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Video Henge: made from melting and molding 3,000,000 obsolete VCR tapes.

What would Charlotte Bronte do, she thought to herself.

"It's felt to be his most thought provoking work."

"I got tired of 'Moby-Dick' taunting me from my bookshelf, so I put it on my Kindle and haven't thought of it since."

'Fyodor Dostoevsky sends weeks describing Alexy Karamazov's quest for a white whale, and then discards the entire chapter."

"Midtown Vinyl. Vintage albums + EPs. Midtown Ink. Vintage books + newspapers."

"I believe it was called 'cursive'."

Changes at home

Alice Through the Looking Glass - 'Tickets Please!'

"If history has taught us anything, it's taught us that there have been a ridiculous number of books written about history."

Charles Baudelaire.

The dead sea scrolls

'Sorry, Mr. Wimble -- you've had just about enough Kafka for one day.'

'You were a book all along.'

Salome on Settle (also called Maitresse d'Orchestre) - intended for book but suppressed

Rare Books / Exceedingly Rare Books / Never Published Books

White Whale Brand Grog

Louisa May Alcott

"It belonged to my great... great creepy Uncle Edgar."

Mr. Picwick in chase of his hat

"Do you have any why-to books?"

Man reading a tablet in library.

"It's not a first edition, but it's from Moses' workshop."

'Death in the 'life' section of library'

The Doomed Character

The ghost's walk

Mr. and Mrs. Flintwinch

Rare Book Store: Telephone Directories

Accidentally transported into the future, Sir Lancelot was having trouble adjusting.

"I'm still looking, sir."

Alice Through the Looking Glass - Alice and the White Queen

During the Tempest, Panurge's Courage has Deserted Him. Friar Jean Mocks Him (Rabelais).

"Just how rare? The first print run of this book, in 1935 was just 6 copies and we're still waiting for one of those to sell...."