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In San Francisco: It's Show Time! - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney When you meet a book dealer you may not think they are gamblers, and truth be told, they probably don't want to be. But when they commit to participate in a book show they commit months ahead to rent a booth, move people and inventory, guess what to bring and then hope the weather and circumstances cooperate. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Think of them as confreres...

In San Francisco: It's Show Time!

- By Bruce McKinney

By Bruce McKinney When you meet a book dealer you may not think they are gamblers, and truth be told, they probably don't want to be. But when they commit to participate in a book show they commit months ahead to rent a booth, move people and inventory, guess what to bring and then hope the weather and circumstances cooperate. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Think of them as confreres...


One Million and Growing: A Brief Account of the AED --Please Read! - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman We reached a major milestone in the development of this site a few weeks back: over one million records and growing. Specifically,...	Energy in the Auction Rooms - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney On February 10th, 16th and 18th interesting book auctions were held in New York at Swann, and in San Francisco by Dorothy...
The Bibliographical World of Joseph Sabin - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney The world of books is as many sided, angled and fractioned as a kaleidoscopic image. There is no one way to...	Sawyer Introducing New BookWriter Software - By Carl Burnham By Carl Burnham Recently, I had the opportunity of discussing with Tom Sawyer the UIEE data format he developed and a new software he is...
A Book to Test the Reader - By Bruce McKinney A review by Bruce McKinney Recently I had the opportunity to learn first hand why people are reading less. Over the past several weeks...	Exhibit Recognizes Francis Drake, First Englishman to See California - By Michael Stillman By Mike Stillman His name may not be quite as familiar as that of other notable voyagers and explorers, such as Magellan or Cook, but Francis...
Twain, Tarzan, and Everything Else from The Heritage Book Shop By Michael Stillman The Heritage Book Shop of Los Angeles published a catalogue for the recent California International Book Fair in San Francisco. Book Fair catalogues...	James Cummins Features Two Centuries of Literature By Michael Stillman James Cummins Bookseller's Catalogue 91 of literature is filled with first editions and manuscripts of authors from the past two centuries. The...
Periodicals from 1890-2000 from William Reese By Michael Stillman The William Reese Company has issued its 237th catalogue, this one being the second part of catalogue 228 issued in late 2003....	Franklin and Other Rare Americana from George S. MacManus By Michael Stillman George S. MacManus Co. of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, has issued its Catalogue 395 of "Rare Americana." It contains over 400 rare books primarily...
Old and Interesting Western Americana from Arthur H. Clark By Michael Stillman The latest catalogue from one of America's oldest booksellers, The Arthur H. Clark Company, of Spokane, Washington, has just arrived. It is...	John Windle Offers a Variety of Antiquarian Books By Michael Stillman John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller has issued a catalogue in conjunction with the California International Antiquarian Book Fair held this past month. Windle...