It’s not easy for us to explain to non-collectors why we’re attracted to books.
Joel Silver
Joel Silver is director and curator of early books and manuscripts at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
It’s not a beautiful book, except to those who recognize it and understand its importance.
It's a cliché, but it’s true: Things aren’t the same as they used to be.
Books, at least the books that collectors usually want, cost money, and sometimes they cost a great deal of money.
Seventy-five years ago, in the winter of 1947 at the University of Cambridge, John Carter delivered a series of three le
At the time of his death a century ago, the Canadian physician Sir William Osler (1849–1919) was considered to be the most famous doctor in the world.
Perfection is an elusive thing for collectors, especially if anything less than “no dings, no chips” is unacceptable.
