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The Gifted in Pursuit of the Valued - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Two stops from Times Square and a ten minute walk toward the Hudson River brings me to a lovely building to meet Madeline Kripke, an extraordinary woman who lives among her books, manuscripts and ephemera in a frenzied embrace with words and their history. Emotionally charged words in particular have pride of place. Getting through the front door is an undertaking for open space long ago lost its argument with material...

The Gifted in Pursuit of the Valued

- By Bruce McKinney

By Bruce McKinney Two stops from Times Square and a ten minute walk toward the Hudson River brings me to a lovely building to meet Madeline Kripke, an extraordinary woman who lives among her books, manuscripts and ephemera in a frenzied embrace with words and their history. Emotionally charged words in particular have pride of place. Getting through the front door is an undertaking for open space long ago lost its argument with material...


Red Stars Over Abe: AbeBooks Goes Live with its Ratings - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Abebooks finally went live with its Bookseller Rating system last month, and we have heard two reactions from the dealers: ...	Bookseller, Interrupted - By Renee Roberts by Renée Magriel Roberts Early this month I was busy with the daily routine -- you know, crisply processing orders, corresponding with customers and suppliers,...
Reaching AE and the AED by Cell Phone - By Thomas McKinney By Bruce and Tom McKinney A great database is no greater than its accessibility. For more than ten years databases of books have been evolving...	What is More Expensive than a Collectible Book? -- The Outrageous Cost of College Textbooks - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman We received a press release from multi-site book searcher BookFinder.com that highlights one of the major cost issues with books these...
AE: It's on to Year Six - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney At the stroke of midnight over the evening of September 2nd as the second hand plows on into the 3rd in San...	An Auction: The Dust Settles in Indiana - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Beginning on August 9th and continuing through the 12th the Robert J. Brown Company of Indianapolis brought to conclusion the long considered...
The Passing of the Second Bookend: Madeleine Stern Dies at 95 - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman The other half of New York's most famous "bookends" passed away two weeks ago, bringing a close to an era and a story...	A New Mexico Book Fair - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney The first annual Santa Fe Antiquarian Book Show is to be held October 5 and 6, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. ...
Google Scholar -- One More Book-Related Tool from the Internet Giant - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman In the past, we have taken a look at some of Google's services that relate to books, whether selling, collecting, or using for...	AbeBooks Auctions 14 Signed Penguin Orange Classics for Charity By Michael Stillman AbeBooks will be holding a special, one-item online auction from September 6-11, all for a good cause. Collectors of modern novelists will certainly...
Seventeen Booksellers' Catalogues Reviewed In Section Two Seventeen new bookseller catalogues are reviewed in Section Two of AE Monthly for September. There is modern literature from Ken Lopez, literature and entertainment from...	Modern Literature From Ken Lopez Bookseller By Michael Stillman Ken Lopez Bookseller has issued his 145th catalogue of Modern Literature. Most works are from the second half of the 20th century,...
Literature and Entertainment from Waverly Books By Michael Stillman List 149 from Waverly Books of Santa Monica has just been released. Available are almost 300 items, though no specific topic is...	Various New Items from John Waite Rare Books By Michael Stillman John Waite Rare Books of Vermont has issued their Catalogue Fourteen, a collection of 72 varied items suitable for equally varied collectors....
Texana from the Arader Galleries By Michael Stillman The Arader Galleries has issued a catalogue of Highlights of the Texana Collection. The collection includes books, maps, views, and a few...	Spain, Its Neighbors, and Latin America from Paul Orssich By Michael Stillman We have received our first catalogue from London bookseller Paul Orssich. However, it is his Catalogo 64. As the title implies, Orssich specializes...
Ethiopia from Michael Graves-Johnston By Michael Stillman Recently issued was Catalogue 98 from Michael Graves-Johnston, Ethiopia. A catalogue of books concerning Ethiopia and the surrounding countries of Eritrea and...	Captain Cook and the Pacific from Hordern House By Michael Stillman Hordern House has issued a catalogue of Captain James Cook and His Pacific Legacy. This beautiful and detailed catalogue contains books, documents...
Printed and Manuscript Americana From Michael Brown Rare Books By Michael Stillman Recently issued was Michael Brown Rare Books 44th catalogue of Printed and Manuscript Americana. Offered are 262 items, primarily early Americana, although we...	Western Books from Gene W. Baade By Michael Stillman Just received in our mailbox is Catalogue 807 from Gene W. Baade Books on the West. I've figured the catalogue numbering code to...
Rare and Significant Americana from David Lesser Antiquarian Books By Michael Stillman David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has reached number 99 in their series of catalogues of Rare Americana. As usual, it is...	19th Century Travel Photography from Shapero Rare Books by Michael Stillman The latest catalogue from Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books is not one of books at all. It is a catalogue of photographs, specifically,...
Cinema, First Editions, and the Eclectic from James Pepper Rare Books By Michael Stillman James Pepper Rare Books recently issued their Catalogue 165 of Literary First Editions, Mystery and Detective Fiction, Rare Cinema Material, and Assorted Eclectic...	A Summer Miscellany from Bauman Rare Books By Michael Stillman Bauman Rare Books of New York and Philadelphia, has issued a catalogue of Summer Miscellany. A catalogue of miscellany is hard to...
Artistic Books from The Veatchs Arts of the Book By Michael Stillman Available now is Catalogue 58 from The Veatchs Arts of the Book, Recent Acquisitions in Penmanship, Leaf Books, Wood Engraving, Bookbinding, and Fine...	Miscellaneous New Acquisitions from John Michael Lang Fine Books By Michael Stillman John Michael Lang Fine Books has issued its List 22 of Recent Acquisitions. This includes 32 new items without a particular underlying theme,...
Americana and the West from Clark Rare Books By Michael Stillman Clark Rare Books has issued a new catalogue of Americana, The West, and General. This is Clark's second catalogue since moving to Oklahoma,...	Legal Works from The British Colonial Empire from The Lawbook Exchange By Michael Stillman The 49th catalogue from The Lawbook Exchange is entitled Colonies of the British Empire. This is a collection of books about the law...