I wouldn't want to be seen in public casting spells out of a book that doesn't match my outfit either... shad's onto something by referring to a $4M+ spellbook as a "need".
He is so busy. Just transfer me the book and then kill me if it drops you pick it up if it does not drop you can always buy another one!
Think he was joking about not being able to cast recall out of a regular spellbook because it wasn't 1109.