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Special Collections Featured Book for April

Posted on April 5, 2013 by bkilmarx

Yoppy: the Autobiography of a Monkey by Mollie Lee Clifford.  Illustrated Animal Autobiographical Series.  Boston, New York : H. M. Caldwell Co. [1905].  Rare Book Collections, PS3505. L5 Y6. This book is a typical example of Children’s Literature from the turn of the … Continue reading →

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Downton Abbey in Special Collections

Posted on February 25, 2013 by bkilmarx

The papers of Ottilie Ethel Leopoldine “Tilly” Losch, Countess of Carnarvon are housed in the Special Collections department.  The Countess’ papers are known as the Tilly Losch Collection, and are part of the much larger Max Reinhardt Collection.  Tilly Losch, (15 November … Continue reading →

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January 2013 Special Collections Featured Book

Posted on January 9, 2013 by bkilmarx

All this, and Heaven too / Rachel Field. New York : The MacMillian Company. 1940. The 2013 January Book of the Month is a recent addition to Special Collections. It is a gift of John McLaughlin, and represents just one … Continue reading →

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A Christmas themed broadside is the December Item of the Month for Special Collections

Posted on December 10, 2012 by bkilmarx

This broadside is part of a series of broadsides printed by Stu McCarty and published by the Bellevue Press, Binghamton, NY.  The Christmas Poem is printed on a light blue-green paper with dark green and orange-red lettering.  The broadside is 43 cm … Continue reading →

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A Christmas themed broadside is the December Item of the Month for Special Collections

Posted on December 10, 2012 by bkilmarx

This broadside is part of a series of broadsides printed by Stu McCarty and published by the Bellevue Press, Binghamton, NY.  The Christmas Poem is printed on a light blue-green paper with dark green and orange-red lettering.  The broadside is 43 cm … Continue reading →

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The Pilgrim’s Progress is November Book of the Month for Special Collections

Posted on November 8, 2012 by bkilmarx

The pilgrim’s progress from this world to that which is to come : delivered under the similitude of a dream : wherein is discovered : I. The matter of his setting out : II. His dangerous journey : and III.  … Continue reading →

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Up Front is Special Collections Book of the Month for September 2012

Posted on September 18, 2012 by bkilmarx

William Henry “Bill” Mauldin was an American editorial cartoonist.  He won his first Pulitzer Prize in 1945 at the age of 23 for his World War II depictions of  the battle weary soldiers (or “dogfaces”): Willie and Joe.  These two soldiers are based … Continue reading →

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May 2012 Book of the Month

Posted on May 17, 2012 by bkilmarx

Orlando furioso by M. Lodovico Ariosto.  Venetia : V. Valgrisio. 1560. This late Renaissance book, Orlando Furioso (literally Mad Orlando) has a full calf binding with triple ruled borders in blind on the front and back covers. A gilt decorative medallion is tooled on the center of … Continue reading →

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The Zodiac is the Special Collections Featured Book for March

Posted on March 15, 2012 by bkilmarx

The Zodiac by Bret Rohmer. 1968. New York: Brownstone Press.                                 Special Collections Stacks ** NC139 .R63 A4 1968 Title page from The Zodiac Each of Rohmer’s signs of the zodiac is accompanied by a poem. This is a limited first edition with 250 … Continue reading →

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Elegantiae vocabulorum ex Lauren is the featured Book of the Month for January 2012

Posted on January 11, 2012 by bkilmarx

  Valla, Lorenzo, and Jacobus Montanus. Elegantiae vocabulorum. [S.l.]: Michael Hillenius excudebat, 1526.  Special Collections call number:  PA 2320. V34 1526. This elegant yet highly complex octavo is actually three books that have been rebound together subsequent to publication.  The other … Continue reading →

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