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ABN E WSLETTEA AR EIGHTEEN, NUMBER 3 ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS' ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA SUMMER 2007

INSIDE: The Benefits of Collecting Law , an Interview...... PAGE 3 An American in , Part II by Gordon Hollis & Kate Fultz Hollis In November 2006 I wrote an article about exhibiting at Londonʼs ABA Chel- sea fair. Feeling that the market for books was healthy in England, I decided to exhibit at the this June 7 though June 9. Here is a review for ABAA members of our experience at Olympia. The London Antiquarian Book Fair, Olympia 2007, is one of the ILABʼs most important book fairs, bringing together important dealers from England, Canada, Australia, France, , the Neth- erlands, Italy, Sweden, and also those photo credit: John Crichton from Argentina, and . Only Member Fran Durako of the Kelmscott Book Shop (left) exhibits at the nine American firms exhibited, a reduced Booksellers' Showcase held in Edinburgh Hall of the Tremont Grand Hotel during number which reflects the current prob- the RBMS preconference. lems we have with our European export and import marketplace. The emphasis at the London Book Booksellers' Showcase and RBMS Fair was on 19th & 20th century books and fine bindings, as it is industry wide, Preconference a Success with an added deep representation of travel, English literature, and historic by Sarah Baldwin , had set up their booths. The first editions. Not surprisingly, there were The 48th Annual RBMS Preconference showcase, complete with signs for each numerous modern first dealers in Baltimore dawned early Tuesday, June exhibitor displaying the ABAA and ILAB but fewer than in past years. There were a 19th. Entirely too early for me since I logos, was in place. But would librarians few pure antiquarians to be found, includ- had to be at the Edinburgh Hall at 6am, attending the Preconference come? The ing the hardy Jeff Mancevice, (but not prior to the arrival of those participating showcase shared quarters with Precon- Chris Sokol nor Hosea Baskin) and great in the Southeast Chapterʼs Booksellersʼ ference registration so it would be easy firms like Quaritch and Maggs brought a Showcase. John Hellebrand of Palinurus for attendees to register and then spend bit of everything wonderful. There was appeared within minutes and so did Bill time looking. It worked. Librarians from also a noticeable presence of decorative Stewart of Vamp & Tramp. By 9am 24 Cornell, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, the print sellers including Grosvenor and booksellers, from California, Massachu- of Congress, the Lilly, University Quadrille. setts, Michigan, New York and Penn- of Michigan, University of California Visitors to Londonʼs book fair are of sylvania, as well as from the Southeast continued on page 5 continued on page 6 Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair

November 16-18, 2007 ILAB Book Fairs

2007 September 7-9 Oslo, Norway Håndverkeren Kurs og The 2007 Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair, one of the Konferensesenter oldest and most respected antiquarian book shows in the country, celebrates more than thirty years, from November 16-18, 2007 at September 14-16 Boston’s Hynes Convention Center. Rare booksellers and deal- Brussels, Belgium ers will gather to exhibit and sell rare, collectible, and antiquarian books, modern first editions, , autographs, maps, and Centre for Fine Arts a plethora of other literary ephemera. Dealers of fine and decora- tive prints will feature fine prints and drawings. September 28-30 Sydney, AUS (ANZAAB) Hours Friday 5pm-9pm The State Library of New Saturday noon-7pm South Wales Sunday noon-5pm

October 25-27 Tickets Amsterdam, The Friday: $15 (good for three days) (NVvA) Saturday, Sunday: $8 each day Passenger Terminal For more info, visit bostonbookfair.com or call (617) 266-6540.

November 2 & 3 London, UK (ABA) This Issue's Contributors Old Chelsea Town Hall Sarah Baldwin is the proprietor of E. Wharton & Co. and serves on the ABAA's Board in many capacities. She is the Secretary of the Association and serves as November 16-18 the Chair of several committees including the RBMS Committee. Boston, MA (ABAA) John Crichton is the propietor of the Brick Row Book Shop. As recent past Hynes Convention Center President of the Association, John also serves as the Trustee of the Benevolent Fund.

2008 Gordon Hollis was the Chair of the Southern California Chapter and proprietor of Golden Legend. His wife Kate is a Senior Researcher at the UCLA Geffen February 15-17 School of Medicine. Los Angeles, CA (ABAA) Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Rob Rulon-Miller was Newsletter Editor for many years and deals in rare, fine, and interesting books in many fields. Correction The Editor made a grammatical error in Bruce Barnett's cover story in the Spring For a calendar including non-ILAB book issue. The title should have read: So You Think You're an Appraiser! How the fairs, visit www.abaa.org New Rules Affect You.

2 A Conversation with Michael von der Linn of The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

Reprinted with permission from A Legal ians under military law from the time of the firm that evolved into Cadwalader, Miscellanea, the newsletter of the of the American Civil War had purely Wickersham, and Taft. Organizing this Friends of the Jacob Burns Law Library historical interest. But it is timely today archive was quite a challenge; of The George Washington University, in debates about civil liberties and enemy • A of the Liber Sextus De- Washington, DC. With thanks to Jennie combatants in the Global War on Ter- cretalium (a book of the Corpus Juris Meade. ror. Ultimately, old books are important Canonici) from 1485. This was the first because they contain information that I handled. The experience felt Blending erudition and a connoisseurʼs may be important in the future. Collect- like a rite of passage; eye with a keen understanding of the ing them preserves a body of knowledge • A copy of Darrowʼs Farmington antiquarian book trade, Michael von der that is more vulnerable than most people inscribed to Anita Loos (Emerson),the Linn is one of the profes- assume, despite the existence of reprint author of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes sionʼs most accomplished members. programs and electronic media. (1925). I loved its inscription: “To Anita As Manager of the Antiquarian Book Loos Emerson/with the best wishes of Department at The Lawbook Exchange, Why is reprinting classic legal texts her/friend/Clarence Darrow/Detroit/May Ltd., which specializes in all aspects of important? 1st-1926/It may be that gentlemen prefer/ law and legal history, Michaelʼs many It is remarkable how many important blondes but I Don’t-/C.S.D.” responsibilities include describing books books have never been reprinted and for sale, composing the catalogues in are scarce today. As sellers of old and How do you find books to sell? which they appear, finding books for rare books we are keenly aware of this Our inventory comes from a variety of resale, and choosing titles for reprinting. situation. In many cases our reprints sources. The most important are local Michael graciously agreed to share with have original introductions or additional and international auctions, offers from us his thoughts on the art and business of information, such as a reprint of a related individuals, and offers from book dealers. handling rare law books. text. To return to the previous question, We also work with book scouts. They do we hope our reprints will preserve legal a wonderful job of finding titles in dusty A Legal Miscellanea: Tell us how you history, enhance scholarship, and enrich provincial bookshops, antique shops, and approach the process of describing a rare debate. other places that are not involved with the book. internet or the mainstream book world. Michael von der Linn: It is necessary to How do you determine what to reprint? We even find items occasionally on eBay. strike a balance between scholarship and We look for historic and unjustly forgot- salesmanship when describing an itemʼs ten titles that are difficult to find. Our in- What methods do you use for appraising physical condition. Above all, I must be terests, awareness of current affairs, and books? sure that it is authentic and complete, and knowledge of the field guides us in most Online bookselling sites like the Ad- to account for any modifications it may cases, but many projects are initiated by vanced Book Exchange (ABE) and have acquired over time. I also need to suggestions. We actively solicit reprint greater public participation in auctions describe its condition accurately. Since I requests at conferences and through our has created an unprecedented degree need someone to buy it, I am compelled website. Several projects have resulted of transparency in the antiquarian book to choose my words carefully. As a rule, from suggestions. market. In the past a bookʼs price was I am critical when I describe an item so a determined by the booksellerʼs sense of buyer will be pleasantly surprised when it What are some examples of exceptional the market, scarcity, and intrinsic value. is a better-looking book than expected. works you have handled? (The main sources of information were Some items I have enjoyed working with book fairs, auctions, and data collected in Why are rare law books important? are first editions of Bracton, Cowellʼs such publications as the National Union Antiquarian law books are not interesting Interpreter, and Storyʼs Commentaries on Catalogue (NUC),The AB Bookmanʼs just because they are old. They are inter- the Constitution. I have especially fond Weekly, and American Book Prices Cur- esting because they enable us to trace the memories of the following: rent.) As one would expect, this situation lawʼs development and preserve informa- changed dramatically with the advent of tion that might be forgotten otherwise. • An extensive archive of legal papers the internet databases and online book- They can also inform later developments. of George Washington Strong, one of the selling. A visit to OCLC or KVK will Let me give you an example. For years, most prominent lawyers in early nine- continued on next page materials relating to the status of civil- teenth-century New York and a founder 3 on the of early Anglo- analysis. All of these play a role in my von der Linn American law taught at the University work today. continued from previous page of Virginia . However, my education, scholarly interests, and Any parting words on the subject of give you a rough idea of a titleʼs scarcity. prior work experience provided a solid bookselling? Checking a title on a site like ABE or foundation for what I do today. My Since it is much easier to find books AddAll will show you, in a matter of sec- background is in intellectual history and today the booksellers must realize that onds, how many copies are on the market musicology, which I studied at Bard they are providing a service. In the and what other dealers think it is worth. College and Columbia University, where past booksellers dominated the market The nature of these sites compels me to I earned a Ph.D. I was also active as a and controlled access to books. Today price my books competitively. Indeed, I college teacher and scholar for a few consumers use channels that were mostly check the price of my items against the years. My training and research were limited to the trade. Consumers also internet before I issue a catalogue. Many grounded deeply in the history of ideas. have new avenues like eBay and online are rare or unique, however, and I may Musicology taught me how to interpret bookselling. In the wake of these changes have an item with unique characteristics, cultural artifacts. And my work with booksellers contribute to the market such as an interesting association or an early printed music and music books by expediting the process of finding, especially attractive binding. In cases helped me to appreciate the significance evaluating, and describing items. Their such as these, my knowledge and experi- of texts as physical objects. Seminars in expertise and connoisseurship also pre- ence will determine the price. My ideal is the medieval and Renaissance music also vent costly and time-consuming mistakes. to find something that does not appear on acquainted me with the characteristics of Though commercially motivated, their the Internet. European manuscripts and early printed work plays a crucial role in the transmis- books (as well as the confusing subject of sion of knowledge. How did you learn to do what you do? Latin abbreviations). More generally, my Like many, if not most, antiquarian book- training as a graduate student involved The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. may be sellers, I learned a great deal on the job. classes in descriptive bibliography, found on the web at lawbookexchange. My only specific training was a seminar languages, research, writing, and critical com ■

Bibliographical Society of America hosts successful Conference by Annie Mazes Museum of Biblical Art. Alice Beckwith, an exhibition entitled Victorian Bestsell- a guest curator, was also asked to lead the ers and New York University's Fales The Antiquarian Booksellersʼ Associa- registrants through a private viewing of Library launched Nothing New: The tion of America recently helped fund the the Grolier Clubʼs exhibition Illustrating Persistence of the . Birth of the Bestseller conference held in the Good Life: The Pissarros’ Eragny Five distinguished speakers: John New York by the Press, 1894-1914. Sutherland, Marie E. Korey, Petra ten- of America. The conference consisted of Upon publicizing the event the BSA Doesschate Chu, Michael Winship, and three days of talks and presentations that received an overwhelming number of Margaret D. Stetz, were warmly received. explored 19th-century and responses and were forced to cap off their The execution of the conference went how they came to be so widely revered. acceptances at 166 registrants. The BSA's off successfully and word of mouth With the rise of and readership Planning Committee, chaired by Mark feedback, as well as emails, flooded among the masses, new printing technol- Samuels Lasner, had intended to draw in praising the BSA for holding the ogy, and marketing, this was a time of an audience already familar with subject informative and interesting event. The major changes. matter. Nonetheless, the organization ABAA received praise and thanks in all In June 2006 the Society received was amazed and delighted at the inter- of the publications, and looks forward to multiple proposals for suggested speech est of so many who shared the desire to continual collaborations with the Biblio- topics, ranging from “The True Birth of know how and why changes occurred so graphical Society of America. the Best Seller” to “The Invention of the rapidly and drastically in the course of The Society will host another confer- Comic Book,” of which thirteen were 19th -century literature. ence in three year's time. In addition, chosen. In addition, the organization In addition to the exhibitions at the their annual meeting on January 25, 2008 invited experts to speak at the plenary and Museum of Biblical Art, will include a lecture and papers from session and had two curators present a the Morgan Library and Museum hosted new scholars. ■ selection of Gustave Doré at the 4 Baldwin continued from front page

(various), University of Washington and elsewhere came through the showcase. The Chapter, thanks to Tucker Respess, had a laptop with internet access avail- able for librarians to check holdings, and many took advantage of the opportunity to make immediate purchases. While there was a slight lull around noon, the showcase otherwise had constant visitors, many still looking, buying and talking with booksellers as 5pm and the end of the showcase neared. Then Mary Gilliam, Bruce McKit- trick and other exhibitors joined John Crichton, Howard Rootenberg and other photo credit: John Crichton ABAA members in attending the opening Wendy Wilson and Bruce McKittrick. night reception at the Peabody Library. By custom, the ABAA contributes to the three seminars each in the afternoons. century through the present – ephemera cost of the reception and Association Usually, some 300 register; this year, the which often captures vernacular speech, members are welcomed. The space was Preconference was oversubscribed with reflects contemporary, social and cultural beautiful and the atmosphere convivial. 320 signed up for the entire Preconfer- mores and frequently introduces printing I confess I can only report this second- ence and an unknown number of ad- innovations that only subsequently are hand, since I decided I needed to rehearse ditional people registered for individual adapted for books. To ignore ephemera delivery of a short discussion of “What Is days. Michael Twyman, of the Centre is to distort printing history and discount the ABAA?” given the next morning. for Ephemera Studies at the University significant original documents. The Preconference, entitled, “From of , delivered a brilliant key- Professor Jay Solomon of the Uni- Here to Ephemerality: Fugitive Sources note address to open the Preconference. versity of Illinois at Urbana, under the in , Archives, and Museums,” He argued that ephemera constitutes a rubric, “Scholarly Uses of Ephemera” began each morning with two plenary major portion of printing from the 18th discussed his of various edi- sessions, followed by two sessions of tions of, and ephemera related to, Lew Wallaceʼs BEN HUR. Did you know that Avon offered a Ben Hur perfume? Or that there was Ben Hur flour, a Ben Hur bicycle, and a flotilla of other products? Solomon saw the BEN HUR phenomena as the first time businesses consciously adopted a cultural icon to sell a product — a practice now so common as to verge on the inevitable. Other sessions were equally apt and fascinating: Cheryl Grant of the Smithsonian talked about the 1933 Worldʼs Fair (oh, that Sally Rand, fan dancer extraordinaire), Rebecca Feder- man, Jessy Randall and Nina Nazionale discussed culinary ephemera. ABAA members Diane DeBlois and Robert Dalton Harris of aGatherinʼ and David Margolis and Jean Moss of Mar- photo credit: John Crichton golis and Moss spoke on “The Dealerʼs Marc Selvaggio, John Durham, and Tucker and Linn Respess exhibit at the continued on next page Showcase. 5 significant cultural, economic, social and Charlottesville and celebrate the 50th an- Baldwin historical aspects of Mexico and its rela- niversary of RBMS. ABAA members, by continued from previous page tionship to the United States. aGatherinʼ, the way, can join the American Library similarly, is putting together a collection Association as an associate member for Contribution.” The four offered a sound on ʻthe Atomic Ageʼ — which surely will $50.00 yearly at ala.org; they can register account of what booksellers do, how reflect a sobering assessment. The above, for preconferences whether ALA mem- material may come to them, how they of course, only briefly touches upon the bers or not. E.C. Schroeder, whose tenure conduct research, catalogue items and topics under discussion at the Preconfer- as RBMS Chair just wound up, and place them in historical context, services ence. Additionally, when not attending Christian DuPont, whose tenure as Chair they offer clientele (institutional and plenary sessions or seminars, one could is just beginning, appreciate donations private), and ways in which they assist enjoy the Walters Art Gallery or venture from the ABAA as an organization and in the preservation and interpretation to the Visionary Art Museum to see its from members as individuals. They make of ephemera. All topics were illus- extraordinary outsider art collection or a difference, and often prove fruitful for trated with examples. First, of course, a catch up with a librarian for lunch. those ABAA donors who have catalogues bookseller must succumb to the allure of It was a terrific Preconference and the or lists distributed. The collaboration ephemera. Jean recalled coming across Booksellersʼ Showcase proved an excel- on the “Your Old Books” pamphlet a 19th century theatrical broadside for a lent starter. RBMS would like the ABAA now available with both the RBMS and performance of A Winter’s Tale with the to continue to organize bookseller show- ABAA imprints, the success of this yearʼs great Charles Kean. Also on the bill was cases for future preconferences, and very Booksellersʼ Showcase, and the participa- Ellen Terry, at age nine, in her first role likely Howard Rootenberg, with other tion of ABAA members in the Preconfer- on the professional stage. How could one Southern California Chapter members, ence as speakers, reflects the long-term resist? More formidable is a collection will organize one for the 2008 Preconfer- commitment of RBMS and ABAA to they are amassing on tourism in Mexico ence at the Getty in Los Angeles. Mark encourage interaction between librarians encompassing vacation brochures, hotel your calendars: the 2008 Preconference, and booksellers as rare book profession- promotions, menus, crate labels and a which focuses on digitalization, will be als with differing perspectives but much variety of other ephemera. When they Tuesday, June 24 through Friday, June to share. ■ have completed the collection, Moss 27. The 2009 Preconference will travel to and Margolis believe it will document

Hollis continued from front page two types: those familiar faces who travel the book fair circuits in London, Paris, New York and California: mostly dealers and dedicated collectors. Secondly, we saw a very sophisticated audience of English collectors, mostly middle-aged although some younger faces appeared, confirming that young people are in fact coming into the European book col- lecting market. These collectors have obviously grown up around antiquarian books which have always been available through shops, visible in library exhibits photo credit: Marianne Harwood and understandable through articles and Content buyers display their purchases. columns in newspapers. It was a wonder- ful challenge to discuss books with astute taxi or use the spotty tube service from my mind the Hammersmith area is to the collectors who can match wits on issue Kensington High Street. We stayed in West End as Culver City is to Beverly points and past values. Chelsea near Old Brompton Road, which Hills: unloved, uninspired, unattractive The Olympia 2 book fair venue in was almost two miles away. There are overall. Although the move away from Hammersmith is fairly inconvenient for hotels very close to the book fair but to everyone. To get there, one must take a continued on next page 6 Hollis continued from previous page the Park Lane may have been inevitable for the June book fair, the advertised ben- efit of being next to the major antiques show at Olympia 1 has not proven much of an advantage; moreover, the move has taken the book fair away from historic and attractive Central London. Here in Southern California, our biennial book fair, located near the din of LAX airport for a dozen years, has recently found a new venue in fashion- able and accessible Century City to the nearly unanimous delight of dealers and collectors alike. The Olympia exhibition hall is clean, photo credit: Marianne Harwood bright and spacious. Wifi is free inside Adrian Harrington, Alan Shelley and Jacqueline Wilson, Britain’s Children’s Laureate who opened the book fair. and access by SUV or truck for loading is simple. Security was excellent and the interested in our books. Being one of ers clogging the narrow streets, and the on-site food service was adequate with a only nine Americans to exhibit, however, astounding rent prices (£3000 to £4000 a hidden surprise of a fine breakfast buffet indicated that the going would not be so month is not uncommon in the fashion- upstairs at the Sothebyʼs office. Lo- easy. Tastes for rare books in England able parts of town). A most depressing as- cal food in the neighborhood is dismal, have turned inwards toward its own rich pect of progress is the up-scaling of once although we found a lovely Japanese/ printing history and eastwards, toward dodgy Kingʼs Road, with its green gro- French restaurant, LʼEtranger, about a travels about the Middle East and . cers, record shops and legendary “goth” mile away on Gloucester Road, after Moreover, with the ability of collectors to styles now mutated into a boutique row a quiet walk through some very pretty access auctions worldwide via the Web, of specialty shops, many selling frilly neighborhoods with private gardens and Americans cannot easily export books fashions for the favored newborn. streets with names like Kelso Place and from our auctions which English collec- If there is any good news in the weak Pembroke Gardens Close. tors can buy themselves. dollar, it is -- perversely -- the weak In practical terms, exhibiting at the The exchange rate made book buying American import market itself. The reali- London Book Fair was not terribly simply murder. Any lot at auction has ties of the exchange rate have come home expensive, unless one dwells on the rate a 20% buyers premium. Not only that, to the English and European dealers who of exchange. A half booth was only £800 the entire book-collecting world has in the last years have found their strong while a full booth was £1700. Dwelling access to rare book sales and shops in American buyers severely weakened by on the current rate of exchange, however, England. Russian and Chinese buyers are a dollar which has lost 25% of its recent London is more expensive than Tokyo, now routine bidders at English auctions. value. Many English dealers who have (and ranked the second most expen- Christieʼs has made it extremely easy to counted on a strong American clientele sive city in the world in a recent survey bid via an Internet video hook-up which were happy to negotiate prices downward behind only Moscow). To make matters puts bidders from around the world in a rather than let books remain unsold. more difficult, the dollar has collapsed to virtual auction room, with the auctioneer The opening night was well attended, a 26-year low against the English pound registering each bid in real time. so much so that the crowd reminded one making a £50 cab ride from Heathrow a By far, the bigger obstacle for Ameri- of the West End book fair of pre-Olympia $100 experience, and a £3.50 pint of beer cans buyers is the splendid health of the days, when one could not get down the now $7. Hotels end up easily to be $250 English book market itself, which reflects stairs of the Park Lane Hotel. The traffic a night, and that colorful English sweater the booming English economy. This continued throughout the three day fair, from the tourist shop now costs $300, growth can be witnessed - most vividly in spite of tube closures and pleasant when it used to be $100 or less. -- by the new Whole Foods market on weather. The “buoyancy” of the crowd The exchange rate should have made Kensington High Street (the opening of did not necessarily translate into sales, selling easy since the English pound which was even noted by Wikipedia), since the “buzz” from the dealers was a can buy so many more American books. the huge number of luxury Land Rov- That is, of course, if the English were continued on next page 7 best dealers at the front (no matter how ing for myself, I feel that all members of Hollis slovenly things might be at the edges, the ILAB have an equal right to present continued from previous page I assume). To me, it is a strange notion themselves before the public. Money that a rare book association priding itself should not buy prominence when the bit subdued. on pedigree, taste and scholarship could ILABʼs reputation has been formed by As far as booth organization, the believe that excellence will be found in booksellers from all walks of life. English book fair association seems to the simple ability to buy it. Overall, we While the London Book Fair offers believe that dealers with the most money were very happy to be stuck in a far cor- many challenges, the travel is exciting are entitled to the highest visibility. Thus ner sharing with the Designer Bookbinder and the networking is ultimately worth a the “Superlux” £4500 large 16 meter Guild, since 108 booths can be navigated great deal. England has such a rich his- booths were located directly in front on in a single visit. tory of printing that it remains possible the book fair entrance, forming an impos- We, in both the Northern and Southern to find books that are extremely saleable. ing phalanx of great books and English California chapters, have abandoned the While expectations should not be too literature. “premium” booth system in our book great, those who exhibit at the London An officer of the ABA informed me fairs, in favor of a strict lottery system Book Fair have much to gain. ■ that the book fair needed to ensure an with large and small booths arranged at attractive first impression by placing the random throughout the book fair. Speak- Grolier Club celebrates Anniversary of Boston Athenæum with Exhibit In celebration of the 2007 bicentennial of of paintings, sculptures, drawings, and In a lavish catalogue that will accom- the Boston Athenæum, the Grolier Club engravings fulfilled their traditional pany the exhibition, the history of the will present an exhibition tracing its dis- purposes of education and inspiration Boston Athenæum and the story of its tinguished history from its founding as a and—together with those from the world collections will be compared with those literary society and subscription library in of science—stimulated imaginations, of other, similar organizations such as 1807 to the present day. Acquired Tastes: improved morals, and refined aesthetic the Providence Athenæum, the Redwood 200 Years of Collecting for the Boston tastes. Library and Athenæum, the Wadsworth Athenæum will emphasize the great range A careful selection from the institu- Athenæum, and the Pennsylvania Acad- of objects—books, paintings, sculp- tionʼs historic holdings will make up the emy of the Fine Arts. This tale of taste tures, engravings, maps, photographs, bulk of the exhibition. In the fine arts, will be placed within the larger contexts manuscripts, decorative arts, curios, and this will include sculptures by Thomas of the cultural history of the United States artifacts—that have been collected by the Crawford, Horatio Greenough, and Jean- and the international movement known as Athenæum over two centuries in order to Antoine Houdon; paintings by Asher the Enlightenment. create a unique inspirational environment Brown Durand, John Singer Sargent, Flo- The fully illustrated catalogue, fea- for study and intellectual exchange. rine Stettheimer, Gilbert Stuart, Thomas turing essays by the exhibitionʼs cura- From its founding in 1807, the Boston Sully, and Polly Thayer; prints by Win- tors, Stanley Cushing, Curator of Rare Athenæumʼs primary mission has been slow Homer, Fitz Henry Lane, and Paul Books at the Boston Athenæum, and to provide a suitable location for serious Revere; and photographs by Matthew David Dearinger, the institutionʼs Susan study, discussion, and debate of all topics Brady, Abelardo Morell, and Eadweard Morse Hilles Curator of Paintings and of interest to the enquiring mind. In the Muybridge. Other treasures that were Sculpture., will be available at the Club, Enlightenment of the late eighteenth and once part of the Athenæumʼs collections, and from The Veatchs Arts of the Book, early nineteenth centuries—the historic including paintings by American artists PO Box 328, Northampton, MA 01060; period which saw the founding of the Washington Allston, Albert Bierstadt, phone: (413) 584-1867; fax: (413) 584- Boston Athenæum and similar organiza- Rembrandt Peale, John Trumbull, and 2751; e-mail: [email protected]. tions—it was believed that intellectual Benjamin West, are being generously Location and times: Acquired Tastes: endeavors more easily germinate and lent to the exhibition by the Metropoli- 200 Years of Collecting for the Boston thrive in an atmosphere that is spacious, tan Museum of Art, New York, and the Athenæum will be on view at the Grolier comfortable, quiet, and aesthetically Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, among Club from. Sept. 12 – Nov. 24, 2007. For pleasing. This required books, of course, others. In this way, the fascinating story more information call the Grolier Club at but also objects of antiquarian, botanical, of the Boston Athenæum, its history, and (212) 838-6690. ■ biological, anatomical, and anthropologi- the growth of its collections, will be told cal interest. In this setting, fine examples in its entirety. 8 Safeguard your business Michals Insurance is proud to provide exceptional fine art insurance to members of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America, Inc. With more than 40 years of experience, our international fine art insurance division is devoted to protecting owners of fine arts and antiquities against financial loss.

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10 Brown Library offers Fellowships The John Carter Brown Library will • Center for New World Comparative United States for the three years immedi- award approximately thirty Research Fel- Studies Fellowships are available for ately preceding the application deadline. lowships for the year June 1, 2008 – June scholars engaged in research in the com- Graduate students are not eligible for 30, 2009. Sponsorship of research at the parative history of the colonial Americas. Long-Term Fellowships. John Carter Brown Library is reserved • Maria Elena Cassiet Fellowships are Recipients of all Fellowships are ex- exclusively for scholars whose work is restricted to scholars who are perma- pected to relocate to Providence and to be centered on the colonial history of the nent residents of countries in Spanish in continuous residence at the John Carter Americas, North and South, including America. Brown Library for the entire term of the all aspects of the European, African, and • The Maury A. 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These Fellowships are Brown University. of the project, and the particular need that open to Americans and foreign nationals The foregoing list is intended to the holdings of the John Carter Brown who are engaged in pre- or post-doctoral, suggest areas of research on colonial Library will fill in the development of the or independent, research. Graduate stu- America that may benefit from the use project. A good guide to the spectrum of dents must have passed their preliminary of JCB materials. Applicants should not, research supported by the JCB is the list or general examinations at the time of however, apply for a grant in a specific of “Publications by Fellows.” application. Fellowship category. All short-term appli- Application forms can be downloaded The stipends of many of the Fellows cations are reveiwed as a group without from the Fellowship Applications page each year are paid out of restricted funds reference to these categories. or they may be obtained by writing to the generously donated to the Library for this A few Fellowships-without-stipend will Director, John Carter Brown Library, Box purpose: be offered every year to highly qualified 1894, Providence, RI 02912. • The Paul W. McQuillen Memorial applicants. Scholars interested in this op- The deadline for submission of ap- Fellowship, the Alice E. Adams Fellow- tion must go through the normal applica- plication materials is January 10, 2008; ship, the Charles H. Watts Memorial tion procedure. all materials must be postmarked no later Fellowship, the Barbara S. Mosbacher than that date. Announcements of Fellow- Fellowship, the Helen Watson Buckner Long-Term Fellowships ship awards will be made in mid-March, Memorial Fellowship, the Norman Fier- The Library will also receive applica- 2008. ■ ing Fund, and the Library Associates tions for Long-Term Fellowships, several Fellowship are open to scholars in any of which are funded by the National En- area of research related to the Libraryʼs dowment for the Humanities (NEH), an holdings. independent agency of the U.S. Federal • The Jeannette D. Black Memorial government, by the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship is for research in the history Foundation, and by the InterAmericas of cartography or a closely related area. Fellowship which supports research on • The William Reese Company Fellow- the history of the West Indies and the The deadline for submissions ship is for research in bibliography and Caribbean basin. The R. David Parsons to the next Newsletter is the . Fellowship supports the study of the his- • The Ruth and Lincoln Ekstrom Fel- tory of exploration and discovery. October 3, 2007 lowship is for research on the history of Long-Term Fellowships are for five to women and the family in the Americas ten months (with a stipend of $4,000 per prior to 1825, including the question of month). The term for these Fellowships cultural influences on gender formation. will typically begin between June 1st • The Alexander O. Vietor Memorial and July 15th or between January 15th Fellowship and the Marie L. and William and March 15th. Applicants for NEH R. Hartland Fellowship focus on research Long-Term Fellowships must be Ameri- in early maritime history. can citizens or have been resident in the 11 detailed chapter on manuscripts. (They Progress of Printing, London: T. Parker, begin not even with manuscripts, in fact, c. 1763, itself published, according to but with cuneiform tablets!) And where Bigmore and Wyman, only in miniature); Miniature Books. 4,000 Years of Tiny Bondyʼs text can be dry and technical, and bindings old, new, ornate, jewel- Treasures. By Anne C. Bromer and Bromerʼs and Edisonʼs text is brimming encrusted, and plain, including William Julian I. Edison. New York: Abrams, in with enthusiasm and excitement. What- Pickeringʼs Horace (1820), the first of association with the Grolier Club, 2007. ever the book lacks in historical perspec- his Diamond Classics, with pages of just $40 ISBN 13: 978-0-8109-9299-3. tive – it is arranged by subject rather than under four inches, and the first English by a specific chronology – it makes up book of any size published in cloth. for in unwavering, even decorous con- • drops of heavenly dew, focusing on noisseurship. To the authorsʼ credit, the religious works in miniature, including flow of the four thousand years they treat thumb Bibles, Psalters, books of verses, is scattershot, and the intent, I believe, and the ubiquitous silver-clad Books of is purposeful. All miniatures, joined at Common Prayer; Hebrew prayer books the hip by their diminutive nature, are, if (including the smallest, one inch by sev- not of one epoch, then certainly of one en-eights inch, created by H. L. Meites soul, and there seems to be no more – or in Chicago about 1924, which came en- no less – appreciation by the authors for closed in a brass locket complete with a the priceless illuminated manuscripts magnifier); Arabic and Indian scriptures, of the 15th century than there is for the including Korans, the Bhagavad-Gita, a most modern of artistsʼ miniature books. Kordeh Avesta published in the Gujarati Nine chapters cover the spectrum of language; and Buddhist prayer scrolls. miniatures in a fluid and entertaining text, • almanacs for daily living, starting In an era when “popular science” and and combined with a series of a dozen with the first known complete specimen “popular history” books regularly top the or so shorter essays placed sporadically printed by Wynken de Worde in 1508; the New York Timesʼ bestseller lists, it is no throughout in the form of sidebars, the Schloss Bijou Almanacs published be- wonder that some enterprising soul (or book is filled with curious information tween 1836 and 1843; French almanacs; souls) should publish a “popular book that is sure to delight even the most lithographic almanacs, measuring three- arts” book – and one on the rather curious casual reader. The opening chapter, il- quarters by one-half inch, first printed in phenomenon of miniature books seems luminated manuscripts (no capitals here, the same year as Alois Senefelderʼs trea- perfectly fitting for such a venture. To please), contains detailed explanation of tise on the subject (1818, in case anyoneʼs that end, long-time antiquarian bookseller several important manuscripts, includ- wondering – or had forgotten); Viennese and ABAA member Anne C. Bromer, ing the Trevison , and the “sack” calendars, designed to fit into a and Julian I. Edison, inveterate collec- John Croke Penetential [sic] and other ladyʼs handbag, or sack; and American tor, current owner of the famed library Psalms (ca. 1509-46), which may have advertising almanacs and calendars. of miniature books collected by Percy been owned by Anne Boleyn; the curious • the smallest books, micro- and ultra- Edwin Spielmann, and for 40 years editor and endearing “Sophyʼs Album,” created miniatures, with a timeline of the worldʼs of News, have accepted by Sophy Horsley and the composer smallest books, from the relatively that mission as their own, and have suc- Felix Mendelssohn between 1832 and immense 1673-4 Bloem-Hofje Door (13 ceeded marvelously. The authorsʼ just 1862 to which Mendelssohn, Chopin, x 9 mm) – which remained the smallest reward for having undertaken the task Brahms, Paganini, Liszt, Dickens, Jacob printed book in the world up until the end will be the many pleasures that readers of Grimm, Jenny Lind, among many others, of the 19th century – to the modern The this book will share. While perhaps not contributed drawings, notes, and scraps Chameleon and The Twelve Horary Signs so scholarly or even as comprehensive of musical compositions; a discussion of (1996 and 2000, respectively), which vie as Louis W. Bondyʼs groundbreaking Esther Inglisʼ important texts; Sangor- for the worldʼs smallest at .9 x. .9 mm study, Miniature Books: Their History from the Beginning to the Present Day ski and Sutcliffeʼs handful of miniature and .95 x .95 mm (a controversy which is manuscripts; and works by apparently irresolvable, owing to difficul- (London, 1981), Bromerʼs and Edisonʼs contemporary book artists. Other chap- ties in measuring the nearly-microscopic book is worthy companion, with much ters include: tomes (if tomes they be), and the varia- information and recent scholarship now • the art of the book, which discusses tions in size of different copies); Japanese made available that was not available to the making of miniature books and their mamehons, or “bean-size” books; and Bondy. Additionally, Bondy did not truck physical properties, including papermak- dollhouse books. with manuscripts in miniature, limiting ing (with a nice tribute to Dard Hunter); • books for the young, from Thomas himself to printed texts only; Bromer and marbling; printing (with a discussion of Edison fill that void by providing a rather A Short Account of the First Rise and continued on next page

12 • oddities and objets d’art, including complaints about this wonderful enter- Book Review oddities such as Quads Within Quads prise. The design of this (almost) square continued from previous page (London, 1884), a book of jokes about is pleasing, the layout exacting printing within a book of jokes about and purposeful. The use of lower case Boremanʼs The Gigantick Histories (de- printing; fore-edge paintings; books letters where upper case would tradition- signed small, said the publisher, to allay printed on odd materials; dos-a-dos bind- ally be used (title-page, chapter headings, fear in the child who owned it “grow- ings; fishing books incorporating fishing sectional titles, etc.) makes a poignant, ing lopsided, from the weight of such a flies; and artistʼs books – every last one if subliminal statement; the dozen or so gigantick work”), to alphabets, primers, of them a miniature jewel. side-bars are contained in colored frames and miniature boxed sets; Alfred Millʼs Pictured throughout, and alongside printed to the margin and coded to the educational series (1807-1824); the Aunt the miniature books are the various tiny color chapter numbers; and the 2-inch Fanny/Aunt Laura books (1862-1866); pieces of which often were part square boxes surrounding the chapter fairy tale and fable collections; books and parcel of their publication. There are headings echo the miniature book itself. written and produced by children; and a number of fine examples shown here, All edges gilt and a ribbon are books of optical illusions, including including the revolving built the icing on the cake. As a tribute to their everyoneʼs favorite, the flip-book. to hold the complete works of Shake- mentor, the authors have dedicated the • presidents, politics, and propaganda, speare published by David Bryce & Son book to the late Stanley Marcus (of Nie- books of historical interest, with numer- in Glasgow in 1904, a damask book- man-Marcus fame, and himself a well- ous pieces of campaign propaganda case (Paris, ca. 1895), an 18th century known collector, publisher, and popular- issued in miniature; speeches by any Japanese lacquered box with a sliding izer of miniature books), who presciently number of presidents, including Lincoln lid housing the 28-volume set of The contributed a written foreword to the and the Emancipation Proclamation, first Tale of Genji, and a five and one-half work seven years ago (two years before published in book form at just slightly inch lectern to which has been chained his death), when plans for the book were over three inches, FDR (himself a fan “the smallest in the world,” at one still brewing. of miniature books, with a collection and three-quarters by one and one- half At least seven years in the making, numbered at 750), Kennedy, Ford, and inches. Although bibliographical details then, the book is a visual delight, il- others; Adlai Stevensonʼs “Cat Act” veto; are scant, there are enough in depth stud- lustrated with almost three-hundred color Fascist and Communist propaganda (the ies of particular miniatures so that any photographs, most shown at actual size. authors include here an interesting his- student of the little books would want to One cannot say enough for the dazzling tory of the printing of miniature books in have Bromer and Edison at hand. The photography by Steve Adams whose Russia, from just after the Revolution to index is extensive, and the sections at name well should have been put on the the collapse of Communism during which the end of the text (“where miniature title-page, as too the creative image period miniature books were wildly books can be found,” “miniature books in stylist, Rindy FitzGibbon. In the end, popular, their production subsidized by selected libraries,” and a rather extensive their collaboration, together with that the Soviet State); Mao Tse-Tungʼs “Little “selected bibliography” on seven pages of Bromer and Edison, have made this Red Book”; and the book which accom- and in quadruple column), make the book book a winner on all accounts. Donʼt be panied Apollo 11 to the moon. a useful one for any student of the genre, surprised to see second and third print- • life’s pleasures, including eating, whether they be a collector, librarian, or ings, and when the book starts winning drinking, smoking, music, humor, travel bookseller. If there are omissions they awards, you can say you heard it here and tourism, and every aspect of sex, are not readily apparent to a reviewer first. Miniature Books 4,000 Years of from flirting to contraception, blush- who favors and , although Tiny Treasures accompanies an exhibition ingly circumspect erotica to A Treatise I did notice that there was no mention of held at the Grolier Club from May 15 on the Use of Flogging in Venereal the two miniatures that were created by through July 28, 2007; additional events Affairs (London, 1665), the first text in Harry and Caresse Crosby at the Black and exhibitions are scheduled at the Bos- English on flagellation (the authors take Sun Press, nor any mention of Wilbur ton Public Library, through September 2; the opportunity here to point out the Macy Stone who put together an out- the Salem Athenaeum in Salem, Mass., convenience of such a volumeʼs diminu- standing collection of miniature books, where Ms. Bromer spoke about the book tive – read “discrete” – size); as well as nor William Loring Andrewsʼs Sexto- on July 20; and finally, the Olin Library an homage to Ruth Adomeit (1910-1996) decimos et infra (New York, 1899) which at Washington University in St. Louis: “the mother of miniature book collection inexplicably didnʼt even make it into no dates yet available, but one assumes and scholarship,” one-time editor of The the “selected bibliography” – Andrews, either a lecture by Mr. Edison, a St. Louis Miniature Book Collector, and the author one of the founders of the Grolier Club, resident, or a display of some portion of of Three Centuries of Thumb Bibles, the ironically one of the co-publishers of this his personal collection – which numbers standard reference book on the subject. book. in the thousands. And finally, But there can be no really serious Rob Rulon-Miller 13 with the opening of his shop. Its foreword In Memoriam collection, modestly described it as a "list of 49 and in June items, that number being chosen to cel- 1982 he ebrate our new address (49 Geary Street), officially the California Gold Rush, the square of 7 opened and the achievements of the San Fran- his shop, cisco 49ers (a football team).” Jeffrey The active San Francisco book world, Thomas with its many local bibliophilic institu- Fine & tions, was well served by Jeffrey. He Rare was, among other things, President of Books, at the Northern California Chapter of the 49 Geary ABAA, a member of the local ABAA Street in book fair committee for at least two downtown decades, a member of the Book Club of San Fran- California, where he served on the board cisco. As of directors (and was a regular at the evidence of Book Club Monday night open houses), the respect and a member of the Roxburghe Club of Jeffrey Thomas and Julie Rosenbluth Wong, his long-time assistant, at a book fair in 1987. others San Francisco. More recently Jeffrey also had for served on the Council of the Bancroft Jeffrey Thomas Jeffrey at Library. San Francisco, CA even such an early stage in his career, his Local book fairs and used and anti- opening reception was attended by almost quarian book shops were regular hunt- Jeffrey Thomas, 68, died June 2 after all the Northern California trade, includ- ing grounds for Jeffrey, which he often an almost year-long battle with cancer. ing none other than Warren Howell, who traveled to, dressed in a blue blazer and Jeffrey was born in in was not known to look favorably on tie, on his Honda scooter. And it was 1938, the son of then-famous Wall Street former employees who set up competing rare that Jeffrey ever left a book shop or broker, Joe Thomas. Jeffrey graduated businesses down the street. Jeffrey joined a book fair empty handed. Amongst his from Yale University in 1960, after which the ABAA as a full member in 1983, and varied interests and numerous subjects he served two years in the U.S. Army as in the letter accompanying his applica- covered in his inventory, Jeffrey always an intelligence officer in Italy. In 1964 he tion he wrote that “our stock consists of found worthwhile books to add to his moved to San Francisco and earned his some 4000 volumes of what we regard stock. As well, Jeffrey generously sup- M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of as worthwhile, rare and interesting and ported numerous local fine press print- California at Berkeley, where he wrote valuable material from many fields . . . ” ers, bookbinders and book artists, and - in his own words - “a shockingly long That was a classic example of a Jeffrey examples of their recent works could be dissertation on the California writer Thomas understatement. In an age of the seen displayed in his shop. Bret Harte.” It was Jeffreyʼs interest in specialist, Jeffrey was a throwback to the Like many of his colleagues, Jef- California literature that brought him to world of the general antiquarian booksell- frey found in antiquarian bookselling a the attention of San Francisco bookseller er. In his stock could be found an amaz- profession that lent itself to his scholarly Warren Howell, of John Howell-Books, ing array of first editions of English and inclinations and enthusiasms. The rest- who needed a cataloguer for a recently American literature, color plate books, less ambitions and the hustle-bustle of acquired collection of Bret Harte manu- Americana (north, south, east and west), the world his father had come from did scripts. Jeffrey proved himself to be an travels and voyages to and from all parts not interest him. He once even remarked able cataloguer and bookman, and Warren of the world (real and imaginary), science “in my family, ambition tends to skip a Howell offered him a full time position. and medicine, fine press books, architec- generation.” Bookselling provided an Jeffrey worked as Warrenʼs assistant for ture, aeronautics, childrenʼs literature, art, agreeable alternative that suited his seem- over six years, and like many before him photography, beat literature, bibliography, ingly unflappable reserve and intellectual at John Howell-Books, he learned the ins dance, music, hunting, golf, cooking, demeanor. Jeffrey was an avid reader of and outs of the rare book world from one law, humor, autographs and manuscripts, books, and his learning was obvious from of its most prominent mentors. continental books, maps, prints and his fine (and sometimes, like his disserta- In October 1980 Jeffrey left John How- ephemera – and that is only a partial list. tion on Bret Harte, a little long) catalogue ell-Books to go into business for himself. At book fairs his booths were always at- descriptions. Nearly every book he pur- He first worked from his home while he tractively, even tantalizingly, arranged, as built an inventory and reference was his first catalogue, issued to coincide continued on next page 14 In Memoriam Members in the News continued from previous page Vic Zoschak of Tavistock Books in Alameda, California recently celebrated the tenth anniversary of his shop with a reception. Below are a few photos taken by Alan chased for inventory, regardless of how Bamberger from the event. obscure it might be, he took seriously, and under no circumstances would he be rushed to price a book before he had care- fully considered, researched, and cata- logued it – often to the consternation and annoyance of his more eager and aggres- sive colleagues, who learned over time that Jeffrey was not, in the parlance of the trade, a “dealerʼs dealer.” In fact, Jeffrey always put collegiality, thoughtfulness and kindness above competitiveness and commerce, which I learned firsthand on my very first day in 1983 as the owner of The Brick Row Book Shop, when Jeffrey walked in the door and handed me a box of chocolate truffles with a card attached, welcoming me to the San Francisco book trade. Jeffreyʼs career as an antiquarian book- seller was distinguished by the dignity he brought to his profession, a profession he treated with respect, as he did equally all his colleagues in it, from the grandest of rare book dealers to the smallest of used booksellers and struggling book scouts. His wit was erudite and quick, always dry, often delivered with a wonderful dose of self-deprecation, and never mean spirited towards others. He did not seek attention for himself, or a platform for his ego; no one ever heard Jeffrey brag about important sales he had made or bargains he had found. Leaving an impression about his accomplishments was not his goal, but through his quiet, steady and photo credit: Alan Bamberger bighearted manner Jeffrey left a lasting Above: Chris Loker and John Windle consider an illustration. impression with all those who knew him Below: Vic reminisces about the store's opening in 1997. well. John Crichton John Hendsey-Bookseller Membership Updates has a new email address: [email protected] Harold M. Burstein and Company has James Dourgarian has a new address: a new address, phone, and email: 1595-B Third Ave., Walnut Creek, CA Heritage Book Shop has a new address: 35 Cross St., Bernardston, MA 01337- 94597. P.O. Box 691670, West Hollywood, CA 9566. Phone: (413) 648-0213. Email: 90069. [email protected] The Fine Books Company has a new email address: [email protected] Locus Solus Rare Books, Ltd has a new James Cummins Bookseller Inc. has a postal code: 10065. new postal code: 10065. Leonard Fox Ltd. has a new postal code: 10065. continued on next page 15 Membership Updates, continued The Observatory has a new address: Bruce Ramer has a new postal code: The deadline for submissions 299 N. Franklin St., Juneau, AK 99801. 10075. to the next Newsletter is

Edward T. Pollack has a new address, The Rockland Bookman has a new October 3, 2007 phone and email: Edward T. Pollack email address: [email protected]. Fine Arts Rare Books & Fine Prints, Send your contributions to: 25 Forest Avenue, Portland, ME David Schulson has a new address, ABAA Newsletter 04101. Phone: (207) 699-2919. Email: phone, and fax: 34 Old Short Hills Road, 20 West 44th Street [email protected]. Millburn, NJ 07041. Phone: (973) 379- New York, NY 10036 3800; Fax: (973) 379-3850. FAX: 212.944.8293 EMAIL: [email protected] 376, Clinton, WA 98236. Phone: (360) New Members 221-0477. Fax: (360) 221-0477. Email: [email protected]. We welcome the following new mem- bers who were accepted at the Board of Jack H. Nessel, G. Curwen Books. 1 W. Governors Meeting in August: 67th Street, New York, NY 10023. (212) 595-5904. Email: [email protected]. Michael Buehler, Boston Rare Maps Incorporated. 88 High Street, Southamp- For Associate Membership: ton, MA 01073. Phone: (413) 527-4020. Cassandra Joffre, B&L Rootenberg Email: [email protected]. Rare Books, Sherman , CA. The ABAA Newsletter Priscilla Lowry-Gregor, Lowry- New Entity: John Windle, Children's (ISSN 1070-7000X) James Rare Prints & Books. P.O. Box Book Gallery, San Francisco, CA. is published quarterly under the aus- pices of the Publications Committee of The Antiquarian Booksellers' Sue Allen Association of America Susan M. Allen 20 West 44th Street, Fourth Floor M artin Antonetti New York, NY 10036-6604. Nicolas B arker PHONE: 212-944-8291 Wm P. Barlow, Jr FAX: 212-944-8293 Timothy Barrett www.abaa.org Terry Belan ger John Bidwell EDITOR: Susan Benne Erin C. Bl ake Joh n B uchtel ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Morris Coh en BA S E D A T T H E University of Vir- Annie Mazes ginia, Rare Book School (RBS) of- Albert Derolez fers five-day non-credit c o u r se s in John Windle Mark Dimunati on January and June - September in Johanna Druck er Charlottesville, New York, B alti- Annual postpaid subscriptions are Consuelo Dutschke more, and Washington on bookish David Gants subjects ranging from medieval $25.00 domestic; $30.00 Canada Eric Holzenberg structures to modern and Mexico; and $35.00 overseas. Jam es Mosley artists’ books. RBS students (their Paul Ne edham average age is about forty) include Richard Noble academics, antiquarian booksell- COPYRIGHT 2007 by The Antiquarian William Noel ers, b o o k c o l le c t o rs , conservators Booksellers' Association of America Barbara and binders, and rare book libra- Shailor rians. So m e c u r r en t R BS f aculty Jan Storm members’ names are listed in the Send submissions and letters to: van Leeuwen long tail to the left. Visit the RBS ABAA Newsletter Ellis Tinios website at 20 West 44th Street David Warrington New York, NY 10036 USA Roger rarebookschool.org PHONE: 212-944-8291 W ieck M ichael FAX: 212-944-8293 W in ship EMAIL: [email protected]

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