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Our members list new acquisitions and recently cataloged items almost every day of the year. Below, you'll find a few highlights from these recent additions... Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges by Richard Burgin (Signed by Jorge Luis Borges) New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. First edition. First edition. Signed by Jorge Luis Borges on the title page. xvi,144pp. Bound in publisher's black... [ more about Weekly Highlights]

The Booksellers Documentary producers Dan Wechsler (Sanctuary Books), D.W. Young, and Judith Mizrachy recently premiered UNCROPPED, which rediscovers the work of James Hamilton, one of the great photographers of the cultural history of America. For over four decades working on staff at publications such as Harper's Bazaar, The New York Observer, and most notably, The Village Voice, Hamilton captured... [ more about Booksellers Documentary Producers Premiere UNCROPPED]

May 1 marks the hundredth birthday of Agnes Dawson, a mainstay of the Southern California book trade for over seventy-five years. Agnes' career in the book world began when she met Muir Dawson in 1947. When they met, Muir and his elder brother, Glen, had recently taken over the management of Dawson's Book Shop from their father, Ernest, who had founded the business in 1905. Agnes married Muir in 1948... [ more about Agnes Dawson Turns 100]