Books
January, 1972
Art, for better and for worse, is much affected by the currents of commerce. So, given the economic doldrums in which the nation has been floundering, it is not surprising that publishers have cut back on those fat, glossy, overpriced volumes that filled Christmas seasons of yore. Yet the discerning giftgiver may still find items in his bookshop that will prove at once a testament to his own taste and a tribute to the taste of the recipient.For a century and a half, the connoisseur of letters an...
