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Monday, April 20th, 2009Penguin Classics has announced the release date for Vladimir Nabokov’s last manuscript, “The Original of Laura.” Nabokov, author of “Lolita” and “Pale Fire,” is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.
Some Good News for Independent Bookstores in the New Economy
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009Indiebound.com mentioned a heartening story from the Boston Globe about an independent brick and mortar bookstore in Coolidge Corner, Massachusetts that is succeeding in the face of direct competition from a major national chain rival. Maybe this is an isolated case, but I tend to believe that the current economic environment is forcing people to [...]
Notes from the NY ABAA fair and a preview of the new ABAA site
Monday, April 6th, 2009This past weekend, Stephen and I endured months of delays and canceled flights with the singlepurposed intent of attending the ABAA’s New York Antiquarian Book Fair and unveiling a preview of the new upcoming ABAA listing site.
See you at the NY Antiquarian Book Fair this weekend!
Monday, March 30th, 2009We’ll be attending the New York Antiquarian Book Fair this weekend, and hope to see you there! This is a great opportunity for booksellers, avid collectors, or readers who just simply want to feast their eyes on some beautiful books. Here’s the official info, courtesy of Sarah Donnell from Sanford L. Smith & Associates” “The [...]
Rare Book of the Day: The Hobbit (first American ed.)
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009The Hobbit or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien While I’m waiting for The Hobbit movie adaptation (slated for release in 2012), I’ll save up my pennies for this gem. As described: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. First American edition, third state, in a new, facsimile first edition dust jacket. Hardcover, size: octavo. Buff [...]
Indie bookstores have “one up” on commercial chains
Friday, March 13th, 2009In an article yesterday by AZ (Arizona) Night Buzz, independent bookstores in Arizona are continuing to fight the good fight against commercial chains such as Barnes and Noble and Borders by taking a new approach: specializing their stock. For instance, one of the surviving bookstores in Tuscon, Clues Unlimited, primarily offers new and used mystery [...]
New Author Challenge 2009
Thursday, February 19th, 2009Ok, I’m getting a bit of a late start on this, but I just discovered a very popular online group called The New Author Challenge 2009. The challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2009, so I’ve got some reading to do! The premise is to pick a number of books by authors that [...]
I Shall Buy Books on Ebay No More Forever
Sunday, February 1st, 2009I don’t understand the bookseller who advertises a book club edition as the first edition, but I’ve fallen for it twice. Too much in a hurry for a deal, twice I’ve found Ebay auctions for one of my favorite modern firsts and believed the description “First Edition.” First edition, for modern book collecting purposes, means [...]
Very rare and expensive books – eye-candy for Bibliophiles
Friday, January 30th, 2009Stumbling around this afternoon, I came up with an interesting search, revealing a pretty fascinating gallery of very rare and expensive books on Biblio.com. Shown to the left isn’t actually a book, though it was found in the search above. Its a portrait of e e cummings mother – by e e cummings – which [...]
Award-Winning Author John Updike Dies at 76
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009Pulitzer prize recipient and prolific author John Updike passed away today at the age of 76. Updike died from lung cancer. He is famous for the Rabbit series, a quartet of novels written over a 30-year period which centers around the title character Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom. Other works include The Witches of Eastwick, Couples, and [...]
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