Categories for Rare Books
![Detail face image from the Copper engraving from the expanded second edition of Hanmer's illustrated Works of Shakespeare](https://www.baumanrarebooks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Etching-Shakespeare-Detail-750x500.jpg)
Illustrated - Art, Photography, Architecture, Rare Books
The Illustrative Processes: Etching
Etching falls under the intaglio and engraving category of printmaking, where the printing press applies great force to push ink into lines. Though an etching is an engraving, not all… Read More
![Antonio Clavé—Carmen poster](https://www.baumanrarebooks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/8Artists_Metropolitan_p_115139a-532x500.jpg)
Illustrated - Art, Photography, Architecture, Rare Books
The Weird and the Wonderful: Metropolitan Opera Fine Art
Less a book than a portfolio of rare art prints, this collection of limited edition poster prints–each one of just 25–displays the innovative poster art created for the Metropolitan Opera…. Read More
![Cover of They Shoot Horses, Don't They?](https://www.baumanrarebooks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/McCoy_They_p_120553-700x500.jpg)
Literature, Moderns, Rare Books
The Weird and the Wonderful: Horace McCoy’s They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
To be clear, Horace McCoy’s They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? isn’t weird. It does, however, concern a period in American history in which something extremely weird captured the public imagination:… Read More
![First edition of Kay Thompson's Eloise at Christmastime](https://www.baumanrarebooks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Thompspn_Eloise_p_120927-700x500.jpg)
Rare Books
The Holidays at Bauman Rare Books
Christmas is a holiday steeped in tradition. Christmas trees, advent calendars, and mincemeat pies all go back at least a century. At Bauman Rare Books, we have our own Christmas… Read More
![Stephen King's Signature](https://www.baumanrarebooks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/StephenKingFeatured-750x500.jpg)
Rare Books
Collecting Stephen King: Six Early Books
When asked why he wrote, Stephen King responded, “There is nothing else I was made to do.” With a growing bibliography of 63 novels, roughly 200 short stories, and a… Read More
![silver and ivory hornbook](https://www.baumanrarebooks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Hornbook_SilverAndIvory_p_117655a-700x500.jpg)
Rare Books
The Weird and The Wonderful:
The Silver and Ivory Hornbook
This week, “The Weird and the Wonderful” is taking a look at one of my favorite Bauman items: our ivory and silver hornbook. While most hornbooks were educational devices–functional, utilitarian–this… Read More
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Rare Books
Preserving Rare Books: Paper Repair and Reinforcement
As we’ve discussed in previous blog posts, books have it rough. The price of reading–no matter how careful you are–is a certain amount of wear and tear. It’s no wonder… Read More
![A rebacked copy of Locke's Works with bright gilt](https://www.baumanrarebooks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Reback-Locke_Works_p_112705-700x500.jpg)
Rare Books
Preserving Rare Books: Rebacking and Respining
To paraphrase The Velveteen Rabbit, “[Rare] isn’t how you are made… It’s a thing that happens to you.” Before rare books become rare, they’re just books. Books are left haphazardly… Read More
![Detail from the Funeral Procession Plate](https://www.baumanrarebooks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/JapanThumbnail.png)
Rare Books
The Weird and the Wonderful:
Isaac Titsingh’s Illustrations of Japan
Today, it’s hard to imagine an inaccessible land–a place entirely removed from trade, travel, illustration, photography, and film. In the early 1800s, it was easy to imagine such a place…. Read More
![Orpheus Mosaic at Woodchester](https://www.baumanrarebooks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Lysonsfoldingplate-700x500.jpg)
Rare Books
The Weird and the Wonderful:
Lysons’ An Account Of Roman Antiquities Discovered At Woodchester In The County Of Gloucester
Samuel Lysons’ An Account of Roman Antiquities Discovered at Woodchester in the County of Gloucester suffers from an unusual problem: excessive specificity of title. The excitement of Roman antiquities gets… Read More