FRIDAY FASHION. Highlights are indented.

"Publisher Prosper Assouline is sniffing a $250 book. He has hoisted the enormous tome 'Masks' by Thierry Despont from the table in front of him, swung it open and inserted his nose. He looks a bit like a bookworm with an extreme case of myopia. But he is not reading. Although Assouline is a man who sells books, he is not one who traffics in words. He sells style. And he believes wholeheartedly that one can -- and should -- judge a book by its cover...."--Robin Givhan profiles designer-book publisher Prosper Assouline


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