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Colin Franklin OBSESSIONS AND CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK LIFE 296pp. Bernard Quaritch. 30 [pounds sterling]. 978 0 9563012 2 2 Colin Franklin is a bookseller on such a grand scale [...]

Over the bin in our kitchen is a lithograph of three sardine tins. Its publisher was Jonathan Gili: I think of him every day. The artist was his friend Glynn [...]

G. Thomas Tanselle BOOK-JACKETS Their history, forms, and use 288pp. Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia. $60. 9781 883631 13 0 Dust jackets have worried the pundits since the [...]

A writer describes his experiences with public libraries and how they began to disappear in local communities. He found that public libraries, like Carnegie Central Library at Hammersmith, are under threat. The Hammersmith and Fulham Council have decided to follow the model of Hammersmith's revamped branch libraries, which is set in Westfield shopping center.

A book dealer discusses his habit of collecting books and how different his wife's attitude towards books are. The book dealer's collection occupies every room of the house while his wife's collection takes up one room and she discards the unwanted ones to the charity shop.

Geoffrey and Faye Elliott have donated to the funding to purchase Donald Weeks' Corvo collection for the University of Leeds' Brotherton Library. Details on the works of Frederick William Rolfe, or 'Baron Corvo,' that are included in Weeks' collection are presented.

Born in 1918, Alan Clodd amassed throughout his life a private collection of some 20,000 books. At his death in 2002, and after bequeathing several thousand volumes to museums and institutions, 14,000 books were assigned for sale by auction house Maggs Brothers. Article discusses individual items in Mr. Clodd's collection.

The upcoming sale by bookseller Charles Cox of the late novelist John Fowles's book collection is discussed. Article also chronicles the auctioning of the late historian Brian North Lee's collection of British bookplates.

Concerns about the future of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) have forever dominated Canadian policy considerations regarding participation in the US missile defence program. Yet, fears that a Canadian decision not to participate could lead to the “demise” or marginalization of NORAD appear entirely unfounded in the wake of the formal Canadian refusal in 2005. This article identifies the reasons behind these fears relative to the nature and future of NORAD, and explains why they are both understandable and misplaced. Since the United States neither has, nor has ever had, a significant system requirement for Canadian participation, Washington has separated missile defence from the NORAD question. While this change in approach and legitimate concerns about NORAD’s marginalization have been managed through a Canadian military space contribution, it is likely that missile defence and military space cooperation will be managed on a bilateral basis largely outside of, and in support of, existing NORAD missions. This process reflects the reality of Canada–US North American defence cooperation, and NORAD’s limited place within it. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]