Frauds, fakes and forgeries aren't that common to those of us at Printed Page, although they're not absent from the used and antiquarian book business. When we have a fake, we celebrate it. That's why we had a framed photo of Humphrey Bogart hanging in the store, boldly autographed in felt tip pen. Bogart died in 1957, … [Read more...]
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Uncovering a book’s history
Who was John Wolfe Barry? We didn't know anything about Sir John other than he had put his bookplates in a five-volume series of books titled "Boswell's Life of Johnson." It turns out that Barry purchased the books used. We know that because they were published in 1831, and he was born in 1836. Barry was the son of … [Read more...]
New arrivals
One of our dealers recently purchased a library of more than 3,000 volumes. The collector was a Denver native who made a name for himself in educational testing. Over the course of about 40 years, he collected books about art, science, history (particularly ancient history and history of the middle ages), Folio … [Read more...]
Fall book classes
The fall semester of the Printed Page College of Biblio Knowledge is set! We'll have two, two-hour classes from 7 to 9 pm on October 19 and 26 at Printed Page Bookshop. The classes cover the most important things you need to know about books: How to identify first editions, what are points, issues, states, what … [Read more...]