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Articles - May - 2014 Issue

“Everything Equine” at Keeneland Library in Lexington Kentucky

- by Susan Halas

Public area in Keeneland Library with equine ephemera on display.

Public area in Keeneland Library with equine ephemera on display.

Links and additional information

 

Reach Becky Ryder, Director of the Keeneland Library at:

breeder@keeneland.com (859) 250-4761

 

Links to the Keeneland Library a little bit buried on the track’s web site

www.keeneland.com/discover/about-library

 

www.keeneland.com/discover/collections

 

www.keeneland.com/discover/online-catalog

 

www.keeneland.com/discover/visit

 

 

Preservation

Ryder mentioned that in honor of Preservation Week (April 27- May 3) the ALA has set up a special page that features links of interest to those want to know how to clean, restore, care for vintage and antiquarian items. The main page features a tool kit, webinars and lots of handy tips and tricks. It is a permanent page and will stay up beyond the week long special event.

www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/preswk

 

Blue Jacket Books

Reach Lawrence Hammar, the Ohio dealer who acquired 103 boxes of horse related material at the recent Keeneland Library sale, at: Blue Jacket Books, Xenia, Ohio

info@bluejacketbooks.com  (937) 376-3522  www.bluejacketbooks.com

 

Link to the Kikkuli Text one of the oldest manuals on horse training in ltd. edition reprint

Kikkuli

 

Recent feature story about Keeneland Library in the Lexington Herald-Leader

www.kentucky.com/2014/03/24/3158762/the-library-of-horse-sense.html

 

 

Susan Halas may be reached at wailukusue@gmail.com

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    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
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    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
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