A couple of months ago I published a piece in the Guardian about my decision to start a rare book business focused on work by women, particularly women writers, and the unequal treatment o
When the Folio Society needed a contemporary artist for its recently published volume of medieval Japanese Fairy Tales they went straight to Yuko Shimizu, an award-winning illustrator and
We heard the sad news earlier this week that antiquarian bookseller William (Bill) Reese passed away.
Just a few weeks ago, the Yosemite Conservancy released a new book titled Anywhere That is Wild: John Muir's First Wal
Jane Austen's novels criticizing sentimentalism, the British landed gentry, and women's dependence on marriage have remained in pr
Scout's honor--here's an exhibit to see: OK, I'll Do It Myself: Narratives of Intrepid Women in the American Wilderness, Selections
We're focusing on California this week on the blog in the run-up to the California Antiquarian Book Fair in Pasadena.
