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Announcing the Winners of the 2022 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize

Friday September 30, 2022

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New York's Bookish Fashion Week

Sunday May 8, 2022

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Meet the New Old Book Collectors

Saturday May 7, 2022

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Death Masks, Dopamine Décor, Antiquarian Books, and More Design Finds

Friday April 15, 2022

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Discover 9 Rare Bookselling Businesses Owned by Women

Tuesday March 8, 2022

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Announcing the Sixth Annual Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize

Thursday February 17, 2022

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Interview with the Honey & Wax Prize Recipients

Friday October 1, 2021

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2021 Honey & Wax Prize Announcement

Thursday September 23, 2021

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Own a Complete Set of the Paperback Experiment that Paved the Way for Penguin

Monday February 22, 2021

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Announcing the Fifth Annual Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize

Wednesday February 17, 2021

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Catalogue in Focus: CTRL+P

Wednesday October 14, 2020

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The Shmooze: Twentieth-Century Yiddish Primers and Workbooks for Children

Friday September 25, 2020

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2020 Honey & Wax Prize Announcement

Friday September 18, 2020

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An Upwelling of Stuff: How Book Dealers Are Reacting to the Challenges of the Age

Friday July 3, 2020

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How Distancing Brings Us Closer: Booksellers Produce Joint Catalogues in Lockdown

Tuesday May 26, 2020

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The Oddest Terms Used for Antique Books, Explained

Thursday May 21, 2020

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Gains & Losses: COVID-19, Institutional Collecting, and the Antiquarian Book Trade

Tuesday May 19, 2020

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Film Forum Podcast: D.W. Young, Heather O'Donnell, and Rebecca Romney on The Booksellers

Wednesday May 6, 2020

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ACRL Rare Books & Manuscripts Section: The Booksellers Film Discussion

Tuesday May 5, 2020

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The Secret and Surprising World of Rare Books

Monday April 27, 2020

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Catalogues in Quarantine

Tuesday April 14, 2020

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A Mysterious Corpus at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair

Friday March 6, 2020

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Peeking into the World of Rare Books

Thursday March 5, 2020

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It Cuts Across Time: A Peek into the World of Antiquarian Books

Wednesday March 4, 2020

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The Biblio File: Heather O'Donnell on the Joys of Buying, Selling, and Collecting Books

Saturday February 29, 2020

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Announcing the Fourth Annual Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize

Wednesday February 19, 2020

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Shirley Jackson's Unfinished Novel Revealed the Truth about her Marriage

Thursday October 24, 2019

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A Bookseller Grows in Brooklyn

Friday September 27, 2019

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2019 Honey & Wax Prize Announcement

Wednesday September 11, 2019

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Booksellers' Best 2019

Sunday September 1, 2019

The Right and Wrong Ways to Collect

Tuesday August 6, 2019

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2019 Malkin Lecture at Rare Book School: The Right and Wrong Ways to Collect

Wednesday July 10, 2019

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$1000 Award Offered to Young Women Who Collect Books

Friday May 24, 2019

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You're a Book Collector and You Probably Don't Even Know It

Wednesday May 1, 2019

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At a Rare Book Fair, the Prices Are Steep but the Lore Is Free

Sunday March 17, 2019

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Are Your Used Books Worth Anything?

Tuesday March 12, 2019

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Treasures of the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair

Monday March 11, 2019

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The Persistent Idyll of the Second-Hand Bookshop

Saturday March 9, 2019

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From Shakespeare to Tolkien: Treasures from the New York Antiquarian Book Fair

Friday March 8, 2019

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Announcing the Third Annual Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize

Thursday February 21, 2019

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Reading Congress the Riot Act — Henry Highland Garnet's Memorial Discourse

Thursday December 6, 2018

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Honey & Wax Q&A

Monday October 15, 2018

2018 Honey & Wax Prize Announcement

Friday September 7, 2018

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Honey & Wax Champions Equal Representation in Rare Book Trade

Tuesday August 7, 2018

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Breaking Up The Boys Club: On Women in Rare Books

Tuesday July 31, 2018

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The Rare Women in the Rare-Book Trade

Thursday July 5, 2018

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This Is Not Your Typical Summer Beach Reads List

Thursday June 21, 2018

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The Big Sleep Test: A Rare Book Dealer's Love-Hate Relationship with Chandler's Booksellers

Tuesday May 15, 2018

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Intimate Portraits Capture a Look at New York's Last Indie Booksellers

Wednesday May 9, 2018

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Women in Antiquarian Bookselling: Interview with Honey & Wax

Tuesday March 6, 2018

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Announcing the Second Annual Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize

Monday March 5, 2018

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12 Tips from a Rare Book Expert to Keep Your Books Looking Great

Tuesday November 28, 2017

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13 Secrets of Rare Book Dealers

Wednesday November 1, 2017

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21 Items for the Boston Book Fair

Wednesday November 1, 2017

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Grab Every Book That Grabs Back: Notes from the 2017 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize

Thursday October 19, 2017

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10 U.S. Bookstores You Can Visit Right Now

Wednesday October 18, 2017

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Cool Tools Podcast: Rebecca Romney

Friday October 6, 2017

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And the Award for Best Book Collection Goes To . . .

Monday October 2, 2017

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This Woman Just Won a Prize for Book Collecting, and Now You Have New Goals in Life

Monday September 25, 2017

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Meet The Winner of the Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize

Monday September 25, 2017

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2017 Honey & Wax Prize Announcement

Tuesday September 19, 2017

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Beyond Brontë: Underappreciated Women Writers, Vol. 2

Friday September 8, 2017

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The Book Huntresses: Women Bibliophiles

Monday July 17, 2017

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Collecting with a Purpose: Creating a Book Collection

Tuesday June 27, 2017

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The Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize

Tuesday May 30, 2017

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New Book Collecting Prize For Women

Wednesday May 24, 2017

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Announcing a New Annual Prize for Young Female Book Collectors

Tuesday May 23, 2017

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The New York Antiquarian Book Fair Enters the 21st Century at Last

Tuesday March 14, 2017

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Better With Age: Treasures from the New York Antiquarian Book Fair

Monday March 13, 2017

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At the New York Antiquarian Book Fair

Thursday March 9, 2017

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Bright Young Booksellers: Rebecca Romney

Thursday March 9, 2017

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Blifter! Sigmund Freud's Nephew Saves Publishing

Wednesday March 1, 2017

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ABAA Women in Bookselling Initiative Launches in Boston

Wednesday November 9, 2016

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Honey & Wax Debuts at Fair with Eye-Catching Wares

Friday April 8, 2016

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ABAA Interview: Heather O'Donnell of Honey & Wax Booksellers

Saturday February 13, 2016

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How Much Is This Old Thing Worth?

Wednesday December 30, 2015

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Books of Gold

Tuesday December 1, 2015

In This Digital Age, Book Collecting Is Still Going Strong

Sunday April 12, 2015

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The Gatsby Index

Thursday April 9, 2015

Catalogue Review: Honey & Wax No. 3

Friday March 27, 2015

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These People Take Their First Editions of The Iliad Very Seriously

Tuesday February 24, 2015

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Uncover Rare and Vintage Titles at This Park Slope Book Fair

Thursday December 4, 2014

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Honey & Wax at Ash Rare Books

Thursday December 4, 2014

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Invitation Only: Connoisseur Waris Ahluwalia Offers A Glimpse Into His Consummately Stylish World

Monday December 1, 2014

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Interview: Bookish Brooklyn

Saturday November 1, 2014

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Old Stuff Meets New Greenpoint Convention Center

Monday August 11, 2014

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Video Short: A New York Rare Book Dealer

Wednesday May 28, 2014

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Find Out What Your Old and Rare Books Are Worth at Park Slope Shop

Monday May 5, 2014

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Lord Byron's Epic Poem Don Juan, Annotated by Isaac Asimov and Illustrated by Milton Glaser

Friday April 4, 2014

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NY Rare Book Week: Highlights

Monday March 24, 2014

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Joan Didion on Telling Stories

Wednesday February 19, 2014

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Younger Book Dealers Are Diving Into The Antiquarian Trade

Wednesday February 5, 2014

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Rare Treasures: A Book Nerd's Christmas Miracle

Thursday December 12, 2013

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We Missed Patrick Stewart but Paul Auster Read Us A Story: The Second Annual Brooklyn Holiday Book Fair

Wednesday December 11, 2013

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Brooklyn Holiday Book Fair Features Vintage Books and Reading by Paul Auster

Wednesday December 4, 2013

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Designs on Giving: Top New York Interior Designers Seek Out Special Items for Their Holiday Gift Lists

Friday November 15, 2013

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Celebrating A Proust Anniversary with the Proust Questionnaire -- Book Edition

Friday November 1, 2013

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Does Social Media Sell Books?

Tuesday October 1, 2013

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How Walker Evans Read T.S. Eliot

Wednesday September 25, 2013

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Seven Tips from a Rare Bookseller

Tuesday July 2, 2013

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Brooklyn's First Editions Club

Tuesday June 4, 2013

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Bookseller Profile: Honey & Wax Booksellers

Wednesday May 15, 2013

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Catalogue Review: Honey & Wax No. 1

Wednesday March 20, 2013

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Honey & Wax Booksellers: Rescuing the Classics

Wednesday March 6, 2013

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What Makes A Book Rare -- And Do You Have One?

Saturday January 19, 2013

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New Shelf Life: Indie Book Stores Carve New Niches

Friday December 7, 2012

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Pete Hamill Joins Vintage Bookseller at Old Stone House Holiday Fair

Wednesday December 5, 2012

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Brooklyn Holiday Book Fair: Placing A Bet On “First Annual"

Tuesday December 4, 2012

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Catalogue Review: Honey & Wax No. 1

Wednesday October 24, 2012

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The Subconscious Landscape of the Printed Book

Wednesday October 24, 2012

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Bright Young Things: Heather O'Donnell

Tuesday October 2, 2012

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Park Slope Woman Runs Rare Book Business in Dining Room

Thursday September 13, 2012

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