Rebecca Rego Barry
As Rare Book Week draws near, I find myself scrolling through booksellers’ preview catalogues and lists for the
Uncommon Goods, the Brooklyn-based retailer of uniquely designed gifts, should be well known to bibliophiles, as it offers a host of wares with literary associations, running the gamut from bookend
Book Commode? Yes, ye olde toilets trimmed with an outer “book” wrapping, either to obscure or at least to accessorize, were a thing in the eighteenth century, particularly in France.
Charnel House, longtime publisher of artfully designed limited editions in Catskill, New York, has released Ellison Under Glass, a collection of sto
Today sees the publication of Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They
An important collection of African Americana heads to auction later this month in Chicago.
Because this weekend will see the grand, 53rd annual California International Antiquarian Book Fair, the time seemed right to call attention to a beautifully pr
A special edition of Margaret Atwood’s 2019 Booker Prize-winning novel, The Testaments,
As mentioned last week, the antiquarian book world’s first major gathering of 2020, which entails three boo
As the antiquarian book world readies for the first of its big gatherings of 2020, we thought we’d provide a quick, chronological rundown of the major events.
