It was fun to show Mr. Jessup the finished edition of Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara. He said he’s been both sorry and glad that he sold the original manuscript to me.
He opened the glass case behind the counter and I was tempted by a gorgeous 1870 edition of Lear’s Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica, but I couldn’t afford it. Although his books are a bit pricey, I recommend his establishment to any serious collector who likes rare editions, especially of travel and adventure classics and original manuscripts (link).
Tomorrow: Art By Committee: Wind
What a shame, look at those dinosaur scratches on that precious book. Primitive creatures they were. A good thing we exterminated them.
ReplyDeleteTalk about rare books, my father has a book called Prehistoric Animals with illustrations by a certain ZDenek Burian. I think it's a copy from the 50's.
Hehe, fans of Dinotopia may want to check out the description of the Denison journal on the Village Books link on this post.
ReplyDeleteEspecially the reference to Antoine d'Abbadie...
Hehehe, appreciate the hard work put into April 1st ;)
ReplyDeletethe village books site is really well done, even with the pre-dating to make it look old and not updated, but the signature line "standard time" linking it to gurney journey gives it away! sweet-looking book anyhow.
ReplyDelete