Several weeks ago, a woman brought a small collection of books into the store for us to buy.  She told us her aunt was an antiquarian bookseller in Los Angeles some years ago.  In the collection were some catalogs, pamphlets and other ephemera from someone named Jake Zeitlin.  Naturally, we wondered:  Who was Jake … [Read more...]

Yesterday was one of those days where my life in books took to me to an unexpected and wonderful place. Last weekend, the Denver Post published a story I wrote about Independent Bookstore Day. I'd mentioned a store that was partnering with a brewer to created literary-themed beers, and I hoped for a Rex Stout. For … [Read more...]

Our first Saturday morning session, which we called "Seventeen or 18 Things Every Book Collector Should Know," was so popular that we're offering another.  This one is June 2 from 9 to 10:30 am at Printed Page.  This is a lively session, fast-paced because we cover a lot:  First editions, book care and terminology, … [Read more...]

We were thumbing through a copy of Murder Ink: The Mystery Reader's Companion by Dilys Winn, 1977, and came across a chapter from mystery collector extraordinaire Otto Penzler. Penzler remembered the days when few persons collected mysteries.  Then came along John Carter's book, New Paths in Book Collecting, published … [Read more...]