Maritime Lists 1-225. Thirty-eight years of agony and ecstasy in a foot and a half A few years ago, in the course of one of my hyper-dramatized but mostly benign financial panics, I decided to stop issuing printed catalogs. Though I loved, and was proud of, my catalogs, they cost nearly of $4 each, and […] More >>
Archives for October 2014
Book Show Wars
Back in the 1990s Bernice Bornstein saw an opportunity and took advantage of it. Her husband Marvin owned a parking lot directly across the street from the Hynes Auditorium, where the Boston International Antiquarian BookFair was being held. “Why not have a smaller show for non-ABAA dealers that same weekend?” she asked. “We could use […] More >>
“Govern Yourselves Accordingly”
This was supposed to have been a review of last weekend’s Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair. But the event went so smoothly, and was such a success, that there isn’t really much to say about it. Load in and setup proceeded without a hitch. The venue was roomy and well lit, and a steady and enthusiastic […] More >>
Robbie
I’m up in Cape Breton working on the last of the Ledyard essays, clearing land, and hauling gravel for the foundation of the writer’s shack that, time and $$ permitting, will some day be sitting at the top of my field. Aside from a few email queries, there’s not much business going on at Ten […] More >>