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Wilcox says much of the material copied is either out-of-print or very hard to obtain. Whenever a professor teaching a Gen Ed course compiles an anthology for resale to students, "it always goes out at cost," he adds...
...Shaw: George Bernard Today the Irwin Shaw Show means more than the Irwin Shaw books: Rich Man, Poor Man has eclipsed his previous works and further diminished his literary reputation. That is a mixed curse: the TV miniseries was comic-book melodrama; yet, without its success, this out-of-print collection of collections would probably not have been issued, and a short-story master might have been missed...
...well, there are three kinds on bookstores in Cambridge: the first sells a nice mixture of the classics, bestsellers and new publications, and the second sports good collections of the out-of-print variety. The third type, in a class by itself, is the one and only Schoenhof's on Mass Ave with an amazing supply of foreign language tomes on almost every subject...
Another inspiring home for the bookworm is Harvard Bookstore on Mass Ave. There are actually two stores called Harvard Bookstore--one on the corner by Plympton St. and another, two stores up, which sells cheap copies of out-of-print books--generally good for such bargains as The New York Times Most Famous Front Page Collection, for $1.98, the $25 Baseball Encyclopedia for $8.98, and other cut-rate goodies. Meanwhile, the Harvard Bookstore (corner variety) has a marvelous display case of newly-released first editions, so you can spend your summer popping in and out, looking to see what...
Those interested in the deeper and darker--and older--side of things will like the Starr Bookstore on Plympton St. It's one of those places that you stroll into, perhaps in search of an obscure, out-of-print copy of The Scarlet Letter. When you walk in the door, your first glance will tell you that you will never be able to find it; amazingly enough, however, the salespeople there usually seem to know off the top of their heads if they have what you want, and they are extraordinarily nice about helping you. The store is very crowded...