Rare Books 101
Rare Books 101: Caring for Your Rare Books
Caring for rare books is mostly common sense: keep them in a dry, climate-controlled room away from sunlight, store them upright on coated or finished-wood shelves, dust them gently, and… Read more
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American Revolution
Books the Founders Read: Sidney’s Discourses Concerning Government
In this new series, I’ll highlight books that the Founding Fathers read, owned, wrote about, and were influenced by: works that were important in the creation of the United States… Read More
Science/Natural History, Videos
The Story Behind The Elements of Geometrie by Euclid
Las Vegas bookseller James Russell discusses the monumental influence of Euclid’s magnum opus. Read More
Children's Lit
Giving and Collecting Rare Children’s Books: 20th Century
The previous post featured classic children’s books from the 19th century by Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Carlo Collodi, and Frances Hodgson Burnett. Now… Read More
Children's Lit
Giving and Collecting Rare Children’s Books: 19th Century
Children’s books are one of the most popular subjects for giving and collecting rare books. Who can resist the charms of the memorable stories and characters from the classic works… Read More
Great Leaders
Giving and Collecting Rare Books by 20th-Century Leaders
Rare books and autographs of important 20th century political, military, and civil rights leaders are a perennial favorite for collecting and gifts. This post will guide you through a selection… Read More
Economics
Giving and Collecting Rare Books on Economics
Many of our clients purchase rare books on economics and finance as holiday gifts or for their own collections. If you aren’t sure where to start or are looking for… Read More
19th Century, Literature
The Story Behind Frankenstein; Or the Modern Prometheus
A stormy evening closes in on a villa not far from Lake Geneva. The group of friends gathered there read ghost stories to pass the time. Inspired by these tales… Read More
19th Century, Literature, Videos
The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of Sherlock Holmes
Watch a short film featuring Las Vegas bookseller Embry Clark discussing the ups and downs Sir Arthur Conan Doyle endured while living with his most famous creation Sherlock Holmes. Read More
Illustrated - Art, Photography, Architecture
Spotlight: Blake’s “Visionary Heads” Drawing of Wat Tyler
You can see what I do if you choose. Work up imagination to the state of vision, and the thing is done. – William Blake Read More
Literature
We Read Banned Books
We all know that books burn…yet we have the greater knowledge that books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can… Read More