In the News: Harcourt Book Bindery in Charlestown Preserving Craft for 125 Years.
The story above was featured on WBZ CBS News Boston on December 8th 2025.
Read MoreIn the News – Harcourt Bindery Featured in the Boston Globe
We’re honored to be featured in today’s Boston Globe article celebrating Harcourt Bindery’s 125th anniversary — the oldest hand bookbindery in America and a proud member of the Raptis Rare Books family. For over a…
Read MoreThe Legacy of Jane Goodall: Science, Hope, and Humanity.
Few individuals have reshaped our understanding of the natural world as profoundly as Dr. Jane Goodall. Born in London in 1934, she defied the scientific norms of her time by venturing into the forests of…
Read MoreWuthering Heights: Emily Brontë’s Storm of Passion and Revenge
There are books that whisper gently across time—and then there are books that roar like the wind over the Yorkshire moors. Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights belongs to the latter. Published in 1847, it was the…
Read MoreThe Legacy of Ernest Hemingway: Master of Modern American Literature.
Few writers shaped American literature as profoundly as Ernest Hemingway. A Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winner, Hemingway was known for his stark, economical prose, his deeply human characters, and his focus on themes such as…
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