This is the stamped book cover of Haim (also Hayim) Yisrael Romano, a wealthy grain merchant and philanthropist from Constantinople. He was affectionately called “Chilivi Mercado Romano” or “The Master Merchant Romano.” He had a yeshivah in…
Newspaper clipping photocopy of the "The Literary Scene" by W.G. Rogers with a review of Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon, circa 1973. Includes autograph commentary by William Gaddis.