Heraclitus is credited with stating that “everything flows , nothing remains “. It is certainly true in the world of business and in the…
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Graceful Exits
In the midst of begats and died one name stands out – Enoch. In the Christian Bible book of Genesis the story is told…
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Random Musings of A Mad Bookseller
It must have been in 9th grade or so when I first read the poem in my high school English class. The imagery…
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In Defense of Real Books
I love books and always have. I would have a hard time imagining a world without books. I know that there are societies that…
Read MoreShipping Large Boxes of Books Revisited
This is the second part of my “Shipping Large Boxes of Books” In the first part of this I related the story of shipping…
Read MoreHappy Birthday Oscar Wilde
October 16th 2012 marked the 158th anniversary of the birth of one of my favorite writers – Oscar Wilde. Oscar Wilde was…
Read MoreValuable Guides To First Editions
Like most booksellers , I never really thought much about first editions until I became a bookseller. I collected books of all sorts, had…
Read MoreIdentifying First Editions
If you sell books either in a store or online for any period of time sooner or later you will be called upon to…
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