Archive - Dispatches from the Rare Book Trade

The Stop the Presses Myth

And the boring real world of book manufacturing

Apr 7 •

March 2025

What, do you have an issue with that?

Mar 31 •

When the Book Market Turns - Lessons from Three Recessions

Sometimes "all kinds of books and a lot of them" is not the best strategy

Mar 24 •

The Billionaire Takeover of COAs Is Complete plus a Cormac McCarthy Mystery Solved

There is no rare first issue jacket for All the Pretty Horses; the billionaire take-over of COAs is complete, and why I still like guarantees

Mar 7 •

February 2025

The Lost World of Small-Town Rare Book Shops

How a stranger's memoir perfectly captured my life selling antiquarian books

Feb 24 •

A Collector's Quest for the Books that Made Jane Austen

Bookseller Rebecca Romney Resurrects the Stories Behind Pride and Prejudice

Feb 17 •

Something New: Robert Frost's Lost Poem

A Rare Book Dealer Makes Literary History During a Routine House Call

Feb 10

How a $12 Copy of Ulysses Started a Book Empire

Remembering Bookseller Natalie Bauman

Feb 3 •

January 2025

December 2024

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