one of our first guests here. how do you do? welcome. great to have you. you are one of the rare book sellers. yes i am. i have a business here in san francisco. i ve been for many years on the committee that helps organize the antiquarian book fair we have every two years at the concourse exhibition hall coming up i see. it is three days. three days. friday, saturday, and sunday. this is at concourse at 8th and brannon. we sell three day passes or tickets that are good for either saturday and sn or just for sunday depending when people want to come. tell us about the history. is it books from all over the country? all over the world? there are 200, more than 200 exhibitors bringing from probably ten different countries. many from the u.s. but also from england, france, canada. i don t know that we have any japanese dealers this year. i don t think so. italian dealers. but many from many european countries i understand there is an asian theme also this year.
Universities and colleges all over the country he packed a punch. What about bradleys . They were two brothers who made a fortune in creating thermostat, they were civic minded about milwaukee. They they were very right wing but were interested in improving life in milwaukee. When they died, their fortuneot moved on into the hands of other people who became super committed to the conservative movement. Those funders in particular earmarked that money, that foundation is among rightwingle foundations now much of the money came from defense contracts. Much of the money in the Bradley Foundation is earmarked for antigovernment programs. Millions of those dollars came from the u. S. Governmentsin defense contracts. Host this is an email, i have long rager work and your books i completely agree with your take on things. Sc anyway, what i want to ask you about is your education at the school in new york. My late wife grew up in new yorb graduating in 1960. She was a wonderful art critic and