Rare Book Monthly « November

Susan Heller: A life with books

Susan Heller: A life with books Susan Heller, retired rare book dealer, slipped away on October 8, leaving her shelves bare. She was 90. Born in 1933, Susan lived in Beachwood, Ohio and began life as a teacher but slowly succumbed to the magic of being a book dealer. The very idea of browsing garage sales, bidding at auction, going to book fairs, and dropping in to see what book shops were offering, these activities were never work for her, they were pure pleasure. The possibility to find unappreciated gems made life exciting. In 1982 she became a member of the ABAA. Her husband, H...

Do Your Books Have Booklice?

We are constantly bombarded with warnings of all sorts of grave risks. Some new disease we never heard of seems to perfectly fit the symptoms of some problem we think we have. Or, maybe there is so...

Esther Inglis: Multimedia Renaissance Virtuosa

Esther Inglis, an accomplished Renaissance calligrapher, painter, book-artist, and miniaturist, is the subject of special events this season in Edinburgh, Scotland, and Washington, DC. Commemo...

Library Technology: Report Reviews Digitizing Ancient and Fragile Materials

Digitizing Ancient and Fragile Materials is the subject of a recent report by Primary Research Group (PRG), a New York City firm specializing in data analysis related to libraries, higher education...

November 5

In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue and “discovered” America. It was a big rock, with some inhabitants but not many by today's standards. That was the last time America was “discovered.” Ever s...

The Boston Int’l Antiquarian Book Fair: Find your future there!

Once again, bibliophiles have an opportunity to be in the same room with the leading dealers who handle collectible paper when the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair opens to the public on ...

The Boston Shadow Fair: 10, 9, 8, . .

MW Book Fairs, a collaboration between Wiggins Fine Books ABAA, SNEAB and Richard Mori Books, is pleased to announce that 40 outstanding antiquarian book, ephemera and photo dealers have signed on ...

Women in Rare Books: Belle da Costa Greene Exhibit at the Morgan Library Spotlights Life of Extraordinary Librarian

I’m new to the Belle da Costa Greene fan club, but I can assure you I’m going to be one of its most enthusiastic members. That’s Belle, who in 1905 became financier JP Morgan’s personal librari...

Texas County Changes Its Mind, Again Reclassifies Book Previously Reclassified as Fiction

An attempt to denigrate a book if not hide it in Texas has been reversed, at least for the time being. In this era of increasing censorship of libraries, every victory adds a ray of hope that the f...

Imprints in Time, Selections from the Great Collection of Stuart and Mimi Rose, are on Display at the Folger Shakespeare Library through January 5, 2025

The Folger Shakespeare Library recently opened its inaugural exhibition in its new gallery. The exhibition title is Imprints in Time, items from the amazing collection of Stuart and Mimi Rose of Da...