Generic and impersonal “Barnes and Noble grimy, marked-up schoolboy copies” connote a disrespect for the soul of a beloved story and a lack of relationship with the reader. Her desire for worthy copies at every man prices is familiar to most lovers of books. As a bibliophile myself, I can appreciate Helene’s predicament. What an introduction to a story! From the first lines of this slender spine, we have a sense that this is going to be a healthy mix of intrigue, love, and quirkiness.
If you have clean secondhand copies of any of the books on the list, for no more than $5.00 each, will you consider this a purchase order and send them to me?
I enclose a list of my most pressing problems. I am a poor writer with an antiquarian taste in books and all the things I want are impossible to get over here except very expensive rare editions, or in Barnes and Noble grimy, marked-up schoolboy copies. The phrase “antiquarian booksellers” scares me somewhat, as I equate antique with expensive. Your ad in the Saturday Review of Literature says that you specialize in out-of-print books.
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