Guarded by Dragons

Encounters with Rare Books and Rare People

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Rick Gekoski recalls some of the highlights from his fifty years trading in rare books, recounting how his career began with the discovery of several first editions of DH Lawrence novels while on sabbatical, and incidents such as coming across Sylvia Plath’s copy of The Great Gatsby, with marginalia revealing her sense of connection with Daisy, only to learn that it had been stolen from her library.

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