Nathan Gabbard

Bookstore days.

A cozy bookstore area with bookshelves, a red hand truck with storage boxes, a wooden table, and white chairs.

Uh oh. Went "shopping" in storage. Got a few things...

An info graphic showing a quote by Lydia Maria Child, "I like some human beings better than books, but not many", text placed on an ivory square in front of wavy golden yellow and deep purple background.

Same.

One of the best things about being an antiquarian bookseller is rediscovering items you had forgotten about tucked away in your not-yet-listed-for-sale closets. Today's finds are a signed Thomas Hardy first edition three-volume work, and a collection of 57 bookplates (some artist signed).

Unless it's sci-fi, then more books 📚 more bots 🤖 as an exception.

More books. 📚 Less bots. 🤖

Make it a thing.

Brown and white English bulldog stands facing forward with subtle inquisitiveness about his gaze

When does other dad get home?

#copyediting

No, we're not calling it Alligator Alcatraz.

It's a Florida concentration camp.

Trump tours 'Alligator Alcatraz,' a day before its first arrivals are expected During their visit, Trump administration officials said the facility should be operational within 24 hours — despite the protests of pro-immigration, Indigenous and environmental groups.

Context: www.npr.org/2025/07/01/n...

He was sooooo good.

Are people outside the U.S. seeing the concentration camp à la 'Alligator Alcatraz'?

I wish more people cared about more people.

BACK IN MY DAY, we didn't need photo filters because every picture we took while out and about was a half-megapixel and measured detail in inches per pixel.

a blue garbage truck is parked on the side of the road with ohmagif.com written on the bottom right Alt: a teal garbage truck attempts to pick up a trash bin to empty its contents but instead flings the contents with reckless abandon upon the curbside and front lawn

Thank goodness it's Friday.

Considering moving to Cabot Cove and solving a murder each week.

Movie you've watched more than six times using gifs.

("Hard mode" no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)

Happy Birthday, Ambrose Bierce! Born on this day in 1842, he was a Civil War veteran, surveyor, journalist, and one of the greatest wits of all time. His short story, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is the inspiration for the name of my bookstore @owlcreekbooks.com.

Miss Cataloged. Mmmhmm. 💅📚

Okay I know you all are watching some sort of train crash, BUT

our 4-yo just marched into the room and said
“You know what? I LOVE BOOKS.
I love books more than probably anyone.”

Worldwide Doyle 2025 - Burt Wolder As Conan Doyle’s health began to fail, he looked back upon a life rich with accomplishment. In 1930 he drew a cartoon depicting himself as “The Old Horse,” pulling a wagon loaded with memories. This t...

Don't forget to attend online! This year's first Worldwide Doyle Lecture from Portsmouth Library -- Burt Wolder on "Conan Doyle: Adventurous Life, Enduring Memories" -- is in a few hours (Thursday, June 5, at 2pm US Eastern Time). Register for free here:
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He enters stage left with a cane, a scowl, and the air of someone who once corrected Erasmus on a footnote:

Oh sweetie, my bindings are tighter than your logic, and my colophon has more authority than your entire shelf of 'curated vintage finds.'

He stands like he just proofread the Magna Carta and found three typos:

Darling, I don’t browse—I curate. While you're bragging about a 'nice copy' of Dickens, I’m over here dealing vellum with wormholes that predate your lineage. Marginalia? I’ve got commentary in Latin, Greek, and pure disdain.💅📜

The nobleman strikes a pose, hand on sword, lace collar flaring dramatically:

Oh darling, you collect first editions? How quaint. I only read books that were banned by three popes, cursed by a monk, and printed on the flayed skin of a Jesuit. Call me when your folio has a bloodstain AND provenance.

Being from the westside ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ loveeeee…

Officially a charli xcx fan.

Also, have now watched this scene at least forty-seven times.

#overcompensating

[Double Signed] Complete Poems of Robert Frost 1949 - Robert Frost - Owl Creek Books Double signed. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Robert Frost at limitation page. Lim. 234/500. Additionally inscribed and signed by Frost at frontispiece

Double signed. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Robert Frost at limitation page. Lim. 234/500. Additionally inscribed and signed by Frost at frontispiece (ink smudged). New York: Henry Hold and Company, 1949. Stated first printing.
owlcreekbooks.com/.../double-s...

If the US keeps falling apart and we have to start all over from scratch, can we at least begin measuring in metric.

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"Human nature itself must have changed very much."
"Not at all, but the conditions of human life have changed. Nowadays, there is absolutely no way in which an official, however ill-disposed, could possibly make any profit for himself or any one else by a misuse of his power."