RARE BOOK MOMENT 2.0 – No. 3: Don't overlook the newspapers for your collection

 

Often overlooked by collectors, newspapers and other contemporary periodicals offer a unique insight into the current thinking and concerns of the day for most any period since newspapers began. 

Michael Slicker offers thoughts using two examples from newspapers he has acquired. Each example offers a perspective on the public thinking about the United States’ involvement in World War I, with changing ideas triggered by current events. 

The underlying message: Don't overlook the newspaper as an aspect of your collection. Rare Book Moment is on YouTube and Facebook. 

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Rare book appraiser Michael Slicker began Rare Book Moment in 2011 as a way to share his knowledge of rare books with collectors around the world and help them expand their collections. 

Michael recorded 28 episodes in that first series, and they are contained in a playlist on the YouTube channel. They were recorded at Lighthouse Books, ABAA, former location on First Avenue N in downtown St. Petersburg. 

This new series of Rare Book Moment 2.0 began in 2023. It is recorded at the new location of Lighthouse Books, ABAA in Dade City, Florida. 

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Michael Slicker opened Lighthouse Books, ABAA in St. Petersburg, Florida, for more than 40 years ago in St. Petersburg, Florida. 

In 2019, he and his daughter Sarah Smith moved the store to Dade City, Florida, a picturesque small town in Pasco County, just a little bit north of Tampa and St. Petersburg. Lighthouse Books, ABAA continues to specialize in antiquarian books, rare books, out-of-print books, used books, antique maps, vintage prints, and antique photographs. 

We specialize in books of a scholarly nature, particularly Florida History, Americana, and military history, but carry a broad range of general antiquarian books, used/secondhand books, and a small gallery of prints and maps. '

We serve book lovers in the immediate Tampa Bay Area as well as throughout Florida, the nation and the world. Lighthouse Books, ABAA also offers expert antiquarian book appraisal services. 

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Music by Kevin MacLeod Frogs Legs Rag Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 

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