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If you were at a book sale and saw this book on the table amid hundreds of other books, would you look twice at it? The old adage about not ...

Found between the leaves of some inconsequential book (translation: I forgot which one), these young actors are forever young on this accide...

This post is book-related, but it doesn't really fit the format of this blog. Rather, it's a YouTube video about books. Very boring ...

Continuing down the botanical pathway I started on yesterday beside the Bonnie Brier Bush , here's a recent find that takes root in the ...

I found this little volume by Ian MacLaren last night: Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush (Dodd, Mead & Company, 1895). The tan cloth covers ...

Remembering the disbelief and horror of eight years ago today, as well as the heroic efforts in the aftermath of the tragedy, I once again h...

When I opened this recently acquired Hemingway classic, a first edition with no jacket, I found a newspaper clipping and a typed note. I als...

In a recent post about finding Helene Hanff's inscription in one of her books I purchased, I had intended to include another book with ...

Cute, lovable little trolls, right? Wrong! Unless you like cavities and tooth decay. Read on... Here's an unusual and interesting boo...

In my collection of books about books, one stands out for its author inscription. I found this gem on a bookscouting trip a few years ago an...

I started this blog three years ago with a post about Napoleon and his disregard for a certain bookseller, Johann Palm, whom he had execute...