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Business as Unusual: the Frank Streeter Sale - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Commencing Monday evening, April 16th, and continuing Tuesday, the 17th, Christies, in New York, orchestrated an immensely successful sale of the Frank S. Streeter Library including important navigation, Pacific voyages, cartography and science. The sale yielded $16,421,820 and dozens of broken hearts. Neither the auction house nor the consignors were among the unhappy. The aggregate low estimate gave hope to all though it turned out three times that number would...

Business as Unusual: the Frank Streeter Sale

- By Bruce McKinney

By Bruce McKinney Commencing Monday evening, April 16th, and continuing Tuesday, the 17th, Christies, in New York, orchestrated an immensely successful sale of the Frank S. Streeter Library including important navigation, Pacific voyages, cartography and science. The sale yielded $16,421,820 and dozens of broken hearts. Neither the auction house nor the consignors were among the unhappy. The aggregate low estimate gave hope to all though it turned out three times that number would...


The Barnes & Noble Bookseller Beta Program - By Carl Burnham By Carl Burnham The new Barnes & Noble beta program for booksellers holds great promise. Since its introduction last year, there have been a few dozen...	Where Did Froogle Go? - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman If you have been searching for Froogle, Google's product search engine, recently you may have noticed something different. It isn't there. Gone....
Goin' Farther South - By Karen Wright By Karen Wright To continue my tale from last month, we arrived in Natchez, Mississippi, to visit an old girlfriend who lives in a delightfully...	Susan Heller: Book Dealer at the Crossroads - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Three years ago I started a conversation and friendship with Susan Heller of Cleveland, Ohio. She was one of the early...
What are the Top 10 Most Common Books in Libraries? - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman We have presented several Top 10 (and more) lists over the past few months -- Abebooks' bestsellers, BookFinder's most popular searches,...	The United States Post Office and Politics - By Renee Roberts by Renée Magriel Roberts I hope you've already heard about this, but if you have not, as of May 15, 2007, the Post Office is...
Librarian Headed to Jail for Book Theft - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Several cases over the past few years have brought the issue of library theft to the forefront of public attention. However,...	Evidence of Life in the White Mountains - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney The White Mountains, as a collecting focus, received a boost this past month as a group of White Mountains, Vermont and...
Bloomsday to be Celebrated at the Rosenbach - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman The Rosenbach Museum and Library of Philadelphia will be hosting its 16th annual Bloomsday celebration on June 16. Bloomsday is the commemoration...	18 Book Catalogues Reviewed in Section Two May is a busy month for catalogues, with eighteen new ones up for review. William Reese is offering literature, while Ken Lopez...
Antiquarian Books from the 15th-17th Century from Milou Rare Books By Michael Stillman This month we review our first catalogue from William S. Cotter's Milou Rare Books of Austin, Texas. The title of this catalogue,...	Incunabula and Other Antiquarian Works from Lex Antiqua By Michael Stillman This month we review our first catalogue from Italian bookseller Studio Bibliografico Lex Antiqua. It is also their first catalogue. Studio...
The Latest Acquisitions by James Cummins Bookseller By Michael Stillman James Cummins Bookseller has just issued his Catalogue 98, a collection of new acquisitions. "New acquisitions" are difficult to describe beyond saying...	Texas and the American West from Kenston Rare Books By Michael Stillman This is our first catalogue from Kenston Rare Books of Dallas, Texas. It isn't hard to guess what type of books a...
The Civil War and More Americana from Chapel Hill Rare Books By Michael Stillman Just arrived is the latest from Chapel Hill Rare Books: Americana: Recent Acquisitions Including Civil War. While the most recent previous...	Bibliography, Auction Catalogues, Reference, Etc. from Forest Books By Michael Stillman British bookseller Forest Books has issued their Catalogue 107 of Bibliography, Bookbinding and Reference. We are particularly impressed by the old auction...
Literature from the William Reese Company By Michael Stillman The William Reese Company takes a brief respite from its usual catalogues in Americana to offer Literature A Miscellany, number 253 in...	New Titles at Bauman Rare Books By Michael Stillman Bauman Rare Books recently issued a catalogue of New Acquisitions for April 2007. It is also labeled "Catalogue Karnak," which must refer...
Books About Books, Bibliography from Oak Knoll By Michael Stillman From Oak Knoll Books comes their Catalogue 282, containing sections on "books about books" and "bibliography and reference." They define the former...	Autographs from the Arts, Science, Politics, etc. From David Schulson By Michael Stillman Recently discovered in our mailbox was Catalogue 133 from David Schulson Autographs. Schulson offers a nice mix of autographed documents, letters,...
Unusual Books on the West from Gene W. Baade By Michael Stillman Gene W. Baade opens his Catalogue 407 of Books On The West with an introspective question, why even bother printing catalogues...	Modern Literature from Ken Lopez Bookseller By Michael Stillman From Ken Lopez Bookseller we have catalogue number 144, Modern Literature (with a Special Native American Section). Lopez offers a wide...
Latin American and Spanish Books and Manuscripts from Libreria de Antano By Michael Stillman The latest offering from Argentinean bookseller Libreria de Antano is entitled A Selection of Fine Books and Manuscripts. Arranged chronologically, these...	Audubon, Orchids, India, and Indians from Arader Galleries By Michael Stillman The Arader Galleries have issued their latest Director's Report, an informative every-other month publication. Rather than a typical catalogue, this report includes...
Literature, Mysteries, and Rare Cinema from James Pepper Rare Books By Michael Stillman James Pepper Rare Books has issued a new catalogue, entitled American and English Literature, Mystery and Detective Fiction, Rare Cinema Material....	A Theodore Hittell Collection Offered by Brian Cassidy By Michael Stillman Brian Cassidy, Bookseller, recently issued Bulletin Number One, A Theodore Hittell Collection. This is a one-item catalogue, though this one item consists...
A New York Book Fair List from Antiquariaat Forum By Michael Stillman The Antiquariaat Forum put together a catalogue of 105 items for the recent New York Antiquariaan Book Fair, A Short Title List...	The Dutch East Indies from Gert Jan Bestebreurtje By Michael Stillman The latest catalogue from Gert Jan Bestebreurtje is entitled Rare Nineteenth Century Brochures in the Dutch East Indies Present-Day Indonesia. The Dutch...