Base Matter and Uncommon Solvent: Drawings, Prints, Collages, and Obje

manuscripts—all containing fine examples of alchemical illustrations from the Bodleian’s collections—over his battered oak desk, each one tucked into a protective gray cardboard box. “Oh, there’s one more.” Sean disappeared into the cage for a moment and returned with a thick, quarto-size manuscript bound simply in mottled calfskin. He laid it on t

pack. A second-edition Dune, sunrise over Arrakis on the dust jacket, follows.