08/15/2014
American Antiquarian Society Receives National Humanities Medal
The American Antiquarian Society was recently awarded the National Humanities Medal. We caught up with the Society’s director, Ellen S. Dunlap, to hear all about it.
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08/06/2014
THE SAVVY BOOKSELLER: Social Media for the Antiquarian Book Trade, Post #2
This post will focus on the top five most popular social networking sites (all of which are FREE and open to anyone) and discuss some of their pros and cons as they relate to the rare book trade.
08/04/2014
A Little History
by Greg Gibson
I'm writing from the magnificent pile of stone and anguish known as Chapter 11 Books, situated between a Jiffy Lube and a drive-thru mortuary, and patronized primarily by people who'll have to come back when they've got more time. At the moment I'm wondering how one retires from a trade that most people take up after they retire. No answers are forthcoming. It's beginning to look as if I'll die with my books on.
07/30/2014
What My Friends Think I Do: Part III In A Series
by Lorne Bair
As the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar goes into its 38th edition, Lorne Bair celebrates its history and answers some basic misconceptions about its mission.
07/25/2014
The Novel I Never Wrote
by Greg Gibson
In 1829 William Low of Salem was sent to Canton to manage the affairs of Russell & Co. the great American China Trade firm. He brought his wife along and, to keep her company, his twenty-year-old niece, Harriett Low. Happily for posterity, Harriett kept a detailed diary of her years in China. The Low household was a center of social life for American traders in Canton, and Harriett saw, and wrote about, everyone of importance in that group.
