Blog Posts on rare books

Tolkien’s Fantasy World by Gift Ideas For All Occasions on May 16, 2011The Hobbit is among the famous books which was nominated for Carnegie Medal and was awarded the Greatest Fiction Novel. J.R.R Tolkien, the good author whose book was revealed in 1937, wrote many famous stories and is right now additionally identified...

Repairing and Restoring the Noli and the Fili by School Librarian In Action on May 5, 2011The Germans! They are here! Two conservators from Germany are in town to do minor repair and restoration of Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. Rizal's Last Farewell and his retelling of William Tell are also included in the restora...

rare books and maps at the lumina pandit exhibit by Artseblis Reads on Nov 28, 2010The Lumina Pandit Exhibit at UST commemorates the survival of a 400-year-old institution, the UST Library. Showcased are the original academic records of Jose Rizal, documents with baybayin script, 100-year-old newspapers, and rare tomes. I wonder wh...

Rare Books & Rizaliana by School Librarian In Action on Sep 20, 2010...

thankful by Buhay Bahay-Bahayan on Dec 14, 2009There was this New Year episode of the TV series Ally Mcbeal that I wouldn't forget. If you think back and replay your year, if it doesn't bring you tears, either of joy or sadness, consider it a year wasted. Looking back, I think my wife a...

Filipiniana Rare Books & Ephemera by School Librarian In Action on Nov 3, 2009I have been immersed in the development of a collection on Filipiniana, rare books and the ephemera since August. It is an interesting branch of Library and Information Science. I consider the experience as a re-education. I thought I had it all - an...