12-foot-long panorama of the Hudson River, 1846 I enjoy cataloging rare books and manuscripts. It’s one of the few activities – along with mowing the lawn, stacking wood, and painting the house – in which I can actually see the result of my labors. A big, messy pile of papers and books turns into an […] More >>
Archives for March 2019
Boiled Dinner
I would like to write about boiled dinner. It being St. Patrick’s Day weekend this past weekend, and me being a huge fan of boiled dinner, I ate one each night. My first one, Thursday night, was pretty good, but a little too salty. It was served as soon as cooked, and the flavors had […] More >>
$12,840.00
This was without a doubt the smoothest load-in and load-out I’ve ever experienced at the Sandy Smith New York International European Book Fair – and I’ve been doing them since the 1980s. One of the side effects of standing in your booth at the Sandy Smith New York International European Book Fair for 30 years […] More >>
The One That Got Away
Uh oh… Here comes the 59th New York International Antiquarian Book Fair. Half a foot of snow in Manhattan, soon turning to slush, then to concrete-hard ice. A foot of wet snow up here. How will I get the car loaded? I don’t have a very good feeling about this… And those damn fool birds […] More >>