Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association Board Meeting Sunday, May 6, 2012
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Would You Like That Virtual or Real?
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An essay by James Thomas, Jr. Have you seen the recent Kindle commercials? In one commercial, you see a young woman reading a traditional book, and in the other she’s carrying a large bag on her way to shop for books. In both commercials a young man shows her the advantages of the Kindle. Not . . . read more
Going, Going, Gone
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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
Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA) Board Meeting Minutes, Sunday, December 5, 2010
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MWBH Ephemera From the Past
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Peter Dast of the Bookworks in Evansville, Wisconsin, has kindly sent us scans of two postcards announcing Midwest Bookhunters book fairs from back in the 1980s. “I was probably at the 1987 show,” he writes, “but not the 1984.” We publish these postcards hoping they will not be mistaken for announcements of coming events. More importantly, we . . . read more