"AUSTIN, Texas -- The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin has acquired a rare Plantin Polyglot Bible, containing parallel texts in Hebrew, Greek, Syriac and Aramaic with translations and commentary in Latin."

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"Considered a Kansas City landmark for history enthusiasts, David R. Spivey Rare Books, Maps and Fine Arts is a destination of historic items."

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"In 2004, he returned to his fifth floor Kabul apartment to find his beloved library - which had over 2,000 rare books in Pashto and Dari - riddled with bullet-marks."

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"A first American edition of "Bambi" by Felix Salten and a signed copy of Eugene O'Neill's "The Hairy Ape" will be among the rare books offered at this year's St. Louis Book Fair. "

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"City Lights. Started by political gadfly Marc Emery in 1975, it's been owned and operated by Teresa Tarasewicz and Jim Capel since 1992. With narrow aisles and floor-to-ceiling shelves jammed with inventory, it's no place for claustrophobics."

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"Mitchel, 24, is among hundreds of librarians worldwide who are making digital versions of the most fragile of the books to be included in Google Inc.'s Book Search, a portal that will eventually lead users to all of the estimated 50 million to 100 million books in the world."

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"'We will have first edition books, signed books, collectibles and other kinds,' said Bob Russell, a book sale volunteer who will also be running the auction. 'Every collector has (their) specialty.'"

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"The exhibit reaches back to an era when scholars from the Middle East were translating the works of ancient Greek scientists, making science of their own, and preserving a legacy of knowledge that would one day help power the Renaissance in Europe."

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"It is two years since the library opened its doors to undergraduates. Young students now flock to its quiet spaces and pile up on benches and balconies in the high-vaulted front hall, sparking a backlash from the library’s more established residents."

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"Casey’s research included the state archives where she found documents including a preserved letter from Dyer’s husband, William, pleading the court not to hang her. In the letter, Dyer’s husband, begged the court to consider her 'inconsiderate madness,' from which Casey took the title for her book of poems."

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"By the time the doors opened at 9:30 a.m., the line up of bookworms snaked around the school building. Thousands of people are expected to come through the doors during the four-day sale, which has a reputation for quality reading material at bargain prices. In its 44th year, the event is expected to raise about $25,000 for the symphony orchestra. "

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"Goldstein and dozens of others brought their could-be treasures to UNCC on Thursday for what the library dubbed the Rare Book Roadshow -- filching from the title of public television's popular antiques show. The judgments came from Sharpe, who spent 30 years as Duke University's curator of rare books."

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"I'm cataloguing the books I bought in Hay-on-Wye, which we visited at the midpoint of a round-the-world trip. There are 27 to enter on the database. Fifteen are first editions. Only on our return, when I open the sack of 50 books (23 are my partner's) shipped from the Welsh border town, do I realise I have gained possession of so many gems in that day-and-a-half raid on the famed 'town of books'."

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"In addition to faculty members who helped revolutionize dance (Merce Cunningham), music (John Cage), the fine arts (Robert Motherwell) and architecture (Water Gropius), Black Mountain nurtured some of the nation's most innovative poets, including Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan and Jonathan Williams. Its legendary journal, the Black Mountain Review, showcased experimental writing that helped change how people looked at literature and the world."

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"This bold display of work ranges from Matisse to Rauschenberg to Hirst. It includes great surprises, such as the saturated totemic prints of abstract Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida. There isn’t an overriding theme but the curators have selected works which demonstrate great craftsmanship, which is appropriately so very V&A. "

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"Artifacts like the Waldseemüller map (the first to include the name “America”), the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, the Gutenberg Bible and original volumes from Thomas Jefferson’s Library will be virtually at your fingertips. You’ll be able to flip through their pages, magnify sections of interest and access commentary from the Library’s top experts-all on the same touch screen,” the Library of Congress’ website informs the public."

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"The institute will provide additional research to that done by the university's African American Studies Program, the university said in its announcement, advancing scholarly study and public understanding of race and black life in South Carolina and the Southeast as well as the United States and broader African Diaspora."

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"The central Chabad-Lubavitch library in New York made 1,000 Passover Haggadahs, many of them rare, available on the Internet for browsing by the public. The Agudas Chasidei Chabad Library has one of the largest collections of the Passover orders of service in the world."

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"The collection includes documents, rare books, maps, posters, paintings, photographs, silver, glass, ceramic ware and other artifacts relating to the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Asian experience in North America, and B.C. history."

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"SRINAGAR: A 200-year-old manuscript of the holy quran was among hundreds of rare books and manuscripts donated by people to allama iqbal library of Kashmir university here, a spokesman said here on Wednesday."

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"Mike McIntyre and Dan Moore met an unfilled need when they opened their academically oriented used-book store in 1983. They still do - but the niche just got smaller."

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"From students to artists to designers to theorists to activists – Daryaganj is the favourite place to be on a Sunday. Life begins at 7am every Sunday, over the decades for its thriving old book bazaar. This bazaar is a paradise for book lovers all over Delhi and beyond, as a mind-boggling variety of rare books are usually available in this market at very affordable prices. "

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"Hadley got the job, and created a magnificent library for Vincent Astor’s rare books, which until that point had been in storage. The library he created featured brass-trimmed, floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and red lacquered walls whose rich color required ten coats of paint. The room became a benchmark of Hadley’s career."

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"Gaining market share and widening the reach of its e-commerce technologies, AbeBooks Inc. has acquired Chrislands, a company that builds, hosts and maintains online bookstores for used booksellers around the world. Web-only retailer AbeBooks, which sells new, used and rare books from 13,500 registered booksellers, did not disclose terms of the acquisition."

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"The auction is to be composed of two separate sections, with Rado's collection featured in the first part while the second half is to feature around 100 paintings from the 19th century to the present day. A particularly interesting aspect is that the list of items to be auctioned includes a full set of antique books printed by the first printing press in İstanbul, established by Hungarian-born Ottoman intellectual İbrahim Mütefferika in December 1727."

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"For decades, Emory has obtained the literary archives of high-profile donors like Danowski, who bequeathed his literary archives to Emory’s Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Books Library (MARBL) in 2003. Of the donors include author and poet Alice Walker, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and Salman Rushdie, world-renowned author and Emory distinguished writer-in-residence."

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"An exhibit of artifacts and documents related to the life of Napoleon I of France, from the collection of Don and Rubye Kraft, will open at 3:30 p.m. today in Kent Library at Southeast Missouri State University."

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"The only known copy of the first Book of Hours printed in France, a tiny volume nearly 5 inches tall and 3 inches wide, has been acquired by the Morgan Library & Museum. Designed to fit into the palm of a woman’s hand, the book of prayers and devotional readings is illustrated by more than 40 woodcuts depicting religious figures and the life of Jesus."

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"CARBONDALE — John LaPine, owner of Printers Row Fine & Rare Books in Chicago, will present a copy of the first book of poetry published by an African American to David Carlson, dean of Library Affairs, at noon Friday, April 11, in a brief ceremony at Morris Library. "

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"Admirers of Benjamin Franklin or Thomas Jefferson, for example, may want works by authors such as such as Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. In fact, books by an author of note that were owned by an important figure from history are among the most sought after. "

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"Acres of Books, LB's iconic downtown bookstore at 240 LB Blvd., will be closing, possibly as soon as October 2008 or perhaps in up to a year, with the property owners accepting an offer from LB's Redevelopment Agency to buy the site."

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"To better preserve the collection of more than 300,000 artifacts and 700,000 documents, maps and photographs, the facility has a new climate-controlled storage area."

"And for hardcore historians, a library and reading room containing 6,800 volumes, including 800 rare books, will be open by appointment. "

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"Wilfrid Laurier University has bought its first rare manuscript, a sheepskin hymnal made 500 years ago by monks and nuns in northern Italy."

"Laurier's archives have hundreds of rare books, but this is the first manuscript."

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"On Monday, March 31, Santa Clara University opened the doors of its newest building, the Harrington Learning Commons, Sobrato Technology Center, and Orradre Library. The 194,000-square-foot building merges the age-old components of liberal arts education with modern information technologies to form what is expected to become the intellectual heart of the Mission campus."

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"ISLAMABAD • The National Library of Pakistan (NLP) has started digitising rare books and manuscripts with a view to preserving the national literary heritage for the next generations. "

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