{"product_id":"rare-and-used-adventures-of-a-book-scouts-apprentice-9781962645744","title":"Rare and Used: Adventures of a Book Scout's Apprentice","description":"\u003cp\u003eComing home to Oregon to reconnect with his aging parents, Daniel Dietz discovers the rhythms and relationships of a changing book world. As the internet pushes bibliophiles away from used bookstores and toward digital commerce, Dietz's stepfather Michael, now nearing eighty, clings to the precarious trade of scouring thrift stores and library sales for rare books to sell. He explores the stacks, from garage sales in Eugene's Whiteaker neighborhood to Portland's Powell's City of Books, for overlooked first editions and valuable rare books from the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith humor and tenderness, \u003ci\u003eRare and Used\u003c\/i\u003e introduces us to Michael and to a dedicated and zealous community of book people, each with a grail book that they seek above all others. For Dietz, it's Beat poet Diane di Prima's debut collection \u003ci\u003eThis Kind of Bird Flies Backward\u003c\/i\u003e--a book once owned by his stepfather. In his quest for the book, Dietz grapples with larger questions about possession, inheritance, and what we can hold onto. A tribute to books and booksellers as well as to family and place, \u003ci\u003eRare and Used\u003c\/i\u003e explores what it means to return home to a community that shaped you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oregon State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781962645744\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196","brand":"Daniel Dietz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52801336344757,"sku":"9781962645744","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/rare-and-used-adventures-of-a-book-scouts-apprentice-9781962645744","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}