Numbers 329, 330, 331 332 In order to conserve space, where practicable, the reference (322:40 ) has been placed after the subject rather than under. N.B. Booksellers, Libraries, Presses and Universities are listed under these headings and not separately. A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola’s Vendetta, 330:48 A Book Collector’s Notes, 329:28 Andrews, John, … Continue reading BIBLIONEWS – INDEX FOR 2001
Category: 2002-06
London, V&A Publications, $90.00 (available from Allen and Unwin). The Victoria and Albert Museum is one of the world’s best known treasure houses of civilisation. The National Art Library within it is possibly a hidden treasure. It is a huge collection with over a million volumes and a similar quantity of archival material. Most visitors … Continue reading 'The Art of the Book.' Edited by James Bettley
Edited by R. Summers. Pearl Beach, [N.S.W.]: Escutcheon Press, 1999. 113 p. + 4 broadsheets, 2 leaflets: ill. (some col.), 2 maps (1 col.), ports; 41 x 27 cm. (in slipcase 42 x 27 cm.). ISBN 1875862145 [sic]. Limited ed. of 25 numb., signed copies. And what a wonderful book this is! In his introduction … Continue reading 'How is a man: commonplace book.'
Following occasional eclectic leads instead of broad tendencies in collecting can uncover interesting and sometimes startling things. I recall seeing years ago a large format Russian language publication on the life and work of the prominent artist Ilya Efurmvich Repin (1844-1930). Some small sections of the text had been translated to English by a Russian … Continue reading A RUSSIAN ARTIST