Yesterday, PhiloBiblos wrote Selling Off Rare Books To Pay the Bills in protest against the decision by Rev. Stephen Privett, president of the Jesuit’s University of San Francisco, to sell items from the rare books and art collection of USF’s Gleeson Library.This action has many dissidents.I have many friends who are university librarians. The work that rare book/special collections director-curator-librarians do is extremely important and the ability of some of the best to identify a heretofore unexamined subject and acquire material related to it is one of the great illuminating services they offer to students, scholars and the public.Philobliblos, who...
Open Book TV : A New Way of Viewing
Open Book TV premiered this week on the linktv network.
The Bookshop Hunter
Huntik Long before recorded time, humanity was faced with an evil of unimaginable power. From the ranks of mankind arose the Seekers, those with strong will who could harness energies of the Spirit World and call forth an army of powerful Titans. With the Titans at their command, they engaged in terrific battles against the forces from beyond... and each other. Now, even in this modern age, the lost Titans sleep in ancient temples, waiting to be taken up by a new generation of Seekers! Huntik 116 - The Bookshop HunterThe Bookshop Hunter The team travels to Vienna on a...
Arthur "Killer" Kane
Arthur "Killer" Kane played bass for the New York Dolls, one of the most influential bands in rock history. The New York scene that gave us the Ramones, Blondie and the Talking Heads began with the New York Dolls. The glam
The Fabulous Barca Boys and My First Adult Book
Book Patrol is pleased to welcome its newest contributor Stephen J. Gertz. Gertz is a historian and bibliographer of the rare literature of popular culture, writer, and antiquarian bookseller in Los Angeles. He began his career in the rare book trade as a book scout and private dealer in the mid-1980s, later joining William Dailey Rare Books as manager and head cataloguer. He is currently Executive Director of David Brass Rare Books. He has contributed to Sin-A-Rama: sleaze Sex Paperbacks of the Sixties (2005), Everything You Know Bout Sex Is Wrong (2005), L.A. Review, and the Los Angeles Times Sunday...