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AE Monthly

Articles - May 2008 Issue

 
AbeBooks Institutes Charge On Shipping

- By Michael Stillman

By Michael Stillman Few issues in the book trade cause anywhere near the controversy we see when AbeBooks announces a price increase. In a sense, this is a great tribute to Abe, as it shows the importance of the role they play in the old and rare book business today. Nonetheless, Abe receives few plaudits when one of these increases is announced. These are tough times for anyone not in the oil business, and while rate...

  
  • Book Fairs: The World Intrudes

    - By Bruce McKinney

    By Bruce McKinney You can be forgiven for thinking that book fairs are unchanging, even immutable and to the casual observer they may look that way....

  • Collecting in the Known and Unknown World

    - By Bruce McKinney

    By Bruce McKinney This is an article written to accompany this month's issue of the Comet - whose focus is Pamphlets, Broadsides and Ephemera. History is the...

  • Why Trade Globally?

    - By Renee Roberts

    By Renée Magriel Roberts We live and work on Cape Cod, a beautiful place, with more temperate weather than most of New England during the year....

  • Travel and Voyages from Maggs Bros.

    By Michael Stillman Maggs Bros. Ltd. has issued their 1,416th catalogue: Travel and Voyages. That astonishing number is explained by the fact that Maggs has...

  • Modern Literature from Ken Lopez Bookseller

    By Michael Stillman Catalog 147 from Ken Lopez Bookseller offers 260 items in the field of Modern Literature. Included are numerous first editions, pre-publication proofs, signed...