Rare book
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A few years ago I was with a colleague at his house in Belgium and the evening before we were due to return to England we discussed books that had influenced us over the years. I mentioned a book from 1937 entitled Marriage by Leon Blum, intellectual and one time premier of France. I said that I had read the copy held by my local library under request as it was for some reason not considered suitable for placing on the public shelves, this was 50 years ago. I said it appeared to be a rare book and difficult to obtain. The next day we started our return journey by ferry and arrived in Dover
where we decided to have a break before the road journey to the South West. After a while we decided we would have a quick look about the town and during our browsing we went into a charity shop and I noticed on the book section at the front of the pile was an early edition of the very same Leon Blum book - Marriage! Surely a strange coincidence. I bought if for 50 pence!
Date submitted:Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:52:58 +0000Coincidence ID:5790
