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The London Rare Books School (LRBS) offers intensive summer courses on book history and rare books. Hosted by the IES, Senate House
London, England
Joined October 2016
Join us for a Panel Discussion on 'Place-based Cultural Regeneration' on Monday 3 March! 🕓 4:00-7:00 PM 📍 Woburn Suite, Senate House Find out more and book here: https://t.co/FL7jKdQNKV
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🌟 Exciting news! Enrollment is now open for our London International Palaeography School (LIPS) Summer Program, taking place from June 9th to 13th, 2025! 🌟 Discover more about our offerings and secure your spot here: https://t.co/ItX8xvqS4l
#Palaeography #SummerSchool
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New talk announcement: Chemical Colour: Evidence for ‘Coal-Tar’ Pigments in British Printing Ink, 1860–1914 With Ian Dooley Wednesday 6 November 2024 St Bride Foundation and Online via Zoom 7–8.30pm GMT To book, please visit: https://t.co/wfKnZwLq6o
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We are fully booked for our LRBS short course: Medieval Book Production & the Collections of Hereford Cathedral! Attendees will learn from the brilliant Professor Michelle Brown @digiscriptor about one of Britain's most ancient & significant collections of medieval manuscripts.
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Exciting News! We have started planning for The @LondonRareBooks School and London International Palaeography School 2025 - stay tuned for updates! 📚 #LRBS2025 #LIPS2025 #RareBooks #SummerSchool
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Publishers' archives are much more than collections of famous authors' materials; they are the history of the publishing industry. That's why there're concerns over the recent news of the sale of George Orwell archive.👇 https://t.co/zgekV3FReA (3/3)
theguardian.com
Businesses are selling off priceless documents piecemeal, after publisher gave the order to ‘get rid of’ them
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I'm thrilled to announce this CFP for a symposium to be held @IES_London on December 9, 2024. "Migrant Institutions" invites paper proposals across disciplines to explore the seismic impact of postwar migration on British cultural institutions. Send proposals by Sept. 16th!
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Exciting News! Our very own Senior Lecturer in Manuscript Studies, @LauraJCleaver has recently published the edited collection: 'The Pre-Modern Manuscript Trade and its Consequences, ca. 1890-1945'. An interesting read ahead! #ManuscriptStudies #NewBook
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Proofs have arrived! "Old Delhi's Parallel Book Bazaar" is set to be released in August. I will be presenting excerpts from the Element tomorrow at #SHARP2024.
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#OTD in 1825, the author of this manuscript began his journey from England to Belgium & the Netherlands, where he marvels at local architecture, cucumber salads, & the famous organ at Haarlem, & nearly gets hit by a stray arrow in Brussels ... Read more: https://t.co/anpEfBX8zH
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Alongside the 'Beyond the Page' exhibits, we are very pleased to showcase some items highlighting our work on paper conservation and repair - read the story of our 'poisoned book' and what we did to identify it!
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Our display 'From Pen to Press' is now on show until 28 Sept! -see letters from Virginia Woolf and Iris Murdoch, James Joyce's pen and artwork by Edward Bawden and follow the journey from author’s pen to finished book with items from the Archive of British Publishing and Printing
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We are delighted to announce the opening of our new exhibition 'Her booke': Early Modern Women and their Books at Lambeth Palace Library! Admission is FREE and we welcome you to browse the exhibition during our opening hours or attend one of our events. https://t.co/1KnOFSRkpB
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Spent two incredible days at @UniRdg_SpecColl with my @LondonRareBooks pals, examining publishers’ archives. Chatto & Windus, Longman, Hogarth, and more!🤩 Thanks very much @lhs01clg for hosting us and the inspiring chats! And seeing an authentic Banksy was a treat too!😆
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📚We are delighted to be hosting the 'Using Publishers' Archives' strand of the @LondonRareBooks School this week with Andrew Nash. 📖Discover more about our Archive of British Printing and Publishing: https://t.co/FhlxejHxar
#archives #publishing #rarebooks
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Delightful and engaged class from @LondonRareBooks this afternoon, discussing the modern rare book trade. An absolute pleasure.
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Making a start on the pop-up model of the @NewberryLibrary in our lunch break... Just waiting for the first lot of glue to dry! @LondonRareBooks #movablebooks
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@LondonRareBooks #movablebooks day under way with @roguepages and we are building our own volvelles to crack the secret code...
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Last chance to sign up for 'Moveable Books' - a @LondonRareBooks short course with @roguepages! When: 26th April 2024 Deadline: 19th April 2024 Book here: https://t.co/pnvCUhZuOE
#MoveableBooks #RareBooks
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