by georgiareeves | Aug 30, 2019 | Collaborations
What do bibliophiles collect? Answer: anything that takes their fancy. Add to the query: “What do student bibliophiles collect?” and financial cost will usually matter, rendering originality especially important (competition inflates prices). The Anthony...
by georgiareeves | Aug 12, 2019 | Summer Schools
Gillian Neale, M.A. in the History of the Book (IES). This year’s London Rare Book School (17 June-5 July) comprised eighteen short but intensive book historical courses which explored various aspects of the materiality of books and their makers, users and...
by georgiareeves | Jul 24, 2019 | Summer Schools
Anne Welsh, PhD Candidate This year’s London Rare Book School included for the first time a course on Using Publishers’ Archives, led by Dr Andrew Nash. We used ledgers and files at the British Library, University of Reading Special Collections and Senate...