"For many Americans, pulp refers to the small pieces of fruit found in orange juice."
"For the several hundred fans and collectors converging this week in Columbus, though, the word takes on thrilling -- and occasionally lurid -- dimensions"
"For many Americans, pulp refers to the small pieces of fruit found in orange juice."
"For the several hundred fans and collectors converging this week in Columbus, though, the word takes on thrilling -- and occasionally lurid -- dimensions"
"1. California's Capital Antique Paper and Postcards, Aug. 22- Aug. 23, 2009. Sat. 10-5, Sun. 10-4. Scottish Rite Masonic Center - 6151 H. St., Sacramento."
"This antique show features postcards, stamps and covers, rare books, photographs, posters and prints, advertising, movie memorabilia, music and more! "
"It was sitting neglected at a second-hand bookshop, but now a rare first edition Harry Potter book is expected to conjure up thousands of pounds when it casts a spell on eager bidders at an auction in Norwich."
"The John Rylands University Library has acquired a priceless collection of books, some of which date back 500 years. St Mary's Church in Nantwich housed the library, however its location, which could only be reached via a narrow spiral staircase, meant that it was all but inaccessible."
"Online retailer Amazon is teaming up with the University of Michigan to provide reprints of 400,000 rare, out-of-print and out-of-copyright books."
"However, two new bookstores, Darren Winston Books and Prints in Sharon and Johnnycake Books II in Salisbury, which both feature rare and used books, are making a persuasive case for the old-fashioned experience of buying actual books live and in person."
"The program was a response to a 2005 study sponsored by IMLS that found 190 million objects held by U.S. libraries and museums needed conservation treatment, and that 40 percent of the institutions did not have enough in their annual budgets to do so."
"The library includes one of only three known copies of a 1502 hymn book printed by Wynkyn de Worde - the first printer to set up a printing press in Fleet Street, later the home of the newspaper industry."
"Visible Voice Books is a one-of-a-kind bookstore. They specialize in new, used, antique and specially ordered books; in addition, they have a wine bar and pride themselves on the numerous ways they provide for customers to get involved."
"Treasured objects and artifacts held by the Manassas Museum will be preserved for future generations with a donation of a core set of conservation books and online resources."
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"A historic building housing a rare-book store in downtown Coral Gables was damaged by a Wednesday morning fire that was quickly doused by firefighters."
"Howard M. Rootenberg, a rare book specialist, will speak at the University of Texas Medical Branch about the importance of academic medical centers maintaining a library that includes volumes about the history of medicine as well as rare book collections."
"The law school library is one of only 907 libraries in the country to receive the Bookshelf grant. The IMLS Bookshelf focuses on collections typically found in art or history museums and in libraries’ special collections."
"The rare books dating from 1550 A D onwards have been undertaken for preservation and the conservation team has already digitised over 100 rare books of the University Library since January this year, Rathod said. "
"The twenty-one volume collection of the complete works of English philosopher William Hazlitt is expected to fetch more than £1,000 when sold. "
"At issue is an irreplaceable library of some 12,000 rare books, 381 manuscripts and 25,000 pages of handwritten rabbinical teachings that were once held by the Chabad-Lubavitch head rabbis but were left behind when the rabbis fled for safety during the world wars."
"Thousands of manuscripts and other resources at the library will be offered to the international community within the scope of a project jointly carried out by the İstanbul-based Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation, which also runs the Pera Museum, and the Los Angeles-based Getty Foundation."
"The title of Americana Exchange's latest analysis of the book auction market succinctly sums up what those in the trade have been feeling for quite some time - A Market Under Pressure. It is the next logical step in the democratization of the rare book business that began with the introduction of the Internet in the 1990s: deflation, here stubbornly held at bay at auction only by the resistance of sellers to lower their expectations and allow reserves to be in harmony with what the market will bear."
"Ex Libris® Group is pleased to announce the first academic institutions to begin collaborating with the Company as development partners for its groundbreaking Unified Resource Management (URM™) framework — the next-generation framework for library management services."
"Where Charing Cross Road used to be London's main bookish thoroughfare, rising rents have pushed many of the small independents out of business. Cecil Court is lucky enough to have a sympathetic landlord in Lord Salisbury; while he's not quite the "wealthy benefactor" that a passer-by was overheard (mis)informing his companion, he is keen to keep the street as the specialist book area it's been for over 100 years."
"Princeton Theological Seminary, a school with one of the largest col lections of theological books in the world, has scaled back its proposed plan for a new library to replace the aging Speer Library on campus be cause of neighbors' concerns and project costs."
"The institute is directed by Indiana University English Professor Christoph Irmscher and funded by a $200,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities through its Picturing America series of summer seminars and institutes for high school teachers. Alita Hornick from the IU Department of English helped organize the institute."