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Articles - June 2008 Issue


The Art Of The Book: The Book As Art - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney This article is written to introduce the subject of this month's AE Comet: The Art of the Book. Click here to browse. Books contain information and have, for more than five hundred years, been information's principal repository and medium of exchange. These printed works primarily convey ideas in words although even the first printed book in the western world, the Gutenberg Bible, included flourishes that embellished the text, enhancing...

The Art Of The Book: The Book As Art

- By Bruce McKinney

By Bruce McKinney This article is written to introduce the subject of this month's AE Comet: The Art of the Book. Click here to browse. Books contain information and have, for more than five hundred years, been information's principal repository and medium of exchange. These printed works primarily convey ideas in words although even the first printed book in the western world, the Gutenberg Bible, included flourishes that embellished the text, enhancing...


Buday Books: 60+ Years Of Bookselling By One Owner - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman In an era when so many booksellers have struggled, often unsuccessfully, to survive, we found one that has managed to weather many storms...	Booking It In Utah - By Karen Wright By Karen Wright We decided to take our late winter, early spring book buying trip to Utah this year because we wanted to go to Kanab...
Book Fairs In June - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Planning your June trips Around Book Fairs As happens every summer Book Fairs spring to life as dealers come together at interesting times in...	In The News: Another Transylvania Book Theft, World's Worst Poet at Auction, Abe's Top Ten - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Transylvania University, of Lexington, Kentucky, is back in the news this month for thefts at its library. Transylvania was the victim of a...
A Reference Auction for those interested in the Book as Art - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney By way of illustration for this month’s focus of the Comet - The Book as Art, we have added a sale to the...	A New Tool For Searching Auction Listings - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman The Americana Exchange recently updated its auction searching software to make it easier for many collectors to find the books and ephemera they...
Auctions In June - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney As the auction season winds down for summer the pace of sales slows but never stops. There is simply too much material...	Here Is A Tax Refund You Do Not Want - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman An insidious "phishing" expedition has been launched in time for the tax refund season. "Phishing" is the process whereby some larcenous-minded individual tries...
The July Issue of the Comet is Announced: Beach Books - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney If the subject of the June Comet is the book as object the subject of the July Comet is the book as pure...	19 Book Catalogues Reviewed In Section Two This month we review 19 new bookseller catalogues in Section Two. We have several catalogues that offer Americana - from Kaaterskill Books, David Lesser Antiquarian...
Intriguing Americana From Kaaterskill Books By Michael Stillman Kaaterskill Books has issued their Catalogue 6 - Americana. This is a collection of truly fascinating old works, but most come with the...	Varied Items Found in Lowry-James' Rare Bookseller's Catalogue By Michael Stillman We review our first catalogue from Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books this month: Rare Bookseller's Catalogue #4. Spring 2008. Lowry-James is located...
Arctic and Canadiana from Bjarne Tokerud Bookseller By Michael Stillman We recently received our first catalogue from Bjarne Tokerud Bookseller, Inc., though this is number 56 for the Victoria, British Columbia bookseller. Offered...	Historic American Documents from Seth Kaller By Michael Stillman We received a pair of pamphlets recently from Seth Kaller, Inc. Kaller specializes in important historic documents, often handwritten or signed. These items...
Voyages and Travels, to America and the World, from Helen Kahn By Michael Stillman Helen R. Kahn and Associates has issued a new catalogue of Travels and Voyages, number 73 for the Canadian bookseller. Most of these...	Significant and Unusual Americana from David Lesser Antiquarian Books By Michael Stillman David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books recently released their 104th catalogue of Significant and Unusual Imprints Relating to America. There are works ranging...
A Variety from Waverly Books By Michael Stilman Waverly Books has issued their List 155 of books from various fields. This list includes 161 items, and among the subjects covered are...	Antiquarian Books for the Grand Palais Show from Librairie Thomas-Scheler By Michael Stillman Librairie Thomas-Scheler issued a catalogue for the recent Antiquarian Book Fair held at the Grand Palais in Paris: Quelques livres anciens choisis...
Images of Plants, Animals, and the Old West at Arader Galleries By Michael Stillman The latest issue of Arader Galleries' Directors' Report, for May-June 2008, is now available. These Reports aren't catalogues, but updates of what is...	Books and Manuscripts from 1499-1989 from Libreria de Antano By Michael Stillman Libreria de Antano of Buenos Aires, Argentina, has issued a new catalogue: A Selection of Fine Books and Manuscripts 1499-1989. Most of...
Literature from Shapero Rare Books By Michael Stillman Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books has issued a Spring List 2008 of Literature. Included is a collection of fifty literary classics in first...	Americana from Oak Knoll Books By Michael Stillman Oak Knoll Books has issued the sixth installment in their series of special catalogues, aptly named Oak Knoll Special Catalogue 6. It is...
New and Old West Books from Gene W. Baade By Michael Stillman Just received is Catalogue 508 of Books On The West from Gene W. Baade. Baade describes the catalogue as "slightly unpredictable," the reason...	Recent Acquisitions at John Michael Lang Fine Books By Michael Stillman John Michael Lang Fine Books has issued their Recent Acquisitions List 25. As usual, these are not long lists, this one containing just...
Mystery, Film and Literature from James Pepper Rare Books By Michael Stillman James Pepper Rare Books has issued Catalogue 173, a new collection of books, manuscripts and ephemera focused on literary first editions, mystery, and...	Bibliographies and Book-Related Works from Hes & De Graaf Publishers By Michael Stillman Hes and De Graaf Publishers of the Netherlands has just issued their General Catalogue 2008-2009. These are not antiquarian books, though many are...
Abolition from the William Reese Company By Michael Stillman The William Reese Company has issued a new list of books headed Abolition. Most of these works, naturally, pertain to slavery and the...	Part II of 18th Century Works From Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers By Michael Stillman Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers has issued Part II of their catalogue of Books and Pamphlets of the 17th and 18th Centuries. This one covers...
Legal History From the Lawbook Exchange By Michael Stillman From The Lawbook Exchange we have received Catalogue 56 of Law and Legal History. It offers a combination of very old legal works,...	.