A new anthology of Latin American fiction has been printed in a very unique way: publishers used a special ink so that the entire text will fade in two months time. The book, appropriately titled El ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from July 2012
Reading Rainbow, one of my favorite shows as a child, is returning to teach a new generation about the magical journeys books can take you on, but will do so in a whole new medium. Originally a televi... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
UFA colour lithograph poster for 'Metropolis', Designer - Heinz Schulz-Neudamm, Berlin, 1927. Items from or pertaining to Metropolis, Fritz Lang's 1927 silent science-fiction tour de force, have a hi... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
These items were still reported missing as of June 17, 2019. On Thursday, June 7, 2012, staff at the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) at Saint John's University discovered that a 16th century p... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Stolen: 2 Aquatints from J. Atkinson’s “An Account of the State of Agriculture and Grazing…”
By Susan BenneThis item was still reported missing as of June 11, 2019. The following item has been reported stolen: Title : 2 Aquatints from J. Atkinson's "An Account of the State of Agriculture and Grazing in New... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
First Edition Cover Art of 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' by C.S. Lewis A rare inscribed first edition of C.S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe will be auctioned in London this Th... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Check out this vintage vending machine for books. A great new idea for the battle against sugary beverages: replace all Coke and Pepsi machines with Book-O-Mats! Smarter and healthier people will ensu... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Boston in Autumn (image by Rebecca Kennison via Wikipedia Creative Commons) There's still plenty of summer ahead, but it's the perfect time to plan a weekend getaway for the fall, when heat and summe... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Last year the city of Troy, Michigan was facing a serious funding deficit and considered closing the town's public library. Funding to save the library could have been raised through a "minuscule" tax... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Bookmark and page from 'The Sound and the Fury' color coded Folio Society edition (via Folio Society) While William Faulkner was working on his masterpiece The Sound and the Fury in the 1920s, he cor... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]