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Monday, February 15, 2010

Governor Schwarzennegger and I Compare Calves

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LOS ANGELES. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger officially opened the 43d California International Antiquarian Book Fair on Friday night, Febr...
Friday, February 12, 2010

Lovers Live On In Victorian Valentines

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Display Card For Valentine Maker Jonathan King, London c. 1870's . (All Images Courtesy of Bodleian Library.) A permanent collection of ...

If Mme Sévigné Used Email Would Her Daughter Have Begged For Mercy?

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A widowed marquise of the French nobility, she was devoted to her children. When her daughter married and moved away, she became despo...
Thursday, February 11, 2010

Award Winning Weekend On Tap For Oscar's Library

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Poster For Best Picture Nominee The Philadelphia Story (1940). (All Images Courtesy Of Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences, Magare...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Dreadful Books Offered Gratis By British Library

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One of the Most Popular Penny Dreadfuls, Starring Dick Turpin, Highwayman. (Circa 1866.) It's a red-hot, red letter day for Amazon Kindl...

Authentic G. Washington Bookplate Comes to Auction

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An authentic example: Note the chain lines in the paper. Invisible at this size, the engraver's error is found above the B in Probat...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Bookmark Collectors Book First Convention

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Howard & Caldwell's Men's Clothing, Brockton, MA, c. 1880s. The first convention for bookmark collectors will take place on...