Feb 14, 2023 Book of the Week — Apologie du Silence en Amour

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Silence, then, becomes the companion of lovers...

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Jan 31, 2023 Journal of the Week — Cope’s Smoke Room Booklets

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"At a time when the proliferation of cheap newspapers and magazines was designed to strike the lowest common denominator of popular taste, the Tobacco Plant did its substantial bit to maintain a lively interest in literary topics among ordinary middle-class readers. Seldom, before or since,...

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Jan 23, 2023 Book of the Week — Hokusai Manga

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"Even as a ghost my spirit will want to roam the fields of summer." — The Old Man Mad about Art Hokusai Manga Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Nagoya: Eirakuya Toshiro,1814-1878 NE1325 K3 H64 vol.14 To the modern Western world there is, perhaps, one image that stands out above the rest as being emblematic of...

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Jan 10, 2023 Celebrating the Life and Art of John Held, Jr. (1889-1958)

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"Fitzgerald christened it the Jazz Age, but John Held, Jr. set its style and manners. His angular and scantily clad flapper was accepted by scandalized elders as the prototype for modern youth, the symbol of our moral revolution… So sedulously did we ape his caricatures...

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Dec 05, 2022 The Hunt for the Old Rock Wall

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A frequent task here in the Rare Book office at the Marriott Library is cataloging and archiving new books that have been donated or acquired. It is common for me to see all the new books before they get incorporated into the book "vault" and...

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Nov 21, 2022 Book of the Week — Civil Dis-course: A Holiday Tool Kit

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"Let's have a civil conversation! We agree to respect one another as we talk and listen. No eye-rolling. No attitude...

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Oct 31, 2022 Book of the Week — The Case for Spirit Photography

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“Where there is no imagination, there is no horror.” ― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet (1887) The Case for Spirit Photography Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) New York, NY: George H. Doran, 1923 First American Edition BF1381 D68 While many readers may recognize the name ‘Arthur Conan Doyle’ as the...

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Oct 18, 2022 Book of the Week — Habiti Antichi et Moderni di Tutto il Mondo 

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"To dress was to be invested with a public identity, according to a system of fixed codes. In a largely pre-literate society, people learned to read the value of textiles and the meaning of their cut as signs of profession, wealth, social status, and geographical...

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Oct 10, 2022 Book of the Week — Specimen Pages of Korean Movable Types

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“The art of printing, with its necessary tools — paper, ink, and type — has been of supreme importance in the advance of civilization. It has preserved for future generations the culture, literature, and history of former times; it has given opportunities in education for the common...

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Oct 03, 2022 Book of the Week — Mushrooms, Russia and History

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"This book is addressed to those who love mushrooms, who love the whole rich world of wild mushrooms in the same way that many love the flowers of the field and the birds in the air." Mushrooms, Russia and History Valentina Pavlovna Wasson New York : Pantheon Books,...

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