Book collecting
Found in 134 Collections and/or Records:
RBM. No.2/Fall., 2001
Stephen Ennis contributes an essay entitled, "In the Author's hand: Artifacts of Origin and Twentieth-Century Reading Practice," in which he comments on the importance of original manuscripts as a source of literary artistic inspiration. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Remarks on the Disorders of Literary Men or An Inquiry into the Means of Preventing the Evils Usually Incident to Sedentary and Studious Habits (Facsimile) / Greenwood, Francis William Pitt., 1974
This is a facsimile of the book first published in 1825 by Cummings, Hilliard, & Co, Boston, Massachusetts. The facsimile was commisioned by Chandler Robbins. A particularly noteworthy section of this book deals with the beneficial effects of moderate exercise in literary men prone to avoid it. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Sale 141: August Miscellany L. Frank Baum & Oziana Children's Books with Disneyana Books in All Fields / Pacific Book Auction Galleries ; Quinn J ; Newell P., 1997
Auction catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Serial Publications: Essential Parts of the 19th Century Imagination: From the Collections of Robert H. Jackson / Jackson, Robert H.., 1996
This is an annotated biography from a friend who is a book collector of novels that were published as serial parts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Surplus Value Books, Catalogue Number 13 / Moody, Rick., 1999
The author provides a story line in the annotations to made-up books dealing with his infatuation with a character named Anna Feldman. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Sydney Carlyle Cockerell / De Hamel, Christopher ; Morris W., 2001
In this lecture, de Hamel describe the life of Cockerell, an outstanding collector and dealer of ancient manuscripts and incunabula through the first half of the 20th century. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Taking Up a Collection / Frank, Peter; Sackner MA; Sackner RK; Apollinaire G; Clavin H; Kolar J; DeCampos A; Dohl R; Phillips T; Kliun I; Popova L., 1983
This is an essay in a medical magazine that describes the beginnings of the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Book Collection That Devoured My Life / Sante, Luc., 2008
The Future of the National Art Library / Ilminster, Lord Armstrong of., 1997
This is a pamphlet concerning the Victoria and Albert Museum's resposibility towards the documentation of the history of art and design. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Pleasures of Being a Scholar-Collector / Tanselle, G. Thomas., 2006
In this auto-biographical speech given at the Grolier Club, the author mentions great bookshops that he visited including Leary's in Philadelphia. This was a favorite hang-up for Marvin Sackner when he was a teenager growing up in Philadelphia. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Revolt of the Bees: Wherein the Future of the Paper-Hive is Declared / Levy, Aaron, editor ; Squire, Thaddeus, editor ; Arakawa ; Gins M., 2005
This book was published as a companion work for the exhibition in the Rare Book Room of the Van Pelt Library. It proposes "A new culture of memory and archiving in the true spirit of the beehive." Anthony Grafton's essay "The Commonplace Bee; A Celebration" describes through historical commonplace books "how early modern playwrights and poets, scholars and scientists, ladies and schoolboys went about the vital task of mastering and using books - at a time when books were the most powerful source of knowledge about life, the universe and everything." The DVD "In which the thinking man finds himself" was produced by Aaron Levy and explores an archive in disarray in historic Founder's Hall at Girard College in Philadelphia. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Written Word and the Printed Page / Phillips, Tom., 2004
Tom Phillips designed the 50 pence coin set into the perforation of the card. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Torch Press Book Shop Records
The Torch Press Bookshop was started by Luther Brewer in 1909, and sold books at a storefront in Cedar Rapids as well as to mail-order patrons until 1917.
Wuz. No.1/Feb / Apollinaire G ; Warhol A ; Maffei G., 2002
Laura Fresco Zannini documents the publications of Apollinaire's "Le Poete Assassine." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.