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Blog posts by Susan Benne

Susan is the Executive Director of the ABAA. She collects material on Brooklyn as well as ephemera and vernacular photography. Susan is focused on making the book trade diverse and equitable.


ABBOTT, Jack. A Treatise on Jack Pot Poker. New Orleans, 1881. 12mo. Original black pebbled cloth, black glazed paper side-label, printed in gold. One tiny nick in the upper joint, else a very fine copy in original state. Housed in a smart black half morocco slipcase. Any information, please, contact: Natalie Galustian 22 Cecil Court London WC2N 4HE, UK tel: +44 207 240 6822 books@nataliegalustian.com [more Theft of 'A Treatise on Jack Pot Poker']

A box of Michener books was stolen this past weekend.  Volumes included: MICHENER, James. ALASKA. Random, First Edition. Hardcover. Signed. Fine FIRST EDITION SIGNED LIMITED. Number 716 of 1000. Fine in fine slipcase. MICHENER, James. CENTENNIAL. Random, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed. Fine FIRST EDITION SIGNED LIMITED. Number 266 of 500. Fine in fine slipcase. MICHENER, James. LEGACY. Random, . First Edition. Hardcover. Signed. Fine FIRST EDITION SIGNED LIMITED. Number 427 of 500. Fine in fine slipcase. MICHENER, James. LITERARY REFLECTIONS. State House Press, First Edition. Hardcover. Signed. Fine FIRST EDITION SIGNED LIMITED. First edition. Quarter morocco and cloth in cloth slipcase. Fine. One of 200 specially bound & numbered copies Signed by Michener. MICHENER, James A.. RECESSIONAL. Random, FIRST. FIRST EDITION signed limi... [more Stolen Box of Michener Books]

This item was still reported missing as of May 29, 2019. Othello, The Moor of Venice. A Tragedy, Revised by J. P. Kemble. As Performed at the Theatres Covent Garden, New York and Boston. First American edition. Boston: Published by John West, 1807. It is a disbound, 12mo, 80 pages. This book is missing from The Brick Row Book Shop and has been missing for at least 4 months. If offered, please contact: The Brick Row Book Shop 49 Geary Street, #230 San Francisco, California 94108 (415) 398-0414 www.brickrow.com [more Missing from Bay Area: Othello]

This is the famous "revolutionary" photo by C. Ruf taken in Zurich in 1918.  This image was included in a printed subscription order form for Ulysses, published Paris, 1921, and is thus public domain in the United States by virtue of age of publication.  There are several original gravures of it in special collections at Cornell, Yale, University of Buffalo.  It is believed that the only signed one is at Yale. If you have any information regarding this item, please contact HQ immediately. [more Missing Signed Joyce Photograph]

These items were still reported missing as of May 24, 2019. 1. BLACKFORD, Charles M., Jr. Annals of the Lynchburg Home Guard. Lynchburg, VA: John W. Rohr, Elecric Power Printer and Binder, 1891. 1st ed. 185 pp. Portrait frontis., portraits. Orig. cloth. Some slight speckling to cloth, tiny corner chip to frontis., else a very good copy. As a component of the 11th Virginia Infantry, the Lynchburg Home Guard (Co. G) participated in nearly all of the major campaigns in the east with the Army of Northern Virginia. Blackford's excellent narrative includes numerous battle accounts and his reflections on the war. Dornbusch II, 1364. 2. CALDWELL, J F J. The History of a Brigade of South Carolinians, Known First as "Gregg's," and Subsequently as "McGowan's Brigade." Phila.: King & Baird, Printers, 1866. 1st ed. 247 pp. Orig. cloth. Front endpapers... [more George S. MacManus Co. reports theft of Civil War era books]