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  • State Department to lead the low-key life of a rare-book dealer.

    The Alexandria Link by Steve Berry: Book summary 2010

  • And Cotton Malone –former U.S. Justice Department agent turned rare-book dealer – will be drawn into an intense geopolitical chess game.

    The Venetian Betrayal by Steve Berry: Book summary 2010

  • Instead he had the Microsoft word document of "Il Divino Bambino" transferred to canvas, the resulting artworks for sale at John McWhinnie @ Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, a rare-book shop on East 64th Street, starting next week.

    A Divine Intervention Ralph Gardner 2010

  • “They have cuneiform tablets in the rare-book collection!”

    Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011

  • So begins this history of 20 collectible modern first editions by rare-book dealer Rick Gekoski.

    Extreme Book-Collecting Allison Hoover Bartlett 2010

  • To follow the course of his life is to understand a critical time of evolution in the rare-book world, when va lues skyrocketed, the super-wealthy built grand collections, and then the more fortunate institutions became their beneficiaries.

    Extreme Book-Collecting Allison Hoover Bartlett 2010

  • Instead, he established a network of rare-book dealers around the globe, who sent him material on an almost daily basis.

    A Culinary Man of Letters Bruce Palling 2011

  • Conceptual photographer David Matterhorn's show, installed in a rare-book shop, focuses on the "dash" symbol used between birth and death years on tombstones.

    Don't Miss: Sept. 24-30 2011

  • "The Ninth Gate" picks up on the supernatural spoofery of "The Fearless Vampire Killers" by way of a hermetic conspiracy thriller, as dashing rare-book dealer Johnny Depp treks across Europe in search of some rare Satanic verses.

    Start September With Superior Cinema Steve Dollar 2011

  • “They have cuneiform tablets in the rare-book collection!”

    Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011

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