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Grammar in Rhyme
A Writer's Desk —
Authority: 137
The Beinecke Librarys website always has something fun to peruse. On their blog, Room 26: Cabinet of Curiosities, they recently put up Walter Cranes Grammar in Rhyme . You can see the whole book online at their site .5 days ago -
Picturing the London Book Trade
Book Patrol —
Authority: 500
Bernard Shapero "Bookdealing must be amongst the most wonderfully eccentric professions on Earth" - Mike Tsang Photographer Mike Tsang had recently returned to London from a demanding project in the Sudan when he popped in to visit his friend who was then manager of the Biblion bookshop in London. By the ...1 week ago -
19th Century Dust Jackets
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Authority: 137
Have an interest in dust jackets from the 1800s? Youre not alone . From the blog by Mark Godburn... From the record of surviving examples in the Unites States, Great Britain and Europe, it is clear that publishers jackets were widely issued on new books by the 1870s and probably by the 1860s or fifties. They may ...1 week ago -
The Latest in Hurling Book Jacket News
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Authority: 137
Is this this the only series book that pictures hurling on its dust jacket illustration? The Bibliomaven thinks it true! You might be asking yourself...Uh, whats hurling?3 weeks ago -
Shakespeare Collection Donated to UCLA
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Authority: 137
The LA Times Jacket Copy blog notes a recent donation thats pretty damn impressive . From the story... UCLAs Clark Library is to receive a collection of 72 books related to Shakespeare that includes a 1685 fourth folio of his works, two histories that formed the basis of his plays and a 1603 book by Montaigne that ...4 weeks ago -
The Old Bookbinder of Beirut
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Authority: 137
Theres a nice profile in The Independent about Sheikh Tijlid. From the story... They call him "Sheikh Tijlid" – Sheikh Binder – because he is the oldest and the most honoured bookbinder in Beirut. There are only five left in Lebanon, repairing old newspapers, handwritten 17th-century Korans, ministry ...8 weeks ago
