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Editorial Commentary
Jun ’23
On Political Realignment (or Fear and Loathing inside the Beltway)
Feb ’23
A Book Club of One
Jan ’23
End of the Road for a College
Sep ’22
Civil War Isn’t Funny
Aug ’22
Race to the Bottom (or plumbing the depths)
Jun ’22
Dreadnought & Saying Goodbye
Jun ’22
May ’22
Reflections on the 2020 Election (Part 5)
Jan ’22
Reflections on the 2020 Election (Part 4)
Jan ’22
Reflections on the 2020 Election (Part 3)
Jan ’22
Reflections on the 2020 Election (Part 2)
Jan ’22
Reflections on the 2020 Election (Part 1)
Dec ’21
Is Ensuring Election Integrity Anti-Democratic?
Aug ’21
Family Letters (reprinted from October 2020)
Dec ’20
The Last Book Shop
Dec ’20
Book Fairs in 2021?
Nov ’20
Sorry Cassandra
Jul ’20
Springtime for Snowflakes (A Review)
May ’20
An Early Look at the 2020 Election (or Notes from Flyover Country)
Feb ’20
Mulberry Sellers' Ingenious Plan to Supply Climates Upon Demand
Oct ’19
The Red Scare Continues...
Aug ’19
In Praise of Follies
May ’18
The Iron Cage, a Review
Feb ’18
The Russians Are Still Coming! (Or, Keeping the Red Scare Alive)
Jan ’18
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (Or, A Plea for a Renewed Red Scare)
May ’17
Trumped, Part II (or is this 1856 all over again?)
Apr ’17
Cooperstown & Notes from the Garden
Nov ’16
The Long National Nightmare
Aug ’16
The True Believer (a new appreciation of Eric Hoffer's classic book)
Apr ’16
Trumped!
Jan ’16
Global Warming and the Greenland Question
Nov ’15
Some Thoughts on the Morgan's Hemingway Exhibit
Oct ’15
The Oregon Tragedy
Dec ’14
Catching Up With the News
Sep ’14
The Importance of Nouns
Jan ’14
Enemies of Book Stores
Nov ’13
Giving Wisely & Raising Awareness
Oct ’13
Summer of 2013: Random Notes
Sep ’13
Review of "Shows, Shops & Auctions"
Jul ’13
The Last Bookshop & Statistics Show...
Feb ’13
Another Publication Goes Digital & Narcissism’s Darker Side
Jan ’13
Two Reviews and an Update
Nov ’12
Politics & Pandering
Aug ’12
Fine Reading Instruments
Jul ’12
Peter Porcupine Rides Again
Apr ’12
Paul Minet
Mar ’12
The Importance of Nouns
Dec ’11
The Contrarian Bookman
Oct ’11
Giving Wisely & Books in Buffalo
Aug ’11
Reference Is Not a Verb
Jun ’11
A Summer Salmagundi
May ’11
Books, Bookselling, and a March Surprise
Mar ’11
Ephemeridae or Paper for More Than a Day?
Jan ’11
Walking on Water in Venice
Nov ’10
My Way or No Way
Sep ’10
Voting With Your Feet...
Jul ’10
Plus Ça Change...
May ’10
Books in Georgia
Mar ’10
From the Boar’s Nest
Jan ’10
Four Book Fairs and Changes Ahead
Nov ’09
Stuffing It Under the Mattress
Sep ’09
Fighting Back in the Digital Age
Jul ’09
Some Bookstores from the Past
May ’09
Making Lemonade
Mar ’09
Books, Publishing and Hard Times
Jan ’09
Covering All the Bases
Nov ’08
Living in Interesting Times
Sep ’08
Voting for Small Change
Jul ’08
Notes on High Latitudes
May ’08
Jekyll Island and the Fed
Mar ’08
Charging Your Books
Jan ’08
An Inconvenient Paper Trail
Nov ’07
Back to the Future
Sep ’07
Yin and Yang of the Everyday
Jul ’07
A Buyer’s Market
May ’07
Can’t Live with It, Can’t Live without It
Mar ’07
One Hundred Years of Latitude
Jan ’07
A New Revolution?
Nov ’06
Books in the Country
Sep ’06
Books, Newspapers & Politics
Jul ’06
Confessions of a Packrat
May ’06
Religion by the Book?
Mar ’06
Haveth Information Everywhere
Jan ’06
Quo Vadimus?
Nov ’05
May I Have a Word?
Sep ’05
Murder, Terrorism and the O.E.D.
Jul ’05
Book Towns Revisited
May ’05
Following the Paper Trail
Mar ’05
And the Beat Goes On…
Jan ’05
On the Road, or Books, Badgers and Cavaliers
Nov ’04
Competition and Survival
Sep ’04
Party Time
Jul ’04
Abigail & John
May ’04
Revisiting the Past
Jan ’04
Alexander the Great
Jul ’03
Books, Diaries & History
Jul ’70
Summer Book Fairs and the Open Road
Jan ’70
Helping a Friend
Feature Articles & Columns
Sep ’23
Doings at the Morgan: Early Modern Illustrated Herbals, Opening October 6
Sep ’23
Rochester Antiquarian Book Fair
Sep ’23
Potter & Potter's October 12th Japanese Antarctic Expedition Sale
Aug ’23
The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair
Jul ’23
A Season of Book Auctions at Swann
Jun ’23
Antiquarian Book Fairs Update & Reminder
Jun ’23
Potter & Potter's Fine Books & Manuscripts Sale Realizes $628,000
Jun ’23
Booksellers' Gulch (or where the books are)
Jun ’23
PBA's Sci/Fi, Fantasy, Horror Auction totals $500,000
May ’23
Results of Hindman's May 11th Books & Manuscripts Sale
May ’23
Some Results of Freeman's May 3rd Books & Manuscripts Sale
Apr ’23
Swann's African Americana Sale
Mar ’23
Outsider Artists Lead Hindman's Auction of Susan Craig Collection
Feb ’23
Potter & Potter Auctions' Fine Books & Manuscripts Sale Exceeds $630,000
Feb ’23
Vermont Spring Book & Paper Fair Changes Hands
Donna Howard
Jan ’23
Doings at the Morgan (Blaise Cendrars Exhibition)
Dec ’22
Exceptional Al Capone Letters, Books & Manuscripts by Historically Important Figures Perform Well at Hindman
Nov ’22
Potter & Potter Announces Appointment of James Gannon as Senior Consultant
Nov ’22
Washington Letter to Jefferson Exceeds Estimate
Nov ’22
Old Editions
Nov ’22
Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts
Nov ’22
Exceptional Books from Back of Beyond (Moab, Utah)
Nov ’22
Offerings from Early Aeronautica
Nov ’22
New Arrivals from Quill & Brush
Oct ’22
A Selection from D & D Galleries
Oct ’22
Gibson's Books
Sep ’22
"New England's First Fruits" exceeds pre-auction estimate at Freeman's September 21 Sale
Aug ’22
Biblio Paradiso (24/7/365)
Jul ’22
Hermann Collection Achieves Nearly $1 Million at Hindman
May ’22
Sales Results of PBA's April 21st Sale
Mar ’22
Fine Books & Manuscripts at Potter & Potter
Mar ’22
Contemporary & Modern Art at Hindman
Jan ’22
PBA's January 27th Auction Results
Jan ’22
What Is the Great Reset?
Michael Rectenwald
Jan ’22
The Year at Hindman
Dec ’21
November Sales at Swann Bring $6.7M, with a Record for David Hockney
Nov ’21
Results of Hindman's Antiquities & Ethnographic Art Auction
Nov ’21
Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts Auction Nearly Doubles Presale Estimate
Oct ’21
The Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library’s Treasures
Oct ’21
Full Measure News (October 3)
Sep ’21
Fine Books & Manuscripts Sale Achieves Record Results
Jul ’21
Important Americana & Rare Cartography at PBA's July 8th Sale
May ’21
Results of Hindman's May 12 Auction
May ’21
Hindman's Fine Art Sales Week
Mar ’21
Results of Potter & Potter's March 13 Fine Books & Manuscripts Sale
Feb ’21
WPA Artists at Swann
Dec ’20
Hobart Book Village (of the Catskills)
Paul Grondahl
Nov ’20
Results of Recent Fine Books & Manuscripts Auction
Nov ’20
Old Master and Modern Prints at Swann
Oct ’20
October Travel Poster Auction - Prices Realized
Sep ’20
A Jersey Lesson in Voter Fraud (reprinted with permission)
Thomas Fleming (Society of American Historians)
Sep ’20
Potter & Potter's Auction Achieves Solid Prices
Sep ’20
Hobart Book Village Profiled on CGTV
Sep ’20
Hindman Breaks Record for Top Lot Sold at Auction
Aug ’20
Confessions of a Voter Fraud... (or contributions to American political history - ed. note)
Jon Levine
May ’20
Hindman's Spring Fine Art Sales Exceed Estimates and Break Records
May ’20
Strong Results from PBA's May 7th Americana Sale
Apr ’20
Potter & Potter's April 18 Fine Books & Manuscripts Sale Totals $364,000
Mar ’20
Jane Austen Star of February 20th Fine Books & Manuscripts Auction
Jan ’20
London in June (or the way things were in 2002, lately not so much - ed. note)
Wilfrid de Freitas
Dec ’19
Results of Maps, Atlases & Color Plate Books Sale
Nov ’19
Results of Swann's October 24th Auction
Oct ’19
Results of Swann's Printed & Manuscript Americana Auction
Aug ’19
Results of Swann's Summer Poster Auction
Jun ’19
Lewis Evans Map Fetches $125,000 at Swann
Apr ’19
Records Set in Recent Americana Sale
Apr ’19
Garry R. Austin
Karen Austin
Apr ’19
Printed & Manuscript African Americana
Apr ’19
Auction Record for Mohawk Chief & Loyalist Joseph Brant
Jan ’19
News & Notes
Dec ’18
Currier & Ives Print with Ties to Thomas W. Streeter Sets Record at Swann
Nov ’18
The Diary of a Bookseller (a review)
Danna D'Esopo Jackson
Nov ’18
Signed & Inscribed Oscar Wilde Play Leads Literature Auction
Oct ’18
Americana Continues to Outperform at Swann
Aug ’18
Swann's Summer Vintage Poster Auction
Jul ’18
Results of PBA's July 19th Fine Pens Sale
Jun ’18
Results of Revolutionary War & Presidential Americana Auction
Mar ’18
Letters to the Editor
Jan ’18
Uncommon, Interesting & Rare Books Offered by Our Supporters and Sponsors
Jan ’18
The Chicago Book Scene: Breaking with Tradition
Carlos Martínez
Nov ’17
Books and Bookselling in Cuba
Carlos Martinez
Aug ’17
Who Is Hans Sachs?
Charles E. Gould, Jr.
May ’17
Prices Achieved at Recent Auctions
May ’17
Homage to Charlie Everitt
Anonymous
Mar ’17
The Shops
Charles E. Gould, Jr.
Dec ’16
Getting to Know the Doctor
Anthony B. Marshall
Mar ’16
How Chicago Lost One of America's Best Book Fairs: A Short history of Printers Row
Carlos Martinez
Mar ’16
A Dog for Dr. Bierbrauer
Anthony Marshall
Aug ’15
Death of a Book Store
Michael Pixley
Jun ’15
A Body in a Library
Anthony Marshall
Jan ’15
Keeping Fear Alive
Michael Pixley (from BSM of January 2011)
Dec ’14
P is for Pacifism
Anthony Marshall
Aug ’14
Reggie's Book Club
Anthony Marshall
Jul ’14
The Shia/Sunni Shuffle
Michael Pixley
Jul ’14
A Scottish Play?
Anthony Marshall
May ’14
Permanent Ink
John Howard Huckans
Apr ’14
Much Ado about Someone
Anthony Marshall
Feb ’14
Melbourne Moments
Anthony Marshall
Dec ’13
A Sleeping Beauty
Anthony Marshall
Dec ’13
Saint-Exupéry at the Morgan
Christine Nelson & Alanna Schindewolf
Nov ’13
Pin Paper Wrappers
Diane DeBlois
Nov ’13
An Afternoon in Canterbury
Anthony Marshall
Sep ’13
A Day in Canterbury: Morning
Anthony Marshall
Sep ’13
Books, Betrayal and Berlusconi
Anthony Marshal
Aug ’13
Crepe: Fabric to Paper
Diane DeBlois
Aug ’13
Of Royals and Royalties
Anthony Marshall
Apr ’13
Wanderlust, with Wheelbarrows
Anthony Marshall
Feb ’13
Let Me Unclarify That
Michael Pixley
Nov ’12
Footloose in Freiburg
Anthony Marshall
Jul ’12
Bookselling in Chicago: Past & Present
Carlos Martinez
Apr ’12
A Bird of Passage
Anthony Marshall
Mar ’12
John Sard.... John Who?
Michael Pixley
Dec ’11
Viva la Repubblica!
Anthony Marshall
Oct ’11
Going, Going...Groan
Michael Pixley
Aug ’11
On the Describing of Books
Charles E. Gould, Jr.
May ’11
A Slow Bookshop
Anthony Marshall
Nov ’10
What Great Writers Read is Wodehouse
Charles E. Gould, Jr.
Sep ’10
Still Life with Goanna?
Anthony Marshall
Jul ’10
What was that price again?
Michael Pixley
May ’10
Remembering Charles E. Feinberg
Roy Meador
Mar ’10
The Fragrant Bookshop
Anthony Marshall
Jan ’10
Forgetting History
Michael Pixley
Nov ’09
“Tell Everybody I’m Alive”
Roy Meador
Sep ’09
The Excellent Foppery of the World
Charles E. Gould, Jr.
Jul ’09
Sin and the Art of Bookselling
Anthony Marshall
May ’09
The Redemption of Theron Ware
Charles E. Gould, Jr.
Mar ’09
Islam As It Was – Part 2
Michael Pixley
Jan ’09
Islam As It Was
Michael Pixley
Nov ’08
Minding My Languages
Anthony Marshall
Sep ’08
Works of Art
Charles E. Gould, Jr.
Jul ’08
“First Thus” and “Mish”
Michael Pixley
May ’08
Two Laureates
Charles E. Gould, Jr.
Mar ’08
Stumbling on Steiner
Anthony Marshall
Jan ’08
Iraq Then and Now: A Bibliographical Essay
Michael Pixley
Nov ’07
Baedeker Guide Books
Amy Gale
Sep ’07
That Strange and Wise Old Howl
Roy Meador
Jul ’07
Dull Old Saws and Boring Drills
Charles, E. Gould, Jr.
May ’07
An Australian (or two) in Paris
Anthony Marshall
Mar ’07
To Write, Or Not to Write
Charles E. Gould, Jr.
Jan ’07
The Ephemera of Protest
Diane DeBlois
Nov ’06
Twenty Years After: An Adventure in Underland
Anthony Marshall
Sep ’06
Journeys To Greeneland
Roy Meador
Jul ’06
A Musing
Charles E. Gould, Jr.
May ’06
All Jammed Up
Anthony Marshall
Mar ’06
Books & Ben
Roy Meador
Jan ’06
Dust Jackets & Edgar Wallace
Diane De Blois
Nov ’05
Letters Pray
Charles E. Gould, Jr.
Sep ’05
Wondering in Wonthaggi
Anthony Marshall
Jul ’05
Frederick Faust, Pulp Writer and Poet
Roy Meador
May ’05
Rumpole and the Constant Reader
Charles E. Gould, Jr.
Mar ’05
Weeping Walrus and Gingerbread, or A Comb Through the Mustache
Anthony Marshall
Nov ’04
Truth, Beauty, and Keats
Charles E. Gould, Jr.
Sep ’04
Books, Wars, and the ASEs
Roy Meador
Jul ’04
The Price is in the Asking
Tom Benton
May ’04
Lifetime Sentences
Charles E. Gould, Jr.
Mar ’04
Of Saints, Sex and Censorship
Anthony Marshall
Jan ’04
When the Comics Migrate from the Funnies
Diane DeBlois
Nov ’03
September and Thomas Paine
Roy Meador
Sep ’03
The Literary Offenses of Robert B. Parker
Charles E. Gould, Jr.
Jul ’03
Fluffy Bookshops: or Every Man his Own Bookseller
Anthony Marshall
May ’03
Plagiarize, Publish, and Perish
Charles E. Gould, Jr.
Dec ’01
Oh Jerusalem!
Anthony Marshall
Nov ’01
Photography & Poster Auctions in February
Nov ’-1
Maps, Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books at Swann Galleries
Nov ’-1
A Season of Book Auctions at Swann
Nov ’-1
Early Printed Books at Swann on Octobert 16th