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J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy are some of the most iconic and sought after first editions books on the market today. We could wax long about Tolkien’s imaginative style or the ways in which the books have affected our culture or children’s fantasy writers after him, but much has…
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Just over 100 years ago, Lucy Maud Montgomery introduced the world to a red-headed, spirited, orphan girl named Anne (with an “e”) Shirley. Since that first edition in 1908, this girl adopted into a little town called Avonlea in Prince Edward Island, Canada has been stealing the hearts of readers generation after generation and is…
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Stephen King is, without a doubt, the most popular horror writer of all time. He has sold more than 350 million copies of his books worldwide, and, as you can imagine, there is a very large audience who desire first editions and/or signed copies in collectible condition. We always like it when we can find…
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Nikos Kazantzakis was a Greek writer and philosopher of whom many consider to be the most important and most translated Greek writer of the 20th century. He was one vote short of winning the Nobel Prize for Literature when he was nominated in in 1957, having lost to Albert Camus. Unfortunately, he died that same…
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Gunter Grass is Germany’s greatest living writer. He is best known for his first novel, The Tin Drum (1959), which was adapted into a film and won both the 1979 Palme d’Or and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The Tin Drum is a contributing piece to European “magic realism,” a genre that…
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Yesterday kicked off the 52nd annual New York Antiquarian Book Fair held at the Park Avenue Armory. For anyone who has ever attended an antiquarian book fair, this one tops them all. High-end book dealers come from all over the world to display the most interesting and rare books that are still available for purchase.…
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“Funeral by Funeral, theory advances” – Paul Samuelson Paul Samuelson is one of the developers of both neo-Keynesian and neoclassical economics, the later of which still dominates mainstream economics. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for having written considerable parts of economic theory, and he is one of the ten Nobel…
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Book collecting can be a very enjoyable endeavor. Putting together a library of beauty and importance is an incredible journey that many find to be one of the chief thrills of their life. Like any hobby or pursuit, you learn as you go and sometimes make mistakes along the way. We would love, however, if…
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We’ve recently been featured twice in the Fine Books and Collections blog and I thought I would also include these posts here. The first is a nice review of our recent catalogue and the second is an interview with us for the series Bright Young Things, which focuses on the next generation of booksellers. Catalogue…
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We’ve recently had a over a foot of snow here in Vermont, which makes it seem like the holidays are drawing ever closer. I love this time of year, as the anticipation arrives of having good times with friends and family, hot drinks by the fire, and lights to cheer even the darkest of days.…
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