by chrisa | Jul 28, 2017 | Summer Schools
The London Rare Books School (LRBS) continued with great success into its second week. With six courses running, LRBS students had an even greater choice of topics to pick from. We greeted some familiar courses and welcomed new ones, all with a fantastic range of...
by chrisa | Apr 28, 2014 | Conferences, Research Projects
When we proposed our AHRC project on the NW collector, R.E. Hart last year, ‘connecting descendants’ was not included as one of our research aims. This was in fact one of the very pleasing, but completely unexpected, results of our work. As our project drew to a close...
by chrisa | Dec 11, 2013 | History of the Book, MA Programme
My name is Benjamin Maggs, and I am not a bookseller. Imagine this spoken in the hushed tones of an introduction at a self help group, or an embarrassing secret whispered by an elderly relative. I feel guilty and ungrateful; but let me explain. I come from a family of...
