Sunday, December 14, 2014

New York Times: The Best Book Covers of 2014

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Area X by Jeff Vandermeer The New York Times published their annual collection of the Best Book Covers of 2014. I was happy to see Rodri...
Saturday, February 1, 2014

Recent finds: First printing of Julia Ward Howe's 'Battle Hymn of the Republic' (Civil War / Americana)

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A recent find was Volume 9, January - June 1862 of Atlantic Monthly Magazine which features Julia Ward Howe's first printing of '...
Sunday, December 1, 2013

1934 Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald - custom rebound serialized Scribner's Magazine

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Recently custom rebound by Campbell Logan Bindery in Minneapolis, MN, is the first printing of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'Tender is the ...
Tuesday, November 26, 2013

$14.2 million Bay Psalm Book auctioned!

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Sotheby's in New York held an auction for what turned out to be the world's most valuable (sold) book - $14.16 million paid for one...
Saturday, September 28, 2013

Abebooks top seller for August: signed Ernest Hemingway photograph

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 August 2013 Most Expensive Sales on AbeBooks Another month gone and it’s another rare Ernest Hemingway item on the list of expensive sa...
Sunday, September 22, 2013

Recent finds: Signed 1st Robert Frost with poem inscription - 1930 'Collected Poems'

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A recent purchase is a signed & inscribed Robert Frost title, 'Collected Poems of Robert Frost', Henry Holt, 1930 1st trade ed...
Wednesday, September 26, 2012

New Junot Diaz fiction! Author reading!

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I was fortunate to open up my schedule and attend Minnesota Public Radio's TALKING VOLUMES author event on Sept 18th for Junot Di...