I don’t know about you, but I’m not one of those dealers who eats, sleeps, and breathes the book trade. Much as I love my vocation, I feel the need to change things up occasionally. I sold 4 items at Marvin Getman’s last Virtual Book Fair (2 of which were actually purchased after the fair […] More >>

Having returned more or less in one piece from Concord, New Hampshire, and the first “live, in-person book fair” in over a year, I spent most of last week preparing my “booth” for the next Getman Virtual Book Fair which, if I have my dates right, opens this Wednesday at noon, eastern time. As we […] More >>

Promoter Richard Mori is to be congratulated for at least having tried to mount a successful, live, “in-person” book fair. After a few initial hiccups, such as scheduling the event for 2019 rather than 2021, and the uncertainties of Covid crowd-control requirements hovering over the event until the last minute, the venerable Concord Antiquarian Book […] More >>

Old friend and customer Curtis Runnels has agreed to contribute one guest blog a month for the next four months. I think you’ll find them vastly more interesting and erudite than the book drivel I pump out each week. So, without Further ado, I give you Professor Runnels. Is this Julia Ward Howe? BY CURTIS […] More >>