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crl-9772	Powell, Lawrence Clark	The Functions of Rare Books	1939-12-01	7	.pdf	application/pdf	4041	203	67	WHEN I asked Christopher Morley what he thought was the function of rare books, he replied, Surely this is no more answerable than what is the func- tion of ruined castles, or clumps of birch trees, or vintage wines, or amethysts. T h e function of rare books, we guess, is to be rare; to give a highly technical, specialized and associative pleasure to those suscepti- ble thereto.	cache/crl-9772.pdf	txt/crl-9772.txt