Faculty

Terry Belanger established the Book Arts Press (BAP) at Columbia University in 1971 as a bibliographical laboratory supporting a program for the training of rare book and special collections librarians and antiquarian booksellers. In 1983, he founded Rare Book School (RBS), a series of courses for students of the history of the book and related subjects. He moved both the BAP and RBS to the University of Virginia in 1992, where he retired as University Professor and Honorary Curator of Special Collections in 2009. Belanger is a 2005 MacArthur Fellow.

Mary Francis Ciletti, a native of Colorado Springs, started in the book trade in 1980. In 1982 she founded Hooked on Books, where she deals in new and used books. She currently serves on the board of The Friends of the Pikes Peak Library District, where she supports literacy and writing programs in the community.

Tom Congalton, proprietor of Between the Covers Rare Books, became a bookseller in 1986. He is a leading specialist in the fields of literary first editions, African-American literature, and sports, particularly early baseball. He was President of the ABAA from 2000-2002 and has chaired many of its committees.

Daniel De Simone has been Curator, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection of The Library of Congress, since January 2000. Previously, he ran his own rare book company in NYC. Over the past 25 years he has developed expertise in antiquarian bibliography, illustrated books, 18th-century French and Italian books, and 18th-century Irish books.

Michael Ginsberg started in the antiquarian book trade in 1956 and in 1975 he started his own business specializing in Americana, American church history, government documents, western Americana, serials, and scholarly periodicals. Michael served as President of the ABAA from 1988-1990.

Edwin V. Glaser is an internationally known specialist in rare and important books in science, technology, and medicine. He served as President of the ABAA from 1986-1988, as well as serving on the Board of Governors. This is his 31st year at the Antiquarian Book Seminar.

Dan Gregory has been a full-time bookseller since 1990 and for the past decade the Manager of Between the Covers Rare Books. He specializes in developing computer systems for booksellers, rare book photography, and catalog design.

Jeanne Jarzombek, owner of The Book Prowler, transitioned from her career as a registered nurse to full-time bookseller in 2004. Her specialties continue to evolve, and include modern literature in translation, curious ephemera and poetry. She attended the Seminar in 2006 and 2007, then returned in 2009 as a consultant for the newly formed non-profit Antiquarian Book Seminar Foundation. She now serves on several CABS committees and is dedicated to furthering the seminar's interests, particularly with regard to its internet presence on social and professional networking sites. Jeanne is the moderator for the alumni mailing list and acts as the alumni liaison for both faculty and seminarians.

Kevin Johnson, proprietor of Royal Books, became a bookseller in 1997 and specializes in Modern Literature, Cinema, Art, and Photography. In 2007, Oak Knoll Press published his first book The Dark Page, a full-color guide to the first edition sources for American film noir of the 1940s, followed in 2009 by The Dark Page II, a second volume covering 1950-1965. Kevin has been a member of the ABAA since 2002.

Kathy Lindeman handles registration, communication with interested parties, printing and notebook design, behind the scenes organization and financial accounting for the Antiquarian Book Seminar. Making everything run smoothly is the main priority and challenge! Kathy is also Coordinator for the Colorado College Faculty Club; Staff Assistant for the CC Economics and Business Department, and Pikes Peak Regional Coordinator for the National History Day Competition. Kathy has worked in University Libraries at Cornell and CU Boulder and lives with her husband Ted, a Chemistry Professor at Colorado College in Colorado Springs.

Otto Penzler will deliver the Keynote Address at the 2010 Colorado Antiquarian Bookseller Seminar.

Otto Penzler is the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City, which celebrated its 30th anniversary on April 13, 2009. He was the publisher of The Armchair Detective, the Edgar-winning quarterly journal devoted to the study of mystery and suspense fiction, for seventeen years. Mr. Penzler was the founder of The Mysterious Press, which he sold to Warner Books and recently reacquired; he also created the publishing firms of Otto Penzler Books and The Armchair Detective Library. He currently has imprints at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the United States and Atlantic Books in the U.K., publishing such authors as Thomas H. Cook, Andrew Klavan, Thomas Perry and Joyce Carol Oates. He also wrote a weekly column, "The Crime Scene," for The New York Sun, for five years.

In 1977, he won an Edgar Award for the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection. The Mystery Writers of America gave him the prestigious Ellery Queen Award in1994 for his exceptional contributions to the publishing field. He was also honored with its highest non-writing award, the Raven, in 2003.

His personal collection of mystery and crime first editions is the finest in private hands in the world and numbers nearly 60,000 volumes.

Photo credit: Shannon Byrne

Robert Rulon-Miller, Jr., began selling books in his family rare book business in Rhode Island while a teenager. In 1982, he started Rulon-Miller Books in Saint Paul, MN. He served as ABAA President from 1994-1996 and, like Ed, Mike, and Tom, has chaired many ABAA committees.

Steven Smith is Associate Dean for Collections and Services for the Texas A&M University Libraries. He has worked in and held leadership posts in special collections for nearly 20 years. He has published and lectured extensively on rare book topics. He holds the C. Clifford Wendler Professorship at A&M and is founder and director of the Book History Workshop, an annual workshop in hand press printing technology.