Jose is the best.

Not sure how I feel about the Bay Area (where I live) being described as a “big blank spot!” There are dozens of us!

Yes. Same here with letters from Deutschland.

In January, I bought from Mark Funke @funkebooks.bsky.social @FunkeBooks the early theatrical writings of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.

Rare item, masterfully catalogued, lovingly packaged--with pencil

One of the nicest as well as best rare book dealers!

Give him a follow
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Jim, I thank you kindly!

😍

Now I am really curious whether there really are “opium endowments” or that’s a figure of speech. A true drug endowment would be wild!

Doesn’t the Federal Government fund the Smithsonian? It seems impossible to know which job is stable. Hmm, now that I think about it - I wonder if book selling is a stable job? (Narrator: It was in fact the most unstable of all.)

Thank you kindly! We try to price reasonably, especially when condition warrants it. We also do not use third-party resellers such as Abe or EBay and that keeps costs down. Find our early books here:

funkebooks.com/product-cate...

Thank you kindly! We try to price reasonably, especially when condition warrants it. We also do not use third-party resellers such as Abe or EBay and that keeps costs down. Find our early books here:

funkebooks.com/product-cate...

Nein, wir werden nicht in NY sein. Aber planen im September 2026 in Berlin beim ILAB Congress mitzumachen.