And when you’ve read 84 Charing Cross Road, what is more natural than to polish off Used and Rare, Slightly Chipped and Warmly Inscribed in quick succession?
I see from the archives that I must have neglected to record my first reading of Warmly Inscribed, which is annoying, but most of what I said for the first two hold true for this one as well – the difference, if there is one, is that larger sections of the book are dedicated to single «stories», such as that of the New England forger of the sub-title. This is in no way a bad thing, and like the two first, Warmly Inscribed is a bit of a must-read for any bibliophile.
In addition to the Goldstones, whose books I also love, bibliophiles must, if they haven’t already, seek out the oeuvre of Nicholas A. Basbanes. John Maxwell Hamilton’s Casanova Was a Book Lover is also fantastic, and highly amusing to boot.