Protecting Paperbacks: A Primer
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There’s one myth Caswell-Olson wants to bust about handling collections with white gloves.
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Ricky Jay’s Masterful Sleight-of Hand Extended to Collecting Magic Books and Ephemera
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The world lost a little bit of magic this past month with the death of Ricky Jay. The magician, actor, and scholar passed away at the age of 72 on November 24th. (photo-Vanity Fair)
Read MoreA Day at the Fair: The Boston Book Print and Ephemera Fair
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Leger was happily surprised when fair promoter Marvin Getman opened the fair a few minutes early because so many people were waiting to get in. “I’d never experienced that before!”
Read MoreCollectors’ Corner: Holiday Ephemera from the “Golden Age of Postcards”
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Americans have always wanted to stay in touch with one another, and with the introduction of the one-cent stamp in 1898, the practice of sending postcards exploded.
Read MorePeter Luke Knows What you Want
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First-time visitors may feel a little overwhelmed when perusing Luke’s veritable cave of wonders, but there is a method to the madness
Read MoreYes, Looks Count, Especially with Books: a Conversation with Adrienne Kitts
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“You can judge a book by its cover”
Read MoreCollecting in Plain Sight with Lorne Bair
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When Bair hung his shingle in 1996, books and ephemera focusing on American counterculture were largely under collected and undervalued—in other words, a boon for the then-fledgling bookseller.
Read MoreHoney & Wax’s Heather O’Donnell and Rebecca Romney Champion Equal Representation in Rare Book Trade
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Heather O’Donnell and Rebecca Romney of Brooklyn-based Honey & Wax feel the historically male-dominated profession of antiquarian bookselling needs to be more welcoming to women and have suggested a few ways such change could come about.
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