Rockwell Kent was on my mind owing to our new spring issue's feature story about the time when Rockwell Kent, Rex Stout, and Egmont Arens teamed up to publish Casanova's memoir in the states, where
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It's not an easy job, but someone has to do it: I spent Friday and Saturday in New York City browsing the antiquarian book fairs.
As a location for an antiquarian book fair, nouveau Brooklyn seems pretty perfect.