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Views, anecdotes and insights into the world of antiquarian books.

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>	Banner Blooper Reel

>	Book Catalogs Galore

>	The Bookshop in Old New Castle

>	The Between the Covers Blog

>	Complicated Lives: Association Copies as Artifactual Evidence

>	The Bruce Kahn Collection

>	Organized Labor Goes Feline

Introductory Articles

>	What the hell kind of website is this anyway?

>	Why Buy From ABAA/ILAB Dealers?

>	Signed vs. Inscribed

Tom's "Letters from America"

>	Silly Season in America

>	Forging Ahead

>	French Connections: Paris Hilton Sex Video

>	The Ethics and Etiquette of the Scrum

>	Rare Books as Investments

>	The Leaning Tower of Photography Books

>	How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Plagiarize the Ways...

>	Oh, Baltimore!

>	A Bestiary for the Used Bookseller

>	The Big Day Stay

>	My Life in Poetry

>	A Plea for the Young Elvis, or; What Have They Done with Ed?

>	What I Did On My Summer Vacation

>	My Favorite Flaws

>	Bibliophiles in Bucolia

>	The Facs of Life

>	Aging Ungracefully in the Rare Book Trade

>	So What's a Bookseller to Do in February?

>	A Look at the American Antiquarian Book Trade

For Collectors

>	Book Catalogs Galore

>	The Bookshop in Old New Castle

>	Why Buy From ABAA/ILAB Dealers?

>	Complicated Lives: Association Copies as Artifactual Evidence

>	The Bruce Kahn Collection

>	Forging Ahead

>	Rare Books as Investments

>	A Bestiary for the Used Bookseller

>	Hollywood Adaptations

>	Misperceptions about White Gloves

>	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

>	Highspots of Collectible Children's Books 1863 - 1963

>	My Favorite Flaws

>	The Facs of Life

>	Another Perspective on Dust-Jackets

>	Literary Baseball Novels

>	Flaws Not Noted

>	Signed vs. Inscribed

>	The Finer Print - Growing Concern Over Facsimile Jackets

Tom's Other Articles

>	On Becoming a Specialist Dealer

>	Bookselling in Hard Times: "Will work for rare books"

>	Complicated Lives: Association Copies as Artifactual Evidence

>	The Past, Present, and Future of the Antiquarian Book Trade

>	Another Perspective on Dust-Jackets

>	The Messiah Factor in Bookselling

>	Literary Baseball Novels

>	Memoirs of a Lazy ABAA President

>	Flaws Not Noted

>	A First Time Exhibitor at Olympia

>	A Visit to the St. Petersburg, Florida Book Fair

>	Frog-Water Iced-Tea; or a Brief and Felicitous Book Tour of the Southeastern United States

>	Money in Books

Ripped

Dan's Articles

>	Banner Blooper Reel

>	What the hell kind of website is this anyway?

>	Why Buy From ABAA/ILAB Dealers?

>	Technology and the Future of the Antiquarian Book Trade

>	Devil in the Details

>	Hollywood Adaptations

>	The Finer Print - Growing Concern Over Facsimile Jackets

Guest Articles

>	1889 Report of the American Rare Book Trade

>	The Bruce Kahn Collection

>	Organized Labor Goes Feline

>	Misperceptions about White Gloves

>	Reply of a Gaul of the Old Continent

>	What Future for Rare Books

>	Young Booksellers, Young Books: The Prospects of the American Rare Book Trade

>	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

>	Highspots of Collectible Children's Books 1863 - 1963

>	Signed vs. Inscribed

Photos & Videos

>	Banner Blooper Reel

>	Tom Bloom Art Gallery - 2 - Catalogs 21-30

>	Tom Bloom Art Gallery - 1 - The First Six Catalogs

>	Our New Old School Building

>	ABAA Video

>	FABS Video

About the Book Trade

>	The Bookshop in Old New Castle

>	On Becoming a Specialist Dealer

>	1889 Report of the American Rare Book Trade

>	Bookselling in Hard Times: "Will work for rare books"

>	Complicated Lives: Association Copies as Artifactual Evidence

>	Technology and the Future of the Antiquarian Book Trade

>	The Ethics and Etiquette of the Scrum

>	How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Plagiarize the Ways...

>	A Bestiary for the Used Bookseller

>	Reply of a Gaul of the Old Continent

>	What Future for Rare Books

>	What I Did On My Summer Vacation

>	Young Booksellers, Young Books: The Prospects of the American Rare Book Trade

>	Aging Ungracefully in the Rare Book Trade

>	The Past, Present, and Future of the Antiquarian Book Trade

>	The Messiah Factor in Bookselling

>	Memoirs of a Lazy ABAA President

>	A First Time Exhibitor at Olympia

>	A Visit to the St. Petersburg, Florida Book Fair

>	A Look at the American Antiquarian Book Trade

Misc. Articles

>	The Between the Covers Blog

>	Tom Bloom Art Gallery - 1 - The First Six Catalogs

>	Organized Labor Goes Feline

Illustrated Glossary

What book dealers really mean. Click on thumbnails for larger images.

# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

12mo.

Not "a dozen more," but in the book world used as an abbreviation for a duodecimo, a small book (a little smaller than a mass market paperback), whose printed paper sheets were folded in such a fashion as to make twelve leaves (24 little pages) from one large sheet. And yes, it is sometimes pronounced "twelve-mo." Beatrix Potter's famous Peter Rabbit books, such as this nice example from our Catalog 84, were printed as 12mo's.

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