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Catalogue 39: A Winter Miscellany
We are pleased to announce the availability of Catalogue 39. The catalogue consists of 124 items in a variety of subject areas as well as an insert featuring 21 newer books.Among the highlights are a stunning copy of the signed limited edition of Faulkner’s ‘These 13’; a fifty year run of the Royal Geographical Society journals from 1830; Theodore Roosevelt’s ‘Ranch Life...’ in its original printed dustjacket; a rare 19th century guide to the Yellowstone; and a 17th-century map containing one of the earliest views of Manhattan.View the catalogue onlineView and download the catalog in PDFView the insert onlineIf you...
Good News From China: Book Production Costs Rise
Rising paper price ups books prices in China for now and perhaps later the world is the title of Henry Sanderson piece for the Associated Press.He reports that the government "crackdown on small, polluting paper mills have caused a paper crunch in China, pushing up the price of paper by 10 percent this year and forcing printers to delay books and publishers to raise prices.""Paper mills, most of them small, inefficient operations, accounted for 17 percent of all industrial water pollution in 2005, according to the Chinese Paper Association, an industry group."Why is this price increase good news? Because it...
Library Thief Uses Her Kids as Cover
Akron, Ohio police have arrested Tammie Ware on felony charges after finding more than 1000 items from the Akron-Summit County Public Library in her house.Her MO:Once the fines for overdue material on one library card got too high she would bring her kids in again and sign them up for a new library card using fake names.I am not sure how many kids Ware actually has but according to library records "she had listed thirty-five children" with her overdue fines totaling more than $8000.Not only did Ware steal books, CD's and DVD's but she also stole toys from the children's...
Happy Birthday ‘A Christmas Carol’
Today marks the 164th anniversary of the publication of 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens.First published in 1843 'A Christmas Carol' went on to sell 6,000 copies in 5 days! I am sure that would translate into bestseller numbers today.Though known as 'A Christmas Carol' the full title of the work is A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas and was written by Dickens to raise money to settle some debts.The University of South Carolina Libraries has an online exhibit celebrating all the Christmas related books and stuff of Dickens. The exhibit is titled The Man...