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Las Vegas: A Potemkin Village - By Bruce McKinney On the crowded planes fired from distant places, rifle shots of people determined to have fun and heading for the Las Vegas bulls eye - McCarran Airport, are warming up in expectation of becoming overheated once they reach the strip. The flights are the dead spot that precedes the hoped for euphoria. Whether the draw is the gambling, the girls or adventure, everyone has a reason for going, an objective. Even the prissy sorts that...

Las Vegas: A Potemkin Village

- By Bruce McKinney

On the crowded planes fired from distant places, rifle shots of people determined to have fun and heading for the Las Vegas bulls eye - McCarran Airport, are warming up in expectation of becoming overheated once they reach the strip. The flights are the dead spot that precedes the hoped for euphoria. Whether the draw is the gambling, the girls or adventure, everyone has a reason for going, an objective. Even the prissy sorts that...


Looking Back at Book Prices in 2011 - By Michael Stillman The last few years have been economically trying for just about everyone, and book selling certainly hasn't been immune. While precisely what is happening to...	Peter Howard - first auction of his stock - By Bruce McKinney The second passing of Peter Howard, the selling of his remaining collections and stock begins this month with Bonhams sale on the 12th of 271...
AbeBooks Top Ten for 2011 Shows Prices Are Rising on the Book Listing Site - By Michael Stillman AbeBooks has released their list of the Top 10 highest price paid for books on their website, and the list may be more telling for...	B-corps for Booksellers? New structure has some obvious and not so obvious advantages - By Susan Halas AE readers first learned about B (for benefits) corporations in 2010 when we visited the warehouse facilities of Better World Books of Mishawaka, Indiana. The...
San Francisco Book and Paper Fair February 4-5 - By Bruce McKinney The San Francisco Book and Paper Fair, featuring 184 exhibitors, will be held in San Francisco at the Concourse Exhibition Center on Saturday and Sunday...	The ABAA Antiquarian Book Fair - By Bruce McKinney The 45th California International Antiquarian Book Fair will be held Friday February 10th through Sunday the 12th at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California. ...
Austin Book and Paper Show January 2013 - By Michael Utt The Austin Book, Paper and Photo Show was held at the Norris Conference Center in Austin, Texas January 14 and 15. The event was sponsored...	Audubon's Birds of America Takes in $7.9 million at Auction - By Michael Stillman The latest sale of “the most expensive book in the world” was concluded on January 20. At Christie's in New York, a double-elephant folio first...
Doug Johns Re-Locates to Albuquerque - By Bruce McKinney Doug Johns, long of San Francisco and for many years involved in the sale of books, maps, manuscripts, ephemera and historical artifacts has, with his...	Heritage - A sale for Bibliophiles - By Bruce McKinney Heritage Rare Book Auctions in Beverly Hills and Dallas is offering a broad selection of collectible works on paper on February 8th. The emphasis is...
Borders is Buried, but Kobo Lives On - By Michael Stillman The final significant steps in the dismemberment and burial of Borders have played out, and we now know how many bones are left to be...	Bernice Bornstein sells the Boston Book Fair to Marvin Getman - By Bruce McKinney Bornstein Shows, for many years a leading east coast trade show promoter for the works on paper field, has sold the very popular “Boston Book,...
Legendary Parisian Bookseller George Whitman Had Died - By Michael Stillman To last in the book selling field for a long time, you have to have an at least workable business model, and a dedication to...	Fifteen New Catalogues Under Review - By Michael Stillman This month we review fifteen new bookseller catalogues. The William Reese Company offers a collection of works with a notable provenance. Sophie Schneideman Rare Books...
For the “Children” from Aleph-Bet Books - By Michael Stillman Aleph-Bet Books has reached a milestone. The Pound Ridge, New York, specialist in children's and illustrated books recently released their Catalogue 100. The format of...	The Private Presses of Hammersmith from Sophie Schneideman Rare Books - By Michael Stillman Sophie Schneideman Rare Books has issued a catalogue of the Private Presses in Hammersmith, 1891-1914. Sophie Schneideman has participated in the book trade for two...
Books, Prints and Maps from the Americas by Helen R. Kahn - By Michael Stillman Helen R. Kahn & Associates has published Catalogue 83. The Americas, Books, Prints and Maps. Kahn specializes in works about the Americas, particularly North America...	Rare American Material from David Lesser Antiquarian Books - By Michael Stillman David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has published their catalogue number 123 of Rare Americana. This latest selection includes 150 items, generally shorter form printed...
More from the Book Arts from the Veatchs - By Michael Stillman The Veatchs Arts of the Book has issued a new catalogue, Catalogue 71 for the Northampton, Massachusetts, bookseller. The Veatchs are focused on books as...	A Collective from Seven Booksellers - By Michael Stillman We have received an unusual catalogue, with the heading The Collective. It is not a large catalogue, and yet it contains the offerings of seven...
An “ABC” from ReadInk - By Michael Stillman ReadInk of Los Angeles has issued Another Book Catalog (aka Number 3). As the cover image will quickly reveal, that title contains the initials ABC....	Books with Important Provenance from the William Reese Company - By Michael Stillman The William Reese Company has released their Bulletin 24: Provenance. Provenance refers to a book's history, not the book in general, but the specific copy....
Autographs On Sale from David Schulson Autographs - By Michael Stillman David Schulson Autographs recently issued their Catalog 150, also known as Winter Sale. It doesn't matter how much you can afford. Everyone loves a sale....	Eighty Great Books from Bauman Rare Books - By Michael Stillman Bauman Rare Books has issued a catalogue of 80 Great Books. Actually, there are 83 of them offered, a bonus for those who view this...
Dutch Colonies in America and Elsewhere from Bestebreurtje Rare Books - By Michael Stillman Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books has published their List 51 Books on the Dutch West India Company, Suriname, Dutch Caribbean, New Netherland, Brazil, West Africa....	Books from a Signed, Western Collection from Back of Beyond - By Michael Stillman Back of Beyond Books has issued... not quite a typical catalogue. It comes with the heading Happy New Year!, but we believe this is more...
A Variety of Material from Peter Harrington - By Michael Stillman We are slightly behind on Peter Harrington's Catalogue 81, it having been issued for Christmas 2011. Nevertheless, booksellers' catalogues are intended for many months of...	French Books & Manuscripts from Justin Croft Antiquarian Books - By Michael Stillman Justin Croft Antiquarian Books has issued a catalogue of French Books & Manuscripts. Though Croft is an English bookseller, and France and England were either...
Two Renaissance Masterpieces from Martayan Lan - By Michael Stillman Once in a while, we come across a single item sale. Martayan Lan has not issued such a catalogue, but it has printed the next...	.