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According to Roll, the recent trip to the expo in Germany was typical: a courier delivered trunks containing the manuscripts to the Lame Duck booth in Hamburg, and at the end of the weekend, the books were taken down from display, repacked, picked up by the courier, and shipped back to Cambridge...

Author: By Leon Neyfakh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Borges Manuscripts Lost | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

Representatives at Interpol told Roll they would not begin their investigation until they received information from CPD, and Roll said he has not heard from either organization since he and Wronoski filed the original report. Lame Duck’s insurance company, according to Roll, is currently conducting its own investigation...

Author: By Leon Neyfakh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Borges Manuscripts Lost | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

Though the two lost manuscripts were insured, their loss nevertheless comes as a great blow to the Lame Duck bookstore, which moved into its space in Harvard Square just last year. The Borges collection is one of its most prized possessions, according to Roll. Among many other Borges gems, their collection still holds a handwritten manuscript for “The Garden of Forking Paths,” another of the author’s major stories. That manuscript is listed at $450,000. The reason it is safe, Roll said with relief, is that it stayed in Cambridge during...

Author: By Leon Neyfakh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Borges Manuscripts Lost | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

Borges, who died in 1986, seems to hang over Lame Duck Books as a sort of spiritual guide: the store is decorated with numerous portraits and sculptures of the writer, and Wronoski’s new art gallery, recently opened next door on Arrow Street, is called “Pierre Menard...

Author: By Leon Neyfakh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Borges Manuscripts Lost | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

That same evening, Roll brought Almeida and his wife to the basement of 12 Arrow St., where he had been spending his days preparing Lame Duck Books for its opening. There were still boxes everywhere, he recalled yesterday, some filled with old, rare books, and others with champagne that had been delivered in advance of the grand opening celebration...

Author: By Leon Neyfakh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Borges Manuscripts Lost | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

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