Handling ATD

[gp]

Actually, ever since the nutcracker went missing, I've found that this
particular volume is quite handy in dealing with particularly stubborn
walnuts.

On 11/26/06, robinlandseadel at comcast.net <robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
>  I bought two copies, one to have a nice looking copy,
>  gave it to my sister at Thanksgiving who was really
>  turned on by AtD's echos of "Bleak House" (her
>  literary idee fixe). My reading copy had coffee
> sneezed into one of the pages---I'll be on the
>  lookout for kabballistic implications during my
> second pass (I'm at pg. 288, all sorts of stuff
> recirculates throughout the book)---and is marked up
> with about 200  little multicolored tags, newly found
>
>  orange
>
> appeared yesterday, so there's now a seperate
> color demarcation for music. Yellow is for humor,
> purple for spritural or otherwise magical affairs, and so on. . . .
>
> We use property stickers at work, the sticker today,
> when peeled off the cover, took a bit of the covers ultra thin
>  layer of whateverthehell, leaving a rectangular tear, one corner
> centered over the letters "C" & "H" in the author's name.
> Where what was once textured like paper is found to
>  be very slick at the next layer.
>
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
> > My copy was also in good shape in spite of Amazon,   UPS and the
> > local foggy conditions here near Bakersfield.   That said,   I have
> > an LL Bean tote bag (blue and green stripes) which is very
> > serviceable and I tote the thing everywhere.   There are a few ink
> > marks and pencil marks and butter marks in it (from the popcorn last
> > night) - I don't think I've spilled coffee in it yet but ...  and
> > I'll doubt if I'll break the spine because it's so thick it just
> > rests there.   I'll be doing far more note-taking in it on my second
> > read when I know what I'm kind  looking for.   (There are several
> > convenient blank pages in the back of this book!)
> >
> > I have no idea if  I'll get another one  or not - probably prior to a
> > third reading of this one - should that day ever come to pass.   I've
> > read my original copy of (1998)  Underworld 3 or 4 times and it's in
> > truly pathetic condition (to make you weep) ,  but I had to buy
> > another Pale Fire.
> >
> > Bekah
> >
> >
> > At 8:19 PM -0500 11/25/06, Joe Knepper wrote:
> > >My copy from Amazon is in good shape.  A beautiful book, eh?  The pages are
> > >smooth as silk.  The book has heft and character.
> > >
> > >People have been more obsessed by a whole lot less, don't you think?
> > >
> > >I love getting new books.
> > >
> > >j
> > >
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf
> > >Of Ande
> > >Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 3:30 PM
> > >To: Henry Musikar; Pynchon-L
> > >Subject: Re: Handling ATD
> > >
> > >My copy arrived from Amazon, a gift--but I am very disappointed with
> > >it--the pages were wavy (maybe moisture damage from the insignificant
> > >packaging and high humidity and the cover had some surface
> > >irregularities--again maybe due to packaging--so I went down to the
> > >local independent book store and paid the full price for a better
> > >"shelf" copy--I'm glad, because I will be able to loan out the
> > >first....however I did make a book cover out of brown paper bag for the
> > >first copy--think I will decorate it with pictures from the wiki, etc
> > >
> > >
> > >A.
> > >
> > >Henry Musikar wrote:
> > >
> > >>My ATD is not leaving the house or entering any rooms accustomed to high
> > >humidity. I have removed the dust jacket so that it won't become dinged or
> > >dingy, I make sure that my hands are clean before handling the book, and I
> > >will soon make a book cover, much as we made for our text books when I was a
> > >boy, but... of what material? Is the paper from brown paper bags/sacks okay
> > >for archival/valued/cherished/valuable editions?
> > >>
> > >>Please tell me that I am not alone in my respectful (neurotic?) handling of
> > >the new "The Book."
> > >>
> > >>Henry
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