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Hey, Rare Book Guy: What About Dust Jacket Restoration?
by Stephen J. GertzHey, Rare Book Guy:I have an old Hardy Boys book. The dust jacket is torn and has pieces missing. Should I have it repaired? How is it done?- Chip in MilwaukeeDear Chip: You're...
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The Ultimate Gift For Book Lovers
by Stephen J. GertzImagine an entire book on a poster, beginning to end, a bold art print upon which, up close, you can read the full and complete text of your favorite classic work and/or collectible...
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Booktryst In Bear's Den For the Holidays
by Stephen J. GertzDecember 15, 1855.Booktryst is in hibernation for the holidays but will awaken on Monday, January 2, 2012. The publisher at rest.I wish Booktryst readers the happiest of holiday...
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Rocky and Bullwinkle's Rare Book Adventure
by Stephen J. GertzBullwinkle: Hi-Ho culture fans! Today we journey into the fascinating world of rare books and book collecting.Rocky: But Bullwinkle, you don't know anything about rare...
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An Illustrious Anonymous Author Unmasked
by Stephen J. GertzPreviewAnonymous is a perennially busy writer, with a list of books that could span the Equator with enough left over to tie a sash knot with long tassels. Anonymous writers toil,...
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Mom Turns Tot Into Bookworm
by Stephen J. Gertz“I felt like I was brain-dead when I was pregnant, but then after giving birth my creativity just exploded for a while,” said mom Adele Enersen.When Adele Enerson, a 33-year old new...
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Attack of the Kewpies, With Hankies
by Stephen J. GertzFirst edition of the first Kewpie book.A simply miraculous copy of The Kewpies, Their Book (1913), the volume by Rose O'Neill (1874-1944) that introduced the precious characters to a...
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Celebrating Ronald Searle's Wicked World of Book Collecting
by Stephen J. GertzRonald Searle was a great friend of rare books and the collecting world. We mourn his passing this week at age 91. The following originally appeared on Booktryst, October 26, 2010 in...
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Thanks For the Memory of Pope What's His Name
by Stephen J. Gertz"You will remember the popes.""A world-famous memory expert who has trained countless industrialists, trade unionists, businessmen, professional men, salesmen and household pets to...
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The Writing Parrot On Rare Parrot Books
by AlbertToday's guest blogger is Albert the Writing Parrot, a thirty-four year old Yellow-Naped Amazon, Booktryt's mascot, my ward since fledged, and, pathetically, my most successful long-term...
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All Points Bulletin: "Pure" Pickwick Papers
by Stephen J. GertzAttention! Calling all cars: Be on the lookout for Mr. Pickwick, a person of interest in the posthumous case of his posthumous papers, originally published as a 20-part serial, then...
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A Rare Book Dealer Collective
by Stephen J. GertzThe illustration is from a poster by Albert Sterner (1863-1946) advertising a lending library for modern literature in 1903 .From each according to their inventory, to each according...
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The Loose Cannon Essayist of Post-Revolution America
by Stephen J. Gertz"As the people of America may not be informed who Peter Porcupine is, the celebrated manufacturer of lies, and retailer oi filth, I will give you some little account of this...
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The Bauhaus Bird Paradise of Carl Ernst Hinkefuss
by Stephen J. GertzIn 1929, graphic designer Carl Ernst Hinkefuss (1881-1970) published, Mein Vogel Paradies (My Bird Paradise), a tie-bound modern block book for children featuring stunning color...
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Planet of the Monkey-Men, 1827
by Sam Simian Sam Simian is the former proprietor of Darwin's Body Shop in the former Leopoldville in the former Belgian Congo ("Ubangi, We Fixy") in the current Africa. Now, having made his fortune...
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Hollywood Goes to the Library
by Stephen J. GertzThe staff of the Greene County Public Library of Ohio has put together an entertaining video montage of library scenes from film and television. It includes footage from Seinfeld,...
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Vivid Criminal Slang on the City Streets of France
by Stephen J. GertzL'Argot de "Milieu" was a groundbreaking and influential dictionary of criminal and low-life French slang, born of the fascination with crime and criminals that had swept early 20th...
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Public Amusements in Paris With Gustave Doré
by Stephen J. GertzA remarkable and very important suite of lithographs from early in Doré’s career, Les différents publics de Paris contains twenty-one original lithographs, superbly colored by a...
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A French Almanac for Americans, 1802
by Stephen J. GertzAlmanac americain pour l’année 1802 was a French almanac for the American market, a literary miscellany preceded by a calendar that was modeled on successful French and German...
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The Lions of the New York Public Library Never Looked Like This
by Stephen J. GertzThe Fox and the Grapes.No, that's not a wolf whistling at the hubba-hubba behind him.Patience and Fortitude, sculptor Edward Clark Potter's marble lions that majestically flank the...
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