collection used to be quite a bit larger, but I found it necessary to sell off my scarcer pieces. Luckily, as the caretaker of Dogeared, I have the largest virtual ML collection on the planet.
Favorite Dust Jacket: Candide, 1935 ML Title Currently Reading: Evolution in Modern Thought Last ML Title Read: Picture of Dorian Gray
I bemoan the fact that ML changed so much after the mid 1970's. Starting with less care in the printing process, then going from sewn to perfect bound pages, removing the numbers from spines, and finally raising the prices to meet the market -- all these things removed the Modern Library as the first source to use in looking for books. But nothing much happened in the world in which I'm interested after the mid-70's, so I guess I can stand it.
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