Video footage from the 2014 Seattle Book Fair
Our colleague Christi Kay recently took a floatplane from Victoria, British Columbia, over the Olympic Mountains to visit the 2014 Seattle Book Fair. She took her camera and this video is the result....
View ArticleAndreas Vesalius’ beautiful Fabrica: a pioneering book of anatomy
In 1543, Belgian physician Andreas Vesalius published one of the most influential books in medical history. De humani corporis fabrica translates from Latin as On the Fabric of the Human Body and it...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Alice in Wonderland Birthday Cake
In honor of the 150th anniversary of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, AbeBooks has created a video describing how to make the ‘Ultimate Alice Birthday Cake.’ Have you made a literary cake?
View ArticleA Passion for Maps
We’ve been thinking a lot about maps lately. We recently featured a selection of vintage maps from around the world. We also got lost browsing through vintage road maps and travel guides from the first...
View ArticleVideo: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Your Favorite Fairy Tales
For more grisly truths about ancient tales, read our latest feature, The Gruesome Origins of Classic Fairy Tales.
View ArticleVinegar valentines – the worst card to receive on February 14
More than 150 years ago, Victorian ‘greeting card trolls’ were using the fledgling postal system to insult people with so-called ‘Vinegar Valentine’ cards. These anonymous cards, illustrated with...
View Article17 London bookshops for true bibliophiles
Take a video tour of some of London’s finest bookshops from Chelsea to Chiswick, from Bloomsbury to Charing Cross Road. We highlight high-end antiquarian specialists, sellers of general used books and...
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