Author Archives: Garrett

From our ongoing project of noting library public photos.

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Garrett

It appears that in some ways a bookseller’s packing room can take on the aspect of a library’s work of art.

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In which my mother takes over the content of this blog.

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Garrett

I’m a little embarrassed that I’ve turned to my mother for hot news tips in the world of rare books, but I would like to point out that my folks are well-suited to be stringers for this particular story since … Continue reading →

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As the Mighty Wulritzer descends into the pit to the strains of Bronislaw Kaper: An update.

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Garrett

I will be leaving town (D.V.) this Friday for the San Francisco Bay Area to scout the Larsen book fair and check in with various friends and colleagues. Between two days at the fair and three subsequent days of scouting, … Continue reading →

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In which a tenuous metaphorical link is advanced to announce a newly mounted architectural feature.

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Garrett

No doubt a qualified alienist would comment on the fact that my bookselling operation is drawn in large part to obscure controversial pamphlets, religious tracts and amateur versifiers — and that I have chosen to set up shop in a … Continue reading →

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On the market value of a happy national inclination toward sottishness.

Posted on January 25, 2008 by Garrett

What, we ask with a suitably stem-winding rhetorical flourish, is perhaps the lengthiest thread to run its crooked course through the rich tapestry that is our Grand Republic? One would do worse than to claim for this place in the … Continue reading →

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The Modern American Library.

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Garrett

An unnamed source in the rare book-industrial complex has brought three additional library blogs to my attention, each one worth adding to the blogroll. (I maintain my correspondent’s anonymity if only to assure my readers that The Bibliophagist shall guard … Continue reading →

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The Modern American Muse.

Posted on January 12, 2008 by Garrett

I am pleased to announce the availability of a new catalogue, “Sweet Singers (American Verse, 1806-1964),” a miscellany of 183 items available as a PDF via email. (I do not plan to offer a paper version of this catalogue.) The … Continue reading →

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Notes from a bug house bookseller.

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Garrett

I catalogued yesterday the first copy I have handled of Richard Griffin’s The Melancholy Yak [1917]; it is a work that strangely seems less common than a few of his earlier titles, viz. the expanded edition of A Tale of … Continue reading →

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Garrett Scott, Bookseller: Catalogue 19

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Garrett

One reason for the sporadic posting on this ersatz weblog (aside from sloth) has been the preparation and publication of my Catalogue 19, American Itinerant Ministers, Evangelists & Missionaries, Including Conversion Narratives and Controversial Works (with an additional section of … Continue reading →

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What rhymes with “Finger-Spitzengefuehl”?

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Garrett

Rostenberg and Stern — the musical! I decided to make this story a musical because I’ve known Madeleine and Leona for well over 20 years and I’ve always felt that their story was a story for our time. (Here’s more … Continue reading →

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