Why Decorators Matter
I occasionally hear one of my bibliophile friends disparage decorators. “Oh, they only want green books,” they’ll say as they sneer and drip contempt. I […]
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Editions for the Armed Services
During World War II, one of the most unusual paperback imprints ever appeared. A non-profit organization called the Council on Books in Wartime wanted to […]
A History of Iliad’s Halloween Shirts
Have you ever looked at our yearly Halloween shirts and wondered why we do them? How did this tradition start? First off, this tradition didn’t […]
Our Top Five Most Requested Authors
When you’re in the book business, you soon get used to the fact that many of the phone calls and requests you get each day […]
Dracula in 1901
I recently catalogued a book called Dracula: The Rare Text of 1901. Wait, what? I know of the alternate versions of Frankenstein, but Dracula also […]
The Things We Find in Books
I was recently chatting with a friend who mentioned that she often stuck dollar bills in her books, and I replied by talking about the […]
Celebrating Juneteenth
“The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves […]
Elizabeth Gaskell’s Wives and Daughters
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) was not only a great novelist and a keen observer of the foibles and social conventions of Victorian society, she was also […]
The Art of Tim Burton
In 2009, the Museum of Modern Art did an exhibition of Tim Burton’s art, and that same year Steele Publishing put out a gorgeous, huge […]
Extreme Canvas 2: The Golden Age of Hand-Painted Movie Posters from Ghana
My social media feeds occasionally ignite with discussions of the extraordinary hand-painted movie posters from Ghana. In case you’ve never heard of this, these date […]