books about books
Catskill, NY — For a brief twenty years as the 19th turned into the 20th century, Americans were often beguiled, entertained, and sometimes dazzled by the attractively designed and often gold-laden
In our current issue, Nick Basbanes talks with historians Andrew Pettegree and Arthur Der Weduwen about their latest book, "The Library: A Fragile History."
My collecting began with Civil War artifacts when I was a teenager. My mother, an elementary school teacher, had a keen eye for antiques and our home had several pieces of Shaker furniture.
Five fabulous books comprise our summer issue’s Editor’s Shelf: two nonfiction, three fiction, all exceedingly bookish and highly r
Earlier this week, we learned the sad news that Florida book collector Jerry Morris, whom we profiled in our winter 2015 issu
Sara Gran, LA novelist and screenwriter, has a new bibliomystery out entitled "
At a time when most fictional detectives seem to have some kind of unusual quirk, terrible relationship history, or appalling skeleton in the closet, it’s nice to come across the virtuous and jolly
“Strange, that the mere identity of paper and ink should be so powerful. In truth, the original manuscript has always something which print itself must inevitably lose.
The spring issue’s Editor’s Shelf recommends five new books about books, and I’m adding two to that list in this brief review of ne
It’s that time of year when you catch up on all the most popular stories of 2021 that you somehow missed.
