American originals, other buried treasure

By Katherine A. Powers

June 5, 2005

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Tucked amid the blockbusters of yesteryear and all the pifﬂe of the past infesting the bookshelves of summer cottages lie inconspicuous treasures, the objects of esoteric and fanatical veneration. Have these potent volumes been planted there by crafty proselytizers and cognoscenti, or simply abandoned by the innocent? We may never know. What is certain, though, is that just the title ... (Full article: 1374 words)