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Libraries
Storing and Shelving Books
21 Oct 2014
To those of us who plan to stay in this book business on-line this might be an article of worth. We know that 20,000 to 50,000 books can get out of…
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Image Gallery of the Awards Ceremony for the 16th ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography at the Grand Palais (Paris)
21 Oct 2014
The official Presentation of the 16th ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography at the Grand Palais (Paris)
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Rare Book Trade
Just what has been going on Down Under? - A great deal has been going on, Down Under this year!
20 Oct 2014
Having held both a wonderful conference in May and a hugely successful Melbourne Rare Book Week and Melbourne Rare Book Fair in late July the…
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Booksellers Typography
Celebrating Beatrice Warde
14 Oct 2014
After a short hiatus, we're back on the occasion of typographical scholar Beatrice Warde's birthday. Born on September 20th, 1900, Warde lived during…
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Renaissance
Rare Books - When is an inscription not an inscription?
13 Oct 2014
Two folks identified the key elements of this month's crocodile mystery in their comments: Misha Teramura correctly noted that the inscription in the…
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Book Fairs
Friendly, stylish, hip Chelsea has it all! Chelsea Antiquarian Book Fair, November 7-8, 2014
09 Oct 2014
Warmer than Boston, more intimate and less formal than most other antiquarian book fairs, friendly, stylish, hip – Chelsea has it all! Over its life,…
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Travel
"The Discovery of the South Sea" - Lectures for Collectors at Dr. Paul Kainbacher's Antiquarian Bookshop
01 Oct 2014
The Austrian rare book dealer Dr. Paul Kainbacher invites collectors and bibliophiles to a series of "Bibliophile Evenings" at his antiquarian…
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Book Binding
Famous Figures in the History of Book Binding, Part Two
29 Sep 2014
The way we present and preserve the written word has changed considerably over the millennia. When Johann Gutenberg introduced movable type, our…
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Book Binding
Famous Figures in the History of Book Binding
22 Sep 2014
From the scroll to the codex to the modern volume, the form of the book has evolved considerably over the centuries. And alongside that, our methods…
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Rare Book School
CABS: or seeing the book trade with clarity
08 Sep 2014
A week at the Colorado Rare Book Seminar is a week like no other I know. It is a highly practical week, it is an inspiring week and it is one of…
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Book Thefts. Girolamini - Zisska List
01 Sep 2014
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Libraries
The Warburg Institute Library, London, is once again in danger, 80 years after being saved from the Nazis
17 Aug 2014
The Warburg Institute Library holds about 350,000 books. It was originally founded in Hamburg by Aby Warburg (1866-1929), one of the most brilliant…
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