Thursday, July 13, 2023

Stephen Sondheim’s dictionary

Stephen Sondheim’s townhouse is on the market. If you look at the thirteenth photograph, you’ll see that Sondheim had a Merriam-Webster’s Second on his dictionary stand. The three thumb-notches at the front of the volume — clear signs of a W2.

Related reading
All OCA dictionary posts and Sondheim posts (Pinboard)

comments: 2

Fresca said...

$7 million. Maybe you could make an offer for the dictionary alone?

Michael Leddy said...

Is it included? The piano apparently is. But I’ve got a W2 and a piano, so I just saved $7 million.

(I thought I replied yesterday, but once again my finger on the phone wasn’t well aimed.)