Mr. Van Doren, who is 37, says he, too, discovered Thurber in childhood, but in a loftier library, that of his grandfather, who maintained a bookcase in Cornwall filled with volumes written by friends and inscribed to him.
He showed me a wristband a friend had given him inscribed "Carpe Diem".
People have their own little quirks and preferences about what they want signed and how, though few sink as low as the guy — I can't remember his name he's such a complete and utter loser — whose shtick is to invite writers to hurl inscribed abuse at him in his copies of their work.
Obama said that Gates had sent him an inscribed copy, and I asked what it said.
He'd even given five thousand dollars to Ted Cruz (who offered, onstage, to give it back) and had been an object of supplication for Rubio (who had sent him an inscribed copy of his book), he said.
He also gave him an inscribed copy of his "Complete Poems," and an invitation to drop by for a visit if he should ever find himself in Frost's neighborhood.
As a token of appreciation and admiration, Radar gives him an inscribed Winchester cartridge; a surprised Henry returns the favor by spontaneously giving Radar a rectal thermometer that once belonged to his father.
He had photographs taken to prove he had paid his forfeit and an amused Brando sent him a medallion inscribed: "Michael.
