Ian Kahn
Recovering lawyer turned niche book nerd. Occasional hired brain. Likes cats and books and a tiny handful of humans…otherwise cranky.
Bookish blather: @luxmentis.bsky.social
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Rare Books and Special Collections
A cross section of rare book humans (collectors and dealers) and those in special collections (librarians, archivists, and cataloguers, oh my!). Please suggest additions.
@kellylink.bsky.social
unserious moonlight www.kellylink.net Always happy to make book recommendations if you tell me two writers you love & what you’re in the mood for. If you'd like signed copies of my books, you can find them at www.bookmoonbooks.com.
@vaginamuseum.bsky.social
World's first bricks and mortar museum dedicated to vaginas, vulvas and the gynae anatomy. Website: https://www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/ Other social links: https://beacons.ai/v_museum
@boapublishing.bsky.social
Our skilled team curate and digitise unique collections of primary sources that illuminate key historical concepts, events, and themes.
@atomberg.bsky.social
Rare Book Dealer specializing in the preservation of 20th and 21st century cultural movements.
@arthurfournier.bsky.social
Broker of manuscripts & archives, ABAA/ILAB dealer of rare books. Active in BSA, RBMS, ARLIS communities. Qualified appraiser. Literature, the arts, social-political movements, underground / DIY press, pop culture + https://linktr.ee/arthurfournier
@mcnaughtans.co.uk
Rare & second-hand bookshop in central Edinburgh, est. 1957. Open every day 11am to 5pm, and till 8pm on Thursdays.
@nohobookfair.bsky.social
I am an antiquarian bookseller and rare book, ephemera & book arts fair director, based in Western Massachusetts.
@vondyck.bsky.social
𝙿𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚝 𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕, 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚖, 𝚑𝚎𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚖, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚜. 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚢, 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 💙 🚫 𝙽𝚘 𝙳𝙼𝚜 & 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚏𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚜
@blackwellrare.bsky.social
Blackwell's Rare Books buys and sells rare books of all kinds, since 1879. Purveyor of #badlydrawnanimals. Follow us on Instagram @blackwellrare
@propublica.org
Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts. Got a tip for us? Go to: https://www.propublica.org/tips/
@theulspeccoll.bsky.social
Cambridge University Library Special Collections, featuring our manuscripts, archives, maps, music, rare books, photographs, objects and more. https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/special-collections
@shakesbrain.bsky.social
US Fulbright Fellow: Distinguished Teacher Researcher | H.S. English Teacher & Dept. Chair | Collector of Rare Books | In the middle of Chicago. Views are my own.
@bauhausian.bsky.social
Exploring the world of Bauhaus—where form follows function. Join to delve into modern art, design, and architecture. Celebrating simplicity, functionality, and geometric beauty. #Bauhaus #Design #Art #Architecture https://www.bauhausian.com
@michaelmullin.bsky.social
Author, Vintage Collectibles Dealer, Craft Cocktail Enthusiast, Dad to the coolest kids and dog (except yours, of course) michaelmullinauthor.com ~ https://substack.com/@michaelmullin
@hollycroft.bsky.social
Archivist. Owned by a dog and some cats. I work for a public institution in Georgia, but I also make wreaths in my spare time. Good trouble (usually). She/her.
@sethabramson.bsky.social
Journalist, lawyer, NYT-bestselling Trump and Musk biographer, songwriter (Hounds), former CNN and BBC analyst, poet, retired journalism professor. 👤: sethabramson.net/bio ⚖️: sethabramson.substack.com 🕹: retrostack.substack.com 🎶: houndsmusic.substack.com
@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
Amazing collections and breath-taking libraries. Facilitating research at the University of Oxford. Readers: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk Visitors: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
@markhamillofficial.bsky.social
Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜 I IGNORE ALL DMs!
@kajamarczewska.bsky.social
Special Collections @UCL // also writing about the small press, grassroots publishing, and alternative cultures of knowledge production // This is not a copy (2018) / The Contemporary Small Press (co-ed) (2020)
@rcsedlibandarchive.bsky.social
News, collection highlights and heritage stories from the Library & Archive at Surgeons' Hall/Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh #histmed https://archiveandlibrary.rcsed.ac.uk https://www.rcsed.ac.uk/career-hub/learning-resources/library-and-archive
@wynkenhimself.bsky.social
feminist bibliography, old books, and mutual aid // I wrote Studying Early Printed Books 1450–1800: A Practical Guide, I edit The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, and sometimes I play with wallpaper designs // sarahwerner.net
@philiptromans.bsky.social
Library Support Assistant and trainee librarian at Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham. Interested in book history, bibliography, rare books and material culture. PhD.
@chrisvvarren.bsky.social
Knowledge-monger at Carnegie Mellon University: clandestine print, weird data, book history, computational humanities, wrote a book called literature & the law of nations, co-founder of six degrees of francis bacon. humanities for all.
@parkerlibcccc.bsky.social
Special collections library at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge https://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/parker-library Parker Library On the Web - medieval and early modern MSS digitised https://parker.stanford.edu/parker
@wclaspy.bsky.social
Head of Special Collections, Case Western Reserve University. Woodworker. Trout fisherman.
@lisafdavis.bsky.social
Medievalist, Paleographer, Codicologist, Voynichologist; Executive Director, @medievalacademy.bsky.social; Brown Univ. and Yale Univ. alum; PhD; Red Sox fan
@aaronm.bsky.social
I dissect calendars in Books of Hours and keep a close eye on the Vatican Library, sometimes in that order. https://www.cokldb.org/ https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/
@jcblibrary.bsky.social
@funkebooks.bsky.social
Rare books cared for, researched, and placed in good homes. I brake for bibliographies. See our website funkebooks.com for new arrivals.
@noraepstein.bsky.social
❧ Newberry Library Instruction and Outreach Librarian ❧ Postdoc fellow with @paulmelloncentr.bsky.social ❧ interested in material bibliography, book history, woodcuts, & doodles ❧ she/her ❧ all opinions my own
@yersiniapestis.bsky.social
Rare-books cataloger. Dotty middle-aged cat lady. YIMBY. COVID scold. Swears a lot. Jeopardy! silver medalist. Eat the rich; punch N@zis; TERFS piss off. She/her.
@aravahshifra.bsky.social
Library & Archives worker / Div school alum / Sweet Tea Enthusiast / Sufjan Fever / Coffeeshop Regular / Movies by Yourself Club / she+her
@briancassidy.bsky.social
Rare book & archives dealer. Co-founder Type Punch Matrix. Lapsed poet. Duplication dork. Commodifying print since 2004.
@oldslyboots.bsky.social
Ice cream maker, rare books curator, papercut artist, assumes that puns are funny automatically
@decorporis.bsky.social
Rare book librarian in the Midwest, tea and fountain pen enthusiast, cat lover.
@bibliodeviant.bsky.social
Rare Books & Manuscripts, secrets and stories and scrabbling under rocks. Unbearable but occasionally entertaining. He/Him.