Thursday, May 17, 2012

Bookshelf: Boas’ Lincoln Dictionary—Incomparable!

By WILLIAM L. BUTTS —Autograph June 2010

Bookshelf: A Monument More Durable Than Brass

April 1, 2010 by  
Filed under Authors, Book Reviews, Signed Books

By WILLIAM L. BUTTS —Autograph April 2010

Bookshelf: A Book About Books About Books

By WILLIAM L. BUTTS —Autograph May 2009 Few publishers have appeared in this column more often than Oak Knoll Press of New Castle, Delaware. Autograph collectors with a bookish bent should bow before their logo and chant, Wayne’s World-style, “We’re not worthy! We’re not worthy!” Founder Robert Fleck founded Oak Knoll Books—dealers in books about [...]

Bookshelf: Noted Dealer’s WW2 Collection Comes to Life

By WILLIAM L. BUTTS Featured in Autograph January 2010

WW II: Saving the Reality

January 1, 2010 by  
Filed under Book Reviews, Military, Signed Books

By WILLIAM L. BUTTS Featured in Autograph January 2010

Book Collector: British Prime Ministers

By JOHN E. SCHLIMM II —Autograph April 2009

Bookshelf: Snapshots of Larry McMurtry

By WILLIAM L. BUTTS Featured in Autograph March 2009 Nearly 25 years ago this budding bibliophile mailed novelist Larry McMurtry an oddball edition of The Last Picture Show for signing—bound in cheesy black paper over boards stamped to resemble tooled leather, published by an outfit named International Collectors Library. McMurtry returned it promptly, graciously inscribed [...]