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A discussion of interesting books from my current stock at www.jamesgraybookseller.com

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May 2020

Authors disguise: Under foreign names; borrow, suppose, pretend to pleasure, encrypt, reverse, turn over, or change from one language to another.

Todays book of wondrous reading , is a book which holds a rare place in the history of Authorship in Literature.   First, in this day and age of disappearing bookstores, it is no longer a common experience to look... Continue Reading →

When the improbable happens

   

The Seven Wonders of the World!

Philo byzantius. De Septem orbis spectaculis, Leonis Allatii opera nunc primum graece et latine prodit, cum notis. We are all familiar with the phrase “The Seven Wonders of the World” , it is even easy to bring up images of them in our minds,but can you name the seven popularly accepted ones, do they still exist,where […]

Month Two: SILENCE

Nothing but crickets.   No one ever regretted  being silent. ...let him press his lips with a finger to signal silence  and turn into an Harpocrates. It is has been quiet, no sales, no phone calls, no letters eve. I... Continue Reading →

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