Rare and Used: Adventures of a Book Scout's Apprentice
Language: English
Published by Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon, 2026
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.Gargoyle Books, IOBA
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Condition: Used - Fine
£ 15.29
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The reminiscences of an Oregonian who worked as a book scout for his stepfather, Michael, bringing the reader along to experience "the thrill of the hunt" that all bibliophiles know so well as he shares their adventures searching for used & rare books.In 187 pages, this is a First Edition from 2026. Trade paperback is in Fine condition: bought brand new & read gently once. Completely clean, bright, pages white & completely unmarked, binding tight & square. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Seller Inventory # 027459
- Title
- Rare and Used: Adventures of a Book Scout's Apprentice
- Author
- Dietz, Daniel
- Publisher
- Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1962645746
- ISBN 13
- 9781962645744
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Seller catalogs
- Autobiography-Biography-Journals-Letters, Books About Books
Coming home to Oregon to reconnect with his aging parents, Daniel Dietz discovers the rhythms and relationships of a changing book world. As the internet pushes bibliophiles away from used bookstores and toward digital commerce, Dietz's stepfather Michael, now nearing eighty, clings to the precarious trade of scouring thrift stores and library sales for rare books to sell. He explores the stacks, from garage sales in Eugene's Whitaker neighborhood to Portland's Powell's City of Books, for overlooked first editions and valuable rare books from the past.
With humor and tenderness, Rare and Used introduces us to Michael and to a dedicated and zealous community of book people, each with a grail book that they seek above all others. For Dietz, it's Beat poet Diane di Prima's debut collection This Kind of Bird Flies Backward—a book once owned by his stepfather. In his quest for the book, Dietz grapples with larger questions about possession, inheritance, and what we can hold onto. A tribute to books and booksellers as well as to family and place, Rare and Used explores what it means to return home to a community that shaped you.
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