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Friday, August 24, 2012

The Wearable Artist Books of Johanne Renbeck

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by Stephen J. Gertz Water Is the Blood of Eart h "I make artist books about the woods and the moon, about wetlands and frogs, abou...
Thursday, August 23, 2012

Books, Drugs, and Wallpaper

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by Stephen J. Gertz Struggling booksellers seeking new ways to broaden their client base and increase profits may wish to follow the mode...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Edmund Dulac's Persian Pearls

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By Stephen J. Gertz Neither serpents, nor magicians, nor sickness, nor accidents can touch him who has and holds in honour a pearl born in...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Father of Graphic Design: Dwiggins in Living Color

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by Alastair Johnston Bill Dwiggins (1880–1956), type designer, book designer, typographer, calligrapher, writer, artist & puppeteer i...
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Monday, August 20, 2012

New Bibliography of Dickens First American Editions a Must-Have

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By Stephen J. Gertz It's the literary scholarship event of this, the Charles Dickens bicentennial. Let the celebration begin. Charle...
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Friday, August 17, 2012

A Doves Binding To Die For

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By Stephen J Gertz "A thing of beauty is a joy forever."  So Keats declares in the first line of Endymion (1818), and never ...
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Thursday, August 16, 2012

The Stunning Retro Collages Of Muharrem Çetin

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By Stephen J. Gertz USA TODAY ,  from Neptune. We confine ourselves to rare books on Booktryst yet, because typography is such a key ...