"Mr. Lapidus’s collection has since grown to include some 2,500 items, most of them published before 1800. The exhibition, which runs through January 3, 2010, in Firestone’s main gallery, features 157 important books, pamphlets, and prints representing the collection’s major themes: the American Revolution and its intellectual origins; the early years of the republic; the spread of democratic ideas; and the impact of the slave trade in both Great Britain and the United States."

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"The Charleston Library Society has named local historian, teacher and writer Anne Walker Cleveland as its new executive director."

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"He's handled everything from a Rare Revolutionary War Tory diary, to a book that didn't even exist, (for Disney of course)."

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"Those stamp-sized bookseller labels often found on the rear paste down end paper of old and rare books are often as artistically interesting as the books' dust jackets; high karat precious gems of graphic design in small settings."

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"The pieces are arranged in five galleries. (Note to anyone who visited LACMA for either of the two crowded King Tut exhibits — this exhibit is much more spacious.) The last gallery holding reproductions, paintings, rare books and early photographs that show the impact Pompeii had on 18th and 19th century art."

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"Considered by experts as quite possibly "the most expensive piece of Twentieth Century printed paper in book collecting," the dust jacket is an exceptionally rare find, which clearly contributed to the book far surpassing its estimate of $80/120,000 and ultimately fetching $180,000 — a world record price for any Gatsby."

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"Ian Rankin, whose dour, boozy detective John Rebus is no Robert Langdon, tops Oxfam's bestseller list, which the charity says is the first ever high-street secondhand bestseller chart."

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"He borrowed maps from the University of Alabama’s W.S. Hoole Special Collections’ map collection. Slowly and quietly, the University of Alabama has been collecting not only maps, but manuscripts, photography, rare books relating to American music, popular culture and Southern culture. The collection is named for Hoole, who was the librarian who organized the collection."

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"Established in 1877, the collections which formed the basis of the new library came from the Royal Dublin Society, then its neighbour and a sister institution. Thus in one fell swoop the library acquired more than 70,000 items, including manuscripts, maps, topographical prints, music, pamphlets and rare books."

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"The Friends of the Williamson County Public Library are holding a book sale on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, August 20, 21 and 22 at the Main Library in Franklin."

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"Dozens of university libraries have made vast book collections available online, and University of Michigan library officials have begun selling hard copies of out-of-print books they have digitized in recent years--charging students as little as $10 per book."

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"In April, the Guardian reported that the earliest known dust jacket had just been discovered in Oxford's Bodleian Library -- but the report was wrong."

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"Sam Weller's Bookstore celebrated its 80th anniversary Saturday on a leaden morning that seemed to echo the uncertain state of the bookselling business."

"The windows of the store were papered both with signs announcing the shop's birthday and its sale to thin its inventory before moving to a smaller, less expensive location."

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"Rob Hansen, owner of Bookshelf Etc. in Ocean City, said the popularity of his summer-operated business varies from week to week, but on Monday morning he had between 20 and 25 customers. He said if he was entirely dependent on the store he would be in trouble, but he invests in property during the off season as an extra source of income."

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"Books don't simply blend in to the shelves here in the Rare Books Division. Each one has its own special history, and Curator Michael Inman shared some of those stories with us Thursday in a behind-the-scenes look at the collection."

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"The exhibit, called Fathers of Astronomy, also features the Nuremberg Chronicle, which presented a biblical view of the world. This predecessor to the works of Copernicus and Galileo is an illustrated world history from Creation up to the time of the book’s 1493 publication. Less than 400 of these books have survived."

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"Finding an unpublished manuscript by the celebrated black poet Langston Hughes was the equivalent of a rookie hitting a grand slam for El Paso independent publisher Maceo C. Dailey Jr."

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"Costing well over $100,000, a 62-pound handmade tome depicting the life and work of Michelangelo has arrived at the New York Public Library, fresh from publication in Italy."

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"Investing isn't much fun these days for the many who have lost serious money in the wild swings on stock markets over the last year."

"And while the good times on markets could be elusive for a while yet, maybe engaging in some serious collecting for profit could be just the thing to take your mind off volatile equities."

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"This debate over who owns digital content isn’t new. Back when my co-workers and I at the Boston Public Library began digitizing rare books, we ran into similar issues: is the owner the original copyright holder of the intellectual property itself, the creator of the digital version, or the recipient of the digital content? "

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"The 24th annual Arkansas Book and Paper Show will take place this weekend at the Jacksonville Community Center, 105 Municipal Drive. Many rare books, maps and unusual legal documents will be on display. "

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"The University of Michigan will make thousands of books that are no longer in copyright -- including rare and one-of-a-kind titles -- available as reprints on demand under a new agreement with BookSurge, part of the Amazon.com group of companies."

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"To celebrate the 475th anniversary of the founding of the press (and 425 years printing books) Cambridge will scan 475 volumes from the library's collection of rare materials, including works by Darwin, Shakespeare, and Charles Babbage."

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"Ohio State University's main library has undergone more nips, tucks and enhancements than an aging beauty queen trying to hang on to her youth."

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