Meet the New Old Book Collectors 

By chance, this morning I read an article in the New York Times about the new generation of book collectors titled “Meet the New Old Book Collectors: A growing cohort of young enthusiasts is helping to shape the future of an antique trade.” I found the article inspiring and have

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Ani Hovannisian’s “The Hidden Map”

This special program about the Armenian Genocide and the traces of Armenian culture to still be found in present day Turkey will be on PBS tomorrow June 7th at 8:00 P.M. here in Phoenix, so check your local PBS station if you live elsewhere.  The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is

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Roman Breviary

This large, 188 page manuscript in Latin, listing prayers for the feast days, was made expressly for clergy at the Liberian Basilica in Rome in the late 1600s. It just arrived to us after we won it at an auction of rare manuscripts and books held in New York City

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