Belle da Costa Greene, who was JP Morgan’s librarian, became a lively fixture at Gilded Age mansions, country retreats, auction houses and art galleries. She was also a Black woman who passed as white.
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A Sydney librarian recently discovered a misfiled lost gem in the stacks: Virginia Woolf’s own copy of her first novel, with handwritten notes for revision. An expert explores what they tell us.
‘A Visit from St. Nicholas’ is one of the most famous American poems. But who wrote it?
Witch trials relied on a medieval text called the “Malleus Maleficarum” – a book this reference librarian can hold in her hands.
Recently uncovered Norman Lindsay novels reveal stories of love, lust and beaches.
Why do people steal rare books? It’s about more than the money.
