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This is a de luxe anthology written by bookworms for bookworms. The only wolf calls in its pages rise when a bug-eyed bibliomaniac spots an unescorted Gutenberg Bible or First Folio Shakespeare. With the knowingness of a convention of beekeepers discussing the nuptial flight of the queen, 40-odd bibliophiles talk about the designing, the collecting, the stealing and the forging of books. Some of the highlights...
Died. Gabriel Wells, 85, onetime penniless Hungarian immigrant who won fame & fortune as bibliophile and bibliopole; in Manhattan. Most famous transaction: purchase of an imperfect Gutenberg Bible, which he sold book by book (Genesis brought $5,100) and leaf by leaf ($150-$500 a page...
...honor of the presentation of the Gutenberg bible by Mrs. Widener Dixon and George D. Widener, an exhibition of Incunabula will be on display in the Widener Memorial Room at Widener Library this week. The Bible, dating from about 1455, was presented to the College last...
President Conant and the Fellows of the College received a Gutenberg Bible dating from about 1455 yesterday in a ceremony in the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Room of Widener Library. The Bible was presented by George D. Widener of Philadelphia on behalf of his sister, Mrs. Widener Dixon of Philadelphia and himself...
...great Lillian Russell, singing the hit of her career, Come Down, My Evenin' Star. Copies were issued by Manhattan's Collectors Record Shop. The recording showed its age. The sound of the little string orchestra that accompanied Lillian had the antique flavor of the wormholes in a Gutenberg Bible or the patina on a Hellenistic bronze...