Had been looking forward to spending a few hours with a 19th c. printing of an important book by an Old Bostonian, but when it arrived at the library table, it was obvious that I would destroy it by attempting to read it, so I opted to retain a digital version. Which is not the same, but it is sufficient for the task at hand. They'll probably just discard the old book, (New Yorkers) but at least it won't have perished by my hands.
I see the digital edition is a photostat of a printing held in California. Have been reading some of Royce's early histories of law and order there. An almost mythical place of abundance and the flowering of humanity, but the experience of Tom Joad et al. is instructive.
I daydreamed on occasion about going to LA and working as an actor, and possibly an acting teacher there, but if they didn't like me in New York, they'll certainly not like me in Los Angeles. And things are much farther apart there. Very easy to vanish into the space between.