Tag Archives: antiquarian books

How to restore the finish of worn book dust jackets

By Steve Weber | Published: March 23, 2010

Just ran across this neat YouTube video of Amazon bookseller Steve Lindhorst explaining his method for polishing up books or dust jackets that are worn and scuffed. This is a quick way to upgrade the condition of a book and earn a few extra bucks:

FBI-seized antiquarian library going up for auction

By Steve Weber | Published: March 11, 2010

–Those of you near Chicago might be interested in this: An auction featuring over 75 lots of early Italian and Latin literature from the antiquarian book library of John Sisto of Berwyn, Illinois. The books, maps and engravings comprise what remains of the over 3,500 items seized by the Chicago division of the Federal Bureau of [...]