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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

First Printed Edition Of The Torah In Hebrew $1,400,000 - $2,000,000 At Christie's

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by Stephen J. Gertz "The educated man knows, indeed, from his knowledge of history that the art of Gutenberg saw its inception ...
Monday, April 14, 2014

The Shocking Hard-Boiled World Of Librarians!

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by Stephen J. Gertz They take no guff from deadbeats. Original cover art by Casey Jones for Crackers in Bed by Vic Fredericks. P...
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Friday, April 11, 2014

Two Great Typewriter Posters From 1909

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by Stephen J. Gertz Paul Scheurich, 1909. A copy of Paul Scheurich's 1909 poster for Oliver typewriters is being offered by ...
Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Clarence Darrow Writes About A Publisher And Prohibition

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by Stephen J. Gertz On October 24, 1931, legendary American lawyer and social reformer Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) wrote to American a...
Monday, April 7, 2014

Congress Establishes The Dollar And It'll Cost You $50,000 - $75,000

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by Stephen J. Gertz The dollar becomes the official coin of the nation in the first printing of An Act Establishing a Mint, and Regul...
Monday, March 31, 2014

Super Copy Of William Burroughs' Scarce Digit Junkie $15,000 At New York Antiquarian Book Fair

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by Stephen J. Gertz A copy of the incredibly scarce first U.K. edition of William S. Burroughs' Junkie , published in London by Di...
Friday, March 28, 2014

The Man Who Refused To Laugh (And The Book That Laughed At Him)

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by Stephen J. Gertz On March 9, 1748 Philip Dormer Stanhope (1694-1773), 4th Earl of Chesterfield, wrote to his son: ...
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