The Vespiary Book Binding & Book Conservation

Fixin’ books in the Wild West

Archive for July, 2008

patsy, n. - a person who is easily taken advantage of

Another one! Something about the summer that brings out book thieves.
So you work at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC, and one day a swingin’ 50-something dilettante bedecked in expensive clothes bought by mommy drops by to ask you the value of his “friend’s” tome….which turns out to be a hot First Folio [...]

rubric, n. - Red earth, red ochre, ruddle

As you know from a previous post, I listen to a steady diet of podcasts while I work, one of which is Stephen Fry’s podgrams (you may know Mr. Fry from his character in “V for Vendetta”or for “Wilde”). He also happens to be the darling of the BBC and an insatiable bibliophile. [...]

exuviate, v. - To cast off or shed

It’s my very first link dump! I’ve been away (making sure my brother got good and married), and have been thinking about all these groovy word-related sites to feed to you.
A few of these may be slightly old news, but then again, I don’t know where you get your news from, so I’ll take [...]