I’ve always heard it said that a picture is worth 1000 words, and my blog entries usually run about 1000 words in length, so here’s this week’s blog. (See above) Highlights include: Wilson, AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY, 9 folio vols. Phila, 1808-1814. 76 hand colored plates Bonaparte, AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY, 4 FOLIO VOLS. Phila. 1825-1833. 27 hand colored […] More >>
Archives for March 2016
The Invisible Promoter and Other Random Thoughts
I’m getting a little tired of writing about book shows. My reports are all pretty much the same, aren’t they? I buy something, I sell something. I talk about set up and move out, then tell a funny/touching/ sad/outrageous story, maybe with a profound conclusion. Sometimes I advertise a particularly interesting item I’ve just bought. […] More >>
The Last Oyster
Sitting on the 2nd floor patio of the Hampton Inn in St. Pete where, eight years ago (I looked it up), I sat in utter despair of my book business, inhaling melancholy cigars, sipping whiskey, and trying to imagine how I might survive. My overwrought idea was to start a new business called Heartbroken Sailor, […] More >>
But Back to the Matter at Hand
Have I already written the Groundhog Day blog? Hard to know for sure. There’s a way in which each of these book fairs is the same, year after year, with only the slightest variation each time. Wasn’t that how the Bill Murray movie proceeded? Or, as the enigmatically grinning Hutch – AKA William Hutchison Books […] More >>