Clean Sweep

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

{ 0 comments }

Farewell Thom, Hello Doyle

by Bean an Phoist on July 28, 2011 · 0 comments

in Collections,Conservation,Printed books,Prints & Drawings,Projects

by Giada Gelli, Preservation Assistant As the cleaning of the Thom Collection drew to an end yesterday, we thought it fair to take a moment to talk about its beauty and richness. This stunning collection of some 3,900 volumes was the personal library of Alexander Thom (1801-79) – Thom’s Directories anyone? – and was donated [...]

Tagged as: Alexander Thom, Arthur Conan Doyle, Chromolithographs, Clean Sweep, Edmund Evans, Giada Gelli, In Fairyland, Kitcat, Punch, Richard Doyle, Thom collection, William Allingham

{ 0 comments }

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

{ 0 comments }

Next Entries →