Rare Book Monthly

Articles - August - 2016 Issue

Bucks on the Bookshelf

Steve Eisenstein, bookman and radio show host

Steve Eisenstein, bookman and radio show host

Steven Eisenstein has a talk show about rare books on the online radio station WDBF Radio. He and I have spoken a few times, and I’ve agreed to be a guest on Saturday, August 20th.  The show will be aired live on a variety of online radio sources, from noon to 2:00 pm EST, and replayed several times over the next few days.

 

Hosted by Steve "The Bookman" Eisenstein, the show focuses on the world of rare books and the people in it.  The show’s host has been in the rare book business for 45 years and was also previously an Entertainment Director for various resorts. He explains, “we try to make the show informative and entertaining.”

 

The audience reflects a range of experience, from novice to knowledgeable in the gamut aspects of the field. The show’s mission statement is to promote the world of rare books.

 

The show is also occasionally broadcast from regional book fairs.  The weekend of the 20th mercifully falls between major events.

 

The program employs a call-in format.  This is a way for you to ask me for advice or questions you might have, and you can by tuning in to the show.  Absent more pressing issues, the discussion will focus on finding the “bottom” in the extended current decline.  It is a complex question.

 

Mr. Eisenstein can be reached by email at stevenabookabrac@aol.com and by phone at 305.868.5515.

 

Please visit WDBF Radio’s website for details on how to listen in.

 

Rare Book Monthly

  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.

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