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A New Search Engine (And Why You Should Care) - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman There's a new search engine on the block. Some of you will be saying, "who is it?" Others will say, "why should I care? Isn't this a site about books?" This is addressed to the former. Those who do not see the connection are probably deeply rooted in the past, living in the present, and not seeing the future. Online sales, or at least online introductions, are an important and growing part...

A New Search Engine (And Why You Should Care)

- By Michael Stillman

By Michael Stillman There's a new search engine on the block. Some of you will be saying, "who is it?" Others will say, "why should I care? Isn't this a site about books?" This is addressed to the former. Those who do not see the connection are probably deeply rooted in the past, living in the present, and not seeing the future. Online sales, or at least online introductions, are an important and growing part...


December Auctions Lost in the Moment - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney The December book auctions offer this year, as in past years, an extraordinary array of books, manuscripts and ephemera for the collector...	Bill McBride Publications on Book Collecting: A Review - By Renee Roberts by Renée Magriel Roberts As any book collector or seller well knows, properly identifying first editions can be more art than science. There are...
Got a Revolution, Got to Revolution - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney While the Jefferson Airplane were singing the lyrics of Volunteers in the late 1960's just across the bay, Moe and Barbara Moskowitz,...	Burning Desires - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney It's not supposed to be this way. A library accumulates a million old, and in many cases, rare books. ...
Biblio, Bibliopoly, Bibliophile: Just Who Are These B's? - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman I doubt that anyone ever intended it this way, but the book sites appear to have ranked themselves with letter grades,...	The Road Home - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Michael Good of Michael D. Good Books, at 67, is cleaning up the debris and parsing the accumulated inventory born of...
The Future of Freedom by Fareed Zakaria - By Bruce McKinney Reviewed by Bruce McKinney I recently read a remarkable book, The Future of Freedom by Fareed Zakaria. It is a small book of...	Diverse Americana From Michael Brown Rare Books By Michael Stillman Michael Brown Rare Books of Philadelphia has just released their 36th catalogue of Americana. This is a diverse collection of unusual and...
American Imprints to 1800 From William Reese By Michael Stillman The William Reese Company's latest catalogue, "Early American Imprints to 1800," offers a wide selection of 18th century printed Americana. There are...	Travel From Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books By Michael Stillman Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books has issued a catalogue of "Recent Travel Acquisitions." This catalogue includes 106 items recent only to Shapero...
Part III of the H.P. Kraus Library From Oak Knoll By Michael Stillman Oak Knoll Books has issued its third volume of books "From the Reference Library of H.P. Kraus." Kraus was the legendary New...	American Historical Autographs From Joseph Rubinfine By Michael Stillman Joseph Rubinfine's List 152 is described as a collection of American Historical Documents. These are documents running from the late 18th century...
Historical Autographs From Catherine Barnes By Michael Stillman Catherine Barnes has issued a new catalogue of "Historical Autographs and Documents." The times they are a-changin' and so are catalogues as...	English & European Books Pre-1800 From John Windle By Michael Stillman John Windle, Antiquarian Bookseller, of San Francisco, has issued his 38th catalogue. It is entitled "English and European Books Printed Before 1800."...
Five Centuries from Joseph Felcone, Antiquarian Booksellers By Michael Stillman Joseph J. Felcone Antiquarian Booksellers has issued its Bulletin Ninety-Two. This is not the typical publication for the bookseller noted as the foremost...	.