tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post907175757907775383..comments2024-01-27T01:51:07.872-08:00Comments on Jot101: Djuna Barnes 'The Ladies Almanack' (1928)Jot101http://www.blogger.com/profile/04163335378108954329noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post-48330854836844847122014-09-02T08:17:46.043-07:002014-09-02T08:17:46.043-07:00Martin Stone has a wikipedia entry and there is a ...Martin Stone has a wikipedia entry and there is a link there to a book on him by the late Peter Howard of Serendipity Bookshop, Berkeley. He is also covered at our old site Bookride and can sometimes be seen in our shop browsing the rare book section, a rocker and a reader and according to Howard the supreme book scout...Jot101https://www.blogger.com/profile/04163335378108954329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post-1176350302029585202014-09-01T18:04:44.181-07:002014-09-01T18:04:44.181-07:00I was in a book shop outside of Paris years ago an...I was in a book shop outside of Paris years ago and a very rough-looking man weighed down with plastic bags full of books was very carefully going through the shop shelf by shelf. When I made a purchase after the man had left, there was some excitement among the staff about the man. After looking somewhat confused, I was told that he was named Martin Stone and he was a famous book scout. That was not the term they used in French, but I cannot remember what it was now.<br />I was fascinated by this glimpse I had of a man who looked like the caretaker of Hogwarts and his name has come up many times by book dealers I know as a legend. It is considered an honor if he shows up in your shop and buys something.<br />I also heard that someone wrote a book about him. Is this true? I would love to read more about him, but I have never been able to find such a book. Thank you for any insight you may have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com