Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Organic Bookselling

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  Eddy Nix and Kurt Zimmerman loading up Z book cruiser I’m seated in an outhouse thinking fondly of antiquarian booksellers.   The outhouse...
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Friday, June 30, 2023

Booking in the Big Easy

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Kurt Zimmerman and Russell Desmond Memorable.   The Big Easy is.   I am in the middle of Bourbon Street at night, leaning over, elbows on kn...
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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Condition Isn't Everything

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  A Rough and Ready Copy of Burton's THE BOOK-HUNTER (1863)  Books are tough.   Raging fire or lengthy submersion in water can do them i...
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Sunday, April 16, 2023

Good Books at the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair

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  “Are you sure you want a beer guy to order the wine?” said friend and bookseller Jay Rohfritch, as I scanned the vast and mostly incompreh...
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Monday, February 27, 2023

Encounters with Bookmen E. L. “Shorty” Shettles and J. Frank Dobie

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J. Frank Dobie I was a book greenhorn when I first encountered Elijah L. Shettles (1852-1940) and J. Frank Dobie (1888-1964), two legendary ...
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Thursday, January 12, 2023

Susan Halas Interview with Kurt Zimmerman: Dorothy Sloan and More

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 Susan Halas, book dealer and writer, contacted me to do an interview for Rare Book Monthly, the online newsletter found on rarebookhub.com....
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Sunday, November 6, 2022

Extreme Book Collecting

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Sir Thomas Phillipps' idea of a family photo Extremism is trending nowadays -- weather, politics, sports, food portions.   Even travel, ...
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