(A companion piece by Brenda Scragg on the bibliomane William Ford is, alas, but a shadow of the rewarding study of this collector-turned-dealer which Anthony Lister published in the book collector in 1989.)

Crouch. It was Crouch who realized it. Okay. So then what? After Moncrieff dies, Crouchy says to the kid — what?

Coordinate term: Cupertino

The pains of famished Tantalus [he] shall feel.