January 2010
23 posts
F=Gd² (fine equals…) would be preferred, but they were describing a book by Einstein, so…
RT @bookpatrol: Princeton shares some amazing Victorian Papier-Mâché bindings by Henry Noel Humphreys http://ow.ly/TIsy
Good q. RT @cshirky. Does a majority of all published English ever written now reside with Google? If not, when will we cross that rubicon?
Old Saratoga Books’ list of biblionovels: http://tinyurl.com/ydv927r. Lots I wasn’t aware of.
See also, @jgodsey’s (and Craig Harris’) Bookseller Bibliography: http://tinyurl.com/ycntenk
This is hilarious, though sadly not all iambic pentameter: “The Two Gentleman of Lebowski”. http://bit.ly/92KxCw (via @unmodisch)
Listen to Velvet Underground interview at NYPL done in conjunction with their VU exhibit: http://tinyurl.com/ydr2xvo
Bought books from estate last month. An academic. Many books c. 2009. Reading right to end. Don’t know whether this makes me sad or hopeful.
RT @roncharles: In what possible sense is The Sam’s Club Book Club a book club? When McDonald’s releases a new McSandwich, do we call it …
RT @TatteredCover: Richard Nash on publishing in 2020: Most predictions that aren’t actually wrong will happen by 2015 or sooner: http:/ …
Has anyone seen my bookselling or cataloguing mojo? I left them around here somewhere…
Missed this somehow. My friend Carlene Bauer picks best songs of ‘09 for Elle: http://tinyurl.com/yel4w7b. SO agree with her 2nd choice.
About to declare Google Reader bankruptcy. Again.
Are Braille books going the way of the Dodo? Listening to Braille (NYT): http://nyti.ms/5fIX2K
There is little more depressing than cataloguing material you paid too much for. Looks like it’s going to be a depressing day.
Awoken last night by bizarre sounds emanating from dog. Reluctant to bring to office…Alien erruption from chest? Mess bad for books.
Been putting wrong date-code in books all day. DAMN YOU NEW YEAR!!
More here: http://www.matthewgehrett.com/2010/01/05/fathers-not-funny/
Hey, got my own theme song. No really: http://music.matthewgehrett.com/track/fathers-not-funny
A critic is born. The Girl at the National Gallery of Art this weekend: “This should be called the National Gallery of Naked People.”
You know you’ve officially crossed from hip to out-of-touch when you only find out who someone was when they die.
Oh, and BTW, theme song courtesy of @unmodisch. Thanks Matt!
FYI: my website is down. Grrr. Should be fixed later today.
September 2009
9 posts
RT @largeheartedboy What do your bookcases say about you? http://bit.ly/S8ux9
This piece explains better than any I’ve ever read how/why I became a book dealer: http://tinyurl.com/kwb6k6
Finally just catalogued one of the first books I bought specifically for resale - about 7 years & 4 moves ago. Profitable buy? Not at all.
Spent better part of morning researching The Process, a prominent and infamous 60’s cult, after finding issue of its mag at bottom of a box.
Didn’t organize the books I moved as much as I should have. Spent 2 hrs going through 200 boxes to find 3 misplaced books ordered this week.
Really is amazing how much more cataloguing gets done without the shop. Go figure.
Getting my cataloguing groove on, listening to Sugarcubes, & thinking of old friends. “He said ‘Hi.’ / I said ‘Hi.’ / I was still clean.”
Day one Baltimore Fair: Decent sales, good but cautious crowds, long day, dinner with good friends. More today…
Rare Book School scholarship application - DONE! Baltimore Book Fair prep - NOT!
August 2009
9 posts
Just got Clue for The Girl and - WTF!? - the library gone! No more “Mr. Plumb in the library with the wrench.” What’s the world coming to?
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Return to land of living continues. Will be exhibiting @ Baltimore Summer Antiques Fair: http://www.baltimoresummerantiques.com. Booth 908.
Planning on hitting the shelf lot preview at Waverly Auctions today.
For reasons of imaginary world continuity, The Girl’s been calling me Ishmael all day. I finish the trio of Fishmeal and Squishmeal.
is reading Twilight and doesn’t care who knows it.
Catalogued my first books in more than two months. Collation never felt so good.
Downside of my 1st day back? New dog whizzing on box filled w/about 10k of books. Books & dog survived unscathed. But both just barely.
Spent first near-full day in new home office. Nice to be surrounded by books. Too bad they’re all in boxes. Still, good to be back to work.
Trying…to start…selling…books again….Business…sputtering…back to life…This…my best….Shatner imitation…
Pondering the possible meanings of “unpossible.”
On Metro last week: walked into filming of DC Real World. 2 girls trying to make sense of Metro map, camera (& soundmen, etc.) catching all.
July 2009
6 posts
Good heavens, why did they make books so heavy!?
Phew. Biz books arrived safely this afternoon & sit in an enormous trailer occupying all of our driveway. Several days of unloading ahead.
Life slowly returning to normal. Almost back from the dead.
June 2009
19 posts
Wife got new job in DC, so shop closed (sigh). On way cross country now. Hoping to open new shop, but prob just work from house. New chpt.
Realizing many followers don’t know me (duh) &/or don’t follow me on FB, so general FYI for the readership: (cliffhanger tweet, 1st of 2)
Pix of move to follow soon.