Book dealers around the world have adapted to life in Corona quarantine. One of the projects which probably best sums up how dealers have embraced the current situation and embarked on a catalogue project across two continents is the aptly called 'At Home with Books'. A collaboration of Heather O'Donnell (New York), Ben Kinmont (California), and...
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Tickets are now on sale for Spencer W Stuart's one-hour webinar, Lifecycles: Collecting and Collections, on 24 April 2020 at 5pm GMT (1pm EDT), which draws from his three-part Lifecycles program, focusing on collecting fine art and private libraries.
Lifecyles covers the complete timeline of a collector and the lifecycle of their collections....
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Katherine Purcell, one of the directors of London-based jeweller Wartski, identified the enamelled plaque inlaid in the cover of the lavishly bound author’s copy of ‘Les Emaux Cloisonnés Anciens et Modernes’ by Philippe Burty (1830-1890) as a work by Alexis Falize. It features the Shinto deity Jurojin, God of Wisdom and Longevity, holding a scroll...
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Another extract from our popular Polar Special Issue from Autumn 2018.
This article explores the life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard, who, at 24 years old, was one of the youngest members of Captain Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova expedition.
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Following the success of our podcast on the Hyde Collection, written by Donald and Mary Hyde and read by Kate Rooksby, we have decided to follow it up with this; the obituary of Mary Hyde, or Mary, Viscountess Eccles, as she became following her second marriage.
This obituary was written by Nicolas Barker in our Winter 2003 issue, and pays...
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Maggs Bros Ltd., with Tattersall Hammarling and Silk, are proud to launch “Calligraphic Bar Code Services ™”, the ultimate inventory solution for rare-book and manuscript librarians, high-end antiquarian booksellers, and discerning private bibliophiles.
Combining cutting-edge computer technology and age-old craft skills, this product offers a...
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Read by Kate Rooksby, this is article from Donald and Mary Hyde, written for The Book Collector's Autumn 1955 issue.
This was the sixth entry for our Contemporary Collections series and offers a lovely example of mid-twentieth-century book collecting.Mary Hyde's obituary, written by Nicolas Barker, will feature in an upcoming podcast. Stay...
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In this article from our Polar Special Issue from Autumn 2018, Bryan Oates reflects on the life, adventures and collections of his famous Great-Uncle, Captain Oates. The man who uttered the famous last words; "I'm just going outside, and I may be some time..."
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'Printing and the Mind of Man; The Inside Story' written by P. H. Muir regarding the renowned exhibition in London in 1963 which illustrated the impact of print on the evolution of civilisation.
The article appeared in The Book Collector's Spring issue in 1967.
It is read here by The Book Collector editor, James Fleming.
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The New York Antiquarian Book Fair has just celebrated its sixtieth anniversary at the Park Avenue Armory, the unique Manhattan venue in which the fair has been held for nearly thirty years. Two hundred of the world’s best booksellers gathered beneath the barrel-vaulted drill hall roof. For most, the fair proved a solid success — fears that the...