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Friday, September 16, 2011

Welcome to Wahabiland. Now Leave. (1912)

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by Stephen J. Gertz First edition in English, 1916.  "The little mud-walled settlement that Abdul Aziz [ibn Sa'ud] recaptured ...
Thursday, September 15, 2011

A Royal (Roger) Payne in the Binding

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by Stephen J. Gertz Etched portrait of Roger Payne bending over his lying press with glue pots on window-sill and mantelpiece, and a bo...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Say Hello to the First Talking Book

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by Stephen J. Gertz No one likes a book that talks back: "Dog-ear my leaves and die!" "How'd y'like it if I scr...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

A Hand-Colored Lazy-Boy Recliner in Paris, 1828

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by Stephen J. Gertz CAPRICES No. 2. FONTALLARD, Henri-Gérard. Un jeune homme très aimable. A Paris chez Hautcoeur Martinet, rue de Coq, ...
Monday, September 12, 2011

Scarce Poe First Editions Exhumed From Premature Burial at Sotheby's Sale

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by Stephen J. Gertz The strange, sentient waters that pass through literature's eerie canal bring news of Edgar Allan Poe and scarce ...
Friday, September 9, 2011

The Smallest Public Library in the United States

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by Stephen J. Gertz It is three feet by three feet by eight feet-four inches. It has 150 books on its shelves. The single light within is...
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Thursday, September 8, 2011

The Wild Ride Journal of a Hollywood Bookseller: The Burning Passions of Mickey Tsimmis, 6

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by Arnold M. Herr March 2004 : I was puttering around behind the counter of my bookstore on Fairfax Ave. one afternoon, secretly hoping s...