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Tag Archives: Book collecting
Poison Book Project
Just in case you needed another reason to wash your hands these days… The bright emerald green cloth on the books (above & below) gets its intense color from copper acetoarsenite, more commonly known as arsenic. The inorganic pigment was … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, Museums, Travel Writing, USA
Tagged Antiquarian Books, Book Binding, Book collecting, Winterthur
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It’s Not Hoarding If It’s Books
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged Bibliophilia, Book collecting
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Happy Reading
Happy Reading is publisher Penguin’s new advertising campaign celebrating the special relationship that forms between a reader and the books they’ve treasured over the years. Happy Reading consists of a series of posters that feature the well-read, and … Continue reading
Just So Stories
Just So Stories for little children Rudyard Kipling London Macmillan and Co Limited First Edition September 1902 – Reprinted October 1902 I was never a big Kipling fan as a child, but I vividly remember this particular book from the … Continue reading
Book Purge Pain
Every four or five years I attempt a thinning out of my personal library through a merciless book purge. Last year I managed to ruthlessly select about 300 titles and donate the lot to my local library for the annual … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Libraries, Writing
Tagged Bibliomania, Book collecting, podcasts
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Cherish Your Book Scorpions
As a collector and seller of antiquarian and secondhand books, I often discover the remains of dead book scorpions. The tiny arachnids are actually pseudoscorpions and are the book lover’s friend and mostly unseen companions. Although they are harmless … Continue reading
Goodbye, Columbus & Philip Roth
Last week we lost one of America’s last true literary lions, Philip Roth. With the many exceptional obituaries that have been published, I won’t attempt to add my own. However, as a book collector and book seller, I often wonder … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged Book collecting, Newark New Jersey, Newark Public Library, Philip Roth
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