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...]
Seven years
August 16, 2016 is our seventh anniversary. When we opened, Broadway was under re-construction, the Kindle was the rage, and the economy was in the doldrums. You would be correct if you guessed we're not MBAs. But here we are seven years later, ranked a top used bookstore in Denver by Westword and a preferred … [Read more...]
The 150-book-a-day habit
And you think YOU buy a lot of books... For most of us, book collections are small, personal representations of our tastes, interests and budget. But there was a time when book collections were a public representation of ego, wealth and acquisitiveness. It was the golden age of book collecting. The late 19th … [Read more...]