Watts-Dunton, Theodore. Christmas at the Mermaid, Flowers of Parnassus - XI. London & New York: John Lane, 1902. Leather bound. The book is inscribed to Thomas Hardy (from the author). If you ha... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from August 2011
Bibliofile, Yale's dedicated site for Book History, has announced the publication of “Rare Book Photography: An Introduction”. This free guide “explains the handling and photographic practices t... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Dr. David Culpin of St. Andrew's University came across a rare piece of travel literature while studying at the library of Sir George Grey, who was governor of Cape Colony (today's Capetown) between 1... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
New England Chapter “Unseminar” on New Tools: Marketing Approaches, Platforms, & Technology
By Susan BenneThe New-England chapter of the ABAA is pleased to invite members of the ABAA, the trade in general, and all interested observers to a special one-day "unseminar" entitled "New Tools: Marketing Approac... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from July 2011
Click here to view a photos of "five architecturally impressive libraries". I was especially intrigued by the fact that Yale's rare book collection is housed in a building built with "marble sliced so... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The Burns Library at Boston College has made a surprising discovery in their own Yeats archiveYeats' unpublished first play, Love and Death, written in 1884 when he was only 18 or 19 years of age. Th... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
UPDATE: These items have been recovered. Over the weekend of July 24/25 the following items were stolen from the premises of R.A. Gekoski Booksellers, 13 Bathurst Mews, London W2 2SB. Anyone with info... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Click here to read a Q & A with Robert Darnton, a cultural historian and the Director of Harvard University's library system, on the proposed Digital Public Library of America. Mr. Darnton made one co... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The Barnstable-Hyannis Patch is featuring "10 Questions with Isaiah Thomas Books' Jim Visbeck". Click here to read! 10 Questions with Isaiah Thomas Books' Jim Visbeck [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The Hamilton Library at the University of Hawaii at Manoa is very grateful to Michael Hollander for the recovery of 218 booksand for alerting the Library of the books' absence in the first place. Mic... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]