Journeys Through the Market: Travel, Travelers and the Book Trade. Edited by Robin Myers and Michael Harris. St Paul‟s Bib-liographies, Oak Knoll Press, 1999. xiii, 152pp. ISBN 1-58456-014-2 (USA) or 1-873040-56-3 (UK). $US39.95. Travel has for centuries been known to the book trade as a saleable commodity. It began with explorers' accounts of their discoveries, … Continue reading Book Review
Category: Neil A Radford
Neil Radford writes: "The Epitaph for collectors from an unknown writer ... ‟ on p.119 of the September 2000 issue of Biblionews is in fact a slight adaptation of Benjamin Franklin's epitaph. He wrote it for his tombstone, but it was not used (I do not know why). The original text is as follows: The … Continue reading Notes & Queries
An Unusual Prospectus for a Nineteenth Century Circumnavigation, Including Australia Probably in the mid-1870s a Liverpool businessman, George Sutherland Dodman, conceived the idea of leading a group of friends and others on a voyage around the world. He must have devoted years to the planning, and in 1879 he released to the public a comprehensive … Continue reading 'A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN 500 DAYS.'
There have been some interesting recent changes in the Sydney book auction scene. The main auctioneer in this field, Lawson’s, have been taken over by Deutscher-Menzies and have announced a reduction in their books/maps/prints auctions to two per year, aiming for the “prestige” end of the market. At least two firms have thus seen an … Continue reading IN THE SALE ROOM