Category Archives: library collections

  1. Giants, Presses, and Gall

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    January 3, 2025 by libroshombre

    Phrases.org defines “Standing on the shoulders of giants” as “Using the understanding gained by major thinkers who have gone before …
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  2. Grammar, Forgery, and Forgotten Books

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    November 4, 2023 by libroshombre

                Once upon a time, around 150 BCE, there were two great kingdoms in the eastern Mediterranean that each possessed …
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    Category: archeology, book theft, books, forgery, libraries, library collections, reading, school librarians | Tags: , , , , ,

  3. Memories, Rats, and Hair Books

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    January 16, 2022 by libroshombre

    P.G. Wodehouse, the greatest humor writer of the twentieth century, claimed that “Memories are like mulligatawny soup in a cheap …
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    Category: ancient history, animals, books, children's books, history, libraries, library collections, memory | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

  4. Bibliolaters, Bibliophiles, and Booksellers

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    May 13, 2019 by libroshombre

    Here’s a story about a pricelessly unique 16th century book that’s just been rediscovered that describes 15,000 other books. Last …
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    Category: book buying, books, bookstores, cartographers, librarians, libraries, libraries and librarians, library collections, library history, Uncategorized | Tags: , , ,

  5. Nazis, Blockheads, and Libraries’ 5 Laws

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    November 24, 2018 by libroshombre

      “Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library,” Ralph Waldo Emerson once suggested.  “A company of the wisest …
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