:04:15
Gentlemen: Your ad in the
Saturday Review of Literature...
:04:19
...says that you specialize
in out-of-print books.
:04:25
They're all pretty uncommon.
:04:26
I don't want Isaiah's personal copy
of the Old Testament.
:04:29
These are famous books
by famous writers!
:04:32
They're British books by British writers.
Nobody asks for them anymore.
:04:37
Try Scribner's.
:04:38
I did. Everything is so fancy over there.
:04:42
Haven't you got any cheap editions?
:04:44
Some, but not the ones you want.
:04:45
I'm sorry.
:04:48
It's the fourth bookstore
I've been to this morning.
:04:51
Doesn't anyone read
English literature in New York?
:05:08
Saturday Review.
:05:25
October 5, 1949.
:05:28
To Marks & Co., 84 Charing Cross Road.
:05:32
London WC2, England.
:05:37
Gentlemen:
:05:38
Your ad in the Saturday Review
of Literature says...
:05:40
...that you specialize in out-of-print books.
:05:44
The phrase "antiquarian booksellers"
scares me somewhat...
:05:49
...as I equate "antique" with expensive.
:05:51
I'm a poor writer
with an antiquarian taste in books.
:05:55
All the things I want
are impossible to get over here.
:05:58
Except in very expensive, rare editions.