When I began selling rare books as a career, I specialized in English literature. More specifically, I specialized in Virginia Woolf and the eccentric writers, artists, and bohemians that made up her ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]

Choices, choices. If you are reading this, that means I didn't scare you off too badly with my last post about the wonderful world of social media. Huzzah! Gold stars all around! Now that we've dispel... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]

I'm writing from the magnificent pile of stone and anguish known as Chapter 11 Books, situated between a Jiffy Lube and a drive-thru mortuary, and patronized primarily by people who'll have to come ba... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]

This item is still missing as of 5/28/2019. The following item was stolen in Cambridge, MA on 7/28/14: Bocher, Emmanuel. Le Macramé. Technique, Modèles divers, Procédés d'exécution. Paris, Librai... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]

In a few days I'll be heading out to Colorado Springs for my fifth tour of duty on the faculty of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar. Hard as it is for me to believe that five years have passed sin... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]

Last Friday PBS NewsHour did a feature on a fine press printing of Walt Whitman's seminal poetry collection Leaves of Grass. The limited edition is being published by Arion Press and produced in the s... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]

The ABAA is delighted to welcome the following new members to the Association: Lawrence O'Shaughnessy of Franklin Books LLC and Teri Osborn of William Reese Company. Read a little more about each memb... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]

Last month I bought three pamphlets about a murder that took place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1830. It was a sensational affair in its day, a victory for prosecutor Daniel Webster, and an interesting ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]

Demystifying Social Media “Social media” may very well be the single most pervasive yet misunderstood term of the last decade. I would be pointing out the obvious to say that over time, social med... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]

Each year the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) holds a four day Preconference focused on special collections. The location of the c... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]