We invite you to visit our most recent addition to the Rare Books Virtual Lecture Series: What is a Book?, an exploration of the object we call the "book" that answers questions you never knew you had. What is a book? Where did it come...
Woman's Place — In the Fight for a Better World Elizabeth Gurley Flynn New York: New Century Publishers, 1947 HQ1426 F72 1947 Women's Day is celebrated globally on March 8th every year. It's origins, however, are much closer to home than we might expect. Spurred on by labor and...
“When the Holy One, blessed be He, was about to make the world, all the letters of the Alphabet were still embryonic, and for two thousand years the Holy One, blessed be He, had contemplated them and toyed with them. When He came to create the world,...
Conquistador Zion’s National Park From his rock bed the lost conquistador Rises to rub sand from his sun-struck eyes And sees, rising above the desert floor, Familiar landmarks under the strange skies. Awake in the lost homeland of his sleep, Traveler returned, no longer vagabond, He treads a red world, sights a castle...
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." — Groucho Marx Un Gorrión en la Guerra de las Fieras Antoniorrobles (1895 - 1983) México: Secretario de Educación Pública, 1942 PQ6633 O2 S62 1942 Established in 1919, Children’s Book Week is...
“I live on a park bench. You, Park Avenue. Hell of a distance Between us two...
“Somewhere within their walls shall all that forwards perfect human life be started, Tried, taught, advanced, visibly exhibited. Not only all the world of works, trade, products, But all the workmen of the world here to be represented.” — “Song of the Exposition,” Walt Whitman Moscow Alexander Rodchenko (1891 - 1956) Moscow...
“A colour shines in its surroundings. (Just as eyes only smile in a face)” - Ludwig Wittgenstein Remarks on Colour Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951) Pasadena, CA: Archetype Press, Art Center College of Design, 2000 xBF 789 C7 W513 2000 During the last few years of his life, Ludwig Wittgenstein...
Metropolʹ : literaturnyĭ alʹmanakhAkysyonov, VasilyAnn Arbor, MI: Ardis Press, 1979PG3227 M47 1979 Change was almost immediate in the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953. His passing brought on visions of Spring and what citizens of the USSR called the “thaw.” Within the...
“In the beginning was the Word…” John 1:1 Postilla Matej Vaclav Steyer Prague, 1691 xBS2348 C8 S74 The word postil or postilla is an abbreviated term for a marginal note or Biblical commentary. Derived from the Medieval Latin phrase,“post illa verba textus” (after these words), postils were intended to provide clarification...