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- By Michael Stillman
By Michael Stillman
Last month we offered a proposal to jumpstart book fairs, in the doldrums for several years, and included a survey to see whether...
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- By Bruce McKinney
By Bruce McKinney
The weekly auction reports, introduced a year ago, have been revised. Members who have signed up for the free weekly reports will...
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- By Karen Wright
By Karen Wright
This year's first annual Sacramento Spring Book Fair was quite a success, according to Jim Kay, the show's promoter.
I asked Jim how...
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- By Thomas McKinney
By Tom McKinney
This month, I was struggling to think of topics to write about. I 'm supposed to be a tech expert, but tech isn't...
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- By Susan Halas
By Susan Halas
One of the oldest wisdoms of the antiquarian trade is: "If it was considered beautiful once, it will be considered beautiful again." ...
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- By Michael Stillman
By Michael Stillman
A case pitting online auction giant eBay against luxury jeweler Tiffany's in the Second Circuit U.S. Appeals Court has all kinds of implications...
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- By Bruce McKinney
By Bruce McKinney
Frank Benevento did not buy his first important map ten years ago with the idea of becoming a canary in the coal mine...
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- By Michael Stillman
By Michael Stillman
It may be a comic, but this story is no joke. If you weren't mad at your mother for throwing out your old...
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- By Bruce McKinney
By Bruce McKinney
There's Books in Them There Hills
On Saturday May 15th the Gold Rush Book Fair will reprise its long history of successful events with...
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- By Michael Stillman
By Michael Stillman
The Bookseller, the British book magazine, has announced the winner of its annual Oddest Book Title of the Year award. The books selected...
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- By Thomas McKinney
By Tom McKinney
Two months ago I
wrote about Apple's iPad. It hadn't actually been released yet, and now it has. It's done very well, with...
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- By Michael Stillman
By Michael Stillman
It seems that time trashes the memory of even our greatest heroes. First we learned that Thomas Jefferson slept with one of his...
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This month 17 new bookseller catalogues are reviewed in Section II of AE Monthly. The topics this month are as varied as the books themselves....
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By Michael Stillman
James Cummins Bookseller has issued Catalogue 104. The catalogue has no other title as it, like many of Cummins' catalogues, does not have...
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By Michael Stillman
Ten Pound Island Book Company has issued its Maritime List 189, Fine & Rare Books, Manuscripts, Ephemera. There isn't much that need be...
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Libreria de Antano of Buenos Aires has issued a new catalogue of Fine Books & Manuscripts from Latin America & Spain 1552-1776. Much of this...
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By Michael Stillman
We have received a new catalogue from Twelfth Street Booksellers, Catalogue 31 of Rare Finds in Jewelry & Gem Books. This is a...
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By Michael Stillman
Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta has issued a new catalogue of Classical Antiquity. It is the first we have reviewed, though it is Catalogue 100...
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By Michael Stillman
Seneca Books, of Boxborough, Massachusetts, recently printed Catalog Three Americana. It is divided into sections on business, trade, law and medicine; politics, reform...
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By Michael Stillman
London bookseller Leo Cadogan Rare Books has issued Catalogue Three - Spring 2010. Cadogan offers a variety of antiquarian texts, most from continental...
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By Michael Stillman
The George S. MacManus Company has published a new catalogue of Americana Featuring Almanacs, Atlases, Directories, Gazetteers and Guides. There is a particularly...
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By Michael Stillman
Librarie Thomas-Scheler has issued its 40th catalogue of Livres Anciens (Antiquarian Books). These are primarily French books though many are first or French...
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By Michael Stillman
Rudi Thoemmes Rare Books has issued a catalogue of new acquisitions in the History of Ideas. This is a catalogue filled with erudite...
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By Michael Stillman
Oak Knoll Books has released its Catalogue 293 of Books About Books. It is divided into two sections. The first covers the broad...
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By Michael Stillman
James Pepper Rare Books has printed their Catalogue 192. As usual, it is filled with items relating to film, theater, literature, and detectives....
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By Michael Stillman
Back of Beyond Books has issued their Rare Book Catalogue #2, closely on the heels of #1. That is a tribute to the...
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By Michael Stillman
Lorne Bair Rare Books and Ephemera has issued their Catalog Nine: Spring. While no subject is stated, a quick perusal reveals this...
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By Michael Stillman
The William Reese Company has issued a new catalogue, its 276th, entitled The Caribbean. It is filled with material from the 17th through...
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By Michael Stillman
Peter L Masi Books has issued Catalog 205 of almost 500 items on a variety of subjects, the common thread being you won't...
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By Michael Stillman
Asher Rare Books and the Antiquariaat Forum published a catalogue for the recent New York Antiquarian Book Fair. The two Netherlands booksellers crossed...
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