Heh. Pun.
See, it’s not fair that I am Boston until Friday afternoon, and Friday evening is the beginning of the 2005 Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair.
The 2005 Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair, one of the oldest and most respected antiquarian book shows in the country, celebrates twenty-nine years, from October 28 through October 30, 2005, at Boston’s Hynes Convention Center. Rare booksellers and dealers will gather to exhibit and sell rare, collectible, and antiquarian books, modern first editions, manuscripts, autographs, maps, and a plethora of other literary ephemera. Dealers of fine and decorative prints will feature fine prints and drawings. Among the more exciting one of a kind offerings is an unpublished manuscript by Leonard Bernstein.
Let’s try to focus on the upsides:
- Trish won’t be sad when I bring a big box of books into the house. (“You’re already out of shelf space!”).
- I don’t have to figure out how to get the books home on the plane.
- Staying would mean more time away from Sarah.
- Zero chance of book-induced penury.
Well, that’s almost enough to convince me that it’s a good thing I’m missing the show.
