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Tracking Down Lost Lives: A Family For Sale on eBay - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman It may not be you, but there is probably some one of your kin who has kept a family album. It may take different forms, photos, letters, news clippings, anything that recounts the story of a life or lives. At one time vibrant and alive, eventually they and the lives they recorded fade away. What then becomes of these personal and family histories, these pieces of ephemera recording ephemeral lives? If only...

Tracking Down Lost Lives: A Family For Sale on eBay

- By Michael Stillman

By Michael Stillman It may not be you, but there is probably some one of your kin who has kept a family album. It may take different forms, photos, letters, news clippings, anything that recounts the story of a life or lives. At one time vibrant and alive, eventually they and the lives they recorded fade away. What then becomes of these personal and family histories, these pieces of ephemera recording ephemeral lives? If only...


Dawson's Book Shop: Celebrating their 100th Year - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney"The world changes and we change with it." This statement encompasses the history, experience and perspective of Michael Dawson, proprietor and third generation...	Exploring Context: Benjamin Franklin in Gentleman's Magazine - By Renee Roberts by Renee Magriel RobertsAs rare booksellers, it is normal for us to focus attention on publications in book form. Benjamin Franklin's Experiments and Observations...
Remembering Rad Curdy, an Exceptional Collector - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney In the 1960's and early 1970's I frequently attended the Saturday night auctions that Cal Smith of Pleasant Valley, ran. I...	What we can learn about book collecting from Joel Munsell - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Joel Munsell [1808-1880] was a printer in Albany, New York. He was also a record keeper and we are indebted to...
The End of a Very Long Book Career: Leona Rostenberg Dies - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman One of the longest bookselling careers ever came to an end March 17 with the passing of Leona Rostenberg at her home...	A Death in Texas by Dina Temple-Raston: Not all Books are Equal - By Bruce McKinney A review by Bruce McKinneySitting on the shelves of bookstores across America and around the world is 316 pages of mercury by weight. It...
Enormous James Madison Collection Now Available Online - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman "At his inauguration, James Madison, a small, wizened man, appeared old and worn...but whatever his deficiencies in charm, Madison's buxom wife Dolley compensated...	Early Political, Religious, and Other Americana from David Lesser Antiquarian Books By Michael Stillman David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books latest catalogue, number 84, fits the mold of the typical Lesser catalogue. It is filled...
Science Fiction and Fantasy from Barry R. Levin By Michael Stillman This is our first review of a catalogue from Barry R. Levin Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature. It is hardly the first catalogue...	Bibliography and Printing History (some imaginary) from Frits Knuf By Michael Stillman This month we review our first catalogue from Frits Knuf Antiquarian Books. Frits Knuf is located in Vendome, about a hundred miles...
A Lynching and More in the Wild West from Gene W. Baade By Michael Stillman Gene W. Baade is a Washington State bookseller specializing in the American West. Catalogue 205 presents an interesting collection of affordable books,...	A Catalogue for the Ages from the Antiquariaat Forum By Michael Stillman This is a catalogue from another time. It is unlikely that you have seen one like this in ages, if at all....
The Old Southwest and a Few of Its Characters from Almagre Books By Michael Stillman Almagre Books' List 59A offers a collection of books about the American Southwest, along with South and Central America. The official title...	American Treaties and Diplomacy from William Reese Co. By Michael Stillman The latest William Reese Company catalogue (238) is a collection of "American Treaties and Diplomacy." The focus is on treaties involving the...
Wild Times in the Wild West from Arthur H. Clark By Michael Stillman The Arthur H. Clark Company has just issued its 918th catalogue, with their focus on Americana and the American West. Arthur Clark...	.