Nicholas Basbanes
Columnist at Fine Books & Collections Magazine
Independent Writer at Freelance
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finebooksmagazine.com | Nicholas Basbanes
Left: Emily Prime Delafield, Alice in Wonderland: A Play (1898). Right: An 1886 program for Alice in Wonderland: A Musical Dream Play at the Prince of Wales’s Theatre. Jon contacted Christ Church in July 2024 to offer us his collection, and we were thrilled at the prospect of adding such a stellar collection to the holdings already at Christ Church. Jon had developed this collection over several decades, and it had long been recognized as one of the best in private hands.
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finebooksmagazine.com | Nicholas Basbanes
Ortiz Miranda described examining a late-18th-century book that had a curious use of green in its religious illustrations, such as on chalices and halos. The verdant color is frequently a sign of arsenic. She instead found these sections were intended to appear gold, but the metal alloy of copper and zinc had degraded. Yet arsenic was present and, strangely, not only in the green areas.
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finebooksmagazine.com | Nicholas Basbanes
Book collector Nicholas Royle—whose trilogy on the subject will be complete when Finders, Keepers is published by Salt next spring—is not simply interested in the volumes he gathers. He’s also fascinated by the things he discovers inside them. “The three books are linked by an endless curiosity for the things I find in secondhand books,” said the British novelist and book editor.
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finebooksmagazine.com | Nicholas Basbanes
The new letterlocking book is both a foundational text and a hands-on guide, featuring over 300 diagrams and a dictionary of sixty technical terms. The authors believe deeply in “learning by doing” and invite readers to create their own models. “The main reason you should give this a go is because it’s fun,” said Smith.
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finebooksmagazine.com | Nicholas Basbanes
The only known photographs of mathematician and early computer programmer Ada Lovelace will go under the hammer next week at Bonhams' Fine Books, Maps & Manuscripts online sale.
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Delighted to have been invited to contribute a piece to @BookCollectoruk which is running in two sections. Part II to follow in the Winter Issue. @VickyWilsonBook @AAKnopf #basbanes #books https://t.co/vNqTgI9Qof https://t.co/Bwx5Z1u5IQ
.#CrossofSnow was selected by @MassBook, an affiliate of @librarycongress, for its 21st annual #mustread long list for the Massachusetts Book Award. Winner to be announced in the fall. @VickyWilsonBook @AAKnopf @humanitiesmag @finebooks #Basbanes https://t.co/LJWXNgEnkN https://t.co/eTMLzPpikS
The lead #BookReview in today's @TheTLS is a perceptive consideration of #CrossofSnow by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, professor @magdalenoxford and expert on 19th-century literature. #gratitude #longfellow #poetry @VickyWilsonBook https://t.co/D4Y77daGHN