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A Renewed "Half Life" Half.com Lives - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman In our reviews of the major bookselling sites, we have assiduously avoided looking at Half.com. Why would we? Half.com has been a marked man, a website on death row, with its date of execution formally set. Originally, parent eBay just wanted to get rid of this unloved stepchild, purchased from others a few years ago. July was set as the final date. It encouraged everyone who sold books (and other things) on...

A Renewed "Half Life"
Half.com Lives

- By Michael Stillman

By Michael Stillman In our reviews of the major bookselling sites, we have assiduously avoided looking at Half.com. Why would we? Half.com has been a marked man, a website on death row, with its date of execution formally set. Originally, parent eBay just wanted to get rid of this unloved stepchild, purchased from others a few years ago. July was set as the final date. It encouraged everyone who sold books (and other things) on...


Book Shopping in the Pacific Northwest - By Karen Wright By Karen Wright My husband and I finally got a chance to take a real vacation where we could do whatever we wanted for...	The Art of the Collector: Paul Magriel - By Renee Roberts by Renee Magriel Roberts As a bookseller involved in buying and selling rare books, I am naturally focused on the object itself-the book. Naturally,...
ChooseBooks: Coming and Going - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman It is an inevitable part of the cycle of new technologies. The technology appears, and within a few years, the market is...	So where is Sam Spade when you need him anyway? - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney That's the question being by asked by the LA bibliophilic community these days. Long established eminent book and ephemera collector Dr....
Lincoln: You can collect him but you can not own him - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney The second Lloyd Ostendorf Collection of Lincolniana comes under the hammer at Bonhams & Butterfields on November 23rd, 2004. The first set...	Skinner American Furniture & Decorative Arts Auction - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Skinner's, the Boston auction house, recently issued a catalogue for their upcoming sale of antiques and decorative arts. It will be held...
Efficient Book Auction Searches - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Recently, without announcement, we added a new feature to the personal home pages of the more than 3,400 AE members. It is...	The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger - By Bruce McKinney A Review by Bruce McKinney Prada did you say? Is AE a history site whose threads are entwined with Prada? Yes it is...
Travels And More From The 19th Century Shop The 19th Century Shop offers its most recent catalogue of important books and ephemera titled "Recent Acquisitions plus Travel and Exploration." This is a hard...	All Kinds of Americana From Almagre Books By Michael Stillman Almagre Books has issued its 21st catalogue, "Americana." This is a large and far-ranging collection, 476 items in all. It starts with a...
Voyages And More From The Antiquariaat Forum By Michael Stillman This printing from the Antiquariaat Forum isn't quite a catalogue. Perhaps its title describes it best: "Short Title List with recent acquisitions...	Vintage Paperbacks From Black Ace Books By Michael Stillman This month we review not only the catalogue of a new bookseller, but a new type of catalogue as well. Black Ace...
Rare Architectural Books From Charles Wood By Michael Stillman Charles Wood Antiquarian Booksellers has issued its 120th catalogue, "Rare Architectural Books from circa 1800 to circa 1950." There really isn't anything...	Literary Classics from James Cummins Bookseller By Michael Stillman James Cummins Bookseller's latest catalogue comes without a name, other than "Catalogue 90." That's not very descriptive, so you'll have to trust...
Strange and Eccentric: American Books From Garrett Scott, Bookseller By Michael Stillman This month we review our first catalogue from Garrett Scott, Bookseller. Its title is "American Books," and it is one of the...	Literature and Filmscripts From The William Reese Company By Michael Stillman The William Reese Company has issued its catalogue number 233, and this one is different from the typical Reese catalogue we see....
More Intriguing Americana From David Lesser Antiquarian Books By Michael Stillman David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books always gives us an interesting collection of material in the field of Americana. His catalogue 82...	.