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OCLC has become, in a few short years, an indispensable resource for the academic librarian, but is it as useful for the bibliographer and/or rare bookseller who uses its database? As with all other bibliographic work, the information provided is only as accurate as the cataloguer has been. Using a method similar to that used in the grand old green volumes of the Union Catalog, with all its photocopied cards (typed and handwritten) from every major American library, the ca

Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Book Fair, August 2-3, 2002 By Sue Gallagher (with Notes From G’Jim (Arner) and Julie Fauble) The 18th Annual Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Book Fair (RMABF) went off as smooth as polished calf under the professional direction of Lois Harvey, IOBA member. At 11:30 a.m., one could see only carts and shelving and boxes and lots of flotsam and jetsam clogging the aisles. At noon the 4 foot Blimpies arrived. Everyone took a quick break to eat a chef salad

As a Dickens specialist, I have over 6 shelves of books I use in researching Charles Dickens material. This is obviously overkill for the purposes of most booksellers, so what appears below are those that I consider the more important volumes, in various categories, such that others will know where to turn to answer a given “Dickens” question… Primary References Smith, Walter. CHARLES DICKENS: In the Original Cloth (Part I & II). A Biblio-graphical Catalogue. LA: 1982. 2 volu

Earlier this summer, I read the email on our IOBA talklist about the Woodburn Scholarship offered by ABAA for attending the Bookselling Seminar in Colorado Springs, Colorado in August, encouraging those interested to apply. As a “newbie” in the business, I drooled over the seminar advertisement in Firsts Magazine, and bemoaned my lack of funds to attend. So, on a lark, I went to the site and found that submitting a one-page letter was the only application requirement. I sent

Site: http://www.oakknoll.com Contact Info: 310 Delaware Street, New Castle, DE 19720 Phone: 302/328-7232 FAX: 302/328-7274 Email: oakknoll@oakknoll.com When was Oak Knoll Press started? Oak Knoll started out in 1976 in New Castle, DE. We moved again, as we grew, and then in 1999 we moved to our current building, which was our town’s Opera House built in 1879. Were all three of you involved in the start-up? The business actually started with just Bob (Robert D. Fleck). John v

Current Publisher: Burping Frog Publishing, Detroit, Michigan Published Works: “Change of Heart”, ISBN: 0-9703053-0-3, Published: June, 2001, Trade paperback, 314 pages, $14.00. Genre: Spy Thriller/Mystery.Available From: Burping Frog Publishing (734-525-1643), Greenleaf Book Group (1-800-932-5420), Ingram Book Company (1-800-937-8000), and Baker & Taylor (1-800-775-1100) “An Innocent Among Them”, ISBN: 0-9703053-1-1, to be released Spring, 2003.Genre: Spy Thriller/Mystery Ho

Current Publisher/Agent: Gary Kurz Published Works: Cold Noses at the Pearly Gates ISBN 09666117-0-5, Paperback, 116 pages, non-fiction Cold Noses II, Examining More Evidence ISBN 09666117-1-3, Paperback, 205 pages, non-fiction Naval Proceedings, Official Magazine of the U. S. Naval Institute, Article entitled “The Future of the Coast Guard”, 3 pages How did you get started writing professionally? I have always had a penchant for writing smooth, easy to understand documents.

I started bookselling in 1991. I was pretty disillusioned with the world – I had taken a couple of degrees as a very mature student in my thirties – totally non-vocational. I always aspired after the infinite possibilities presented by life rather than being moulded by my job. So instead of being an accountant, teacher or researcher after my studies, I was still in the world of infinite possibility. After a few jobs as a community worker, I came to the conclusion that I was c