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Staff Holiday Picks: Visual Gifts of the Season

Michelle Komie, Senior Editor, Art & Architecture, shares her gift-giving list of stunning visual books for the holidays. Michelle Komie— Sometimes I’m inspired by the recipient, but usually I fall in love with a book and want to find the best possible home for it. This year, my holiday list

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Bookplates, Personalized for the Occasion

The printing press was a revolution for the written word.  Its creation can be compared to the invention of the internet today.  Besides the obvious good that came from being able to mass produce books, it also brought about a new art form that is often forgotten: the bookplate, a

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