Who would have thought that the University of Pennsylvania's PennApps competition would produce an app beneficial to the rare book world? PennApps is touted as the "premiere college hackathon" and it... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from September 2013
In addition to being a top-notch bookseller, member Dan Wechsler (Sanctuary Books) is also a filmmaker. His latest film is More Than the Rainbow, a documentary chronicling the life of Matt Weber, a NY... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center is a museum in Hartford, CT located in the house where Stowe and her family moved to in 1873. She resided there for the final 23 years of her life, during which Stowe... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Update: these have been recovered as of 5/28/2019. Georgetown College (Georgetown, KY) are missing two volumes from their archive. The volumes are records of the Board of Trustees of Georgetown Colleg... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
As mentioned in a post last Friday, there are a number of scholarships available to anyone interested in attending Rare Book School. The 2013 scholarship cycle has just begun and RBS is now accepting ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
This sounds fascinating. All the official info is below& "Authenticity" Rare Book and Special Collections Division The Library of Congress December 6, 2013 The Library of Congress announces a symposiu... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Stuart at the completion of his ride. As anyone in the trade knows, being an antiquarian bookseller is a pretty much a 24/7 job, so it can be surprising to hear about sellers' lives outside of their ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
This item is still missing as of 6/2/2019. The following item was reported missing: Title: Devil May Care - Bentley Edition Author: Sebastian Faulks Description: Signed, number, limited edition bound ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Each summer is an extra treat for the rare book world because of the excellent educational programs provided by Rare Book School and the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar. Rare Book School offers a nu... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Check out this video in which Master Printer Robert Warner prints with the famous 1901 clamshell press, The Golding Jobber. PRINTER'S BLOCK from Georgia Gruzen on Vimeo. [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]