In 1821, Charles Knight -- who one day would attain a modest measure of fame as publisher of works like
home library
July 25, 2022
One room was abandoned when the piles neared the ceiling, and at some point a subsidence of books blocked the door from the inside, sealing the room off.
July 23, 2022
Five little puppies dug a hole under the fence and went for a walk in the wide, wide world....
It has been almost seven decades since those words first appeared i
It has been almost seven decades since those words first appeared i
July 19, 2022
In an ideal world, we all would have whatever time and money we need to construct the private libraries of our dreams.
May 3, 2022
What is the best way to catalogue a personal book collection?
January 29, 2012
I suspect that most of us have vices that we occasionally rue. Mine is the so-called political novel.
October 30, 2011
Two hundred years ago today, on 30 October 1811, the London publisher Thomas Egerton released to the public a
