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from HCBooksOnline Blog
New Listings Week Commencing 1st March 2021
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 10:25:26 PermalinkNew Listings Week Commencing 1st March 2021 A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Winston Churchill Folio Society 2003 A History of the English Speaking Peoples Since 1900 Roberts Folio Society 2006 Waverley Walter Scott Folio Society 2011 The Life of Thomas Becket Chancellor and Archbishop Folio Society 1961 Colonel Jack / Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe […]The post New Listings Week Commencing 1st March 2021 appeared first on HC Books. Read More -
from Journey of a Bookseller
The Power of Yet by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:00:00 PermalinkThis book shows your young one that even if you can't do it yet, with time, growing, and practicing you will get to yet.Abrams Appleseed sent me a copy of this book to read for review (thank you). It has been published so you can get a copy now.This encourages children not to give up. They may make mistakes; that's all part of learning. And maybe someone could work with them so they learn how quicker.The little pig is sorry he can't do everything but he continues trying and at the end he's mastered one task. Sometimes it's easier for the Read More -
from ten pound island book company
Survivor Tree
Sun, 28 Feb 2021 11:55:56 PermalinkI was doing some painting down in the former Flatrocks Gallery space, and I needed something to put my drippy paint cans on. There was a pile of old newspapers over in a corner so I picked one off the top and spread it out.Not until I had completed the job and was cleaning up, did I notice that the newspaper was dated Tuesday March 3rd, 2020. Now, ordinarily, that date wouldn’t mean a thing to me.Continue reading Survivor Tree at Ten Pound Island Book Company. Read More -
from Books Tell You Why
Redefining the Rare Book: An Interview on Andrew Stauffer's Book Traces
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 11:37:13 PermalinkWhat makes a book rare? Can books have afterlives? And when might markings and ephemera in well-loved texts actually increase the worth of the object? Andrew Stauffer's new book, Book Traces: Nineteenth-Century Readers the Future of the Library (U of Pennsylvania Press, 2021), investigates the personal and collective narratives that arise out of nineteenth-century library books in circulation at varied institutions. Read More -
from Tavistock Books
The Dangers of Pip's "Great Expectations"
Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:56:40 PermalinkDuring this week of Dickens’ 209th birthday, we thought to do a short exposé of sorts into one of his most famous works. Great Expectations has captured the hearts and minds of millions since its publication in 1860, a story of presumptions, manipulations, love and fear. The novel centers on young Pip as he follows dreams that […] Read More -
from Pistil Blog
Long Live Mr. Zip!
Thu, 01 Oct 2020 06:19:00 PermalinkTroy Carlson, Captain of Packing and Shipping at Pistil Books, proudly displays his Mr. Zip t-shirt. Troy walks all our packages to the Post Office several times a week. Read More -
from Books at the M.A.D. House Artists
"Keep It, It's Yours." Postal Workers' Message to Public Denounces Trump Privatization Plan
Fri, 03 Jan 2020 07:30:42 Permalinkvia “Keep It, It’s Yours.” Postal Workers’ Message to Public Denounces Trump Privatization Plan Read More -
from Barner Books
Nenah Sylver's Rife, Sauna and DVD Set Bundle Savings Special!
Fri, 04 Oct 2019 08:03:00 PermalinkSPECIALS - Purchase a bundle of Nenah Sylver's Work at special Savings!3 Pack Bundle Including: Rife Handbook; Sauna Handbook & 4PK Rife Therapy DVD Set Click to Buy ALL THREE for $235 A Savings of $1092 Pack RIFE BUNDLE - Includes Rife Handbook and the 4 Pk Rife Therapy DVD CourseClick to Buy the Two Pack for $210 - a savings of $902 Pack Book Lot: Rife Handbook AND The Sauna HandbookClick to Buy Both Books for $140 - a savings of $20 Read More -
from Books Above the Bend
'Van Gogh and Britain' — The EY Exhibition
Tue, 25 Jun 2019 04:26:47 Permalink‘Van Gogh and Britain’ — The EY ExhibitionVan Gogh at the Tate, Summer 2019Entry to the exhibitOn our recent trip to London, we snuck away on a Thursday afternoon to Tate Britain for its new summer feature exhibition — Van Gogh and Britain.Running until Aug. 11, this show features more than 50 of his works, with a focus on pieces he produced during his residence in London (1873–75) and how the city and its people influenced his later, better-known works. For more on Van Gogh’s time in London, read this great article by Florence Waters from 2013 in The Telegraph.The show includes six of his famous pieces: Read More -
from The Book Trout
Vermont Booksellers Spring Fair and Book Hunting in Vermont
Thu, 13 Apr 2017 04:05:35 PermalinkMy good friend Barb seemed to have an inordinate amount of fun assisting me with manning a booth at the Rochester Antiquarian Book Fair last September. She readily agreed to come along on a joint book hunting and genealogical research expedition to Burlington, Vermont this past weekend. Old Saratoga Books was signed up as an exhibitor at the Vermont Antiquarian Booksellers Association Spring Fair on Saturday, April 8th at the Burlington Hilton and Barb was interested in doing some family history research at the University of Vermont Library's Special Collections, so we made it an extended weekend.We started our journey Read More -
from Read'Em Again Books
Four Book Fairs in Five Weeks - 14 March 2017
Tue, 14 Mar 2017 08:31:33 PermalinkIt’s been a busy month, but we’ve now returned from New York, and things should be back to normal by the end of the week.This year we decided to do both California book fairs and follow those up with the two New York satellite-shadow shows. Gail and I couldn’t be more pleased with the results; we sold well into the low five figures at each of the first three book fairs and did very well in the fourth. For the first time in a long time, customers--to include average collectors--weren’t timid when it came to buying. What did they buy? Well, Read More -
from Yesterday's Muse
Birth, Death, and Rediscovery
Fri, 06 May 2016 03:08:15 PermalinkToday is my birthday. As such, through the magic of social media, dozens of friends and colleagues have taken a moment out of their day to acknowledge this, wish me well, and recommend that I enjoy myself in a number of ways. Most of these involve consuming good food, drinking alcoholic beverages, and relaxing, so […] Read More -
from Minivan of the Revolution
Introducing the Minivan of the Revolution Book Club
Tue, 02 Jun 2015 04:30:30 PermalinkLast August I visited Winchester, Virginia, to interview for a cataloging job with Lorne Bair Rare Books. When I left, I returned home to Brooklyn with two things: the promise of a job starting that fall, and reading Lorne had assigned me as preparation: Volume Oneof Donald Drew Egbert and Stow Person’s Socialism and American […] Read More -
from Words In The Wind
I Could Pee on This
Sat, 20 Jul 2013 11:44:32 PermalinkDont shout at me: its the title of a book! More specifically, I Could Pee on This and Other Poems by Cats, by Franceso Marciuliano. Make a note: you may want to give copies to cat-loving friends as gifts! While its not great literature, this little book is full of charm, from Marciulianos humor to some great cat photos to the poems themselves. Of the poems the author says in his introduction, by the time you ve finished reading this poetry anthology, youll not only completely understand everything your cat thinks and does but even applaud him for it. Maybe give Read More -
from Reading Habit
Book Giveaway: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Fri, 21 Jun 2013 03:33:09 PermalinkI've been pretty quiet here on the blog lately but am launching back into posting with renewed enthusiasm and a revamped look. To celebrate I thought I'd start with a book giveaway. And so, I have a copy of Life After Life by Kate Atkinson to giveaway.What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right? This is the premise for Kate Atkinson's enjoyable novel that spans two world wars and the aftermath of both.To enter the book giveaway just leave a comment here. And don't forget to increase your chances Read More -
from Book Hunter's Holiday
Chapter 723 Scholarship Opportunity
Sat, 09 Mar 2013 09:46:52 PermalinkLots going on here at the moment. I am working hard at my new teaching job and loving every minute of it, and I also had the great opportunity to attend and sell books the California International Antiquarian Book Fair … Continue reading → Read More -
from Kayleighbug Books
06/12/2012 - This week's new releases in SF, Fantasy, Horror, YA, and Steampunk
Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:00:00 PermalinkMost of this week's new releases fall into the Young Adult category but we've a few SF, Urban Fantasy, and Steampunk to spice it up. The Taken by Vicki Pettersson - Griffin Shaw used to be a PI, but that was back when gumshoes hoofed the streets . . . and he was still alive. Fifty years later, he's an angel, but that doesn't make him a saint. One small mistake has altered fate, and now he's been dumped back onto the mortal mudflat to collect another soulKatherine "Kit" Craig, a journalist whose latest investigation is about to get her clipped Read More