"Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) has partnered with the University of Michigan in making more than half a million rare and hard-to-find books from the school's library available for sale over the Web."

"The offering is through HP's BookPrep online service that lets people search for out-of-print books in HP's repository of scanned books."

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"Nothing prepared Arnold for the book a Fayetteville man brought in for appraisal a few months ago, however."

"The book was a first edition of Walt Whitman's seminal poetry book, 'Leaves of Grass,' and laid in the book long ago was a postcard written and signed by the great American poet."

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"In a bid to save part of our classical heritage, major libraries are partnering with technology companies like HP to scan previously hard-to-find works using high-resolution photography. These scans are then cleaned up to remove any blemishes caused by wear and tear."

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"An original handwritten copy of the Gettysburg Address and signed copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution will be part of the exhibit at Cornell’s Carl A. Kroch Library."

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" A two-day exclusive display of collection of rare and contemporary books on art, literature, culture, religion and social issues started at Nomad Gallery on Saturday."

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"Valued at just under $2 million and consisting of 72 books published between 1479 and 1731, among them several printings of Shakespeare's works, the collection is the largest gift ever given to the rare book library, which was built in 1926 and is located in Los Angeles' historic West Adams District."

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"The new store specializes in arcane, eclectic and obscure works, featuring rare, collectible and used books, many from Hankin’s personal collection. On the shelves are such classic writers as H.G. Wells, J.D. Salinger and Ernest Hemingway alongside collections of Italo Calvino and Primo Levi."

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"The digital library features unique cultural materials — including manuscripts, maps, rare books, films, sound recordings, prints and photographs — collected from libraries and archives around the world."

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"One of the biggest collections of rare Chinese books outside China is to become freely available as Harvard University has agreed to digitise the titles."

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"Many of the rare books that once filled the bookcase belonged to another suitor, Pierre Reverdy. As for Hugh Grosvenor, the 2nd Duke of Westminster, he was perhaps the raison d’être for her collection of objects with wheat motifs—“a symbol of fecundity because she wanted to have a child (and heir for the duke),” suggests Clermont-Tonnerre."

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"Damage was confined to multiple, backup copies of state documents, primarily Missouri state agency reports from the 1970s to early 1990s, the historical society reported in a prepared statement."

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"The dedication is part of a day-long celebration, the Elizabeth York Children’s Literature Festival, which will feature a number of speakers, including author and illustrator David Slonim, authors Valiska Gregory and Linda Vieira, and rare-book dealers Jett Whitehead and Rob Hittel."

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"The exhibit’s first stop will be at the University of Alberta on September 1, 2010 and will consist of a four-month display. Kicking off the event will be live readings from eight GG Award winning-authors. Meier has partnered with the Bruce Peel Special Collections Library and the Canadian Literature Centre, for the exhibit — both located on the U of A’s campus."

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