Multiple. Object. "Book" bound on both vertical edges, the two volumes face to face. Full dark blue leather binding. Inside a marbelized cardboard slipcase. 18.5x11.7 cm. On the two spines, stars and title printed gold. Bianconero, Rome, 1969. Unspecified edition size.In the age of DRM and the seemingly constant assault on "the book" from all corners it is a good time to revisit the book work of Italian artist Maurizio Nannucci. It was 40 years ago when Maurizio Nannucci created Universum, a book art piece consisting of two volumes bound in blue leather and housed in a slipcase. The books...
Book Patrol Digest : Links From the Week, May 17-23, 2009
Toni Morrison's 'Song of Solomon' removed from high school curriculum in Shelby, MI after after "members of the community objected to its profanity, sexual references and violence."Romance writer Nora Roberts' opens B&B-style boutique hotel with rooms named after fictional couplesScribd adds e-book marketplace to combat piracy complaints. 80 percent of revenue to go to publishersSchool Library Journal's "Top 100 Picture Books Poll Results"Supreme Court rejects appeal from John Steinbeck's son over publishing rights."Misreading the end of literary culture" Robert McCrum debunks 5 myths.Forrest Smith pleads guilty to book fraud. Forged authors signatures and sold them on Ebay.'MillionDollarPoetryBash' Spoonbill & Sugartown...
On Selling Off Rare Books To Pay the Bills at University of San Francisco
Yesterday, PhiloBiblos wrote Selling Off Rare Books To Pay the Bills in protest against the decision by Rev. Stephen Privett, president of the Jesuit’s University of San Francisco, to sell items from the rare books and art collection of USF’s Gleeson Library.This action has many dissidents.I have many friends who are university librarians. The work that rare book/special collections director-curator-librarians do is extremely important and the ability of some of the best to identify a heretofore unexamined subject and acquire material related to it is one of the great illuminating services they offer to students, scholars and the public.Philobliblos, who...
Open Book TV : A New Way of Viewing
Open Book TV premiered this week on the linktv network.
The Bookshop Hunter
Huntik Long before recorded time, humanity was faced with an evil of unimaginable power. From the ranks of mankind arose the Seekers, those with strong will who could harness energies of the Spirit World and call forth an army of powerful Titans. With the Titans at their command, they engaged in terrific battles against the forces from beyond... and each other. Now, even in this modern age, the lost Titans sleep in ancient temples, waiting to be taken up by a new generation of Seekers! Huntik 116 - The Bookshop HunterThe Bookshop Hunter The team travels to Vienna on a...