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One
for the Little Guys
Independent
bookstores in New Orleans say they're thriving
As
their larger competitors have faltered under economic strain and technological advancements, some local independent bookstores
are find ways to defy the dire forecasts of a decade ago and thrive. . . . read more. Posted
June 8, 2011
Book
for Giants
Largest Book
in the World Goes on Display
The Klencke Atlas, which
is 350 years old and has never been open since then, will go on display as part of British Library exhibition on maps. . .
. read more. Posted
Feb. 6, 2010
No
Late Fees
Hitler's
Art Book to be Returned
A World War II veteran will
return his war souviner, a book which was part of a series compiled for Hitler featuring art the dictator wanted for his "Fuhrermuseum,"
a planned museum in Linz, Austria, Hitler's hometown.
Eighty-seven-year-old
John Pistone, of Ohio, took the book from the Berghof, Hitler's home near Berchtesgaden, Germany, during the last days
of the war. To read more Click Here.
Posted
Dec. 9, 2009
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♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Rare
Book
Sale of Poe Book
of Poems Sets Record
An 1827 first edition copy of
poems by Edgar Allan Poe sold for $662,500 on Friday setting a record for a 19th century book of poetry . . . read more. Posted
Dec. 6, 2009
Interesting Piece
Biblioteca Casanatene:
Perfect example of a grand 18th
century library
The Website, Italian Notebook, offers a beautiful, memorable, or special place, event, dish, or thing about Italy
via e-mail each day. A recent posting introduced subscribers to the Biblioteca Casanatene.
To read about this wonderful library
Click Here.
Posted
Dec. 5, 2009 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Book Review:
The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future
Powells.com, the Website for the popular Powell's City of Books, runs a Review-a-day, and
sends it out via e-mail. A recent indroduction to a review by Gerry Donaghy of Robert Darton's book, "A Case for
Books," described the book as offering "an in-depth examination of the book from its earliest beginnings to its
shifting role today in popular culture, commerce, and the academy."
To find the review Click Here. Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out
of print books. Posted
Dec. 5, 2009 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
10-year
Endeavor
Producing
the Websters' Pictorial Dictionary
John Carrera, a Waltham, Mass., artists and writer, created this
video documenting a 10-year project of producing a Webster's Pictorial Dictionary. The short video follows Carrera's
discovery and cataloging of the engravings to the 1898 edition of Webster's International Dictionary, to setting the text
for the new edition, to the last impression on a Vandercook press, to the leather binding of the fine press deluxe edition,
to cutting the finger tabs. Quite fascinating.
To view the video Click Here. Posted Dec.
5, 2009 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
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