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America’s first book

One of the remaining copies of the first book ever printed in America will be auctioned by Sothebys in November. It is the Bay Psalm Book, published in 1640. 

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Posted on September 12, 2013 by sybil | Leave a reply

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Screen Shot 2013-07-24 at 2.53.13 PMRare Book Fair

Love this book on nineteenth-century shoes. One of the books for sale at this weekend’s Rare Book Fair, at Wilson Hall, University of Melbourne. A snip at $12,500!

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Posted on July 24, 2013 by sybil | Tagged University of Melbourne | Leave a reply

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Decline and Fall of the Book Cover

Whatever happened to book covers, one of the New Yorker‘s columnists and cartoonists asks.

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Posted on July 17, 2013 by sybil | Leave a reply

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Obituary of the fabulous Constance Winifred Savery.

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Posted on May 31, 2013 by sybil | Tagged http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-constance-savery-1081314.html | Leave a reply

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Rebecca Blood

One of the original and best bloggers

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Posted on May 16, 2013 by sybil | Tagged http://www.rebeccablood.net/ | Leave a reply

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