Madeleine B. Stern (1912–2007)
Author of Old Books, Rare Friends: Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion
About the Author
Madeleine B. Stern is partner in the firm of Rostenberg and Stern Rare Books. She is the editor of several collections of Alcott's works, including The Feminist Alcott: Stories of a Woman's Power; From Jo March's Attic: Stories of Intrigue and Suspense; and Louisa May Alcott Unmasked: Collected show more Thrillers, all published by Northeastern University Press. A. collection of Stern's essays, Louisa May Alcott: From Blood and Thunder to Hearth and Home, is also published by Northeastern. She lives in New York City. show less
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Works by Madeleine B. Stern
Antiquarian Bookselling in the United States: A History from the Origins to the 1940s (1985) 13 copies
The Life of Margaret Fuller: A Revised, Second Edition (Contributions in Women's Studies) (1942) 5 copies
Louisa's wonder book : an unknown Alcott juvenile (1975) — Introduction, some editions; Editor — 5 copies
Studies in the Franco-American Booktrade During the Late 18th and Early 19th Centuries (Studies in the History of… (1994) 1 copy
Imprints on History 1 copy
Associated Works
Book Row: An Anecdotal and Pictorial History of the Antiquarian Book Trade (2019) — Foreword — 322 copies
The Hidden Louisa May Alcott: A Collection of Her Unknown Thrillers: Two Volumes in One (1984) — Editor — 40 copies
Life in Utah: Centennial Selections from Byu Studies (Byu Studies Monographs,) (1996) — Contributor — 7 copies
Studies in Bibliography (Vol. 29) — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Stern, Madeleine B.
- Legal name
- Stern, Madeleine Bettina
- Birthdate
- 1912-07-01
- Date of death
- 2007-08-18
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
- Education
- Columbia University (MA|English|1934)
Barnard College (BA|English|1932) - Occupations
- antiquarian book seller
scholar of antiquarian books
writer - Relationships
- Rostenberg, Leona (domestic and business partner)
- Organizations
- Rostenberg & Stern Rare Books
New York Antiquarian Book Fair (co-founder) - Awards and honors
- Guggenheim Fellowship
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Reviews
Bookends: Two Women, One Enduring Friendship by Madeleine Stern
Books
A warm and edifying memoir by two extraordinary women. To bibliophiles, persons who love to read, and those who enjoy seeing women triumph in a male-dominated milieu, I cannot recommend highly enough this book. (And the books they handled, my god the books!)
2 feisty New York ladies on the European antique book hunts in the 1920s mostly. A delight to read,
entertaining extrapolation from the hints and passing references in the Holmes stories and novels of books ithat certainly were ore most probably were in Sherlock's library, Stern is on half of the famous dealers, Rosenberg and Stern, who wrote many memoirs on bookselling and were recognized as authorities on earlier histories, natural histories and plate books which Stern has reference here. All in great fun, as is said.
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- Rating
- 3.8
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