Discovery at Powell's, the King of America's Independent Bookstores

I'd read plenty about Powell's Bookstore in Portland, Oregon. It's the de facto King of the American Independent Bookstore. Once we'd decided to go to Portland, this was one place I really wanted to visit.

In a later post on the regular blog I'll be going into some more detail about the discoveries at Powell's, but until then, Norm, here's something that you may appreciate:

These guys have a rare-book room, but this was definitely not found there. The cover art and the ad-copy inside are pretty neat.

I'm not sure how Powell's stacks up against Manhattan's the Strand...

I need to think about that with some more depth, but I certainly never saw anything like this chilling on the shelf in New York.