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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Two Doves Bindings To Drool Over

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by Stephen J. Gertz Two Doves Press books bound at the Doves Bindery recently passed through my hands. In a swoon, I almost passed out...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

The Misery of Edwin Drood: Bad Typography in the Movies

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by Alastair Johnston Once at the Monotype Conference in Cambridge I happened to sit at dinner next to the man whose job was to fabricate ...
Monday, October 15, 2012

The First American Sex Manual

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by Stephen J. Gertz First American edition, London [Boston]: 1766. It's not a Kama Sutra for the Colonies;  coital postures ar...
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Friday, October 12, 2012

Napoleon Rides Bareback On Erotic Steed (May Be NSFW)

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by Stephen J. Gertz This  astonishing and keenly amusing original watercolor of a bare-bottomed Napoleon with membre viril exposed ri...
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Thursday, October 11, 2012

A-Bombs In the Kitchen (Emeril Says, "Bam!")

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by Stephen J. Gertz "I am become Death, the destroyer of appetites"   (J. Robert Oppenheimer, Krishna in the Kitchen, p. ...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

An Automaton ala Lothar Meggendorfer

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by Stephen J. Gertz An exceedingly scarce Schoenhut automaton, c. 1890-1900, in full working, unrestored and fine condition - with i...
Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Typographical Dingbats Explored: Raising a Glass to the Sixteenth Century

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by Alastair Johnston   Hendrik D. L. Vervliet, Vine Leaf Ornaments in Renaissance Typography. A Survey. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press ...
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