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Leona Rostenberg

Born

in New York City, New York, The United States

December 28, 1908

Died

March 17, 2005

Genre

Books About Books, Biography, Literary Criticism

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Leona Rostenberg was born in the Bronx on December 28, 1908, to Dr. Adolph and Louisa D. Rostenberg. Her father was a dermatologist. She met Ms. Stern in 1930 while she was a senior at New York University and Ms. Stern was a freshman at Barnard.

Ms. Stern lent Ms. Rostenberg $1,000 to start her rare-book business and eventually joined her as partner. They lived first in Ms. Rostenberg's family house in the Bronx, and then in Manhattan.

The discovery in 1942 of the works by Alcott, all written before she gained fame as the author of "Little Women," brought a moment of detective-work thrill for Ms. Rostenberg and her partner and forever altered Alcott scholarship.

A past president of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, Ms. Roste ...more

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Average rating: 3.81 · 573 ratings · 86 reviews · 34 distinct works • Similar authors

	Old Books in the Old World: Reminiscences of Book Buying Abroad by Leona Rostenberg, Madeleine B. Stern 3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1996 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Between Boards: New Thoughts on Old Books by Leona Rostenberg, Madeleine B. Stern 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1978 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quest Book Guest Book: A Biblio-Folly 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1993	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Worlds in Old Books by Leona Rostenberg, Madeleine B. Stern 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Connections: Our Selves - Our Books by Leona Rostenberg, Madeleine B. Stern really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Special Collections in College and University Libraries by Leona Rostenberg, Madeleine B. Stern it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1989 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Revolution to Revolution: Perspectives on Publishing and Bookselling by Leona Rostenberg, Madeleine B. Stern 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Library of Robert Hooke: The Scientific Book Trade of Restoration England by Leona Rostenberg, Leona G. Rostenberg 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pamphlet as a Source for French History, 1559-1572 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	English Publishers in the Graphic Arts, 1599-1700 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“To librarians, booksellers, and collectors there is nothing limited in the subject of books about books.”
― Leona Rostenberg, Old Books, Rare Friends: Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion

tags: book-collecting, books, librarianship

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