This is the first weekend in a month that I haven’t had a book fair to attend, and I’ve been enjoying it. Put the finishing touches on a killer rare book catalog that will appear in hard copy in mid-November, and started on my next project, a catalog of maritime manuscripts, documents and ephemera to […] More >>
Archives for October 2011
Not Quite Ironweed
Promoter Garry Austin did his usual above average job on publicity and advertising.Karen and Garry Austin, Mike Daum, Bill Hutchison discuss Mark Twain first edition points As a result he got a good crowd for the 37th annual Albany Antiquarian Book and Ephemera Fair. There were no major glitches at setup, and more than 400 […] More >>
Down in the Ghetto
Dealer Will Money diverts David Whitesell of the AAS while Peter Stern sneaks rare pamphlets from a box. Took a road trip this weekend with an affable Brit named Iain Sinclair. He’s presently a visiting writer at the Gloucester Writer’s Center and, because he’d been a book dealer in London before he became an author, […] More >>
A Smashing Couple and a Healthy Scene
“Back in Seattle again,” as the old Gene Autry song goes. In the China and India trading days the Brits would send young men out to do their business, and if they didn’t die of disease, mishap, or loneliness, they’d ultimately make a bundle and then would be able to return to England and marry […] More >>
There’s a Reason for Everything
Charlie Everitt, in his classic book about the trade, Adventures of a Treasure Hunter, (required reading for anyone with a love for old books and American history) claimed that he took a vacation from book selling every year and went off fishing with his wife. He said that while he was on vacation he never […] More >>