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Category Archives: Books
A Unique B & B Pop-Up
This charming adult pop-up book by Jan Pieńkowski’s was published in 1996 by Simon & Schuster. The book opens up into a house, decorated and inhabited by over fifty artistic works. A small guidebook tucked in over the staircase opens with … Continue reading
Whence the Manicule
I have long been fascinated by medieval manuscripts, incunabula, and early books in general. Recently I stumbled upon a number of images that included manicules within text margins and thought —whence the manicule. The manicule, ☛, is a typographic mark with the appearance of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe
Tagged illuminated manuscripts, medieval manuscripts, Publishing and Printing
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A Hieroglyphic Travel Guide
Regular visitors to Travel Between The Pages may recall that my niche market as a bookseller has long been travel guides and travel literature. I recently discovered this unique 1815 travel guide to Madeira and the Caribbean that is illustrated with … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, History, Maps, Writing
Tagged book illustration, Caribbean, Madeira, Travel Guidebooks
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Where do you find book recommendations
I don’t know about you, but I’m picky when it comes to book recommendations. It’s certainly helpful to have friends with highly developed reading tastes who make book suggestions. And of course there are the book review sections of trustworthy … Continue reading
Posted in apps, Books, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Bookshop, Brave New World, novels, Websites
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Illustration Chronicles
I recently discovered the amazing website Illustration Chronicles: which explores a history of illustration through the images, illustrators and events of the past 175 years. Periodically the editors select a topic to explore. These concepts, such as music, satire, war, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Asia, Books, Maps, Music, Writing
Tagged book illustration, Illustration, record covers
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Sunday Funnies
Posted in Animation, Art, Books, Tourism, USA
Tagged Cartoons, Comics, George Orwell
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“Ten percent of what I write is immortal”
You Never Had It – An Evening with Bukowski is a documentary from director Matteo Borgardt that transports you back to January 1981 for an intimate evening conversation with legendary writer and poet Charles Bukowski at his San Pedro home. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, USA, Writing
Tagged American Poets, Charles Bukowski, Documentary, poerty
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Towards Balance
I continue to be amazed by the spectactular land art created by the French mural artist known as Saype. He recently unveiled unveiled a new artwork in the Swiss Alps, near Villars-sur-Ollon, called “’Vers l’équilibre” (Towards balance) which depicts a … Continue reading
How many more times will you watch the full moon rise?
Death is always on the way, but the fact that you don’t know when it will arrive seems to take away from the finiteness of life. It’s that terrible precision that we hate so much. But because we don’t know, … Continue reading
I am not a Luddite, but…
This week I ran across a press release for a new web-based “publishing” company that is now selling a form of ebooks as NFTs. After reading the press release (see below) and checking out the website my initial reaction to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, ebooks, Tech
Tagged blockchain, digital books, ebooks, NFT, Publishing and Printing
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