Serendipity At Allentown PA Ephemera Show
Finding desirous books can be quite serendipitous. For example, last Saturday at a very large book and ephemera show in…
Primarily Basic Readers
By Kathie McMillan I did not set out to collect primers. It began quite by accident when I found Friends…
Bookish Halloween Costumes
Once again, it is time for Halloweenie, and last minute costumes are being assembled. Why not dress up as your…
New York Is Book Country No More
New York hasn’t been book country since the tragic day of 9/11, in my opinion. Because of the security risks,…
A Self Educated Lover Of Illustrated Children’s Books
My first taste of Golden Age Illustrators of children’s books, which is the period of the late 1800’s until a…
Kate Greenaway–Too Cute For Comfort
Another ABE e-mail came my way and I was surprised to see it was about the illustrator of children’s…
Are Some Booksellers Out of Register?
It happened again. I found a title with divine illustrations that I could afford, and ordered it from ABE or…
Appreciating All Of Jack's Houses–Comparing Illustrators
Anne Anderson’s House That Jack Built is worlds apart from a Victorian’s book plate, or Art Deco vision, or a…
