Abandoned Dedications is compiled from a collection of books that I have either found, bought second hand or that have at some point been loaned to me by friends and so far never returned. Each book has been signed by the author and dedicated to a reader, always someone else and usually the original owner. In some cases the book bears a personal inscription on the title page, in others the message is by someone marking their territory. In every instance there is a personal message meant for someone else, the original reader of the book. The collection is on-going and cumulative and in celebration of secondary reading. By way of repatriating these dedications with their original sentiment, they have been compiled in to this volume and are available to download as a PDF. They are given warmly and to be received as anonymously as they are delivered.
Table of Contents:
| 1 | Sterne, Laurence | The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy | Mandy Sarfin |
| 2 | Jong, Erica | Fear of Flying | For Oriana [undecipherable] Erica Jong April 06 |
| 3 | Hutton, Will | The State We’re In | Will Hutton |
| 4 | Gould, Cecil | Trophy of Conquest | Robert Scott, his book (see page 22) Cecil Gould 1979 |
| 5 | N/A | King James Bible | Presented to Joanne May Flannery by my Uncle Terry, Auntie Carol, Lisa and Andrew |
| 6 | Moore, Lorrie | Anagrams | Used |
| 7 | McCullers, Carson | The Ballad of the Sad Cafe | [Erased] |
| 8 | Gould, Cecil | Bernini in France | Robert and Gabriella, from Cecil 1982 |
| 9 | Vonnegut, Kurt | Mother Night | Bob Hodges book [sic] |