AbeBooks — To celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March, we asked Heather O'Donnell and Rebecca Romney of Honey & Wax Booksellers in Brooklyn, New York, about the current situation for women in antiquarian bookselling...
Press
Announcing the Second Annual Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize
Monday March 5, 2018
LitHub — Last year, Heather O’Donnell and Rebecca Romney, the booksellers of Honey & Wax, announced a brand new prize honoring the work of young female book collectors. Now, for the second time, submissions to the Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize are open...
12 Tips from a Rare Book Expert to Keep Your Books Looking Great
Tuesday November 28, 2017
Mental Floss — If you’re like me, you see books the way others see their closest friends and family...
13 Secrets of Rare Book Dealers
Wednesday November 1, 2017
Mental Floss — Rebecca Romney, a rare book dealer based in Brooklyn, shares some secrets and surprises of this quirky corner of book culture...
21 Items for the Boston Book Fair
Wednesday November 1, 2017
The New Antiquarian — We asked ABAA members to let us know which items they were particulaly excited about bringing to the upcoming Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair and they responded with a breath-taking selection of truly spectacular association copies, signed books, art, and idiosyncratic ephemera from all corners of the globe . . .
Grab Every Book That Grabs Back: Notes from the 2017 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize
Thursday October 19, 2017
The New Antiquarian — This summer at Honey & Wax, we asked young women across the United States to tell us what books they were collecting...
10 U.S. Bookstores You Can Visit Right Now
Wednesday October 18, 2017
Book Riot — Sure, you can research and buy rare books online, but if you’re itching to browse and discover something truly special (or prefer an in-person chat with an expert while looking for something specific) there are plenty of wonderful antiquarian bookstores all over the United States...
Cool Tools Podcast: Rebecca Romney
Friday October 6, 2017
Cool Tools — Our guest this week is Rebecca Romney. Rebecca is a rare book dealer at Honey & Wax Booksellers in Brooklyn . . .
And the Award for Best Book Collection Goes To . . .
Monday October 2, 2017
Melville House — Is there an award for “Best Award?” Because if so, the clear winner would be New York City’s Honey & Wax Booksellers...
This Woman Just Won a Prize for Book Collecting, and Now You Have New Goals in Life
Monday September 25, 2017
Bustle — If you've ever been told that you have too many books, you can rest easy knowing that someone might one day give you money . . .
Meet The Winner of the Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize
Monday September 25, 2017
Fine Books and Collections — Last week, New York's Honey & Wax Booksellers announced the winners of their inaugural book collecting prize for young women . . .
2017 Honey & Wax Prize Announcement
Tuesday September 19, 2017
The Paris Review — Imagine a book collector, a person who has devoted their life to seeking out rare tomes in dusty shops, who arranges their finds, these prized possessions, purposefully and carefully, on a shelf just out of reach. Chances are you will have imagined a man . . .
Beyond Brontë: Underappreciated Women Writers, Vol. 2
Friday September 8, 2017
Fine Books and Collections — As promised in yesterday’s post, here are some underappreciated women writers to spot at the Brooklyn Antiquarian Book Fair this weekend . . .
The Book Huntresses: Women Bibliophiles
Monday July 17, 2017
International League of Antiquarian Booksellers — In his 1930 work on book collecting, Anatomy of Bibliomania, Holbrook Jackson claimed that “book love is as masculine (although not as common) as growing a beard.” Times have changed...
Collecting with a Purpose: Creating a Book Collection
Tuesday June 27, 2017
Book Riot — Recently I came across a notice for the Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize for young female book collectors...
The Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize
Tuesday May 30, 2017
The New Antiquarian — John Schulman of Caliban Book Shop interviews Heather O'Donnell about a new prize she and Rebecca Romney have created...
New Book Collecting Prize For Women
Wednesday May 24, 2017
Fine Books and Collections — Exciting news for young female book collectors: Brooklyn’s Honey & Wax Booksellers has announced an annual prize of $1,000...
Announcing a New Annual Prize for Young Female Book Collectors
Tuesday May 23, 2017
LitHub — This week, the women behind Brooklyn rare bookstore Honey & Wax announced a new annual prize aimed at bolstering the careers of the next generation of female book collectors...
The New York Antiquarian Book Fair Enters the 21st Century at Last
Tuesday March 14, 2017
LitHub — The New York Antiquarian Book Fair just left town after three days of bibliomania in the Park Avenue Armory...
Better With Age: Treasures from the New York Antiquarian Book Fair
Monday March 13, 2017
Omnivoracious — “The New York Antiquarian Book Fair is the most important book fair for rare books in the United States, and possibly in the world,” said Heather O’Donnell, of Honey & Wax Booksellers...
At the New York Antiquarian Book Fair
Thursday March 9, 2017
The Paris Review — The Park Avenue Armory is a vast reserve of air and space on a cramped island...
Bright Young Booksellers: Rebecca Romney
Thursday March 9, 2017
Fine Books and Collections — Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Rebecca Romney, of Honey & Wax Booksellers, and author of Printer's Error, out next week from HarperCollins...
Blifter! Sigmund Freud's Nephew Saves Publishing
Wednesday March 1, 2017
Fine Books and Collections — On a clear day in 1928, a plane flew over Manhattan leaving a trail of smoke reading MURDER? It was the Roaring Twenties...
ABAA Women in Bookselling Initiative Launches in Boston
Wednesday November 9, 2016
The New Antiquarian — Thanks to the ABAA for hosting the first (but not last) networking event for women in the book trade at this year’s Boston Antiquarian Book Fair...
Honey & Wax Debuts at Fair with Eye-Catching Wares
Friday April 8, 2016
Fine Books and Collections — Be sure to visit stall A33 and welcome Honey & Wax Booksellers to its first New York Antiquarian Book Fair...
ABAA Interview: Heather O'Donnell of Honey & Wax Booksellers
Saturday February 13, 2016
Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America
Interview by Michael Ginsberg
California International Antiquarian Book Fair, 2016
Pasadena, CA
How Much Is This Old Thing Worth?
Wednesday December 30, 2015
New York Times — My mother said the book would be valuable one day. Her only regret was that over the years of reading it to me and my sister, she had been careless about pulling it off the shelf and had torn the delicate red leather of the spine...
Books of Gold
Tuesday December 1, 2015
Esquire Holiday Gift Guide — A book can withstand the test of time in two ways: content and construction. Honey & Wax Booksellers specializes in ones that do both...
In This Digital Age, Book Collecting Is Still Going Strong
Sunday April 12, 2015
Wall Street Journal — Digital disruption notwithstanding, book collecting appears to be alive and well...
The Gatsby Index
Thursday April 9, 2015
Lapham's Quarterly — This week marks the ninetieth anniversary of The Great Gatsby...
Catalogue Review: Honey & Wax No. 3
Friday March 27, 2015
The Book Collector — More discreet, more elegant, and just as convincing -- but without the taurine testosterone element -- is the pretty, small-format third catalog from Honey & Wax...
These People Take Their First Editions of The Iliad Very Seriously
Tuesday February 24, 2015
The Village Voice — In the latest Jennifer Lopez hate-watch masterpiece, The Boy Next Door, she plays a classics teacher...
Uncover Rare and Vintage Titles at This Park Slope Book Fair
Thursday December 4, 2014
The Brooklyn Paper — What's better than receiving a new book for Christmas? An old book!...
Honey & Wax at Ash Rare Books
Thursday December 4, 2014
The Bookhunter on Safari — It may strike you as curious, as it certainly strikes me, that in over three years of blogging about visits to other booksellers, I have never yet had occasion to describe this operation in reverse...
Invitation Only: Connoisseur Waris Ahluwalia Offers A Glimpse Into His Consummately Stylish World
Monday December 1, 2014
Vanity Fair Holiday Gift Guide — Go to one of your favourite book shops and pick up a book of Yeats poetry, or try this one from Honey & Wax...
Interview: Bookish Brooklyn
Saturday November 1, 2014
Americana Exchange — A few years ago Heather O’Donnell left her job selling rare books on Madison Avenue to launch Honey & Wax Booksellers in Brooklyn...
Old Stuff Meets New Greenpoint Convention Center
Monday August 11, 2014
Brooklyn Paper — Come on down. The Greenpoint convention center is opening its doors next month for its first event, the Brooklyn Antiques and Book Fair...
Video Short: A New York Rare Book Dealer
Wednesday May 28, 2014
NY City Lens — Heather O'Donnell founded Honey and Wax Booksellers in 2011, joining the ranks of rare book dealers in New York.
Find Out What Your Old and Rare Books Are Worth at Park Slope Shop
Monday May 5, 2014
DNAinfo — Ever wondered whether your grandfather's dusty copy of To Kill A Mockingbird was worth something?...
Lord Byron's Epic Poem Don Juan, Annotated by Isaac Asimov and Illustrated by Milton Glaser
Friday April 4, 2014
Brain Pickings — Three of history's greatest geniuses converge around some of the finest satire ever written...
NY Rare Book Week: Highlights
Monday March 24, 2014
Fine Books & Collections — From Honey & Wax Booksellers, this extraordinary, fine first edition of À la recherche du temps perdu, inscribed by Marcel Proust to fellow writer Marcel Prévost, includes the scarce first issue of the first volume...
Joan Didion on Telling Stories
Wednesday February 19, 2014
Brain Pickings — Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus...
Younger Book Dealers Are Diving Into The Antiquarian Trade
Wednesday February 5, 2014
Los Angeles Times — Events like this weekend's California International Antiquarian Book Fair and an online presence are key to the new generation of book dealers...
Rare Treasures: A Book Nerd's Christmas Miracle
Thursday December 12, 2013
Brooklyn Quarterly — Photographs by Kristin Oakley from the Second Annual Brooklyn Holiday Book Fair...
We Missed Patrick Stewart but Paul Auster Read Us A Story: The Second Annual Brooklyn Holiday Book Fair
Wednesday December 11, 2013
Brooklyn Quarterly — Tucked along a stretch of Park Slope's Fifth Avenue most known for brunch spots and sports bars, the Old Stone House is a postage stamp of American colonial real estate...
Brooklyn Holiday Book Fair Features Vintage Books and Reading by Paul Auster
Wednesday December 4, 2013
Brooklyn Daily Eagle — For the second holiday season, Honey & Wax Booksellers will bring independent Brooklyn bookshops and antiquarian booksellers together, filling Park Slope's Old Stone House with rare, vintage, and out-of-print books...
Designs on Giving: Top New York Interior Designers Seek Out Special Items for Their Holiday Gift Lists
Friday November 15, 2013
Gotham Magazine —Katie Ridder: By The Book. Honey & Wax Booksellers has a charming selection of titles that make the most thoughtful gifts for book lovers...
Celebrating A Proust Anniversary with the Proust Questionnaire -- Book Edition
Friday November 1, 2013
Designers & Books — This November marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of the first volume of Marcel Proust's opus, In Search of Lost Time...
Does Social Media Sell Books?
Tuesday October 1, 2013
Americana Exchange — Last month I found myself reporting on a local event, and noticed I was the only member of the press with a pen and pad...
How Walker Evans Read T.S. Eliot
Wednesday September 25, 2013
Designers & Books — A touchstone for two titans of American modernism, Walker Evans’s personal copy of T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” testifies to the special connection between the photographer and the poet...
Seven Tips from a Rare Bookseller
Tuesday July 2, 2013
Barnes & Noble Book Blog — Most people buy books to appreciate their contents, not to watch them appreciate...
Brooklyn's First Editions Club
Tuesday June 4, 2013
Fine Books and Collections — It’s not easy to be a collector of contemporary first editions these days...
Bookseller Profile: Honey & Wax Booksellers
Wednesday May 15, 2013
Antiquarianation — A few weeks ago, while shopping at The Manhattan Vintage Book and Ephemera Fair (a.k.a. the Shadow Show), I came across a relatively new antiquarian bookseller -- Honey & Wax Booksellers -- and was blown away...
Catalogue Review: Honey & Wax No. 1
Wednesday March 20, 2013
The Book Collector — There is one first catalogue to greet, small but exceptionally ingenious and elegant. It comes from Honey & Wax Booksellers...
Honey & Wax Booksellers: Rescuing the Classics
Wednesday March 6, 2013
Brooklyn Magazine — Heather O’Donnell, founder of Honey & Wax Booksellers, came to Brooklyn in 1997 to finish her dissertation...
What Makes A Book Rare -- And Do You Have One?
Saturday January 19, 2013
Brooklyn Artisan — On Thursday night at the Community Bookstore on Seventh Avenue, Heather O’Donnell set out to shine a little light on the subject of rare and collectible books for more than a dozen of her Park Slope neighbors...
New Shelf Life: Indie Book Stores Carve New Niches
Friday December 7, 2012
New York Post — Here’s a startling plot twist for readers: local bookstores are making a comeback...
Pete Hamill Joins Vintage Bookseller at Old Stone House Holiday Fair
Wednesday December 5, 2012
Brooklyn Daily Eagle — As sales of paper books decline, some bookstore owners are trying a different marketing technique: presenting the book as an artisanal object...
Brooklyn Holiday Book Fair: Placing A Bet On “First Annual"
Tuesday December 4, 2012
Brooklyn Artisan — The high-peaked room with dark exposed beams was small, off the beaten track, and crowded, but otherwise the antiquity of the Old Stone House made a perfect venue...
Catalogue Review: Honey & Wax No. 1
Wednesday October 24, 2012
Fine Books and Collections — In his 84th "Moral Letter", the philosopher Seneca wrote to his friend Lucilius one of the earliest, most in-depth descriptions of why we should use books as bees use flowers...
The Subconscious Landscape of the Printed Book
Wednesday October 24, 2012
Hyperallergic — As book lovers mourn the dematerialization of the printed word, rare booksellers like Heather O’Donnell remain upbeat. She’s part of an ardent group of believers — a new generation of flame-tenders who are dedicated to keeping books safe...
Bright Young Things: Heather O'Donnell
Tuesday October 2, 2012
Fine Books and Collections — Our series profiling the next generation of antiquarian booksellers continues today with Heather O'Donnell, proprietor of Honey and Wax Booksellers in Brooklyn...
Park Slope Woman Runs Rare Book Business in Dining Room
Thursday September 13, 2012
DNAinfo — Heather O'Donnell isn't the type of rare book dealer who puts on white cotton gloves before she handles her precious volumes...
