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Shakespeare scholar Ella Hawkins bakes and designs intricately decorated cookies (or biscuits) that take a page from antiquarian books and medieval manuscripts.
The Art of Bookish Baking
Book Arts
… Book Arts | Digest Summer 2022 Alex Johnson Cookies inspired by early modern books, medieval …
The Frozen Deep
Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Writers
Book People
… Book People | Digest Winter 2024 Alex Johnson courtesy Charles Dickens Museum Left: A copy of The …
Menu for Mark Twain’s seventieth birthday with illustrated characters from his book and a photograph of the author
100 Years of the American Menu
Exhibitions
… Exhibitions | Digest Summer 2023 Alex Johnson A story of dining through bills of fare for …
book curses
New Publication Examines the History of Book Curses
Book Arts
… Book Arts | Digest Summer 2024 Alex Johnson Medieval book curses warned potential thieves of …
Henri Matisse archive of letters with original drawings
Five Rare Books for Collectors: Historical Manuscripts
Current Events & Trends
… Current Events & Trends | April 3, 2024 | Alex Johnson Heritage Auction Henri Matisse archive of letters …
Historian Emily Cockayne’s cover embroideries that she is making for a book quilt include Gillian Rose’s Love’s Work.
Stories in Stitchery as a Reading List Becomes a Quilt
Visual Art
… Visual Art | Digest Autumn 2024 Alex Johnson Courtesy Emily Cockayne Historian Emily Cockayne’s …
The Bone People
Collector Nicholas Royle Retraces the Journeys of His Books
Book People
… Book People | Digest Summer 2025 Alex Johnson Courtesy Nicholas Royle A hand-drawn map found in a …
Coronation of King William IV. and Queen Adelaide
Five Rare Books for Collectors: Coronations
Current Events & Trends
… Current Events & Trends | May 5, 2023 | Alex Johnson Bernard Quaritch Coronation of King William IV. and …
Kings Library tower and public areas in the British Library
The Panizzi Lectures 2024 Focus on Black Bibliography
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… Current Events & Trends | December 4, 2024 | Alex Johnson Sam Walton/British Library Kings Library tower and …
Items from the Lisman sale
Manuscript Fragment from The Scarlet Letter Leads Nathaniel Hawthorne Auction
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… Current Events & Trends | May 18, 2023 | Alex Johnson Christie's Items from the Lisman sale Christie’s …
When We Were Very Young at Bonhams
When We Were Very Young Presentation Copy: Rare Book of the Week
Current Events & Trends
… Current Events & Trends | November 4, 2024 | Alex Johnson Bonhams When We Were Very Young at Bonhams This …
Day One on the Quaritch advent calendar
Rare Books Advent Calendar
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… Current Events & Trends | December 2, 2024 | Alex Johnson Bernard Quaritch Day One on the Quaritch advent …
The Illustrated Cairo Genizah
Illustrated Cairo Genizah, Book Nooks, and Libraries in Fiction : October Books Roundup
Book Reviews
… Book Reviews | October 15, 2024 | Alex Johnson Gorgias Press The Illustrated Cairo Genizah Our …
New York International Antiquarian Book Fair
New York International Antiquarian Book Fair: Events Series Details
Fairs
… Fairs | April 18, 2023 | Alex Johnson New York International Antiquarian Book Fair NYIABF …
Baysunghur in the guise of Solomon with the Queen of Sheba
15th Century Timurid Manuscript Frontispiece at Christie's
Current Events & Trends
… Current Events & Trends | April 18, 2023 | Alex Johnson Christie's Baysunghur in the guise of Solomon with …
gifts and books exhibition
Gifts and Books: Share Your Book Stories With the Bodleian
Current Events & Trends
… Current Events & Trends | April 19, 2023 | Alex Johnson Bodleian Libraries Curators of a new exhibition …
Emma Smith and The Making of Shakespeare's First Folio
The Making of Shakespeare’s First Folio
Book Reviews
… Book Reviews | April 21, 2023 | Alex Johnson Bodleian Libraries Professor Emma Smith and The …
Moseley Old Hall
Missal of Priest Who Saved Charles II’s Life Acquired by National Trust
Current Events & Trends
… Current Events & Trends | April 25, 2023 | Alex Johnson Wikipedia Moseley Old Hall A missal owned by Fr John …
Freddie Mercury’s crown and robe worn for his final tour with Queen in 1986. Estimate £60,000–80,000 ($75,000-$100,000)
Freddie Mercury Handwritten Lyrics to Auction
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… Current Events & Trends | April 27, 2023 | Alex Johnson Sotheby's Freddie Mercury’s crown and robe worn for …
Collection documenting Kerouac’s correspondence with a scholar trying to position his work in the American canon
Five Rare Books for Collectors: New York International Antiquarian Book Fair
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… Current Events & Trends | April 28, 2023 | Alex Johnson Whitmore Rare Books Collection documenting Kerouac’s … map was likely the work of renowned Russian cartographer Alexander Wilbrecht and made in circa 1788-1790. This …