A petition has been announced to Save Boston’s Old Corner Bookstore. The Old Corner Bookstore is the oldest commercial building in Boston. It was built in 1718 as an apothecary shop. The Old Corner Bookstore was the center of book publishing in America in the mid-1800s. In those days Boston was the country’s literary centre. […]
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The Bentley Rare Book Museum Opens in Atlanta Georgia
The Bentley Rare Book Museum Opens within the department of museums, archives, and rare books at Kennesaw State University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The Bentley Rare Book Museum holds a collection of about 10,000 items. It features Georgia authors, fine press books, Cherokee language materials, medieval manuscript leaves, and early printed books. Some of the […]