Here’s what people are saying about the 52nd Chicago Book and Paper Fair, held on October 5th, 2013: “If you like browsing antiquarian bookstores, this is a can’t miss event – having so many sellers in one place is great!” – Matt C. “Awesome! They had a good variety of books within everyone’s price range . . . read more

Bidding at a rare book auction. by Florence Shay Reprinted with permission of The Caxtonian “Fair warning… Sold for $750 to 77.” Recently, I attended an auction at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers on Lake Street, near Ogden Avenue, in Chicago. I hadn’t been to an auction in a long time. This auction was Modern Age. Seated . . . read more

A review by Joel Hyde A review of Allison Hoover Bartlett’s, The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession. New York: Riverhead Books/Penguin, 2009. Hardback, 274 pp. $24.95 In this book Allison Hoover Bartlett describes her investigations into the activities of John . . . read more

By Bruce H. Barnett, J.D., LL.M. (Taxation) The Book Block Lake Forest, Illinois Introduction Antiquarian booksellers frequently are asked to value books. The requests generally are for a single book or a small group, and in those cases, no more than a verbal estimate of value is expected. From time to time, however, booksellers are . . . read more

A review by Joel Hyde Out of Print and Into Profit: A History of the Rare Book Trade in Britain in the Twentieth Century edited by Giles Mandelbrote. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2006. 414 pp., hb. $55.00. (Note: since I wrote this review of Out of Print and into Profit, a second printing . . . read more