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A New York Weekend Ph.d in Book Collecting - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney There are many recent reports of slower sales in the book business and few sellers are exempt from the downturn. The February book fairs in California underperformed and the upcoming fairs in New York will be conducted in an environment of uncertainty. As a person interested enough in books and works on paper to be reading this article you are potentially one of the those attending. There are many good...

A New York Weekend Ph.d in Book Collecting

- By Bruce McKinney

By Bruce McKinney There are many recent reports of slower sales in the book business and few sellers are exempt from the downturn. The February book fairs in California underperformed and the upcoming fairs in New York will be conducted in an environment of uncertainty. As a person interested enough in books and works on paper to be reading this article you are potentially one of the those attending. There are many good...


Kindle: Incredible Reading Tool, Evil Book-Killer, or Overpriced Technology? - By Renee Roberts by Renée Magriel Roberts So, what currently has several issues of the New York Times Tuesday science edition, American Creation by Joseph J. Ellis, samples...	A Discussion of Book Auctions with PBA's Justine Berkeley - By Karen Wright By Karen Wright While in San Francisco for the Antiquarian Book Fair in February, we had lunch at Café Claude with our friend Justine Berkeley,...
Lincoln Museum To Close -- Now What Happens To Its Huge Collection? - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman A museum hosting one of the largest collections of Lincoln material in the world will be closing its doors on June 30,...	Caught in the Fun House: Paying by PayPal - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney About a month ago I bid for and won a 1913 Middletown, New York phone book. As I have learned, this being...
A Perspective on Maps and their Place in the Heavens - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney The April Comet When people think about books and look online they seem at first glance to be a single universe. Fiction and...	In The News: Magna Carta Back in Washington, Abe's Latest Top 10 - By Michael Stillman By Michael StillmanA copy of the Magna Carta has found its way back home to the National Archives in Washington. Of course, this is not...
Important News for Booksellers - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney On AE we work toward the integration of the various segments of book buying and selling into a single universe in which collectors...	A Facelift For Biblio - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Biblio recently put its website through a facelift. The third largest, and youngest of the major bookselling sites has regularly made a point...
Victorian Portraits on Display at the Grolier Club in New York An exhibition that connects images, art and the written word will be continuing at the Grolier Club in New York from now through April 26....	The May Issue of the Comet Announced: Pamphlets, Broadsides and Ephemera - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney The subject of the May issue of the Comet will be Pamphlets, Broadsides and Ephemera. It is one of the great breakthrough...
Rosenbach Gets Historical Marker - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman The Rosenbach Museum and Library will get an official historical marker from the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, with ceremonies to be held...	Australian Bookseller Releases Massive Encyclopedia of Exploration - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Hordern House Rare Books of Sydney, Australia, has announced the publication of the fourth and final volume in their massive Encyclopedia of...
Fourteen Catalogues Reviewed In Section II Fourteen new bookseller catalogues are reviewed in Section II this month. The American Southwest and Mexico are the subjects of Almagre Books latest offering, the...	Fine Books and Art from J.N. Bartfield By Michael Stillman We recently received the latest catalogue from J.N. Bartfield Galleries and Fine Books. Bartfield's is one of the most venerable of booksellers,...
New Mexico, Texas, Mexico and the Southwest from Almagre Books By Michael Stillman Almagre Books of Santa Fe has issued its List 60A, a fascinating collection of works concerning New Mexico, Texas, and The Southwest, Mexico...	Murder Most Foul and Other Books of Law from the Lawbook Exchange By Michael Stillman Catalogue 54 of Law and Legal History has been issued by The Lawbook Exchange. It offers a combination of antiquarian legal texts, constitutional...
The Characters of the American West Return with Old West Books By Michael Stillman Old West Books has released its Catalog 21 of Rare, Out of Print Books on the American West. You will find all of...	Spanish, South American, and Mexican Rarities from Libreria de Antano By Michael Stillman Libreria de Antano has issued a catalogue of (mostly) Americana and Hispanica. It comes with a smaller insert of 30 Mexican rarities. These...
The Latest Unusual Americana from David Lesser Antiquarian Books By Michael Stillman David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has issued a new catalogue of Rare Americana, this one number 103. Lesser specializes in the obscure,...	Arts, Exploration and More from Wessel and Lieberman Booksellers By Michael Stillman Catalogue 39 has arrived from Wessel and Lieberman Booksellers. They describe it as a "general catalogue," since it covers a wide array of...
Bob's Favorites Highlight Latest Oak Knoll Catalogue By Michael Stillman Catalogue 285 has been released by Oak Knoll Books. It includes three broad sections - A Selection of Bob's Favorites about Book Collecting...	Historic American Autographs from Joe Rubinfine By Michael Stillman Joe Rubinfine has issued a new catalogue of American Historical Autographs. It includes the most famous of American names, George Washington and...
Fifty Spectacular Items of Cartography from Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books By Michael Stillman Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books has issued their third in a series of map catalogues, Cartography III. This is a magnificent catalogue of...	An Unusual Mix from Brian Cassidy, Bookseller By Michael Stillman Brian Cassidy, Bookseller has released his catalog no. two. Cassidy offers an eclectic mix of titles hard to describe. There is much from...
Firsts, Film, and Ephemera from James Pepper Rare Books By Michael Stillman Catalogue 171 from James Pepper Rare Books has just arrived. Pepper always has many items relating to theater and film, along with a...	Newly Acquired Material at Michael Sharpe Rare and Antiquarian Books By Michael Stillman Michael Sharpe Rare and Antiquarian Books has issued their List 1, A selection of newly acquired books, prints, photographs and autograph letters. As...
Ten 19th Century American Paintings from William Reese By Michael Stillman This month, the William Reese Company takes a brief timeout from its usual focus on books, but not from its concentration on Americana....	.