In the fall of 2006, the Palmer School of Library Science (Long Island Univ. at its Bobst Library NYU site) is offering a course on the Antiquarian Book Trade as part of its MSLIS degree program. (The School has an active Rare Book and Special Collections concentration in Manhattan.) I am very grateful to all contributors for the excellent suggestions of readings on this subject that have turned up on the list in recent days. I would be very interested to learn about any other courses touching on the antiquarian book trade in any context. (I have attended the wonderful Colorado summer camp which I highly recommend.) And I would be very grateful to learn about analyses of the antiquarian book trade, both "then" and now. Deirdre _____________ Deirdre C. Stam Director of the New York Center for the Book and Associate Professor at the Palmer School, Long Island University Address: Palmer School LIU, Bobst Library NYU #707, 70 Washington Square South, New York NY 10012 Tel.: 212-998-2681; FAX: 212-995-4072; Email: deirdre.stam@liu.edu; web pages: www.newyorkbooks.org and www.newyorkbooks.org/stam. Web page for the Rare Book and Special Collections concentration at Palmer: http://palmer.cwpost.liu.edu/mslis/mslisrbsc.html. Note: The main office for the Palmer School is at the C.W. Post Campus, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, NY 11548-1300. Web page: palmer.cwpost.liu.edu; email: palmer@cwpost.liu.edu; tel.: 516-299-2487. ________________________________ From: Exlibris on behalf of Germaine Warkentin Sent: Thu 7/27/2006 11:19 AM To: EXLIBRIS@mail.ecw.name Subject: Re: Best Memoirs of Book Collectors/Dealers? I'll second the Altick recommendation -- I read it right at the beginning of my grad student career, and it changed my life; I had the pleasure of telling him this when he visited Toronto many years later. I have pressed it on many a subsequent grad student. It is full of bibliographical and book history information and anecdotes, and it stands up very well after many decades. A sheer delight! Germaine -- *********************************************************************** Germaine Warkentin // English (Emeritus) VC 205, Victoria College (University of Toronto), 73 Queen's Park Crescent East, Toronto, Ont. M5S 1K7, CANADA g.warkentin@utoronto.ca (fax number on request) ***********************************************************************
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