Adamstown Books

05/31/2026

Amidst the relentless, and oftentimes overwhelming, challenges of the past twelve months, the bookstore has been a real bright spot. April was the highest sales I ever had, and May surpassed that. We will see if it continues. Oh, and yes, I have been reorganizing and repricing as needed.

05/30/2026

05/30/2026

Book scouting in three counties the past week (which isn't bad when you also have a fulltime job). Lots of scholarly titles have been selling - John Milton, French Music, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Jonathan Swift, MLK -so I am trying to find diverse titles to list.

05/29/2026

https://lithub.com/on-the-death-of-branwell-bronte-and-the-shadow-of-grief-it-cast-upon-his-literary-family/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSFqq9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEePYQ1ZmNaYkXQUE7WnYKus4LW6AyzFvYPLZF9-j54ZBZ7-oFb9V9rMClUeHY_aem_TAbOG-dUFaU1WN2mIUNpHQ

Through August and into September, Emily Brontë watched her brother kill himself, not with a pistol shot to his head or hanging with a rope, as he had threatened, but with drink. He mostly stopped …

05/28/2026

The oldest English poem.

Researchers in Dublin have uncovered the oldest surviving English poem, hiding in a medieval book in a Roman library.

05/28/2026

https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/the-art-of-the-book-in-the-middle-ages

The most lavish medieval books were bound in covers set with enamels, jewels, and ivory carvings.

05/28/2026

https://shapero.com/en-us/blogs/further-reading/eight-banned-books-that-might-surprise-you

The banning of books by dissident authors in repressive regimes such as Stalinist Russia is well-documented, but here are some titles you might not have

05/27/2026

Illustrationhistory.org is a wonderful resource for learning more about illustration both inside and outside of books. https://www.illustrationhistory.org/essays/childrens-book-illustrators-in-the-golden-age-of-illustration

05/27/2026

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/on-the-twisted-trail-of-bram-stoker-s-notes-for-dracula/ar-AA1OCEES?uxmode=ruby&ocid=edgntpruby&pc=HCTS&cvid=6a162c300307459ab8a9553b48b1f44b&ei=8

Bram Stoker's creative process behind his iconic Gothic novel was shrouded in mystery for nearly a century.