Today's book is, "The University: An Owner's Manual," signed by author Henry Rosovsky on November 15, 2000.
Today's book is: "Alva Myrdal: A Daughter's Memoir" by Sissela Bok. Mrs. Bok's parents were both Nobel Prize laureates and she has written a number of books. She is the wife to the author in yesterday's post, Derek Bok and I put the posts one after another so that I could link them together on my blog.
Today's book is, "Beyond the Ivory Tower: Social Responsibilities of the Modern University," by Derek Bok. The author has been a former President of Harvard University. I left the book and picked it up, signed to me.
Today's book is, "Technology and the Dream: Reflections on the Black Experience at MIT, 1941-1999," by Clarence G. Williams. The book is a series of interviews with graduates, staff and so on. I had the book signed by Isaac M. Colbert, who retired from a position as Dean of Graduate Students in 2007. I also had the book signed by President Emeritus and Professor Emeritus, Paul E. Gray in June of 2003.
Today's book is "The Oxford Companion to 20th Century Poetry," edited by Ian Hamilton. There are two airline ticket stubs from Boston to London on British Airways dated the collector's 37th birthday, February 2004. The book was purchased on the 27th of February with the words, "EX_SHELF COPY" stamped on the title page.
The collector had the book signed by Peter Sacks, professor at Harvard University and Robert Pinsky, professor at Boston University next to their entries in the book. Both are poets and professors. Today's book is "The Rattle Bag," a book of poetry edited by Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes. It is signed by the first author in October of 2000; he was a Nobel Prize laureate in literature in 1995. The collector had the book signed at Harvard University.
This copy of the book was published in 1982, in England. The author died in 2013. This obituary includes details about the politics of Ireland: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13930435 Today's book I bought at a used bookshop which is no longer at the Brookline/Boston line. It's "Fireweeds: Poems" by Theodore Weiss. It was signed, dedicated to Susan in 1977. There is also a letter to Susan by the author, postmarked August 10, 1977 on the Quarterly Review of Literature stationery, which was based in Princeton at that time. The postmark is Trenton, N.J. The author was the co-founder of the journal.
Here is a link to T.W.'s obituary: http://articles.latimes.com/2003/apr/22/local/me-passings22.3 Today's book is a book I bought in Zurich, "Der Papier Konig," by Hansjorg Schertenleib, a novel in German. It's signed by the author, 8 September 2003. Inside the book are some Swiss stickers and a brochure for Literaturhaus der Museumsgesellschaft, in Zurich where I had the book signed at an author event.
Today's book is one I traveled to England to have signed. It's "The Bard on the Brain: Understanding the Mind Through the Art of Shakespeare and the Science of Brain Imaging," signed by one of the two authors, Paul M. Matthews, M.D. at Oxford on February 27, 2004. Dr. Matthews treated my late best friend and I to lunch and signed the book. I haven't met the second author, Jeffrey McQuain, Ph.D. yet.
Today in honor of my new job starting today at a library, is "Library: An Unquiet History," signed by the author, Matthew Battles July 24, 2003.
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