Waldo Hunt and Pop-Up Books: A Brief Overview November 30, 2009 – Posted in: book arts, book design, Paper

Meggendorfer, Lothar. Travels of Little Lord Thumb and His Man Damian. London: H. Grevel, n.d. [1890s]. The pop-up or moveable book has come a long way since the groundbreaking work of Lothar Meggendorfer (1847-1925), the gifted Munich-based illustrator who brought visual sophistication, innovative paper engineering with complex mechanics, and humor to movable books. The Genius of Lothar Meggendorfer: A Movable Toy Book. New York: Random House , 1985. After Meggendorfer, the form declined amongst artists…

She Collects Shoes, He Collects Books August 27, 2009

Oh, the perils of posting – and discovering that the posts are actually read. On Tuesday, I wrote about a friend and book collector who was considering tapping into his retirement savings to buy highly desired rare books. I feared for his sanity – and that’s not all: I privately extended an invitation to him to sleep on my couch after his wife found out about the plan. After posting the article, This Is Your…

This Is Your Brain On Books August 25, 2009

There has been a spate of recent books covering new research upon how our brains work and the human decision-making process. Madeleine Bunting, at the Guardian, nicely sums up the science and its implications. It turns out that just about all of our assumptions about free-will, autonomy, and rationality in our choices and decisions are chimerical. I was reminded of this just the other day when I received the following note from a close friend…

John Updike Collection Up For Grabs June 28, 2009

One of the largest collections of John Updike material in private hands has hit the market. The collection, which was amassed over a 30 year period consists of: 126 Signed works, 267 “A” items representing almost 90% of his primary publication titles, Extensive “B” items and numerous other appearances, including a 29 year (1980-2009) run of his “New Yorker” work. Two signed letters from Updike and multiple uncorrected proofs. Highlights of the collection include: Dance…

Public Collectors : Share Your Collection with the World April 25, 2009

Public Collectors is the brainchild of Marc Fisher. Its goal is to allow “large collections of materials to become accessible so that knowledge, ideas and expertise can be freely shared and exchanged,” and is “founded upon the concern that there are many types of cultural artifacts that public libraries, museums and other institutions and archives either do not collect or do not make freely accessible.” Tremendous potential here for the book world. Creates an opportunity…

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