“In every country whatever, he who violates a woman is a monster.” The Independent Chronicle and Universal Advertiser Nathaniel Willis, publisher Boston, MA: Powars and Willis, 1776 v. 30: no. 1852 (1798: Dec. 17-20) AN2 A2 I49 Miscellany —————– For The Chronicle To the virtuous Females in the United States “In every country whatever, he...
“The simplest color relationship…still requires understanding of the color characteristics…that is, hue, value, intensity and temperature, etc.” –James Trissel COLOR FOR THE LETTERPRESS James Trissel Colorado Springs: The Press at Colorado College, 1987 NE1850 T75 1987 Twenty unnumbered, unbound folded leaves issued in plastic and wooden cases. Edition of seventy-five copies,...
“It’s warm there, you cook yourself something, drink wine and look out of the window at your friend eternity.” – Vladimir Holan, Snow Title: Snow Author: Vladimir Holan Printed: Canticle Press, with permission from Penguin Books Ltd., 1971 Edition of 100 copies Translation: Jarmila and Ian Milner, 1971 Call Number: Z232.5 C3 H65 Title:...
“The sense of comfort is the outcome of balance, while marked unbalance immediately urges a corrective. That this approximate balance is desirable may be shown by reference to our behavior, as to temperatures, quality of smoothness and roughness, degrees of light and dark, proportion of...
“Those colours are simple which belong to the elements, fire, air, water and earth. For air and water are naturally white in themselves, while fire and the sun are golden. The earth is also naturally white, but seems coloured because it is dyed. This becomes...
cover art by Matt Saunders “…its no surprise If the wolf takes many a prize. I say the wolf because not all wolves are the same. There are those of courteous fame, No noise or bile or rage, But reserved, compliant, and sage, Who will trail a girl well bred All the way...
Rare Books is pleased to announce the use of one of our Karl Bodmer aquatints as an image for an installation at the Center for Western Studies, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The image is part of an installation spanning three rooms. The Rare Books...
Rich in imagery and fantastical in nature, La Trama Celeste by Adolfo Bioy Casares and Para Las Seis Cuerdas by Jorge Luis Borges are the two newest additions to the Rare Books Latin American collection. Every country has a history – that is certain. If we...
For, given man, by birth, by education, Imago Dei who forgot his station, The self-made maker who himself unmakes, The only creature ever made who fakes, With no more nature in his loving smile Than in his theories of a natural style, What but tall tales, the luck of verbal playing, Can...
“My sakes alive — the turkey is burnt on one side, and the kettles have biled over so the pies I put to warm are all ashes!” Aunt Jo’s Scrap-bag: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, etc. Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1882 First edition PS1017 A8 1882 “Aunt Jo’s Scrap-Bag” is...