This one was a little difficult to pull together, so it’s a day late. My mother-in-law got me thinking down a long and winding road. The RBMS Dealer’s Showcase in Coral Gables went pretty well. Colleague Frank Wood ponders boxes Saw some librarian friends and made a couple of new ones, hung out with my […] More >>
Archives for June 2016
All the Books That Fit Part 2 – Miami
Glosta suitcase – Ready to go! The room with a view The view The room The suitcase Open The goods What do Whalemen Dream? Manuscript. Whaling Log of the John and Edward. May 1841 – June 1844. New Bedford to the Indian Ocean. Folio, about 200 pages of manuscript entries. The “John and Edward” was […] More >>
War and… Peace
Hard to believe, for me anyway, but we’ve just shot past the sixth anniversary of Bookman’s Log. Yes, I should have written this entry after the fifth anniversary, and I don’t know why I didn’t. The post dated June 8, 2015 is about my dimwitted attempt to sell rare maritime books through an eBay store. […] More >>
All the Books I Did Not Buy
Don’t know how he did it, but somehow promoter Marvin Getman scouted up an extra twenty exhibitors, elevating the venerable New Hampshire book fair from “do not resuscitate” status to the Intensive Care Unit. Maybe there’s a pent up nostalgia for book fairs that’s leafing out in this fine spring weather – they’re certainly fun […] More >>