This article was published in Fine Books & Collections by Rebecca Rego Barry. Rare Book School has just released a 15-minute documentary called Presswork, a remarkable production that explains one of their latest projects: commissioning two eighteenth-century facsimile printing presses. With beautiful imagery and clear, interesting…
The North Shore resident was a world-renowned dealer in antiquarian maps, books and manuscripts. This article was published in the Chicago Sun Times by Maureen O’Donnell. Instead of opening a book when he turned in for the night, Ken Nebenzahl would study the eight-feet-by-10-feet National…
This article was published in The Washington Post. It was written by Isaac Stanley-Becker. Gravity. Constitutional democracy. The free market. Once, sketches of these profound ideas were preserved and made available for viewing by appointment weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in a…
Friday, Feb 07, 2020 – Sunday, Feb 09, 2020 Location:53rd California International Antiquarian Book FairPasadena Convention Center300 E. Green St., Pasadena, CA 91101 From February 7 – 9, 2020, thousands of book lovers, booksellers, and scholars will converge in Southern California for the 53rd California International Antiquarian Book…
The Women of the Book Collection offers a unique look into what it was like to be a woman between 1460 and 1800 This article was recently published by Johns Hopkins University. It was written by Saralyn Cruickshank. Orsolya Mednyánszky had crisscrossed the globe,…
This article was recently published in NHK World. For more than 50 years, Toho Books was the place to go for rare Chinese titles. The tiny shop in central Tokyo was home to an extraordinary collection of rare and valuable volumes. So when it…
6TH ANNUAL BROOKLYN ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR September 7-8, 2019 (the weekend after Labor Day)Pre-purchase Tickets and save $5 WHERE: BROOKLYN EXPO CENTER72 Noble St. at Franklin St., Greenpoint One of the country’s largest regional antiquarian book fairs comes to Brooklyn each fall. The 6th…
This article was recently published in Around the O. It was written by Jason Stones, University Communication at the University of Oregon With support from a new $85,216 Library Services and Technology Act grant from the Oregon State Library, some of the university’s most priceless…
This article was published in ArtsHub. It was written by SABINE BRIX. Theft of books has occurred for centuries, but cultural institutions don’t always want to talk about it. We speak with collection managers who protect some of our most valuable artifacts. Although there…
