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Entries from August 2012
A photo of the book, '1938-1941: Vier Jahre, Hermann-Göring-Werke', courtesy of La Grange Park Public Library Like many libraries, the La Grange Park Public Library in Illinois happily accepts donat... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Paper Passion Here's a way to take your bibliophilia to a whole other level. Fashion icon Karl Lagerfield, publisher Gerhard Steidl, Wallpaper* magazine, and perfumer Geza Schoen have collaborated to... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, 1964 A rare 1960 interview with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was recently discovered in an attic in Nashville, TN. Stephon Tull was going through boxes in his father's attic... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
These items were still reported missing as of June 11, 2019. The following seven rare cookbooks were stolen in the past 24 hours: Almanach des Gourmands, 1805 The Honours of the Table, 1791 The Americ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Margaret Mitchell holding her book, circa 1938 (Image via Library of Congress) The estate of Margaret Mitchell has made a multimillion dollar donation to the Archdiocese of Atlanta that includes a 50... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
A copy of Ling Shu published during the Song dynasty. (Not the recently discovered text.) Image via Bejing Digital Museum A very rare Chinese medical text published during the Southern Song Dynasty p... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
My apologies for the lack of recent posts. I spent a week at the amazing Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and have been catching up since then. CABS was a ton of fun and provided an abundance of info... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
This item was still reported missing as of June 11, 2019. On Monday, July 30th, staff at the San Francisco Public Library discovered that the screenplay Largo: a Story Out of the Life of George Friede... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
In a nod to ancient Greece, where poetry was considered as much of a sport in the Olympics as wrestling, NPR has been hosting the 'Poetry Games'. Poets from all over the world were invited to write an... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]