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Stock and Trade is a LLC that promotes literacy through the, acquisition, collection and sales of paper books. After 24 years with Powell’s Books in Portland, Oregon I have created my own company. I am able to use my knowledge and love of books to assist libraries, corporations, nonprofits, and individuals to build and liquidate collections. I am currently working with clients across the United States as well as in Europe, Australia, and the Middle East.
https://www.reuters.com/world/russian-couple-find-refuge-war-their-istanbul-bookstore-2022-10-11/
The conversation flowed from Turkish to Russian as Oleg and Aleksandra Chernousov chatted to guests at the launch of their bookstore in Istanbul, the start of a new life in a new city they once thought would just be a temporary home.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-57683638
A jewel-encrusted book sank on RMS Titanic on 15 April 1912 - but this was not the end of the story.
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/06/1070900490/fbi-hoax-book-manuscripts
For nearly five years, Filippo Bernardini allegedly impersonated people in the book publishing industry, stealing unpublished manuscripts and notes, including from a Pulitzer Prize winner.
“Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.”
— Hermann Hesse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odOeFtN8e0U
Miniature books -- all measuring three inches or smaller -- are an intricate art form that dates back centuries, but don’t try to read the text without your ...
Some books are hard to get. Others are widely available. Here's what's causing the problem—and what to think about when shopping.
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Presenting 50 Books for 50 Years.
We want know who we've been and who we're becoming, and for that we've always turned to books. So we asked ourselves: Which books have lit our paths, warned us back, egged us on? What books stand with us now, reflecting the present?
This list of 50 titles is the result of months of excited conversation and introspective reflection. While such a list can never be comprehensive, we are thrilled to share it with you.
View the full list and read about each title here: https://bit.ly/3A1o9wi
Which books on this list have you loved; which ones would you add? We'd love to hear what books from the last half-century mean the most to you! Share your picks with us in the comments.
What makes an author underrated? Well, there’s an argument to be made that most literary writers are—by virtue of the fact that these days they are sorely under-read by the culture at large. …
AuthorSHARE, a royalty fund set up by two used booksellers with support from industry bodies, is calling for more retailers to participate
Hidden inscriptions discovered in Anne Boleyn's ex*****on prayer books
The research was published to mark the anniversary of the ex*****on of King Henry VIII’s second wife on 19 May 1536
https://www.reuters.com/world/mexico-wants-back-stolen-corts-papers-auctioned-us-2021-05-13/
In September, a New York auction house had a rare treasure up for sale: a five-centuries-old letter revealing political intrigue involving Hernán Cortés, the famed leader of the Spanish force that colonized what is modern-day Mexico.
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The University of Cape Town’s African Studies Library, ravaged by wildfire, needs your help.
A wildfire displaced 4000 students and destroyed several buildings on the University of Cape Town’s campus over the weekend, including UCT’s Jagger Reading Room, which houses part of the UCT Librar…
https://www.panoramaproject.org/immersive-media-reading-2020
The Panorama Project has convened a cross-industry Consumer Research Committee to spearhead its “Immersive Media & Reading 2020” consumer survey to measure immersive media consumption and buying behaviors across key formats and platforms.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-54885299
"Irreplaceable" works, including a first edition by Galileo, were taken in a London heist in 2017.
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What is a remainder mark, how can you identify them, and what do they mean to collectors and book-buyers?
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