NEW HAVEN >> We’re assembled in Yale’s British Art Center on a June morning with publicists, press, museum principals and — it turns out — a few craftspeople whose skill and art are distilled into ...
In 1976, the title of World’s Smallest Book (printed with moveable metal type) went to an A-Z printing of the text type Gill Titling, with each letter, inked in 3-point-type, appearing on a single ...
That gift was the trigger for me to understand more about the miniature book — its publishing history, and the fascination it evokes among book collectors. BENGALURU : A book fanatic like you needs to ...
How does one define a book? Most commonly, a book (or “codex”) is defined as a written or printed work that consists of pages sewn or glued together along one side that has some kind of cover, or a ...
Andrea Boltresz knows a lot about books: how to procure them, sell them and, more recently, she has been making them, accidentally setting two precedents and catching the attention of collectors ...
My wife and I are gluing. The best way is to squirt a glob onto a piece of paper, then use a toothpick to tack a few drops onto the edge of whatever you’re gluing—a wall, a shelf, a book. Do this all ...
HYDERABAD: A book fanatic needs to have the smallest book in the world: ‘The Lord’s Prayer’ in seven languages, produced by the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz.” That was the farewell gift from my colleague ...