Rebecca Romney
@rebeccaromney.com
Your bookish enabler. Rare book dealer, Type Punch Matrix. Author, JANE AUSTEN’S BOOKSHELF. Co-founder of the Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize. Pawn Stars, The Booksellers doc.
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Rebecca Romney
@rebeccaromney.com
· Feb 17
Book Review: ‘Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,’ by Rebecca Romney
In “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,” a rare-book collector sets out to “investigate” a group of overlooked female writers.
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Thank you to the New York Times Book Review for this perceptive and engaged review of JANE AUSTEN’S BOOKSHELF! As I say in the book: the process is the point.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/b...
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Deadline July 1 for the 2025 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize, $1000 for an outstanding collection of books, manuscripts, and/or ephemera built by a woman, aged 30 or younger, anywhere in the US. Explore the collections of past winners on the Honey & Wax website! www.honeyandwaxbooks.com/prize.php
June 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Deadline July 1 for the 2025 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize, $1000 for an outstanding collection of books, manuscripts, and/or ephemera built by a woman, aged 30 or younger, anywhere in the US. Explore the collections of past winners on the Honey & Wax website! www.honeyandwaxbooks.com/prize.php
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THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN!
We have 10 days to reach our fundraising goal & we have a LONG way to go!!
Be the reason that the Locus lights stay on! Help us out at igg.me/at/locusmag2025. We are so grateful for your support!
Fundraiser link in bio #sff #scifi #fantasy #booksky
We have 10 days to reach our fundraising goal & we have a LONG way to go!!
Be the reason that the Locus lights stay on! Help us out at igg.me/at/locusmag2025. We are so grateful for your support!
Fundraiser link in bio #sff #scifi #fantasy #booksky
May 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN!
We have 10 days to reach our fundraising goal & we have a LONG way to go!!
Be the reason that the Locus lights stay on! Help us out at igg.me/at/locusmag2025. We are so grateful for your support!
Fundraiser link in bio #sff #scifi #fantasy #booksky
We have 10 days to reach our fundraising goal & we have a LONG way to go!!
Be the reason that the Locus lights stay on! Help us out at igg.me/at/locusmag2025. We are so grateful for your support!
Fundraiser link in bio #sff #scifi #fantasy #booksky
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If anyone's curious, my 18C Novel Course will be reading:
Haywood, FANTOMINA (1725)
Fielding, THE GOVERNESS (1749)
Burney, EVELINA (1778)
Austen, EMMA (1816)
Anonymous, THE WOMAN OF COLOUR
With @rebeccaromney.com JANE AUSTEN'S BOOKSHELF as guide to an additional novel adoption.
Haywood, FANTOMINA (1725)
Fielding, THE GOVERNESS (1749)
Burney, EVELINA (1778)
Austen, EMMA (1816)
Anonymous, THE WOMAN OF COLOUR
With @rebeccaromney.com JANE AUSTEN'S BOOKSHELF as guide to an additional novel adoption.
May 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If anyone's curious, my 18C Novel Course will be reading:
Haywood, FANTOMINA (1725)
Fielding, THE GOVERNESS (1749)
Burney, EVELINA (1778)
Austen, EMMA (1816)
Anonymous, THE WOMAN OF COLOUR
With @rebeccaromney.com JANE AUSTEN'S BOOKSHELF as guide to an additional novel adoption.
Haywood, FANTOMINA (1725)
Fielding, THE GOVERNESS (1749)
Burney, EVELINA (1778)
Austen, EMMA (1816)
Anonymous, THE WOMAN OF COLOUR
With @rebeccaromney.com JANE AUSTEN'S BOOKSHELF as guide to an additional novel adoption.
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I consider this one of the most important donations I can make. To be clear, the Paving the Way fund supports the legal expenses.
If every person who thinks this is a good idea contributed $10 to the legal costs, we’d be able to cover them right now. MLA’s link is here: www.mla.org/About-Us/Sup...
May 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I consider this one of the most important donations I can make. To be clear, the Paving the Way fund supports the legal expenses.
It’s so beautiful
This Rare 15th-Century Manuscript Is Getting a Long-Awaited Restoration 📜
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This Rare 15th-Century Manuscript Is Getting a Long-Awaited Restoration
The Hispanic Society Museum and Library's ultra-rare Black Book of Hours is the recipient of this year's TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund.
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May 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
It’s so beautiful
This is well said. In the humanities, often the process itself is the point. The field of AI is results focused. AI will not be of much use to the humanities as long as its function (and branding) is to eliminate process — to eliminate thinking and experience-based learning.
The aim of writing assignments isn’t to produce a certain amount of text content that sounds a certain way. It’s for students to think, write, write out their thinking and think about their writing, in ways that inform their thinking and writing afterwards.
Gen AI isn’t useful for any part of that.
Gen AI isn’t useful for any part of that.
About to be Jokerfied by this blandly tossed-off statement in a piece about how the lie machines will never stop lying. Why concede that AI is "useful" in writing term papers? What is the purpose of writing assignments in education? Is AI accomplishing that purpose? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...
May 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is well said. In the humanities, often the process itself is the point. The field of AI is results focused. AI will not be of much use to the humanities as long as its function (and branding) is to eliminate process — to eliminate thinking and experience-based learning.
As a rare book dealer I think a lot about which books survive the centuries to continue to be read by subsequent generations.
Among the books of the 20th century I most believe should continue to be read in 200 years: Goodnight Moon.
It is a perfect book.
Among the books of the 20th century I most believe should continue to be read in 200 years: Goodnight Moon.
It is a perfect book.
May 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM
As a rare book dealer I think a lot about which books survive the centuries to continue to be read by subsequent generations.
Among the books of the 20th century I most believe should continue to be read in 200 years: Goodnight Moon.
It is a perfect book.
Among the books of the 20th century I most believe should continue to be read in 200 years: Goodnight Moon.
It is a perfect book.
Got a want match for a rare book and can’t remember why I made the want in the first place: The Rebecca Romney Story.
April 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Got a want match for a rare book and can’t remember why I made the want in the first place: The Rebecca Romney Story.
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We’re celebrating our 10th anniversary with an exhibition of our most beloved artifacts—100 objects selected by the 10 teams who steward the collection.
10 × 10 for 10 is on view until October 2025.
Thu: 1:00pm–8:00pm (free!)
Fri–Sat: 11:00am–6:00pm
Visit: letterformarchive.org/visit/?utm_c...
10 × 10 for 10 is on view until October 2025.
Thu: 1:00pm–8:00pm (free!)
Fri–Sat: 11:00am–6:00pm
Visit: letterformarchive.org/visit/?utm_c...
April 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We’re celebrating our 10th anniversary with an exhibition of our most beloved artifacts—100 objects selected by the 10 teams who steward the collection.
10 × 10 for 10 is on view until October 2025.
Thu: 1:00pm–8:00pm (free!)
Fri–Sat: 11:00am–6:00pm
Visit: letterformarchive.org/visit/?utm_c...
10 × 10 for 10 is on view until October 2025.
Thu: 1:00pm–8:00pm (free!)
Fri–Sat: 11:00am–6:00pm
Visit: letterformarchive.org/visit/?utm_c...
Eeeee I love this book so much and I am utterly delighted by this
“…rather than a locked-room mystery in which the murder is an impossible crime, the detective is in (and becomes) the locked room, using cerebral means to reason his way into a solution to a genuine historical conundrum”
– @sarahweinman.com on the fiction of Josephine Tey
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– @sarahweinman.com on the fiction of Josephine Tey
lithub.com/a-mystery-no...
“A Mystery Novel Like No Other Before.” On Josephine Tey’s The Daughter of Time
I wish I could remember when I first read Josephine Tey’s The Daughter of Time—I must have been around twenty—but I certainly remember how much I loved it, which has only grown with every reread. I…
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April 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Eeeee I love this book so much and I am utterly delighted by this
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There are 5 independent book stores within 2 miles of me—Da Book Joint, Call & Response Books, 57th Street Books, Seminary-Coop, and Powells— and I am looking forward to visiting all of them this Saturday on Independent Bookstore Day.
a woman in a blue dress is reaching for a book on a ladder
ALT: a woman in a blue dress is reaching for a book on a ladder
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April 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
There are 5 independent book stores within 2 miles of me—Da Book Joint, Call & Response Books, 57th Street Books, Seminary-Coop, and Powells— and I am looking forward to visiting all of them this Saturday on Independent Bookstore Day.
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I finished this book over the weekend and it is *such* a great read! For Austen fans especially, but it’s more than that: about book collecting, women writers, and how writers become part of “the canon.”
This Thursday 4/24 come to Philadelphia to hear @book-historia.bsky.social and I geek out about book collecting and discuss my new book, JANE AUSTEN’S BOOKSHELF. Register here: libwww.freelibrary.org/programs/aut...
April 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I finished this book over the weekend and it is *such* a great read! For Austen fans especially, but it’s more than that: about book collecting, women writers, and how writers become part of “the canon.”
This Thursday 4/24 come to Philadelphia to hear @book-historia.bsky.social and I geek out about book collecting and discuss my new book, JANE AUSTEN’S BOOKSHELF. Register here: libwww.freelibrary.org/programs/aut...
April 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This Thursday 4/24 come to Philadelphia to hear @book-historia.bsky.social and I geek out about book collecting and discuss my new book, JANE AUSTEN’S BOOKSHELF. Register here: libwww.freelibrary.org/programs/aut...
Today in Cleveland!
Join us for what promises to be a fantastic event tomorrow. You can come to our library if you are in Cleveland, or fire up the livestream. @rebeccaromney.com on Jane Austen and 18th century women novelists- not to be missed!
April 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Today in Cleveland!
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Philly & Wilmington people! Are you interested in Jane Austen and the women she read? Have I got a book event for you! 🤩 THIS THURSDAY, come to the @freelibrary.bsky.social author talk for Jane Austen's Bookshelf with @rebeccaromney.com in conversation with ME! libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/eve...
Events: Rebecca Romney | Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend
The Author Events Series presents Rebecca Romney | Jane Austens Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collectors Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend
REGISTER
In Conversation with Allie Alvis
Ja...
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April 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Philly & Wilmington people! Are you interested in Jane Austen and the women she read? Have I got a book event for you! 🤩 THIS THURSDAY, come to the @freelibrary.bsky.social author talk for Jane Austen's Bookshelf with @rebeccaromney.com in conversation with ME! libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/eve...
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Next Thursday, come to the @freelibrary.bsky.social to hear @rebeccaromney.com in conversation with little ol’ me about her FANTASTIC new book, Jane Austen’s Bookshelf! ✨ Register here: libwww.freelibrary.org/programs/aut...
April 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Next Thursday, come to the @freelibrary.bsky.social to hear @rebeccaromney.com in conversation with little ol’ me about her FANTASTIC new book, Jane Austen’s Bookshelf! ✨ Register here: libwww.freelibrary.org/programs/aut...
Had a lovely Janeite conversation on the JASNA podcast about Austen’s favorite books! Listen here:
jasna.org/austen/podca...
jasna.org/austen/podca...
Austen Chat: Episode 22
jasna.org
April 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Had a lovely Janeite conversation on the JASNA podcast about Austen’s favorite books! Listen here:
jasna.org/austen/podca...
jasna.org/austen/podca...
The Science Behind Old Book Smell
The Science Behind Old Book Smell #rarebooks #bookcollecting #oldbooks
YouTube video by Rebecca Romney
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March 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The Science Behind Old Book Smell
Identifying a first edition vs. a book club edition:
First Edition vs Book Club Edition: How Do You Tell The Difference? #bookcollecting #rarebooks
YouTube video by Rebecca Romney
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March 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Identifying a first edition vs. a book club edition:
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JANE AUSTEN'S BOOKSHELF is a read that keeps on giving—
At Jane's (& @rebeccaromney.com's) recommendation, I've now read BELINDA by Maria Edgeworth, & EVELINA, by Frances Burney—
in case you are in the mood for stories in which cads are mercilessly ridiculed & get their comeuppance. #booksky
At Jane's (& @rebeccaromney.com's) recommendation, I've now read BELINDA by Maria Edgeworth, & EVELINA, by Frances Burney—
in case you are in the mood for stories in which cads are mercilessly ridiculed & get their comeuppance. #booksky
March 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
JANE AUSTEN'S BOOKSHELF is a read that keeps on giving—
At Jane's (& @rebeccaromney.com's) recommendation, I've now read BELINDA by Maria Edgeworth, & EVELINA, by Frances Burney—
in case you are in the mood for stories in which cads are mercilessly ridiculed & get their comeuppance. #booksky
At Jane's (& @rebeccaromney.com's) recommendation, I've now read BELINDA by Maria Edgeworth, & EVELINA, by Frances Burney—
in case you are in the mood for stories in which cads are mercilessly ridiculed & get their comeuppance. #booksky
Tracing the history of the phrase “pride and prejudice” in a new Jane Austen book — fantastic.
www.seattlepi.com/news/article...
www.seattlepi.com/news/article...
From pulpits to protest, the surprising history of the phrase ‘pride and prejudice’
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary...
www.seattlepi.com
March 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Tracing the history of the phrase “pride and prejudice” in a new Jane Austen book — fantastic.
www.seattlepi.com/news/article...
www.seattlepi.com/news/article...
I know I’m literally years late to this party, but I’m finally reading Sinykin’s Big Fiction and it is GREAT. I am rapt.
March 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I know I’m literally years late to this party, but I’m finally reading Sinykin’s Big Fiction and it is GREAT. I am rapt.
When is the last time we talked about the stunning jacket design for the 1946 first edition of Ann Petry’s THE STREET? Let’s talk about it more. I wish I knew the artist.
March 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
When is the last time we talked about the stunning jacket design for the 1946 first edition of Ann Petry’s THE STREET? Let’s talk about it more. I wish I knew the artist.
Now on its way to a special collections library: these Meiji era (1886) educational cards introducing Japanese students to major figures of Western history and literature, based on the classic Iroha Karuta matching game.
Among those included: Newton, Homer, George Washington, Cleopatra, & Moses.
Among those included: Newton, Homer, George Washington, Cleopatra, & Moses.
March 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Now on its way to a special collections library: these Meiji era (1886) educational cards introducing Japanese students to major figures of Western history and literature, based on the classic Iroha Karuta matching game.
Among those included: Newton, Homer, George Washington, Cleopatra, & Moses.
Among those included: Newton, Homer, George Washington, Cleopatra, & Moses.
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If you’re a Jane Austen fan, and of course you are, you’ve got to get Jane Austen’s Bookshelf. It’s such a fun read, I learned a lot, and it’s been so fun to start digging into the works of the authors she writes about.
So gratified to see @theguardian.com review JANE AUSTEN’S BOOKSHELF: an unforgettable phrase, “canon jujitsu”!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
March 9, 2025 at 4:45 AM
If you’re a Jane Austen fan, and of course you are, you’ve got to get Jane Austen’s Bookshelf. It’s such a fun read, I learned a lot, and it’s been so fun to start digging into the works of the authors she writes about.