Add this copy of A Pound of Paper: Confessions of a Book Addict to cart. $76.07, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Thomas Dunne Books.
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New. 0312317255. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-BRAND NEW, FLAWLESS COPY, NEVER OPENED--417 pages--DESCRIPTION: Choose us, for the information you need. --"In the rural Australia of the fifties where John Baxter grew up, reading books was regarded with suspicion, owning and collecting them with utter incomprehension. Despite this by the age of eleven Baxter had 'collected' his first book THE POEMS OF RUPERT BROOKE. He'd read the volume often, but now he had to own it. This was the beginning of what would become a major collection and a lifelong obsession. In this brilliantly readable and funny, John Baxter brings us into contact with such literary greats as Graham Greene, Kingsley Amis, J. G. Ballard, and Ray Bradbury. But he also shows us how he penetrated the secret fraternity of 'runners' or book scouts--sleuths who use bluff and guile to hunt down their quarry--and joined them in scouring junk shops, markets, auction rooms, and private homes for rarities. In the comic tradition of Clive Jame's UNRELIABLE MEMOIRS, A POUND OF PAPER describes how a boy from the bush came to be living in a Paris penthouse with a library worth millions.". --with a bonus offer--
