Recent Victorian acquisitions in the second hand bookshop that is a front for the Time Patrol:
The Holy War
The proprietor, Nick, is a bibliophile who goes "...questing in other milieus." (p. 179) However, presumably Nick does not sell to the public original editions that are verifiably authentic yet visibly unaged? We are told that he keeps some items for himself. In later ages, when time travel is no longer concealed, there will then be bookshops selling new editions of very old works.
The proprietor, Nick, is a bibliophile who goes "...questing in other milieus." (p. 179) However, presumably Nick does not sell to the public original editions that are verifiably authentic yet visibly unaged? We are told that he keeps some items for himself. In later ages, when time travel is no longer concealed, there will then be bookshops selling new editions of very old works.
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Kaor, Paul!
A book about worshiping TREES? That caught my eye because of what seemed an incongruous subject matter!
Yes, it would look odd, suspiciously so, for Nick to sell authentic first editions of old books that did not look old themselves. Did he seek out first editions in the past that had existed at least 20 or thirty years after being printed? That would give the volumes SOME toning and aging.
I've whimsically thought that, if time travel is real, then first editions of the works of Puul Anderson could be sold in the far future!
Ad astra! Sean
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