Bookselling / Collecting

Happy Birthday L. Frank Baum

His fairy tale changed our world -Did you know how he came up with the name "OZ"? They were the letters on the last draw of his filing cabinet; O - Z.Here are 5 collectible Wizard of OZ items; a game, a map and three books including one signed by the cast of the film, currently available through our friends at Biblio.comWONDERFUL GAME OF OZ. Salem: Parker Bros. (board copyrighted 1921). This is the original Oz board game in the cardboard box. The box has a gorgeous chromolithographed color plate on the cover showing Dorothy standing in front of the Tin Man and...

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Book Collecting Heaven: First Editions Second Thoughts

Roald Dahl's Matilda Extra-illustrated by Quentin Blake with eight pen and ink vignettes on front free endpaper (entitled 'The Reader of Books'), signed and dated 'Quentin Blake 25.2.2013'First Editions Second Thoughts is a fundraising auction for English Pen curated by noted bookseller Rick Gekoski.Gekoski invited authors to:"scribble second thoughts, marginalia or drawings throughout the work in whatever fashion moves you, thus singling out this particular first edition and making it even more desirable for a reader or collector to want to own."Kazuo Ishiguro sketch in The Remains of the DayThe result was "some authors annotated on many pages of the...

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A Peek Into Thurston Moore’s Library

He might be best known as one of the pillars of the influential band Sonic Youth but Thurston Moore is also one hell of a book collector.Over at VBS.TV Lance Bangs has s a great 5 minute video of Moore giving a tour of his collection. Highlight:A 1964 anti-war protest sign that belonged to Allen Ginsberg: Down with Death!War is Black Magic! Belly Flowers ToNorth and South VietnamMoore also shows off some great small press stuff and literary magazines. One of the reasons Moore is drawn to this subject matter is because as he says "alot of this work is...

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