Rare Book Monthly Articles - November - 2003 Issue

LIFEBOAT: Staying Afloat in the Rising Floodwaters of Internet Book Sales

LIFEBOAT: Staying Afloat in the Rising Floodwaters of Internet Book Sales

By Renée Magriel Roberts Harwich Port. With the success of Amazon.com in the realm of bookselling, we may perceive the Internet as revolutionizing — in the sense of improving — the bookselling business. From the point of view of the customer, some things have certainly improved dramatically. For example, a single click of a mouse now gives the customer access to an incredibly wide selection of new and used books that were previously unavailable unless a buyer was willing to invest considerable time, money, and effort. However, from the point of view of the traditional bricks-and-mortar s...

The Price is Wrong -- How Much is that Book Really Worth?

The Price is Wrong -- How Much is that Book Really Worth?

By Mike Stillman We’ve all seen the long lists on the bookselling sites. Abebooks, in particular, can easily have dozens of copies of a book available, even of ones once thought to be fairly un...

Second Part  of H.P. Kraus <br>Auction This Month

Second Part of H.P. Kraus <br>Auction This Month

Lot 121 is a Papal Bull from Pope Calixtus III, the first Borgia pope, who served from 1455-1458. Calixtus was already 77-years of age when elected Pope, and his relatively brief papacy was consume...

America, America (and two more Americas)<br>Four new Americana Catalogues

America, America (and two more Americas)<br>Four new Americana Catalogues

By Mike Stillman This month we have four new catalogues pertaining to America that collectors won’t want to miss. There is “Catalogue 86” from James Cummins, “Rare Americana” from David M. Lesse...

Search and Thee May Find - How to Find &#147;Lost&#148; Articles

Search and Thee May Find - How to Find &#147;Lost&#148; Articles

That has nothing to do with Steve Forbes’ book collection. By searching for “Steve Forbes” in quotation marks, we only find listings for the combination of “Steve” and “Forbes” together. This reduc...

American Historical Novels:<br>Scribner&#146;s Catalogue 115 Revisited

American Historical Novels:<br>Scribner&#146;s Catalogue 115 Revisited

By Bruce McKinney In 1938 Scribner’s Book Store, on its way to issuing about 175 catalogues during its corporate life, issued #115, American Historical Novels:  Fifteenth to Nineteenth Century. ...

Printed & Manuscript Americana:  <br>An Interesting Auction at Swann on December 4th.

Printed & Manuscript Americana: <br>An Interesting Auction at Swann on December 4th.

By Bruce McKinney On Thursday December 4th Swann Galleries in New York, in two sessions, is offering 511 lots of printed and manuscript Americana.  For Americana collectors there is a great d...

Dealer Catalogues: Future Shock

Dealer Catalogues: Future Shock

By Bruce McKinney The principal art form of dealer scholarship has been the book dealer’s catalogue and many of these catalogues are prized by the cognoscenti for their research and definitive ex...

American Historical Fiction Chart

American Historical Fiction Chart

By Bruce McKinney Scribner’s Catalogue #115: The Inside Story For those of you who have just read American Historical Novels: Scribner’s Catalogue 115 Revisited this is the contents of tha...

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