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Ive’s Book Brace: A 19th century American bookend

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Hailed as "a valuable invention for booksellers, librarians, clergymen and reading-men" the Ive's book brace hit the market in 1850. It was designed to hold books on partially filled shelves for "As must be well known to all, Books, if allowed to stand loosely upon a shelf, will not retain their original shape for any great length of time." It sure beats the heavy bookends made of marble, bronze and wood that had been around for centuries. It was also 27 years before William Stebbins Barnard would patent the simple sheetmetal bookend.  Charles B. Norton, in addition to being listed on...

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Of Interest: Poetry, Poetry and more Poetry – Wessel & Lieberman & Wave Books

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This month Of Interest celebrates National Poetry Month by featuring select holdings from particular independent booksellers and publishers that provide a healthy offering of poetry. First up, we pair a couple of Seattle's finest - the bookshop closest to my heart and my alma mater, Wessel & Lieberman, and one of the leading publishers of poetry,  Wave Books. Enjoy! Paul Celan.  Wolf's Bean / Wolfsbohne. Translated by Michael Hamburger. New York: Delos Press / William Drenttel, 1997.  One of fifty numbered copies signed by the translator. $100. Philip Levine. What Work Is. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. Winner of the National Book Award. $45.00 Ezra Pound, Personae: The Collected...

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Dead Feminists Live On

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 Keep the Change: No. 16 in the Dead Feminists seriesThe Dead Feminists is a broadside series created by the dynamic duo of Jessica Spring and Chandler O'Leary.Jessica of Springtide Press and Chandler of Anagram Press unite to resurrect feminists from days gone bye whose messages still ring true when looking at the current political and social landscape. The series has been going strong since 2008.  The broadsides are letterpress printed from hand-drawn lettering and illustrations in limited editions. The size of each edition corresponds to the subject matter.  The edition of  "Gun Shy" featuring Annie Oakley was printed in an edition of...

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Oyster Time: A Sweet Suite of Broadsides

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The Pacific Northwest is a little slice of oyster heaven where 4 different species are grown in abundance.Portland, Oregon is currently home to an abundance of young poets who are making their mark on the national stage. Bookseller, publisher and artist Charles Seluzicki has joined these two phenomenons in his latest publication, Oyster Suite, a set of 4 broadsides featuring original unpublished oyster-themed poems by Carl Adamshick, Matthew Dickman, Michael Dickman, and Michael McGriff. The broadsides are printed letterpress in an edition of 100 (80 copies are gathered into sets of which 65 are for sale) and illustrated with drawings...

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