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Still one of the most amusing and enlightening books about the "sweet sickness", as one victim called it, of collecting rare books. As well as describing his often surprising and unexpected encounters with great authors, Baxter offers vivid pen portraits of other eccentrics of the literary world. Linking his bibliophile reminiscences is a no less entertaining account of how a boy from rural Australia came to travel the world and rub shoulders with a gallery of famous men and women in literature and cinema. If you enjoyed Clive James's classic UNRELIABLE MEMOIRS, you will surely enjoy A POUND OF PAPER.
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This is a fascinating story of a man's interest in books; tracking them down, searching sales and bookshops, networking with friends -and actually reading them. John Baxter is an internationalist and lives in different countries - always tracking down books and booklovers. He is last seen in france with which and where he has a true love affair - and bumps into Martin Stone (QV) still hunting down books and living a triumphantly dissolute life. This is a wonderful, entertaining, personal and erudite book.
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A very insightful book. Highly recommended.
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