Click image to enlargeFound this little gem in a book recently. The text originally appeared in Modern Bookbinding Practically Considered : A Lecture Read Before the Grolier Club of New York, March 25, 1885 with Additions and New Illustrations by William Matthews and was published by the Grolier Club in a limited edition of 300 copies in 1889. There is no printing or publishing history present on the Notice.The New York Times actually published the excerpt above in the Saturday Review of Books and Art section on December 23, 1899!
Bauman Rare Books Bets on Vegas
Last week it was announced that the Reading Room at Mandalay Bay, the last independent bookstore in Las Vegas, was closing its doors. This week word comes that Bauman Rare Books, one of the preeminent antiquarian booksellers, is opening a store at Shoppes at the Palazzo. The Palazzo is home to some of the world's premier luxury brands and Bauman is hoping to fit right in.Those of you who read the Book Review section of the Sunday New York Times are familiar with Bauman's frequent back page ad offering various hi-spots of collectible books.They might be the only bookseller with...
Book Lunacy
The unassuming-by-all-appearances softcover, Lunacy and Arrangement of Books as cleverly written by Terry Belanger brightened a dark, dismal, and chilly winter morning fairly recently and evoked a smile of sheer delight. (I usually glower rather fiercely and silently.) Although very modest and slender in appearance, it managed to cover quite nicely many strange and peculiar treatments of volumes -- from Samuel Pepys risers to make all the books level along the top edge to architectural failures in a reading room where large books couldn't be opened due to the low lighting fixtures.The writing is direct and contents presented without preamble...
AbeBooks Latest: Rare Books $10 and up
AbeBooks continues to amaze me. They act like a company with a borderline personality, courting the traditional bookselling community at every turn while doing all they can to push these same booksellers away.AbeBooks has recently announced that they are adding a new search feature to their Rare Book Room."We have added a feature to the Rare Book Room search that automatically pre-selects the price range to show only books priced at $10.00 and over."Now their same loose definition of 'bookseller' is being applied to 'rare'.Remember this is the company that still claims that "Rare and antiquarian booksellers make up the...
So You Want to Be a Book Collector
In 1909, almost 100 years ago, these Twelve Maxims For Book Collectors appeared in Volume 1 of The Bibliophile. A Magazine and Review for the Collector, Student and General Reader.Even today, one would be hard-pressed to find a better guide to the field. So if you are just starting out or have thought about starting a book collection here is your 12 step program. No need to spend your money on how-to books in the field or on book collecting classes, save that money and buy a good book!1.—Before starting to collect any class of books, make sure that it...