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Friday, February 28, 2014

A Rare Book's Roll-Call of Dishonest, Immoral, and Unusual People

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by Stephen J. Gertz In 1813, James Caulfield published a new, expanded, three-volume edition of his  Portraits, Memoirs, and Characte...
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie Together

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by Stephen J. Gertz In 1929 Cecil Aldin (1870-1935), an artist with a passion for dogs, published Sleeping Partners , a charming seri...
Monday, February 24, 2014

Death Makes A Lousy Nanny, Etc.

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by Stephen J. Gertz Extra engraved title-page featuring Manny, Moe, and Jack, the last of the Graces. He can run but he can...
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

The Great Gadsby: A Rare Book Written The Hard Way, No "E"s

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by Stephen J. Gertz Today is Lipogram Day on Booktryst , and because it is Lipogram Day we celebrate Gadsby , a novel from 1939 whose ...
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Monday, February 10, 2014

This 1898 Lost Gem Of Oriental Romanticism Is Intoxicating

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by Stephen J. Gertz The following is my Historical Note to a new translation of Haschisch by Fritz Lemmermayer, originally issued in 1898...
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