Iconic Book Covers That Changed Over Time

Enjoy.

FIrst Printed Book in English Sells at Auction

It's 540 years old and was sold for this much.

Brigham Young's Short-Lived Mormon Aphabet

Interesting story from Slate, here.

Chasing Orwell's Ghost

A writer travels to the Scottish island of Jura where Orwell spent some time with tubercular fever.

Enjoy.

What Did Virginia Woolf's Last Photograph Look Like, Anyway?

This.

What Did Jane Austen Look Like, Anyway?

This.

The Art of Bookstore Shelving

The Atlantic takes a look at the intricacies involved, here.

How NYC Inspired Madeline

The Daily Beast has the story, here.

The Secrets of a Creative Brain

The Atlantic looks deep.

The Little Engine That Could...

...feminist hero?

A Cross-Country Traveling Bookstore and Publisher

Thoreau on Skunk Cabbage...

...and what it can teach us about the meaning of life. Enjoy!

The Lost Beauty of Book Endpapers

Enjoy!

Nabakov

30 Vintage Photos of People in Libraries

Enjoy!

Vintage World Cup Posters

Enjoy!