“Is bibliophilia a religious impulse? You can’t walk into Sotheby’s exhibition space in Manhattan right now and not sense the devotion or be swept up in its passions and particularities. The 2,400-square-foot opening gallery is lined with shelves — 10 high — reaching to the ceiling, not packed tight, but with occasional books open to [...]
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Looking west. Railroad crossing, Marathon, Texas, June, 2006 (Full photo) Related: Welcome to Marathon, Texas
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