You don't have to spend much time around books before you run into copies of Readers Digest Condensed Books -- lots and lots of copies. Like the magazine from which they took their name, the Readers Digest Condensed Books were hugely popular. But we've always wondered why. Isn't a good book something you want to … [Read more...]
The Mystery of the Condensed Books
You don't have to spend much time around books before you run into copies of Readers Digest Condensed Books -- lots and lots of copies. Like the magazine from which they took their name, the Readers Digest Condensed Books were hugely popular. But we've always wondered why. Isn't a good book something you want to … [Read more...]
When booking passage also meant the passing of books
April 12 is the anniversary of the sinking of the Tittanic. Thirty-seven months later, the Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk. Coincidentally, each sinking had rare-book related aspects that reverberate to this day. One of the Titanic passengers was Henry Elkins Widener. Widener was a noted collector of rare books … [Read more...]
The hunting season that never ends
Lots of people have lots of different reasons for visiting Printed Page Bookshop -- or any other used or antiquarian bookstore, for that matter. Some are just looking for a copy of a book they want to read. Others seek the thrill that comes with finding something they never thought they'd find, or finding something … [Read more...]
Seems like old tomes
If you want to start an argument among booksellers -- and who doesn't? -- mention the word "facsimilie." Facsimilies are reproductioins of books (or dust jackets) that are made to look and feel like first editions of collectible, desirable, or valuable books, yet with much lower price tags. Some booksellers see … [Read more...]
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