...and for the record, they smell exactly like you would expect.

We've got some very exciting news in the way of martinpatrick3 collaborations: As of right now, mp3 will be partnering with Magers & Quinn to stock rare and collectible books! Woot. Now you might be saying, Sam Sr. why would I want to purchase an old version of All Quiet on the Western Front when I can get a new one that says exactly the same thing and doesn't have janky pages? Well sirs, because this version was printed in the middle of the century as part of a collectible mail-order series that has handsome canvas covers and really sweet plates. And this one doesn't have janky pages because it is in perfect condition.

In addition to AQOTWF we also have a smattering of others including, but not limited to the collected novels of Charles Dickens, a Sherlock Holmes set, a few nautical books, and a beautifully bound collection of journals and letters by Nobel laureate Andre Gide.
The last book, in particular, is remarkable. Jay at M&Q impressed that there really aren't many people who are going to sit down and read a bunch of journals about someone that nobody really cares about, but its still really cool. Practical? Not really (its in French, for one). Awesome? Yes. It was published in 1952 (shortly after Gide's death) and features a beautiful mid-century motif on the leather bound spine and cover. Despite being a weighty two volumes, the paper is incredible light, save the pages with reproduced watercolors of Gide's rather talented friends. The book is also, as could be expected of most things pertaining to bisexual French existentialists, banned by the Catholic Church.
-Sr.