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Rare Books 101
Rare Books 101: Caring for Your Rare Books
While collectors worry a great deal about caring for their rare books, the good news is that most rare book maintenance is common sense. Happily, we live in one of… Read More
Rare Books 101
Rare Books as Gifts
Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them. And it’s much cheaper to buy somebody a book than it is to buy them the whole world…. Read More
Literature, Rare Books 101
Collecting Camelot: Rare Arthurian Books, Part 2
Someday, I’d like to play King Arthur in a production of Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot. I long ago memorized all of Arthur’s songs and a lot of his dialogue—including the… Read More
Literature, Rare Books 101
Collecting Camelot: Rare Arthurian Books
When I visited Walt Disney World, one thing I really wanted to do was tug at the Sword in the Stone, right next to the Fantasyland carousel. I’d heard the… Read More
Rare Books 101
The Personal Library: Beach House
The Jersey Shore was my beach. If you can imagine New Jersey as a woman sitting with her legs crossed, I grew up where the calves are. We chased the… Read More
Rare Books 101
The Private Library: The Living Room
We are often asked at Bauman Rare Books if we think there is a future for material books. Answer: Yes! If you build your OWN library. The more people who… Read More
Rare Books 101
How English Became English: Caxton to Johnson
Welcome to “Culture Beat,” a new series inspired by current events and exhibitions around New York City. Check out these shows while you’re in town, and then continue the conversation… Read More
Rare Books 101
Collecting Rare Science Fiction: The Golden Age
Isaac Asimov said, “Science fiction stories are extraordinary voyages into any of the infinite supply of conceivable futures.” During the Golden Age of science fiction (sf), roughly the 1930s-1950s, those futures… Read More
Literature, Moderns, Rare Books 101
Collecting Rare Science Fiction: Genesis of a Genre
I’ll let you in on a secret. We sell more than rare books. We sell time travel. Sure, scientists will tell you time travel can’t happen. But bibliophiles know better…. Read More
Rare Books 101
The Secret Language of Rare Books: Cosway-Style Bindings
Does the specialized vocabulary of rare book descriptions read like a secret language to you? In this series we will unveil the meanings behind a few of the more unusual and interesting… Read More