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Perspective on Books and the Net - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney These days the world of collectible books is a warren of categories - on line listings, shops on Main Street, catalogues on line and through the mail, presentations at trade shows, and auctions, both traditional and eBay. These categories function independently. They sell to different customers - dividing the world of rare and collectible books into a mosaic of hundreds if not thousands of pieces. The scale of the venues for old...

Perspective on Books and the Net

- By Bruce McKinney

By Bruce McKinney These days the world of collectible books is a warren of categories - on line listings, shops on Main Street, catalogues on line and through the mail, presentations at trade shows, and auctions, both traditional and eBay. These categories function independently. They sell to different customers - dividing the world of rare and collectible books into a mosaic of hundreds if not thousands of pieces. The scale of the venues for old...


W. Graham Arader: "Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated" - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney On June 19th the most recent and certainly not final chapter of the Graham Arader story was written in the auction rooms at...	In The News: Crime and Lawsuits - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman A couple of the more notable cases involving books and bookselling have been delayed or deleted. The case of Raymond Scott, of Durham,...
Google Books: A Tool for Book Collectors - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney I'm using Google Books to identify additional early [or old if you prefer] material for the Rondout & Kingston Wiki Bibliography that I'm...	Browsers as Servers: Is Change Coming to Bookselling? - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Opera, the somewhat obscure Norwegian internet browser and software designer, recently announced the development of a browser that also lets your computer function...
$5-$10 Million Cache of Books and Other Antiquities, Found in Small Chicago Home, Returned to Italy - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman What the FBI has described as a "literal treasure trove of artifacts," 1,600 relics including over 1,000 books and manuscripts, has been returned...	Bibliopolis and Bookhound - Birds of a Feather - By Karen Wright By Karen Wright I had been trying to download my antiquated Access book inventory to Bookhound 7c through Biblio.com off and on for months. Bibliopolis,...
Auction Updates: By email every Sunday night - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Every 18 hours, more or less, a documented traditional auction completes somewhere in the world. The sale may be in North America,...	Long Missing Lincoln Letter Returns Home - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman An interesting Lincoln letter, missing from the National Archives for many decades, perhaps longer, made its way home recently, a gift from a...
Great Gatsby! There is a Light for Collectible Books - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman This has been a tough year for the book trade. Our own figures, gathered from auction results around the world, indicate a drop...	Exploiting Marketable Skills - The Bookseller as Knowledge Manager - By Renee Roberts By Renée Magriel Roberts I can't seem to make the same dinner twice. Can't do it. I know that homemaker skills may have traditionally had the...
An Update on Summer Possibilities - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney We now live in the internet age. This is the same age that just ten years ago was called the television age,...	Now Available: The Book All Collectors of L. Frank Baum and Oz Must Have - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman A book has been published that is an absolute must for anyone who collects L. Frank Baum, the Oz books, or anything closely...
19 New Catalogues Up for Review This month, we review 19 new bookseller catalogues. Literature is the focus of the William Reese Company, while James Pepper Rare Books features literature and...	A Catalogue of and for the Ages from the 19th Century Shop - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman The 19th Century Shop has issued their 125th catalogue: Rare Books and Manuscripts of All Ages. They might have called it "Rare...
A Mix of the Unusual from Peter Masi Books By Michael Stillman This month we review our first catalogue from Peter L. Masi - Books, though for Masi, this is Catalog 200. It is hard...	Civil War Part II from the George S. MacManus Co. By Michael Stillman The George S. MacManus Company has issued their Catalogue 402. Civil War Part II. A while back, Clarence Wolf of the MacManus Company...
A Michael Hurley Tribute from the Twelfth Street Booksellers By Michael Stillman Twelfth Street Booksellers, the Southern California specialist in gemology books, has published an unexpected catalogue. It is a combination 25th Anniversary and Tribute...	Antiquarian Books and Ephemera from Samuel Gedge Rare Books By Michael Stillman Samuel Gedge Ltd. Rare Books has issued Catalogue VI, a most interesting collection of antiquarian books and other items. Among the "other items"...
New Works in Literature and Film from James Pepper Rare Books By Michael Stillman James Pepper Rare Books has issued a new catalogue, Catalogue 183, which follows their typical format, but is filled with new material we...	Early Americana from David M. Lesser Antiquarian Books By Michael StillmanDavid M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has now issued their 109th catalogue of Rare Americana. This is a collection primarily of 18th and...
Historic Autographed Documents from The Raab Collection By Michael Stillman The Raab Collection has issued Catalog 60 of autographs and signed documents. They are all signed by notable personalities, and most pertain to...	"On Paper" from Marc Selvaggio, Bookseller By Michael Stillman Marc Selvaggio, Bookseller, has issued Catalogue 129. On Paper. Photographs, Prints, Manuscripts, Books et al. If it's printed on paper, it might be...
Books Printed Before 1700 from Helen R. Kahn By Michael Stillman Helen R. Kahn and Associates has released a catalogue which will appeal to collectors of antiquarian books. The title is Books Printed Before...	European Posters from Burkhard Sulzen By Michael Stillman Burkhard Sulzen has issued Katalog 13 of Schone & Seltene Plakate (Fine and Rare Posters in English). This catalogue is in German, but...
Rare Books and Photographs from Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books By Michael Stillman Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books has issued a catalogue entitled Rare Books and Photographs 2009. That is probably about as specific a title...	Mexico and the American Southwest from Plaza Books By Michael Stillman Plaza Books has issued a brief, but nonetheless interesting List 29, with items primarily relating to Mexico and the American Southwest. Some items...
Literature and Americana from James Cummins Bookseller By Michael Stillman James Cummins Bookseller recently published Catalogue 101. This selection of 280 items is divided into three segments: 20th Century Literature, 18th and...	A Summer Catalogue from Leo Cadogan Rare Books By Michael Stillman Just in time for the advent of summer is the latest catalogue from Leo Cadogan Rare Books: Catalogue Two - Summer 2009....
History of Ideas from Rudi Thoemmes Rare Books By Michael Stillman We have received the latest presentation from Rudi Thoemmes Rare Books, their 18th catalogue, History of Ideas. Thoemmes specializes in books of philosophy,...	The Dutch East Indies and Beyond from Bestebreurtje Rare Books By Michael Stillman Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books has issued A Fine Selection of Books and Prints on the Dutch East Indies and Beyond. This, naturally,...
Part Two of the Lawrence Urdang Maritime Library from Ten Pound Island Books By Michael Stillman The Ten Pound Island Book Company has issued its second catalogue composed primarily of material from the Laurence Urdang collection: Maritime List...	A Literary Miscellany from the William Reese Company By Michael Stillman Catalogue 269 from the William Reese Company is entitled Literary Miscellany. This month Reese moves away from their typical nonfiction to a collection...