Printed Page Bookshop

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Uncovering a book’s history

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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

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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...]

Make a difference for kids

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Printed Page is donating children's books to East Denver FISH, a food bank that delivers to needy local families.  If a family can't get to a food bank, they probably can't get to a library, either, yet books in the home are the biggest single contributor to a child's academic success.  Traci Sanders, a children's … [Read more...]

Fall book classes

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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...]