Stephen J. Gertz
Those who, like your ace reporter, avidly track the national SPRM (Sex&Politics-Related Meltdown) count will have noticed the recent spike in SPRM motility; the press has been absolu
In a recent post, I discussed ephemera in general and a certain piece that elicited memories of my family's
My girlfriend's father died recently and in amongst his belongings she found a curious pamphlet.
In its first No Reserve Bibliophile Sale Bloomsbury-NY blew
TERRA INCOGNITO, Gaia - Whereas, over the course of fifty-eight years I have mastered near complete ignorance of the subject of women, I am, naturally, going where sane men fear to tread, yet to insur
In a recent column, I discussed deflation coming to the rare book world
Those who, like me, are beginning to see the faint outlines of Thanatos on the far horizon may remember a malodorous movie from 1960, The
The title of Americana Exchange's latest analysis of the book auction market succinctly sums up what those in the trade have been feeling for quite some
One day in 1939, Frances Kroll Ring, a 22-year old with typing and dictation skills, was interviewed by Rusty's Employment Agency on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles.
