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Illustrations of the Grand Canyon – our retiring librarian’s favourite rare book

On: 26 Apr 2018

Here, Christine chooses her favourite rare book – and it’s possibly an unexpected one: Atlas to Accompany the Tertiary history of the Grand Cañon district.Read more

‘Please do not bite the books’ and other comical library rules

By: Martin Lewis

On: 11 Oct 2017

Would you walk into a library with a dirty face? Take a bite out of one of the books? Or LIE to the librarian? Librarian Martin Lewis (@rarebookguy) reveals comical library rules from history and shares his five commandments to ensure happy books and librarians. No dirty faces and no lies inRead more