Periodic ruminations on books and the book world.
Periodic ruminations on books and the book world.
The medical and book worlds lost a giant on 17 April 2019. Dr. John Carson, MD, of La Jolla, CA, passed away at the age of 92. He was a cardiologist at Scripps and only recent retired. He was an active, serious book collector and bibliophile: a past president of the Zambarino Club; a Grolier Club member since 1994 (in 2004, John was one of my s ...
Piet Wesselman, founder of Antiqbook.com, died Saturday, 16 March, at 79 years. Antiqbook evolved organically out of the original wide web of the 1990s, where Piet established an information resource page full of links to libraries, poetry foundations, research groups, and other knowledge databases (a very new concept at the time). Piet establishe ...
A while ago I appraised a collection of the Brevoort Family Papers, donated to the Special Collections Department of Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island. About ¾ of the collection consists of correspondence between family members, with several ALS written by famous 19th century figures, some of which are “letters of content.” While the ...
I recently performed an appraisal of a major collection (750 volumes) of 19th century author, Horatio Alger, of popular juvenile books. The largest and most significant collection of an important social impactor that I have ever encountered. If not a complete collection of a prolific author’s entire output, it is very close. It was compiled over ...
The Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies (FABS) 2018 Tour will be hosted by the Delaware Bibliophiles and will be held 16 – 19 May. The Sheraton Hotel, Wilmington, will be the event hotel, with rooms at $124/night. The tour cost is $625 per person, not including hotel, and includes all receptions, lunches, dinners, library and mus ...
The January 20-21 edition of C-Span Cities Tour is Newport Rhode Island. To view other tour cities and get additional information the Newport, RI edition, click here. ...
Teddy Roosevelt was the author of over 40 books in many fields and genres. An interesting and useful web site providing more detail is: www.theodorerooseveltbooks.com. ...
I found CSPAN2 Book TV many years ago and find it indispensable as a book resource. Every weekend programming starts on Saturday at 0800 am, ends on Monday at 0800 am, and is extended if Monday is a holiday. All programming is non-fiction related and includes lectures, panels, author presentations, in-depth interviews, book festival coverage, and ...