The Black Swan in the Bookshop

The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

"I do love secondhand books that open to the page some previous owner read oftenest. The day Hazlitt came he opened to "I hate to read new books," and I hollered "Comrade!" to whoever owned it before me." - Helene Hanff, 84, Charing Cross Road

 

The Pink Panther in the Bookshop

The Pink Panther Annual 1974

"The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries." - René Descartes