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I'm just real happy about a book I bought at the Strand in NY last
weekend: a 1st of Robert A. Wilson's Modern Book Collecting, inscribed
to Eli Wilentz. Wilentz ran the 8th St. Bookstore (Bookshop?) for many
years, and like Wilson's Phoenix, it was a hotbed for bohemians and
Beats. Wilentz edited The Beat Scene anthology, and with his brother
Ted and Amiri Baraka, published the Totem Corinth books; Wilson let
mimeo mag publishers use the machine in the back room, and published
work by Snyder, Ginsberg, Ashbery, Corso and many others. I love having
this evidence of a warm association between two venerable downtown
bookmen (in every sense) on my shelf.

Bob Riedel
Print Matters! Used & Rare Books
http://www.abebooks.com/home/printmat
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I'm just real happy about a book I bought at the Strand in NY last
weekend: a 1st of Robert A. Wilson's Modern Book Collecting, inscribed
to Eli Wilentz. Wilentz ran the 8th St. Bookstore (Bookshop?) for many
years, and like Wilson's Phoenix, it was a hotbed for bohemians and
Beats. Wilentz edited The Beat Scene anthology, and with his brother
Ted and Amiri Baraka, published the Totem Corinth books; Wilson let
mimeo mag publishers use the machine in the back room, and published
work by Snyder, Ginsberg, Ashbery, Corso and many others. I love having
this evidence of a warm association between two venerable downtown
bookmen (in every sense) on my shelf.

Was it in the general stock or in the "rare books" room upstairs?
Over the years I've made a few good finds at the Strand but, in general, they
are very knowledgeable and getting a bargain is not easy.
But no trip to NYC is complete without a visit there.



--
Bob Finnan
http://bobfinnan.com

It was upstairs, in the books-about-books alley. It had been listed
online for several months, but just as a "signed/inscribed" copy with
no mention of Wilentz.

Bob

Was it in the general stock or in the "rare books" room upstairs?
Over the years I've made a few good finds at the Strand but, in
general, they
are very knowledgeable and getting a bargain is not easy.
But no trip to NYC is complete without a visit there.



--
Bob Finnan
http://bobfinnan.com