Heraclitus is credited with stating that “everything flows , nothing remains “. It is certainly true in the world of business and in the world of the book business. I opened my first retail store in 2002. It was a gift shop. I was very happy to obtain a merchant[Read More...]
In the midst of begats and died one name stands out – Enoch. In the Christian Bible book of Genesis the story is told that “Enoch walked with God and he was not, for God took him” . I know that I am not the only one who has wondered[Read More...]
It must have been in 9th grade or so when I first read the poem in my high school English class. The imagery of the poem entranced me ! It became one of my favorite poems. Like a piece of clothing washed too many times , life and time[Read More...]
I love books and always have. I would have a hard time imagining a world without books. I know that there are societies that still exist that don’t have books and they seem to get along just fine. I am not an anthropologist and don’t know all of the social[Read More...]
This is the second part of my “Shipping Large Boxes of Books” In the first part of this I related the story of shipping a large set of “The Encyclopaedia Britannica” to a customer at a US Embassy. Early in October I got another order for a set of “The Encyclopaedia[Read More...]
October 16th 2012 marked the 158th anniversary of the birth of one of my favorite writers – Oscar Wilde. Oscar Wilde was certainly one of the wittiest men who ever lived. He is remembered for many things. He enjoyed great fame and success as a writer of short[Read More...]
Like most booksellers , I never really thought much about first editions until I became a bookseller. I collected books of all sorts, had a particular fondness for antiquarian books, but I never seemed to be overly concerned about the edition of the book was that was in my possession[Read More...]
If you sell books either in a store or online for any period of time sooner or later you will be called upon to do a task that can prove to be very valuable to your bottom line – determine if a book is a first edition. Determining whether or[Read More...]
