The 7 Book Blogs of Jerry Morris: Selected Posts Paperback – May 15, 2023

The Seven Book Blogs of Jerry Morris will provide both budding bibliophiles and seasoned book-world veterans with much to enjoy. Jerry Morris paints a rich portrait of the book world and its many players – authors, booksellers, and collectors, especially in the 19th and 20th centuries. There is much to learn in these pages from this hobbyist who through avid study, dogged research, and generous writing, joined the ranks of bibliophiles, both historic and contemporary, that he so much admired.Jerry’s enthusiasm and sheer love of books shine through in each of these posts, selected from the more than 250 book-related blog posts he wrote over the last 15 years. The reader will meet many important bibliophiles, like Andrew Lang, Mary Hyde Eccles, or William Targ, who deserve to be better known. The posts in The Seven Book Blogs of Jerry Morris often read like bibliophilic mysteries. Jerry’s detailed explanations of methods and sources will give bibliophiles at many levels new ideas about how to conduct their own biblio-sleuthing.Both learned and heart-felt, The Seven Book Blogs of Jerry Morris will introduce the reader to a husband, father, and friend widely known and respected in the book world.This delightful book, culled from Jerry Morris’s informative and idiosyncratic blog posts – in effect small essays worthy of the writers of the “books about books” that filled his library – preserves the voice and thoughts of a remarkable bibliophile. It is, and will remain, a significant contribution to the literature of book collecting. — Mark Samuels LasnerJerry was a gifted and determined researcher whose writings illuminated many biblio-bypaths. He found a perfect avenue for his talents using his various blog posts to present his findings. It is a fitting tribute to see a selection presented in book form. He would have loved it. — Kurt Zimmerman Read more