by Thomas J. Joyce The following obituary is reprinted from The Caxtonian, with their kind permission. Fina Bray died peacefully at home in February. She was born in Pasadena, California in 1927. She was reborn as a Caxtonian in 1995. In the early 1980s I placed a help-wanted ad in the Kane County Chronicle newspaper . . . read more

by Jay Platt The Ann Arbor Antiquarian Book Fair is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Begun as a three day fair with fourteen dealers in July of 1976 and held in conjunction with the meeting of the Rare Book Conference of the American Library Association, it has grown to a one day fair with . . . read more

Following are a eulogy and brief tribute to Augustus Dickens, Charles Dickens’ brother,given at the Dickens monument dedication on September 25, 2004 at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago. Eulogy for Augustus Dickens and Bertha Phillips Prepared by Bernie Rost, of the Chicago Dickens Fellowship With selections from the book, Charles Dickens & His Chicago Relatives by Sidney . . . read more