“A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world” wrote John Le Carré in his novel
At auction this week are 200 lots of books from the library of author/illustrator
Book artists Peter and Donna Thomas recently completed two unique accordion books with neat musical backstories.
Selections from the papers of Ian Rankin, Scotland’s best known contemporary crime writer, are now on view at the National Library of Scotland (NLS) in Edin
This is a test designed to determine your bookman's I.Q.
Today the winners of the inaugural David Ruggles Prize, a new national book collecting prize established to support and encourage young collectors of color,
Sometime around 1886, Oscar Wilde was assigned to write a book review of Percy H. Fitzgerald's book, The Book Fancier: or, The romance of book collecting, published that year by S. Low, Marston,…
Sir Edward Cazalet, the step-grandson of prolific British author P. G.
In our current issue, Nick Basbanes talks with historians Andrew Pettegree and Arthur Der Weduwen about their latest book, "The Library: A Fragile History."
James Fleming, nephew of James Bond creator Ian Fleming and editor of The Book Collector, published an illuminating book last year that explores a shadowy corner of the 007 universe: how t
