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Great Literature from Whitmore Rare Books

Great Literature from Whitmore Rare Books

Thursday November 11, 2021

Whitmore Rare Books has released their Catalogue 23. While the catalogue is untitled, they specialize in important literary works. The vast majority are written by names you know, and they...

THE CITIZEN SCIENTIST Jane Marcet

THE CITIZEN SCIENTIST Jane Marcet

Monday October 26, 2020

Jane Marcet wasn’t a chemist. She wasn’t a physicist or a biologist or an astronomer – but she probably made a bigger contribution to science than anyone else in the...

Meet Miranda Garno Nesler | Rare Book Dealer

Meet Miranda Garno Nesler | Rare Book Dealer

Monday August 24, 2020

We had the good fortune of connecting with Miranda Garno Nesler and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Miranda Garno, is there a quote or affirmation that’s meaningful to you?
“Without...

Safari September 2020

Safari September 2020

Saturday July 25, 2020

Book Club:What to read in 2020 based on the books you loved in 2019

Book Club:What to read in 2020 based on the books you loved in 2019

By Ron Charles
Saturday December 28, 2019
Inside Whitmore Rare Books

Inside Whitmore Rare Books

Tom Teicholz
Monday August 5, 2019

In my hands I held a copy of “Les Fleurs du Mal,” by Charles Baudelaire, certainly one of the most famous books of French poetry. And it was not just...

By Her Own Hand showcases rare books and manuscripts by women

By Her Own Hand showcases rare books and manuscripts by women

By EVA RECINOS
Saturday May 25, 2019

Whitmore Rare Books in Pasadena feels almost like a library, there’s dark wood furniture, leather couches and Midcentury Modern accents throughout the space. But the real treasures are on the...

Bookstores We Love

Bookstores We Love

Saturday May 18, 2019

May 18, Saturday, 3-4 p.m., Vroman’s Bookstore, courtyard

Great independent bookstores deserve our admiration—and our money. They host readings with famous and up-and-coming authors, provide a space to meet and...

Talking shop

Talking shop

Tuesday May 14, 2019

 

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

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

By John Williams
Sunday March 17, 2019

There are countless books at the annual New York International Antiquarian Book Fair, of course, but also ephemera of all kinds: posters, pamphlets, calendars, playing cards. The price tags can...

The NY Book Fair 2019 Wrap-Up

The NY Book Fair 2019 Wrap-Up

By Rebecca Rego Barry
Tuesday March 12, 2019

Rockwell Kent was on my mind owing to our new spring issue’s feature story about the time when Rockwell Kent, Rex Stout, and Egmont Arens teamed up to publish Casanova’s memoir...

Panther paths

Panther paths

Monday March 11, 2019

We interviewed Annie Locke Scherer '08, Mackenzie Sikora '13, and Dan Whitmore '99, to learn more about the rewards and challenges of their work, as well as how they are...

6 Reasons to Visit the Antiquarian Book Fair

6 Reasons to Visit the Antiquarian Book Fair

By Eve M. Kahn
Thursday March 7, 2019

A lightly worn copy of the National Woman Suffrage Association’s 1876 Declaration of Rights of the Women of the United States is for sale ($37,500) through Whitmore Rare Books in Pasadena, Calif...

A Bibliophile’s Paradise

A Bibliophile’s Paradise

Story by Jervey Tervalon
Friday February 1, 2019

How is a bibliophile made? How is it that a seemingly reasonable person decides to surround himself/herself with books, beautiful books that clutter whatever space is available as though it’s...

The Thrill Of The Rare Book Chase

The Thrill Of The Rare Book Chase

By Emily Glory Peters
Thursday January 24, 2019

Many books are rare—but according to Dan Whitmore, owner of Whitmore’s Rare Books in Pasadena, that doesn’t necessarily make them valuable. So how does a lawyer-turned-book dealer decide what to...

ABAA Members Expanding

ABAA Members Expanding

Rich Rennicks
Monday November 12, 2018

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Recently, a new trend has emerged, with the five ABAA members below opening new stores or significantly expanding their existing ones. 

 

Whitmore Rare Books (Pasadena, CA)

Whitmore Rare...

Pasadena Perfection

Pasadena Perfection

By Vanessa McGrady
Thursday November 1, 2018

… gallery or boutique that has the exact thing you must have that you didn’t know you needed — perhaps a special first edition or a signed Harry Potter book...

Cooking with Books: A Buffet of Old & Rare Culinary Texts

Cooking with Books: A Buffet of Old & Rare Culinary Texts

Pacific Food & Beverage Museum
Saturday August 4, 2018

Beyond teaching us how to produce an impressive coq au vin or how to pair the right wine with the right oyster, culinary books and manuscripts provide insight into the...

Books with Stories / Stories About Books: A Conversation with Rare Book Dealers

Books with Stories / Stories About Books: A Conversation with Rare Book Dealers

Los Angeles Country Club
Thursday April 26, 2018

Rare book dealers sometimes appear as characters in movies and novels -- but what do they really do? Dan Whitmore and Miranda Garno Nesler of Whitmore Rare Books open the...

What Can Rare Books Teach Us About Career Narratives?

What Can Rare Books Teach Us About Career Narratives?

Invitations to Industry: The Curb Center at Vanderbilt University
Thursday March 29, 2018

After four years as an assistant professor of Shakespeare studies, Miranda Garno Nesler left the tenure track and leveraged her advanced degree to participate in a wide variety of fields...

Mystery of a very old book and its sellers

Mystery of a very old book and its sellers

Pasadena Star News
Saturday January 27, 2018

What could be more mysterious than a book? Even the authors sometimes don’t know where one comes from.

USC professor Percival Everett has written 30 of them, and he told...

The book-lover's gift of a lifetime: rare books

The book-lover's gift of a lifetime: rare books

LA Times
Thursday December 7, 2017

Steps from the crowds of holiday shoppers streaming into Forever 21 and the Apple Store in Pasadena, in a second-floor walk-up, a trove of unique offerings waits for book lovers...

'A Ha Moment' Led Whitmore to Rare Books

'A Ha Moment' Led Whitmore to Rare Books

Penn Law Journal Fall 2016
Tuesday November 22, 2016

It's hard to Dan Whitmore L'08 to pick his favorite sale as a rare books dealer.

But when pressed, he'll tell you about his biggest transaction - copy number six...

Rarer than Many Rare Books: The Young Dealer

Rarer than Many Rare Books: The Young Dealer

Rarebookhub
Thursday September 15, 2016

Dan Whitmore is a book dealer in southern California.  He is 35 and never experienced the halcyon days of bookselling two decades ago.  He was in high school then and...

Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover

Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover

Pasadena Magazine
Monday February 1, 2016

Antiquarian book collector and dealer, Dan Whitmore, isn't your average rare bookseller. As a young, dashing 30-something, he brings a novel approach on what it really takes to make it...

Rare Dream

Rare Dream

Middlebury Magazine
Friday March 20, 2015

It is often said that all of literature can be derived from only seven stories. If that’s true, then the seeds of Dan Whitmore’s dream business—a rare- book dealership based...

2013 Holiday Gift Guide: Whitmore Rare Books

2013 Holiday Gift Guide: Whitmore Rare Books

Alister & Paine Magazine
Friday November 28, 2014

You can almost always find a corresponding book to someone’s interests – with a little help from our friends at Whitmore Rare Books. Whitmore is a luxury rare book specialist...

Exceptional Literary Works from Whitmore Rare Books

Exceptional Literary Works from Whitmore Rare Books

Rare Book Hub
Thursday March 1, 2012

This month we received our first catalogue from Whitmore Rare Books of Pasadena, California. Whitmore Rare Books is operated by Dan Whitmore, one of many in the trade who made...

Bright Young Things: Dan Whitmore

Bright Young Things: Dan Whitmore

Fine Books Magazine
Tuesday December 13, 2011

I am a reader. I loved reading literature from an early age and realized during college, that I didn’t have the time to read all the books that I wanted...

Catalogue Review: Whitmore Rare Books

Catalogue Review: Whitmore Rare Books

Fine Books Magazine
Friday April 22, 2011

When I visited the Manhattan Vintage Book & Ephemera Fair two weeks ago (recap here), I met young bookseller Daniel Whitmore of Whitmore Rare Books, Pasadena, CA. I was glad...