I rated this 5 stars. It starts out strong... gets really dry and catalogue-like (I can only skim past the german section,) then gets good again in the summary of "other". Readability aside, it's a lot of rare info.
The opening and Dutch section in particular is almost like something I might read in the book dealer trade journals, or articles about notable collections offered from auction houses... but with fandom not business/history perspective.
The Reynard the Fox book, especially, has many qualities (like connection to world history, notoriety, being banned) that create the kind of coveted rarities that make antiquarian book dealers' bread and butter. (I haven't checked what prices it gets).
The Koolhaas book crosses world lit interest with niche focus and uniqueness among the author's works, making it great grist for this. (I've sold very expensive books about his famous architect son, too.)
A really good scholarly article could be made about this stuff. (Like, aimed outside fandom- a lot of this stuff is surely pretty minor). Especially since there are some relatively whacky-high amounts paid for these items sometimes. (Remember the $1000 pony porn magazine posted here months ago? That would be something to mention for, like, alternative bibliohistory... or some other word, I can't think, it's way too late... there is some serious porn scholarship out there, though.) More "legitimately", check this out.
I rated this 5 stars. It starts out strong... gets really dry and catalogue-like (I can only skim past the german section,) then gets good again in the summary of "other". Readability aside, it's a lot of rare info.
The opening and Dutch section in particular is almost like something I might read in the book dealer trade journals, or articles about notable collections offered from auction houses... but with fandom not business/history perspective.
The Reynard the Fox book, especially, has many qualities (like connection to world history, notoriety, being banned) that create the kind of coveted rarities that make antiquarian book dealers' bread and butter. (I haven't checked what prices it gets).
The Koolhaas book crosses world lit interest with niche focus and uniqueness among the author's works, making it great grist for this. (I've sold very expensive books about his famous architect son, too.)
A really good scholarly article could be made about this stuff. (Like, aimed outside fandom- a lot of this stuff is surely pretty minor). Especially since there are some relatively whacky-high amounts paid for these items sometimes. (Remember the $1000 pony porn magazine posted here months ago? That would be something to mention for, like, alternative bibliohistory... or some other word, I can't think, it's way too late... there is some serious porn scholarship out there, though.) More "legitimately", check this out.
Here's one of those trade journals I was talking about. Or I wonder if Bookride would have anything to say about anthropomorphic lit?