The guys look good behind glass at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair. Walter Benjamin might have told you, they now enjoy a particular “exhibition value.” Athena Rare Books specializes in first edition, history of philosophy. William Schaberg graciously permitted me to take these shots. I like a lot how he combined the portraits and photographic portraits with the historical artifacts. I think it’s an interesting how these now expensive first editions way frame philosophical discourse, allowing us to consider its first historical-material condition as a form of book culture and its emergent market value. I love book trade.