The Vespiary Book Binding & Book Conservation

Recently, one of my favorite customers visited me with a treat from her collection.  Ronald Searle’s Slightly Foxed - but still desirable.
In it, Searle uses bookseller description language as his inspiration for clever illustrations.
Ordering from a bookseller’s catalogue without speaking the specialist language, is about as dangerous as trying to chat up the promised-in-marriage daughter [...]

The conservation blogs were all a-flutter over the 2 bibles used in the swearing-in ceremony at the inauguration Tuesday.  Everybody has their own perspective to add.
Kevin Driedger’s Library Preservation
Bibliophile Bullpen
bookn3rd
Book Patrol
Lastly, the Chicago Tribune has a funny anecdote about Biden’s ginormous family bible.

Many of you watching the inauguration may have wished for a closer glimpse of the oft-mentioned Lincoln Bible.  Normally held in an undisclosed location by the Library of Congress, it will soon be on display at an exhibit entitled, “And Malice Toward None” that celebrates Lincoln’s 200th birthday starting February 12th.
Many presidents opt to swear [...]

I’m a loyal reader of the Metafilter collective blog, known affectionately as the “Best of the Web,” although vigorous debates as to the validity of that statement are as regular as the swallows of Capistrano.  A recent post pointed me to the new Flickr group called “My Day, Yesterday.”  Members splice snippets of video from [...]