My Blog about Rare Books & Antiquarian
Jan 18th, 2009 by admin
 San Diego Union Tribune |
Geraldine Brooks, a person of the book The central character in Brooks' book is Hanna Heath, a rare-book expert, hired to analyze and conserve it. She's Australian and her voice, not surprisingly ... |
Jan 18th, 2009 by admin
| Talking with Brendan Fraser about 'Inkheart' It's a movie about books about books: As Funke's millions of readers know, Fraser's character Mo Folchart is a "silvertongue," a rare reader who can bring ... |
Jan 18th, 2009 by admin
 New York Times |
Horatio Alger Relocates to a Mumbai Slum He is that rare, but increasingly less rare, Indian creature: a man all his own. The old restraints were formidable: family, caste, religious fatalism, ... |
Jan 17th, 2009 by admin
| Parchment DNA makes manuscripts open book Before Johannes Gutenberg invented movable type in the 15th century, books were laboriously written out by hand, usually by monks. They were rare and ... |
Jan 17th, 2009 by admin
| 5 advisers, 100 days, 1 book about FDR's first months in office Exhibiting rare public confidence, calmness and charisma, each has campaigned on a platform of reform grounded in flexibility and pragmatism. ... |
Jan 17th, 2009 by admin
 AME Info |
Intensive preparations to organise Abu Dhabi International Book ... In 2009, the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair presents the first Arab exhibition of old and rare books, opening the way for those who are interested in ... |
Jan 16th, 2009 by admin
| Books About Legal Cases As I wrote in an afterword for the book, the trial was a rare instance in which "truth, justice and freedom of speech [were] all simultaneously served. ... |
Jan 16th, 2009 by admin
| 'Mummy's' boy Brendan Fraser hopes good fortune rains on him again ... It's a movie about books about books: As Funke's millions of readers know, Fraser's character Mo Folchart is a "silvertongue," a rare reader who can bring ... |
Jan 16th, 2009 by admin
 The Associated Press |
Rare book vandal jailed for two years A wealthy businessman and publisher was jailed for two years today after admitting stealing pages from about 150 rare and priceless books at the Bodleian ... Man jailed over book page thefts Man jailed for book pages theft Iranian collector jailed over British book scam |
Jan 16th, 2009 by admin
 Cool Hunting |
NamelessleTTer Project A blog for lovers of ephemera, Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities is dedicated to Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, which houses the ... |
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