Tag Archives: used book collecting

bookmarks: the bookworm and memory

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Dave

Open a book open your mind, or judge a book by its cover? A glass half full or half less full?  An exegis of “stuff.” How do we read an evaluate material objects? One of Walter Benjamin’s modes of scholarship … Continue reading →

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doggone it

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) i have a LOT of books. i’ve been collecting (more like ‘gathering’, really) books of all sorts for decades, now. i’ve also had to move many many times, and i gotta tell you, books are … Continue reading →

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graphic junyard dog: the way we were

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Art

Used books…..the lost pleasure of sifting through shelves of dusty old volumes… by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com): Something has broken down out there in the used book world. since the advent of Ebay, old cool used book sales have moved … Continue reading →

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