Joel Silver

Joel Silver is director and curator of early books and manuscripts at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Merle Johnson’s American First Editions: Bibliographic Check Lists of the Works of 199 American Authors
Why Rare Book Collectors Like the Personal Touch
It’s not easy for us to explain to non-collectors why we’re attracted to books.
John Carter's manuscript notes
John Carter’s Book-Chat
Seventy-five years ago, in the winter of 1947 at the University of Cambridge, John Carter delivered a series of three le