Rare books

Don’t link yourself with vulgar folks

by Bean an Phoist on August 17, 2011 · 0 comments

in Collections,Conservation,Printed books,Projects,Rare books

by Fiona Noonan, Preservation Assistant We are all drawn to books for different reasons – Stories, Authors, Illustrations and Bindings. So, when those of us working on The Clean Sweep Project were asked to write posts for the NLI Blog on books that stood out for us, I immediately made a mental list of the [...]

Tagged as: Bentley's Miscellany, Clean Sweep, Conservation, Ernest Maurice Jessop, Fiona Noonan, Illustration, Ingoldsby Legends, Misadventures at Margate, Projects, Rare books, Richard Harris Barham, Thomas Ingoldsby

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The Clean Sweep

by Bean an Phoist on July 11, 2011 · 0 comments

in Collections,Conservation,Projects,Rare books

by Nikki Ralston, Conservation Regular visitors may have wondered about what’s been going on in our Trustees’ Room in recent weeks – that’s the room to the left of our main hall. Comings, goings and that funny noise… Well, from 2 to 4.30 this afternoon, and every weekday afternoon, you can see for yourself. Our [...]

Tagged as: Books, Clean Sweep, Cleaning, Conservation, Nikki Ralston, Projects, Rare book team, Rare books, Trustees' Room

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