Other People’s Books: Association Copies and the Stories They Tell
Other People’s Books Association Copies and the Stories They Tell. The Caxton Club (2011). Like a junkie seeking a secret fix, I...
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THE STANDARD
The IOBA Standard is the journal of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and covers the book world, with a special focus on the online used, out-of-print, and collectible bookselling markets.
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BOOK REVIEWS
Book and author reviews
Shawn Purcell
- Jun 1, 2011
BEST OF: Books About Bookselling: Seeing Shelley Plain
Seeing Shelley Plain: Memories of New Yorks Legendary Phoenix Book Shop, by Robert A. Wilson. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2001. Sell...
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Shawn Purcell
- Jul 23, 2008
Books About Bookselling: The Bookseller’s Apprentice
As the publisher’s foreword points out, “Anyone who has gone to Boston to look for rare books in this century will have memories of...
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Shawn Purcell
- Sep 17, 2007
Books About Bookselling: A Backward Look
A Backward Look: 50 Years of Maine Books and Bookmen Francis M. O’Brien. Portland, ME: Anthoensen Press, 1986. My first impression of...
Shawn Purcell
- Sep 10, 2007
Ephemeral Assays: Self Listing
When making a large haul, all kinds of things turn up in the net. Even if it’s only books, rather than loads of paper, inscriptions and...
Shawn Purcell
- Sep 4, 2007
Ye Olde Booksellers: Adventures in American Bookshops, Antique Stores and Auction Rooms
Ye Olde Booksellers Adventures in American Bookshops, Antique Stores and Auction Rooms by Guido Bruno (Detroit: The Douglas Book Shop,...
Shawn Purcell
- Sep 3, 2007
Blurbettes: Faux Real: Genuine Leather and 200 Years of Inspired Fakes
Blurbettes: Faux Real: Genuine Leather and 200 Years of Inspired Fakes by Robert Kanigel (Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press, 2007)...
Sharon Heimann
- Jun 30, 2007
From the Editor
I recently received a review copy of Fairs, Markets and the Itinerant Book Trade (various editors and authors), hot off the Oak Knoll...
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Shawn Purcell
- Apr 29, 2007
Book review: Bookstore: The Life and Times of Jeannette Watson and Books & Co
Bookstore: The Life and Times of Jeannette Watson and Books & Co., by Lynne Tillman. NY: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999. Books & Co. was...
Shawn Purcell
- Jan 28, 2007
Book Review: Of Bookmen & Printers, by Ward Ritchie
Of Bookmen & Printers: A Gathering of Memories, by Ward Ritchie. Los Angeles, CA: Dawson’s Book Shop, 1989. Books about booksellers can...
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Lynn Wienck
- Sep 20, 2006
Book Reviews The Art of the Book & Beauty and the Book
The Art of the Book: A Review of Some Recent European and American Work in Typography, Page Decoration and Binding, by Charles Holme....
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Joyce Godsey
- Sep 19, 2006
Book Review: Books, Friends, and Bibliophilia by Anton Gerits
Books, Friends, and Bibliophilia: Reminiscences of an Antiquarian Bookseller, by Anton Gerits. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2004....
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