“A librarian digging through the archives at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford has found the earliest known example of a publisher’s dust jacket. The dust jacket, which had been separated from the book it was created for, was found bound with other booktrade ephemera. (Click image to enlarge) “It belonged to: Friendship’s Offering for 1830. London: Smith, [...]
Archive for April 21st, 2009
Earliest Known Book Dust Jacket Found at University of Oxford Library
Posted in Antiques & Folk Art, Books, Collectors & Collecting on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Spoiling Eaters, Not the Food: Why New York Food is So Good
Posted in Business, Food & Wine, New York City, U.S. Travel, Urban Affairs on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Joseph Epstein on why New York food is so good: “Manhattan must have 300, perhaps 400, splendid restaurants. I estimate that Chicago has, at the outside, 30, and San Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., respectively probably not more than that. Why is this? How to account for this plentitude of good restaurant food in [...]
British Art Publisher “Thames & Hudson” Celebrates 60th Anniversary
Posted in Architecture, Art & Artists, Books, Business, Europe, Jewish Life, Photography on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“During the late Thirties, some of Britain’s most distinguished architects, artists, musicians, film-makers and others, many of them Jewish, arrived on our shores with their meagre belongings having escaped from the Nazi threat in continental Europe. Many of them made their homes here and went on to leave a lasting mark on our intellectual and [...]
The Real Things: Major League Baseball’s All-Star Authenticators
Posted in Baseball, Collectors & Collecting, Crimes & Misdemeanors, Popular Culture, Sports, Sports Memorabilia on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Nearly a decade ago, embarrassed about reports of widespread fraud in the $1-billion-per-year sports memorabilia industry — dominated by baseball and filled mostly with fakes and forgeries, according to an F.B.I. investigation — Major League Baseball did something about it. “Now every game has at least one authenticator, watching from a dugout or near one. The authenticators [...]
