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A Chill in September: Books in Hard Times - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney One hundred and forty souls traveled to New York to eat spinach and listen to a succession of speakers assembled by the Grolier Club of New York to discuss "Books in Hard Times." Seats were hard to obtain. The Grolier is a walled garden, pretty on the inside and difficult to penetrate. They have over the years provided discussions and forums on important matters pertaining to the world of books,...

A Chill in September: Books in Hard Times

- By Bruce McKinney

By Bruce McKinney One hundred and forty souls traveled to New York to eat spinach and listen to a succession of speakers assembled by the Grolier Club of New York to discuss "Books in Hard Times." Seats were hard to obtain. The Grolier is a walled garden, pretty on the inside and difficult to penetrate. They have over the years provided discussions and forums on important matters pertaining to the world of books,...


The Future: Libraries Without Books? - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Has the time come for a parting of the ways? Is it time for libraries and books, embattled institutions, each struggling for relevance...	Book Collecting Clubs and Associations - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Look out upon the fields of book, manuscript and ephemera collecting and from a distance you can see generations of amber waves of...
Government Calls a Halt to Google Books Settlement - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman The settlement between Google and groups representing authors and publishers that would allow the internet giant to make the text of out-of-print books...	A Collection Goes to Auction - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney In the course of book collecting over a lifetime broken into parts, growing up, work and business development, two decades overseas, a thirty-two...
One Heck Of A Good Library Sale - By Karen Wright By Karen Wright I probably shouldn't tell you about this; there were too many people there as it was, but here goes, anyway. We were...	BookFinder's Top 10's: A Sign of the Times - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman BookFinder.com has issued its annual lists of the most sought after out-of-print books. The times they are a-changin'. A lot has happened since...
Book Collecting in the Modern Era - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Book collecting is a difficult undertaking that requires luck, determination and perseverance and then only occasionally achieves success sufficient to warrant enduring approbation,...	In The News: A Strange Problem at a Library, Upcoming Events. - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman There is a strange case from the Denver Library, and some interesting exhibitions In The News this month. It's been a tough time...
A Perspective on the Market - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney A look at the titles of the most recent book, manuscript and ephemera sales indicates the increasing presence of prints, drawings, maps and...	An Inscription from Truman Capote to Harry Potter - What Is Real? - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman A little while back, we reviewed the wonderful new autograph guide published by autograph dealer The Raab Collection (click here). Among the reams...
Do Not Eat This...Or, How to Lose Weight - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman There is a most useful, at times jaw-dropping series of books out today with the title Eat This Not That, by David Zinczenko...	13 New Catalogues Reviewed This Month This month we review 13 new bookseller catalogues. They're a varied lot. Maggs Bros. and the William Reese Co. are focused on voyages and travel....
Voyages and Travel from Maggs Bros. By Michael Stillman The historic London bookselling firm of Maggs Bros. Ltd. has issued its 1,435th catalogue: Voyages & Travel. It includes books that cover...	Left of Center from Lorne Bair Rare Books By Michael Stillman This month we received our first catalogue from Lorne Bair Rare Books of Winchester, Virginia. Lorne Bair has been a bookseller for the...
Maritime Books from Ten Pound Island By Michael Stillman A new catalogue for those who are drawn to the sea has arrived from the Ten Pound Island Book Company, Maritime List 186....	More "Books About Books" from Oak Knoll By Michael Stillman Oak Knoll Books has issued a new catalogue of "books about books" and bibliographies. This is Catalogue 291 of a series that began...
Ephemera Calling from Mac Selvaggio, Bookseller By Michael Stillman Marc Selvaggio, Bookseller, has issued his 130th catalogue: Ephemera Calling, subtitled More Pamphlets, Brochures, Catalogues, & Other Printed Matter. There are several...	Literary Firsts and Poetry from Alexander Rare Books By Michael Stillman Recently released was Catalog Nineteen of literary first editions and poetry from Alexander Rare Books. Offered are works primarily from the 20th century,...
Children's Books from Aleph-Bet Books By Michael Stillman Aleph-Bet Books has issued a new catalogue of Children's Books and Illustrated Books. This is their 92nd catalogue and it follows their familiar...	Interesting Books and Manuscripts from Thomas Cullen Rockland Bookman By Michael Stillman Thomas Cullen Rockland Bookman has issued his Catalog #47 - Books & Manuscripts. We will make no attempt to suggest a title more...
Billy the Kid, the Southwest, and More from Gene W. Baade Books on the West By Michael Stillman Gene W. Baade Books on the West has issued a new catalogue: Catalogue 909. Baade describes these books that came mostly from...	Rare American Pamphlets from David M. Lesser Antiquarian Books By Michael Stillman David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has issued their 110th catalogue of Rare Americana. Lesser specializes in pamphlets mainly from late Colonial times...
North America from Helen R. Kahn and Associates By Michael Stillman Helen R. Kahn and Associates has issued their 77th catalogue: North America. Canada & the Arctic, the United States, the West Indies....	Illustrated Magnificent Voyages from the William Reese Co. By Michael Stillman The William Reese Company has issued its 16th "Art Bulletin," with the title Magnificent Voyages. It consists of 11 spectacular items, most being...
Mystery, Science Fiction, Literature and Film from James Pepper Rare Books By Michael Stillman James Pepper Rare Books recently issued Catalogue 185. This one includes lots of mystery and detective fiction, science fiction, literature, and as always,...	.