ROTHSCHILD, LORD — Random variables
London: Collins, 1984; 8vo (23.5cm), 238pp., colour illustrations, endnotes, index, hardback w. dustjacket. Author's dedication copy (price-clipped). ¶ l Handwritten dedication for Oscar van Leer. \"There are several [pieces] that arise from [the author's] life-long passion for rare books, including a coldly realistic scrutiny of bibliophily as a field of investment. But perhaps the most absorbing is the account of an action brought by the author against a New York bookseller who had defrauded him.\"