A reader comments:
Maybe I am wrong ... but you and your magazine seem continuously fascinated with the works of artists that are cutting up books and 'creating' art (I use the term loosly). And in sharing your interest with us again and again. Strange that a bookseller is thusly inflicted.
I can't argue with that. So be prepared to be disgusted by this link (sent by another reader), which offers a compendium of book detroyers.
As for it being strange that a bookseller is "thusly inflicted," it may come as a surprise to many to learn that as a group, the sellers of used books are the greatest bibioclasts in history. We collectively recycle and throw away millions of books each year - mostly because their previous owners don't have the heart to do it.
[Photo credit: Cara Barer, currently showing at Wessel & Lieberman in Seattle - I saw the show last weekend, and if you are in the area, it's worth stopping in.]