Of Libraries Restored, More or Less

Bit by bit, the books sacrificed to unprioritized flight and misguided investments in silence are being returned – collections of Chandler (we will be reunited one day, LONG GOODBYE), of Hammett (as a matter of fact, I do need to own at least three editions each of RED HARVEST and THE MALTESE FALCON), of Ellroy (all of the first LA Quartet in first edition hardcover? Why yes, thank you), etc etc – and expanded, representative of a new, growing iteration of self (mostly) secure in its present...