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Toole's story is well-known, but if you don't already know it, he killed himself in despair when he couldn't get A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)…

Pynchon's first three books are by far his most collectible. His first, V. (1963) shows up with some frequency, but is usually either spine-faded, or…

The front flap of McCarthy's 1965 first book proved to be very prophetic: "Confident of the acclaim The Orchard Keeper will ultimately receive, but…

The Australian Bushranging era (1790–1890s) covered approximately the first 100 years of Australian settlement. Early bushrangers were mainly…

Anyone who reads much so-called academic fiction may be forgiven for thinking that some of the folks teaching our sons and daughters are, for the…

In 2011 Italy celebrates its 150th anniversary of its unification, while one of Italy's most famous rare bookshops celebrates its 100th anniversary.…

Michael Silverman, the leading UK dealer in Autograph Letters and Manuscripts, died on Thursday 12 May: he had suffered a cerebral haemorrhage the…

Retracer l'histoire, pour ne pas dire la 'pré-histoire' du Syndicat Français de la Librairie Ancienne et Moderne (S.L.A.M.) n'est guère chose aisée.…

"Four months after my initial training from Heidi, I'm still making my way through the ins and outs of cataloging. What edition is this? Near fine or…

I was recently asked by a reporter to comment on this question, and I offered some specific examples. As is often the case, my comments in the…

In his detailed and well-researched work - which is an important contribution to book trade history - Victor Gray explores many aspects of…

Four hundred rare images of the Japanese woodblock prints, commonly referred to as ukiyo-e, or "pictures of the floating world," have been digitized…