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A new tool for the book field - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Both buyers and sellers carefully consider the terms they use when searching for or describing material. For a buyer search terms are the essential tool for book-locating while for sellers such terms are one of the ways their material is found. Both sides need them. Recently we added a Get Keywords link to the preliminary results pages on searches in the Americana Exchange Database [AED] to facilitate the identification...

A new tool for the book field

- By Bruce McKinney

By Bruce McKinney Both buyers and sellers carefully consider the terms they use when searching for or describing material. For a buyer search terms are the essential tool for book-locating while for sellers such terms are one of the ways their material is found. Both sides need them. Recently we added a Get Keywords link to the preliminary results pages on searches in the Americana Exchange Database [AED] to facilitate the identification...


Alibris Has A Sale - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Those who have been watching the listing sites may have noticed this past month that Alibris has been running a sale. Not...	Adding an Offer Option on Listing Sites - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Anyone who sells on line knows that the widely touted listing figures leave one important thing out: reality. For sellers only...
Bookstores in Costa Rica - By Karen Wright By Karen Wright Hola! When we decided to go to Costa Rica, I told Mike Stillman, and he was enthused about an article on...	Auctions in April and May - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Around the world more than 35,000 lots of interesting books, manuscripts, ephemera, paintings and prints will be sold at traditional auctions over...
How to effectively build a collection of books, manuscripts and ephemera - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney In starting out to build a collection that may be entirely books or include books there are a series of questions to...	Decorating With Books - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman There was an article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram a little while back that addresses books and book collecting in a way...
A Review of Bill McBride's E-First Edition Guide - By Renee Roberts by Renée Magriel Roberts Having reviewed Bill McBride's latest edition of A Pocket Guide to the Identification of First Editions in book form in AE...	Google Plans To "Sell" Books - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Google took another step this past month to work its way into the world of books, and even more significantly, into the...
Some Very Rare Americana from Chapel Hill Rare Books By Michael Stillman Chapel Hill Rare Books has published a new collection of Rare Americana -- New Acquisitions. This one is an inch thick and...	Rare and Unusual Americana from David Lesser Antiquarian Books By Michael Stillman David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has published its newest catalogue of Rare Americana, number 89 for the Woodbridge, Connecticut, bookseller. Lesser...
Spectacular Works from Bauman Rare Books By Michael Stillman Bauman Rare Books of New York and Philadelphia has issued its first catalogue of New Acquisitions for 2006. Bauman material is always...	Literary Titles from James Cummins Bookseller By Michael Stillman James Cummins Bookseller's catalogue number 95 is titled Literature, an apt name for a collection of literary works. However, these are not...
Robbers, Liver-Eaters, Bigfoot and More from Gene W. Baade By Michael Stillman Gene W. Baade's latest catalogue (number 306) of Books on the West follows his tradition of offering unusual western items, and at...	Early Architectural Classics From Charles B. Wood By Michael Stillman Charles B. Wood Rare Books has issued a list of twenty-six Early Editions of Architectural Classics. Architectural books is one of Wood's...
Modern and Traditional Poetry and Literature from Alexander Rare Books By Michael Stillman Alexander Rare Books has issued their ninth catalogue of Literary Firsts and Poetry. This catalogue is filled with works from modern,...	Western Americana from Arthur H. Clark By Michael Stillman Just arrived is catalogue number 926 from The Arthur H. Clark Company. Clark offers catalogues in Americana with a focus on the...
Classic Dutch Works from the Antiquariaat Forum By Michael Stillman The Antiquariaat Forum has issued a "Short Title List" in conjunction with the upcoming 27th Amsterdam Antiquarian Book and Print Fair, from...	Audubon Works from William Reese By Michael Stillman John James Audubon's drawings of birds are today among the most revered of American works of art. They are of such extraordinary...
Bear Valley Irrigation Co. Photographs Offered By Dawson's By Michael Stillman This is not the typical booksellers' catalogue we receive, but it is certainly one of the most stunningly attractive. The Michael Dawson...	Signed Historic Documents from Stuart Lutz By Michael Stillman This is our first review of a catalogue from Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, and this is a most intriguing collection. These are...
Books and Manuscripts from The 19th Century Shop By Michael Stillman The 19th Century Shop has issued a new catalogue of Rare Books and Manuscripts of All Ages, Catalogue 110. The material they offer...	Literature, Art and Science from Manhattan Rare Book By Michael Stillman The Manhattan Rare Book Company has sent out its latest Selection of Fine Books, and they are fine indeed. This is not...
Important Signed Documents and Autographs from The Raab Collection By Michael Stillman Just released is Catalogue 52 from The Raab Collection. Raab offers autographs, manuscripts, and other signed items. Most signers are either...	Book Arts From The Veatchs By Michael Stillman We are reviewing our first catalogue from The Veatchs Arts Of The Book, though this is their 55th such publication. Its title...
Rare and Unusual Americana from Michael Ginsberg Books By Michael Stillman We have received our first catalogue from Americana bookseller Michael Ginsberg Books, of Sharon, Massachusetts. This is Ginsburg catalogue 150 of Rare...	A Variety of Books from John Michael Lang By Michael Stillman This is our first review of a catalogue from John Michael Lang Fine Books of Seattle, Washington. This, their 16th catalogue, was...