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AE Monthly

Articles - August 2008 Issue

 
Cody's: Every Story Has An Ending

- By Bruce McKinney

By Bruce McKinney Call any bookman in the Bay Area and you inevitably find someone who knows something about Cody's, the Berkeley based bookstore that after a run of more than fifty years recently closed its last door. It has over the past few years operated two stores in Berkeley and one in San Francisco. Cody's was a new bookstore that sold the front list and made its money and reputation on the back....

  
  • A Stolen Shakespeare First Folio Found?

    - By Michael Stillman

    By Michael Stillman The missing Durham University copy of the Shakespeare first folio is believed to have been found by the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington,...

  • Library-to-eBay Thief Caught

    - By Michael Stillman

    By Michael Stillman One of the more egregious cases of library theft/eBay selling came to a close in late June when James Brubaker of Great Falls,...

  • LA Times Book Review Declared Vestigial

    - By Bruce McKinney

    By Bruce McKinney The New York Times national edition on July 23rd carried a two and a half inch news brief on the declining health of...

  • Newspapers Moving Online

    - By Bruce McKinney

    By Bruce McKinney The convergence of user friendly phones, computing, faster searches and always better graphics is turning the cell phone into a tool more useful...

  • ViaLibri Expands Its Library Search

    - By Michael Stillman

    By Michael Stillman Book meta-search site ViaLibri recently announced an expansion of its library search program. Thirteen new library databases along with Google Book Search have...

  • September AE Comet Announced

    - By Bruce McKinney

    By Bruce McKinney The subject of the September issue of the Comet will be "Civil Wars, their Prelude, Conduct and Aftermath." The American Civil...

  • 18 New Catalogues Reviewed

    Eighteen new bookseller catalogues are up for review in August. Collectors of Americana will find new catalogues from both William Reese and David Lesser Antiquarian...

  • Texas and the West from Kenston Rare Books

    By Michael Stillman Kenston Rare Books of Dallas recently issued their Summer 2008 Catalog. Kenston's specialty is Fine Books on Texas and the American West. That...

  • A Late Spring from Elysium Books

    By Michael Stillman We may have received this catalogue a bit late, since it is entitled Spring 2008, but the year is right, if not the...

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