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I’ve discovered another Flickr group that has eaten a chunk of my day: Vintage Readers, found here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1088961@N22/. I think most of the photographs included in the group are actually antique readers, but that’s a tale for another time. Enjoy!
What are some of your favorite book groups on Flickr?
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On this day in 1828, Noah Webster published his dictionary. This blurry, but amazing cover was spotted a while ago on eBay, but includes a cut of Webster’s dictionary “The Standard and the Best” and also a wicked cool rotating bookshelf and reading stand.
I wonder where his personal library is today? There’s a couple records online of auction results… but not much. Webster loved the written word, including the Written Word as well. Today, I salute you: Noah Webster, bibliophile.
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This was last Thursday. I was on the way to the airport for a trip to Montana and it was the icing to a very good day! Heck, it may have even been the cake!
The loss of Fine Books & Collections from my mailbox was a severe blow last year. I hated losing the print edition, even though the e-mag was *Amazing*. And I had the printed annual to look forward to. Even still, I really missed the print edition. It is, by far, one of the finest magazines in production, to say nothing of the drool-worthy content.
If you don’t subscribe to the revived quarterly magazine or the e-edition, right the wrong here: http://finebooksmagazine.com/
