Topics: Rare Books, Libraries & Special Collections, Book Making
It all began in 1769. John Granger published his Biographical History of Englandwithout pictures. He did, however, include extra leaves in the book so that people could add their own illustrations. His readers took that cue, often pillaging other books for portraits to accompany the thumbnail biographies in Grangers book.
Topics: Rare Books, Book Collecting, Modern First Editions, Book News
The Department of Defense recently purchased and destroyed thousands of copies of an Army Reserve officer's memoir in an effort to safeguard state secrets, a spokeswoman said Saturday.
Topics: Rare Books, Book Collecting, Biographies
Police made a "small number" of arrests in Dublin where former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was due to sign copies of his autobiography Saturday, a spokesman for Ireland's national police service said.
Topics: Rare Books, Book Collecting
WASHINGTON - Over the past two years, economic hard times have loomed as large at Washington National Cathedral as the Gothic spires that grace the city's skyline. The Rev. John Runkle, conservator of Washington National Cathedral, leafs through a rare Dutch Bible. Runkle is being let go at the end of June, a casualty of the cathedrals third round of staff cuts to help balance the budget.
Topics: Rare Books, Book Collecting, History, Book News
At least one example of the printed word is in great demand even in the digital age: ancient Bibles.
Topics: Rare Books, History
Thousands of rare books and manuscripts at Camrbidge University Library including handwritten notes by Sir Isaac Newton are to be made available on line thanks to a £1.5m donation.
Topics: Rare Books, Book News
A collection of rare books, described by experts as the most important of its kind in Ireland outside Dublin is being taken into State care by the Office of Public Works.
Topics: Rare Books, Book Collecting, Modern First Editions, Book News
An early copy of Paradise Lost could be paradise found for a John Milton enthusiast as the annual Calgary book sale has unearthed a rare copy of this epic poem. The early edition, from the 1700s, is expected to fetch several hundred dollars when it goes up for sale in a couple of weeks.
Topics: Rare Books, Nobel Prize Winners, Modern First Editions
A rare first edition of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, with a poignant handwritten note by the author to his young daughter, has been discovered.
Topics: Rare Books, Book Collecting, Book News
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