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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Life in Paris With George Cruikshank

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by Stephen J. Gertz In 1821, journalist Pierce Egan published Life in London or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, esq., and h...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

An Anti-Valentine's Day Card To Huffington Post's Book Section

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by Stephen J. Gertz On February 10, 2012, the day that the largest rare book fair on Earth opened - one of the most significant book event...
Monday, February 13, 2012

Rudimentum Novitiorum Sells For $1,150,000 At California International Antiquarian Book Fair

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by Stephen J. Gertz Map of the Holy Land, from Rudimentum Novitiorum , 1475. A scarce, contemporaneously hand-colored copy of Rudimen...
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Thursday, February 9, 2012

The Art of Japanese Hair Comb Patterns (Kushi Hinagata)

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by Stephen J. Gertz Sometime post-1905, an anonymous gentleman in Japan, wishing to preserve his collection of rice-paper rubbings of set...
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

When Charles Dickens Met Hans Christian Andersen: The Nightmare Visit

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by Stephen J. Gertz In June 1847, Hans Christian Andersen, who had won acclaim throughout Europe and America for his childrens stories, vi...
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

A Not-So-Great Gatsby

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Today's guest blogger is Howard Prouty of ReadInk . by Howard Prouty A first edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 masterpiece The G...
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Monday, February 6, 2012

The 45th California International Antiquarian Book Fair Comes to Pasadena

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by Stephen J. Gertz 200 members of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America ( ABAA ) and the International League of Antiquaria...