The 1926 first edition with the misprint that lists for $750,000 wasn’t my first edition. It’s the 100 anniversary of Ernest Hemingway’s first novel. It was 1985 or ’86 when I bought a new Scribner’s paperback […]
I guess I qualify as a dinosaur these days. The last time I worked in a proper office setting it was the early 90s. We even had a couple of Mad Men sorts in senior accounts […]
Today I was reminded of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. Not because of a moldering painting languishing in the attic, it was more a question of comfort. It’s Sunday. I’ll be making brunch for […]