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Kislak Collection, including rare books, historic documents, maps, and manuscripts. Lunch follows at a nearby restaurant for those interested. For information and lunch reservations, contact Howard Lange, (703)532-1605. …

An enormous but fragile scroll can now be unfurled - online

Rare edition of the Works of Chaucer, 14 inches tall and too big to fit on Miss Preston’s book shelf.

There is nothing more profoundly moving than the story of the innocent and defenceless surviving destruction. Children rescued from burning houses, David Attenborough describing gannet chicks evading an eagle’s claws, even the baby Jesus, safe in his manger from Herod’s slaughter.

Even if we have no money to spend, antiquarian book dealer catalogs and auction sales are of interest to librarians because they give us an indication of current values of items in our collections. Occasionally I’ll post a “market watch” message related to this stuff.Some interesting auctions are

I am constantly finding stuff that is simply fun to look at in the Wetmore collection, which seems strewn about the entire place in pockets here and there. Shown is the cover and first page of a series of educational toy books called “Dame Wonder’s” series published in New York in the mid-19th cent