Over the last year I have been reducing my collection because I've been Swedish Death Cleaning.
New York-based rare book antiquarian Richard C. Ramer (1942-2026) has died after running his business for more than half a century.
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Our new Rare Book of the Week is Albert Maumené's Les Abres Nains Japonais, the first book ever published in the West about
Pseudoscience: An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love
Is a rare book always greater than the sum of its parts? Is it a desecration to break up a copy of the world’s greatest book?
Quaritch is now offering The Little Holland House Album … with an Introduction & Notes by John Christian, published for the
I entered the autograph field in 1985, a complete novice. The lay of the land was much different than it is today.
In 1985 my wife bought me a check signed by Orville Wright. I had no idea there was a market for autographs like that, and I was excited and began to look into it.
I bade farewell to the Captain today, writes slang lexicographer and author Jonathon Green. Captain Francis Grose, militia officer, antiquarian and slang collector.
