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The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Over the weekend of October 14th and 15th, the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair was held on the grounds of the 1962 World's Fair. It was the perfect setting for the well-attended affair. The fair was organized, as it has been for the past 9 years, by Louis Collins of Louis Collins Books and David Gregor of Gregor Rare Books. Ninety-one exhibitors, primarily from the Northwest, brought on average about 300 items...

The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair

- By Bruce McKinney

By Bruce McKinney Over the weekend of October 14th and 15th, the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair was held on the grounds of the 1962 World's Fair. It was the perfect setting for the well-attended affair. The fair was organized, as it has been for the past 9 years, by Louis Collins of Louis Collins Books and David Gregor of Gregor Rare Books. Ninety-one exhibitors, primarily from the Northwest, brought on average about 300 items...


Abebooks Reaches The 100 Million Listings Milestone - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman In an October 4th press release, the largest old and used books listing site, Abebooks, announced that it had reached a new milestone...	Creating Special Purpose Catalogues - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Inventories are broad, collector interests increasingly specific. The internet, that both intensified the trend toward specialization and increasingly satisfies it, does...
Alibris To Open UK Site (and Resolve a Longstanding Shipping Problem) - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Alibris has announced that it will be opening a UK site in November, to serve the British and European markets. In...	Where have the Collectors Gone? Gone to the Internet Everyone! - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney For those who rely on book fairs to sell books the line that comes to mind is William Bendix's "What a revoltin'...
A Great Tool for Booksellers: The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - By Renee Roberts by Renee Magriel Roberts Writing really great book descriptions is the key to better bookselling, which I define as providing excellent service and accurate information...	Closing The Chapter: One Last Sentence For Smiley's Story - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman The case of map thief E. Forbes Smiley came to a close October 13, 2006, when he was sentenced to five years...
Upcoming Auction: The Private World of Truman Capote - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Truman Capote may have been a man but these days he's an industry. He was born in a red state but...	Google Loses A Skirmish In A Belgian Court - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman An interesting skirmish took place in a Belgian court a few weeks ago which may have implications for the battle between search...
On Voting - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Voting has a mysterious power. Those who didn't have it have stormed barricades to get it. The American south felt...	Would You Like Fries With That? -- Amazon Sells Groceries - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Amazon.com, the world's best-known bookselling site, recently expanded its offerings with the announcement that they would now be selling groceries online. In...
Fourteen Catalogues Reviewed In Section Two Fourteen new booksellers' catalogues are reviewed in Section Two of November's AE Monthly. Represented, along with the U.S., are sellers from England, France, the Netherlands,...	Some Amazing Historic Documents from Bruce N. Johnson By Michael Stillman Bruce N. Johnson, of upstate Liverpool, New York, has issued his first catalogue of Historic Documents (catalogue number 19 overall). This one...
Twenty-five Major American Items in William Reese's 250th Catalogue By Michael Stillman The William Reese Company has now issued its 250th catalogue. In a note, William Reese recalls that he began selling books...	Some Very Fine Books From Heritage Book Shop By Michael Stillman The Heritage Book Shop of Los Angeles has issued its 219th catalogue of Fine Books, offering 200 items of top quality...
Illustrated Books from Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books By Michael Stillman Just received from Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books is a catalogue entitled Illustrated Books 2006. This is the most difficult type...	Color Printing, Wood Engraving, and John DePol's Library From The Veatchs By Michael Stillman Recently received from The Veatchs Arts Of The Book is their 56th catalogue, Recent Acquisitions including Color Printing, Wood Engraving and...
Non-European Ethnography from Gert Jan Bestebreurtje By Michael Stillman The newest catalogue from Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Antiquarian Bookseller and Printdealer of the Netherlands is entitled Non-European Art and Ethnography. For...	The Latest From Bauman Rare Books By Michael Stillman Bauman Rare Books has issued its latest catalogue of New Acquisitions, dated October 2006. Bauman catalogues are distinguished less by specific subject...
Signed Documents by the Famed and Their Families from Joe Rubinfine By Michael Stillman Joe Rubinfine of West Palm Beach, Florida, has issued his List 157 of American Historical Autographs. As always, Rubinfine offers a...	Leaf Books And More From Oak Knoll Books By Michael Stillman The latest catalogue from Oak Knoll Books features An Extraordinary Selection of Leaf Books. Leaf books are those which include a...
Some Varied "Newe Arryvals" From Between The Covers Rare Books By Michael Stillman From Between The Covers Rare Books we have received a catalogue of Newe Arryvals. Their proofreader is going to be...	Literary Firsts and Poetry from Alexander Rare Books By Michael Stillman "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a fortune, is in need of a wife." No. He...
Curious and Scarce Imprints from South America by Libreria de Antano By Michael Stillman Libreria de Antano of Buenos Aires has released a most interesting and unusual collection: South America -- A Selection of...	Three Copies Of Le Chavalier Delibere From Librairie Thomas-Scheler By Michael Stillman One of the interesting challenges of preparing catalogue reviews for the Americana Exchange is the opportunity to write about those written...
New Books From An Old Bookseller, Arthur H. Clark By Michael Stillman We recently received a pamphlet from The Arthur H. Clark Company. The Arthur H. Clark Company was a bookseller and publisher for...	.