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Rare books: far more than paper and ink
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When rockstar and poet Patti Smith first moved to New York in the late 1960s she worked as a waitress. She also boosted her income by discovering rare books, many of which were on-sold to help establish her artistic career.
At about the same time, Kay Craddock, owner of Kay Craddock-Antiquarian Bookseller, established a family bookstore in Melbourne’s suburban Essendon (now at 156 Collins Street).
The Schoeffer bible, circa 1472, was sold to the Baillieu Library at the University of Melbourne for $200,000.
By Tola Osunnuga
Perhaps more than ever before in Nigerian history, we live in a society that is aware of its vulnerability, and is deeply worried about it. That is to say, on top of the worries that Nigerians would ordinarily have, our generation seems to worry in a particularly intense way about how things are out of control. The sources of this worry are what novelist David Malouf calls the “two big Es” – the Environment and the Economy. Modern Nigeria is faced with several challenges, which have not been addressed by the current leadership, and this failure further plunges the nation into avoidable chaos. The endemic but grossly unabated corruption, the unchecked activity of Fulani herdsmen and Boko Haram groups have further exposed the current government as a lame duck that lacks venom and aggression desperately required to salvage the country. Nigeria needs a willing and listening government that will prioritise security of common citizens and be proactive in the real se
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