American Book Collecting

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

A Book Hunter's Bibliocatechism: Part Two

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The general inspiration for this “bibliocatechism” came from John T. Winterich’s Collector’s Choice (1926), a gathering of essays off...
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Monday, January 28, 2019

A Moving Experience

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The smell and feel and heft of books, time to move, only a mile away, the same neighborhood, and unexpectedly a new home called to us and ...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Featured Item VIII: The Zamorano 80. Food, Fellowship & Books

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THE ZAMORANO 80: A SELECTION OF DISTINGUISHED CALIFORNIA BOOKS MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE ZAMORANO CLUB.   Los Angeles: The Zamorano Club, 1...
Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Untrodden Paths in Book Collecting

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A recent visit from collector and bookseller Kevin Mac Donnell resulted in a wide-ranging conversation meandering down many paths inc...
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Saturday, June 9, 2018

William Reese (1955-2018): A Personal Homage

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Bookseller William Reese stood with my wife and me in his private room / biblio-lair at his shop at 409 Temple Street, New Haven, Connecti...
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Sunday, March 25, 2018

Great Catalogues by Master Booksellers

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The release of a bibliographical work many decades in the making is quite an achievement.  One that breaks entirely new ground is ...
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My new book is out! THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF RARE BOOKS: FURTHER ESSAYS AND ESCAPADES (2025). See link above. I can be reached directly at zbooks@yahoo.com. I am first and foremost a book collector and writer. For over 30 years, I have been collecting material related to American book hunting / collecting and the antiquarian book trade, particularly association copies. At the University of Texas, I received a Masters degree in Library Science, spent three years as an intern / assistant at the Humanities Research Center learning bibliography and books from the best in the field, worked in the book trade for Dorothy Sloan, noted Americana dealer, and ran the rare book and manuscript department at Butterfield and Butterfield auction house in San Francisco. An opportunity in the family real estate business brought me to back to Houston twenty-six years ago. I am a founder and president of the Book Hunters Club of Houston established in 2014. I have become fully immersed in the history of the rare book world. This inspires me to share my insights and collection through my blog and other writings.
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