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How to Discover a Book’s True Value
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 @ 11:20 am - 1:00 pm
You’ve heard the old saying “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” Certainly a book’s outside may be what first attracts us, but there are plenty of other factors that go into determining a book’s value. And a book’s value to us may be different than its value to others.
Lee Steiner will discuss the elements that go into placing not only a monetary, but also a cultural and personal value, on the books in our lives. Lee will show examples of volumes that may be worth a fortune to one person yet are merely a dime a dozen to another person.
She’ll share some important resources for checking out your own library’s value and you will come away with a fresh appreciation of the treasures hidden in plain view on your own bookshelves.
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Native Texan Lee Steiner is a Houston book artist. Lee’s handmade books feature a “vintage vibe,” no doubt because she grew up in a creative family of handmakers and antique/junk collectors always on the look-out for new and old inspiration. The name of Lee’s studio, Domestic Papers, comes from her love of everything paper and her love of travel to faraway places in search of cool finds for her studio. Her travel is always accompanied by the promise of returning home to domestic bliss. Lee makes custom map travel journals, sketchbooks from library discards, and one-of-a-kind, warm, blank paper-filled journals that writers love to get their hands on. She also teaches bookbinding at local museums and through her Domestic Papers studio. |
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