Forever Young
All good fairy tales begin with "Once upon a time..." Once upon a time, I was a very young bookseller. I busied myself about my fledgling shop... Read More
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Charles Roberts Recent Posts
My Mom Used to Say the Difference Between a Collector and a Hoarder Was…
This started with a phone message taped to my door some years ago. It read something like this: "I'm handling my mother's estate... Read More
I Can Touch the Moon
In July of 1969, the world watched as a man placed his foot upon another heavenly body for the first time. There was worldwide euphoria... Read More
The Last Voyage of the Bonnie Vee
Requests for house calls come by phone or email. We get a LOT of requests. The email for Bonnie Vee's books came from a law office in Frederick... Read More
Ghost Story
This happened in January 2015, an Ohio colleague, Owen Kubik, who specializes in rare Catholic books and ephemera, referred me to the estate of two priests... Read More
Sole Survivor
It was as much a horror story as a house call. It was about 2008. A widow had called... Read More