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ISBN 13 : 9781626542174
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (421 download)
Download or read book Voynich Manuscript written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-11 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A facsimile of an object of unknown authorship that has been the source of study and speculation for centuries and remains undecipherable to this day.
Author : Nicholas A. Basbanes
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ISBN 13 : 9780979949135
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (491 download)
Download or read book About the Author written by Nicholas A. Basbanes and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Companion Book to Edition & Impressions: Twenty Years on the Book Beat The final quarter of the last century was a period of extraordinary fervor in American letters. About the Author: Inside the Creative Process collects together more than forty of Nicholas Basbanes's interviews and essays that grew from this unique period of publishing. About the Author publishes for the first time the full interviews with important writers such as novelists A. S. Byatt, Joseph Heller, Edna O'Brien, and Kurt Vonnegut; the critic Alfred Kazin a few months before he died; and columnist Jimmy Breslin just after he had suffered an aneurysm. With the loss of so many of these writers and the imposing behemoth called the Internet, this sort of collection may never again be culled from the morning papers. As alive and refreshing as the day they were published, About the Author explores the creative process that was--and is--the foundation of books and publishing. This superbly crafted edition of About the Author is styled after the limited edition of Editions & Impressions. It is bound in a delightful hunter green linen-finished cloth on the spine with matching khaki toned cloth on the boards. The khaki toned slipcase with the book is embossed in gold foil. The book includes a hunter green ribbon bookmark and matching headbands. The limited edition is printed on Mohawk Superfine smooth finish stock in a soft-white shade, and is Smythe sewn into its binding. A total of 255 copies will be signed and numbered, and 250 will be for sale."--Publisher's website.
Author : Beth M. Whittaker
Publisher : Libraries Unlimited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Special Collections 2.0 written by Beth M. Whittaker and published by Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 2009-07-23 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advice and practical ideas for creating, collecting, and preserving digitized and born-digital materials for optimal long-term access and user engagement.
Author : Sir Henry Thompson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book A Catalogue of Blue and White Nankin Porcelain written by Sir Henry Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Collector's Library
ISBN 13 : 9781907360510
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (65 download)
Download or read book The Kelmscott Chaucer written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by Collector's Library. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kelmscott Chaucer is the most memorable and beautiful edition of the complete works of the first great English poet. Next to The Gutenberg Bible, it is considered the outstanding typographic achievement of all time. There are 87 full-page illustrations by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, and the borders, decorations and initials are drawn byWilliam Morris himself. Only 425 copies of this magnificent work were produced in 1896, and this beautiful monochrome facsimile, slightly smaller than the original, makes this glorious book available to all. A fascinating Introduction by Nicholas Barker places the book and its importance in context. The main text is followed by a black and white facsimile of ANoteby William Morris on his Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press, together with a Short History of the Press by S C Cockerell.
Author : Kerri Maher
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593102207
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)
Download or read book The Paris Bookseller written by Kerri Maher and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A love letter to bookstores and libraries.” —The Boston Globe The dramatic story of how a humble bookseller fought against incredible odds to bring one of the most important books of the 20th century to the world in this new novel from the author of The Girl in White Gloves. A PopSugar Much-Anticipated 2022 Novel ∙ A BookTrib Top Ten Historical Fiction Book of Spring ∙ A SheReads’ Best Literary Historical Fiction Coming in 2022 ∙ A Reader’s Digest’s Best Books for Women Written by Female Authors ∙ A BookBub Best Historical Fiction Book of 2022 When bookish young American Sylvia Beach opens Shakespeare and Company on a quiet street in Paris in 1919, she has no idea that she and her new bookstore will change the course of literature itself. Shakespeare and Company is more than a bookstore and lending library: Many of the prominent writers of the Lost Generation, like Ernest Hemingway, consider it a second home. It's where some of the most important literary friendships of the twentieth century are forged—none more so than the one between Irish writer James Joyce and Sylvia herself. When Joyce's controversial novel Ulysses is banned, Beach takes a massive risk and publishes it under the auspices of Shakespeare and Company. But the success and notoriety of publishing the most infamous and influential book of the century comes with steep costs. The future of her beloved store itself is threatened when Ulysses' success brings other publishers to woo Joyce away. Her most cherished relationships are put to the test as Paris is plunged deeper into the Depression and many expatriate friends return to America. As she faces painful personal and financial crises, Sylvia—a woman who has made it her mission to honor the life-changing impact of books—must decide what Shakespeare and Company truly means to her.
Author : Eva Jurczyk
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1728238609
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (282 download)
Download or read book The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections written by Eva Jurczyk and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Bestseller "With its countless revelations about the dusty realms of rare books, a likable librarian sleuth who has just the right balance of compassion and wit, and a library setting that is teeming with secrets, The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections is a rare treat for readers. I loved this book!"—Matthew Sullivan, author of Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore Anxious People meets the delights of bookish fiction in a stunning debut following a librarian whose quiet life is turned upside down when a priceless manuscript goes missing. Soon she has to ask: what holds more secrets in the library—the ancient books shelved in the stacks, or the people who preserve them? Liesl Weiss long ago learned to be content working behind the scenes in the distinguished rare books department of a large university, managing details and working behind the scenes to make the head of the department look good. But when her boss has a stroke and she's left to run things, she discovers that the library's most prized manuscript is missing. Liesl tries to sound the alarm and inform the police about the missing priceless book, but is told repeatedly to keep quiet, to keep the doors open and the donors happy. But then a librarian unexpectedly stops showing up to work. Liesl must investigate both disappearances, unspooling her colleagues' pasts like the threads of a rare book binding as it becomes clear that someone in the department must be responsible for the theft. What Liesl discovers about the dusty manuscripts she has worked among for so long—and about the people who care for and revere them—shakes the very foundation on which she has built her life. The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections is a sparkling book-club read about a woman struggling to step out from behind the shadows of powerful and unreliable men, and reveals the dark edge of obsession running through the most devoted bookworms. February 2022 INDIE NEXT Selection January 2022 LIBRARY READS Selection January 2022 Loan Star Selection Pop Sugar 35 Must-Read Thrillers and Mystery Books
Author : Timothy Dexter
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book A Pickle for the Knowing Ones written by Timothy Dexter and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sheridan Libraries
Publisher : Conran Octopus
ISBN 13 : 9780983808664
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (86 download)
Download or read book Fakes, Lies, and Forgeries written by Sheridan Libraries and published by Conran Octopus. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to providing a checklist of 70 treasures from the Arthur and Janet Freeman Bibliotheca Fictiva Collection, this beautifully-illustrated volume includes five essays that explore the phenomenon of forgery as a creative literary form and provide an interesting and informative sense of the broader collection. With nearly 1,700 individual items, the Bibliotheca Fictiva Collection is the largest and most comprehensive collection of books and manuscripts of forgery in the world. Highlights include editions of Jesus' posthumous "Letter from Heaven," eyewitness accounts of the Fall of Troy, annotated books from Shakespeare's personal library, Alpine inscriptions recording Noah's settlement of Vienna after the Flood, and a first-hand account of the discovery of Homer's tomb. The collection was assembled over a 50-year period and acquired by the Sheridan Libraries of Johns Hopkins University in 2011. Exhibition: Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts, Baltimore, USA (05.10.2014 - 01.02.2015).
Author : Charles Dickens
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ISBN 13 : 144740727X
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (474 download)
Download or read book What the Dickens? - Tales of Crime and Mystery by Charles Dickens (Fantasy and Horror Classics) written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Dickens was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era is still very popular today, here are collected the very finest of his crime and mystery stories. Some of the stories included are, 'The Drunkard's Death', 'The Automaton Police', 'The Edwin Drood Syndicate' and many more.
Author : Nicholas A. Basbanes
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ISBN 13 : 9780979949159
Total Pages : 635 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (491 download)
Download or read book A Gentle Madness written by Nicholas A. Basbanes and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Gentle Madness continues to astound and delight readers about the passion and expense a collector is willing to make in pursuit of the book. The book captures that last moment in time when collectors pursued their passions in dusty bookshops and street stalls, high stakes auctions, and the subterfuge worthy of a true bibliomaniac. An adventure among the afflicted, A Gentle Madness is vividly anecdotal and thoroughly researched. Nicholas Basbanes brings an investigative reporter's heart to illuminate collectors past and present in their pursuit of bibliomania. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
Author : Michael Widener
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ISBN 13 : 9781616191603
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)
Download or read book Law's Picture Books written by Michael Widener and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collecting Yale Law Library's picture books / Michael Widener -- Reflections on an exhibition / Mark S. Weiner -- Ars Memoria in early law : looking beneath the picture / Jolande Goldberg -- Law's picture books and the history of book illustration / Erin C. Blake -- Law's picture books: The Yale Law Library collection. Symbolizing the law -- Depicting the law -- Diagramming the law -- Calculating the law -- Staging the law -- Inflicting the law -- Arguing the law -- Teaching the law -- Laughing-and crying-at the law -- Beautifying the law
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Rare Books and Manuscripts Librarianship written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Fine Books & Collections written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Hermann
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Rare Books, Manuscripts and Letters, Including the Fine Collection Formed by William Hermann of White Plains, N.Y. ... to be Sold March 18 and 19, 1909 ... written by William Hermann and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jane Greenfield
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1629140481
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (291 download)
Download or read book The Care of Fine Books written by Jane Greenfield and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Care of Fine Books is a thorough, readable guide to caring for books of value. From a discussion of the various techniques and materials used in bookbinding to advice on handling and storage, Jane Greenfield has created a succinct yet complete resource for anyone who wants to preserve and protect their fine books. Whether you are a collector, a librarian, or a conservation professional, you will benefit from this expert advice. Learn about appropriate levels of light, temperature, relative humidity, and pollution; how to secure a collection against fire, insect infestation, flood, and theft; and methods for cleaning and repairing books that have already been damaged. Always practical and amply illustrated, this is a must-have reference for anyone who loves fine books.
Author : Raphaële Mouren
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110301504
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Ambassadors of the Book written by Raphaële Mouren and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-12-19 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What competences are needed for heritage librarians, and how can they be taught? The management of heritage collections requires a unique mix of knowledge and skills, including expertise in preservation and conservation; heritage policies; acquisitions and collection management; bibliographic description; the materiality of books and other collection objects; and the history of libraries. Librarians must also understand the need for open access, the importance of marketing, and the challenges posed by digitization.
