A guide and online database for the Oxyrhynchus Papyri.

Documents what individuals in Great Britain and a few other countries actually read from 1450-1945.

Portal to useful resources for book historians and those interested in print culture.

This collection brings together pre-Pulp era tales initially depicting scenes early America, the Frontier, and the West ranging roughly from 1860 to 1930.

An image database of medieval and renaissance manuscripts

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Combines gorgeous illustrations with brief, elementary explanations and links to related material.

The directory of America and Canadian book publishing

PBO is a searchable database of decorative trade bindings produced by American publishers in the 19th and early twentieth centuries.

A blog about early printed books, book history, and the digital technologies that can help us learn about books and reading.