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An Accidental Stephen King Collection
More books from the Tom Garner collection
Jan 13
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Scott Brown
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An Accidental Stephen King Collection
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Cormac McCarthy: The Tom Garner Collection
Three decades ago, when I was just getting started as a bookseller, the late Tom Garner, an attorney in San Marcos, Texas, became one of my first…
Jan 6
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Scott Brown
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Cormac McCarthy: The Tom Garner Collection
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December 2024
Space, the Final Frontier for Book Collectors
Plus new arrivals from Downtown Brown Books
Dec 23, 2024
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Scott Brown
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Space, the Final Frontier for Book Collectors
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Sell Your Books When You're Dead
You don’t have to be a rare-book dealer very long before you’ll hear a collector lament that they need to sell their books before they die.
Dec 2, 2024
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Scott Brown
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Sell Your Books When You're Dead
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November 2024
I Couldn't Recognize Cormac McCarthy from His Author Photo, Could You?
Some of the things Vanity Fair got wrong about Cormac McCarthy
Nov 22, 2024
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Scott Brown
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I Couldn't Recognize Cormac McCarthy from His Author Photo, Could You?
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Is Martha Stewart the Next Julia Child?
Following a new documentary, interest spiked in Stewart's books
Nov 6, 2024
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Scott Brown
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Is Martha Stewart the Next Julia Child?
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Why Science Fiction Is Hot Right Now and Why It Might Stay that Way
Observations from the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair
Nov 1, 2024
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Scott Brown
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Why Science Fiction Is Hot Right Now and Why It Might Stay that Way
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October 2024
Books, Comics, Pulps, Letters, and Drafts Stolen from James Strand of Portand, OR
With an emphasis on H. P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, Arkham House, and Edgar Church/Mile High comics
Oct 31, 2024
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Scott Brown
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Books, Comics, Pulps, Letters, and Drafts Stolen from James Strand of Portand, OR
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Backlist: Autopen and Real Signed Copies of Brian Wilson's I Am
An essay about authentic autographs and autopen signatures in the Beach Boys legend's memoir
Oct 11, 2024
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Scott Brown
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Backlist: Autopen and Real Signed Copies of Brian Wilson's I Am
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September 2024
What Book Collectors Can Learn from Art Collectors
An observation from the Venice Biennale
Sep 27, 2024
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Scott Brown
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What Book Collectors Can Learn from Art Collectors
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Collecting for Investment Revisited
Strategies for collecting first edition books for investment purposes are considered, with lessons that can be learned from venture capitalists.
Sep 9, 2024
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August 2024
Frankensigned Monsters a.k.a. Signed on a Tipped-in Page
Plus a newly cataloged Suntup Press collection
Aug 26, 2024
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Scott Brown
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