Picture of children playing in the snow

The Holidays Are Almost Here...

Rare books are heirlooms. They follow us through houses and families and generations.
November 23, 2023
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When the World Is a Mess...

When the World Is a Mess...

We are given this wonderful gift--the ability to read and imagine. I'm going to keep reading and I'm going to keep selling books, because I truly do believe that history matters. Even (or perhaps especially) when you're living through it.
October 22, 2023
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Selection of rare books

Holiday Gifts(!)

And that's a lot of holidays with perfect gifts. You might even start to love giving gifts as much as I do. 
November 12, 2022
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Postcard panorama of Krakow

Diversifying

When you begin a rare book business (and you're self-funding), you start small...
May 15, 2022
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Bookselling Quirks

Bookselling Quirks

Rare bookselling is fundamentally weird in a lot of ways.
December 24, 2021
Here Today, Here Tomorrow

Here Today, Here Tomorrow

We almost moved. 
November 30, 2021
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Welcome to the Opal Rare Books Blog!

Welcome to the Opal Rare Books Blog!

The last time I had a blog was circa 1998...
November 30, 2021