books about books

In our current issue, five new books about books appear on the Editor’s Shelf.

The Cambridge Elements: Publishing and Book Culture series published by Cambridge University Press

It’s no secret that bibliophiles who enjoy reading fiction are often drawn to novels set in bookshops.

In our current issue, the Editor’s Shelf features “Five Picks for Autumnal Reading.” All fall under the category of ‘books

The first trailer for the forthcoming adaptation of The Storied Life of A.J.

Sometime around 1886, Oscar Wilde was assigned to write a book review of Percy H. Fitzgerald's book, The Book Fancier: or, The romance of book collecting, published that year by S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington in London and Scribner & Welford in New York.

In our summer issue, we took a closer look at the recently published book,

Catskill, NY — For a brief twenty years as the 19th turned into the 20th century, Americans were often beguiled, entertained, and sometimes dazzled by the attractively designed and often gold-laden

In our current issue, Nick Basbanes talks with historians Andrew Pettegree and Arthur Der Weduwen about their latest book, "The Library: A Fragile History."

My collecting began with Civil War artifacts when I was a teenager. My mother, an elementary school teacher, had a keen eye for antiques and our home had several pieces of Shaker furniture.