This past weekend was the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair, which was held at the Hynes Convention Center. The Boston fair kicked off the ABAA's fair season, which includes our California sh... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]

If you've been trying to read your little one Pride and Prejudice, Moby Dick or some other literary tome before bed, I'm sure you've reached the conundrum that yes, it does help put them to sleep, but... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]

Apologies for the blog-silence, it's been a rough two weeks here in New York/New Jersey. Thousands of people are still without power, water, or heat, and those are the lucky ones that still have a hom... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]

Update: This item was recovered. The following item has been reported stolen: Title : De Sectione Rationis Authors : Apollonius Pergaeus, Edmund Halley Date of publication : 1706 Publisher : Oxford De... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]

A significant number of items from the Samuel May Collection (The Samuel May Jr. Library contains materials relating to abolition, women's rights, temperance movements and religion, dating largely fro... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]

The Whiting Writers' Awards are annual prizes given to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and plays. Sponsored by the Whiting Foundation, a charitable organization that supports writ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]

Andy Serkis, who played Gollum in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, will direct and act in a film adaptation of George Orwell's classic Animal Farm. "By utilizing performance capture, a deeply talented a... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]

Ken Kallin began collecting autographs, antique books, and other memorabilia in 1980 after an encounter with Bette Davis left him with five signed photographs of the star. Over the past three decades ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]

In 1985, producer and director Ned Judge was asked to film Edward Abbey in Arches National Park, where Abbey had worked for two years in the 1950s as a seasonal ranger. The piece never aired, but Judg... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]

The following items have been reported stolen: - 1 hardcover book “Just Kids” signed by author Patti Smith (2010) ISBN-10: 006621131X, ISBN-13: 978-0066211312 - 2 paperback books “Just Kids” s... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]