On November 18, 2010, the following items were stolen from the Complete Travel and Antiquated Bookstore: -3 Volume set of Richard Burton's Journey to Mecca and Medina -Limited, signed edition of The H... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from November 2010
These books were still reported missing as of May 29, 2019. Over the last few months books belonging to the "Botanical Library of Harrison G. Yocum" have gone missing from Tucson, Arizona. These range... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
There's a nice profile of Dee Longenbaugh and her shop, The Observatory, in the Capitol City Weekly. Observing the Observatory [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Take a moment to check out some of the interviews from Mike Ginsberg's Video Archive Project. With the help of Taylor Bowie and Kara McLaughlin, Mike produced almost 100 interviews with ABAA members, ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Take a moment to read this interview with English dealer Ed Maggs of Maggs Bros. A working life: The rare-book dealer [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from October 2010
An extremely rare Mormon book, an 1837 first edition Parley P. Pratt's A Voice of Warning, has been offered for sale on eBay with a buy-it-now price tag of $75,000; at auction, the book would be expec... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Several volumes from an Antique Shakespeare collection were stolen in Berkeley, CA on October 21, 2010. TITLE: The Plays and Poems of Shakespeare With a Life, Glossarial Notes, and One Hundred and Sev... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
A member brought this brief but interesting item about Jane Austen to our attention. Academic: Jane Austen had spell checker [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
John Windle was interviewed on CNBC, where he discussed the trade and investing in books. Congratulations on a great interview, John! Children's Book Gallery [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
A first edition of D.H. Lawrence's The Rainbow, with an illustrated dust jacket, is expected to bring in between $28,000 and $40,000 when it is auctioned off by Sotheby's London on October 28. Even wi... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]