Suspend your assumptions about rare books - Rebecca Romney shares how rare book collection can be for everyone, and is a critical component of preserving romance genre history. Work by marginalized people has frequently been considered unimportant or devalued in the rare book world - learn how Rebecca's work (part detective, part scholar, part marketer) is important not just for romance scholars, but for all of us, and how we all have a role to play.Rebecca Romney is a rare books specialist who has been working on a catalogue surveying the history of popular romance since 2016, covering first editions of major works in the genre from the 18th century to the year 2000. She's also the co-founder of the rare book firm Type Punch Matrix, where the catalogue will be released.Show Notes:Shelf Love:Sign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Email: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.comCheck out Shelf Love’s updated website including the transcript for this episodeShelf Love episodes with transcriptsGuest: Rebecca Romney, Rare Book DealerWebsite | Twitter | InstagramOther episodes to check out, related to content in this episode:013. The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams with Steve Ammidown058. East Asian American Romances with Cultural Historian Hsu-Ming Teo073. Structuring Romance: The Secular Scripture pt 1 with Dr. Angela Toscano074. Ma'am, this is Problematic: The Secular Scripture pt 2 with Dr. Angela Toscano