If you’ve been following the outbreak of the H7N9 bird flu with morbid fascination, you know the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Chinese…
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When to Repair and When to Preserve a Book
by Carrie Bailey You can get all the materials and all the instructions you need to repair a book online. Some experts will recommend…
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The End of the Treasure Hunt?
“If I hadn’t been a novelist I would have been a rare book dealer. You’re always on a treasure hunt.” – Graham Greene Rare…
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William Blake’s Masterpiece Inadvertently Burnt in Cult Ritual
by Carrie Bailey In Corvallis, Oregon on the 24th of March 2013, a cult organized by Nathan Dunham ritually burned a copy of The…
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What EBooks Mean to Book Collectors
by Carrie Bailey The short answer, in my opinion, is nothing, but I want explore how I may be proven wrong. Imagine you lived…
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14 Inventions NOT Available at Aunt Em’s House
By Carrie Bailey Context changes things. In 1907, the concept of a clockwork man was innovative, a device before its time. In fact,…
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Book Collecting on a Budget
by Carrie Bailey Old smelly musty historically significant books are my passion. The problem is that I can’t always afford the ones I want….
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The Anatomy of a Book
by Carrie Bailey At some point early in our lives, most people are told to be careful not to damage a book’s spine or…
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