Old books can be loaded with poison. Some collectors love the thrill

beaver July 25, 2024, 4:08pm #1

Old books can be loaded with poison. Some collectors love the thrill.

As a graduate student in Laramie, Wyo., in the 1990s, Sarah Mentock spent many weekends hunting for bargains at neighborhood yard sales. On one of those weekends, she spotted “The Lord of the Isles,” a narrative poem set in 14th-century Scotland....

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