“Obscenity only comes in when the mind despises and fears the body, and the body hates and resists the mind.” ― D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover Lady Chatterley's Lover D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) Florence: Privately printed, 1928 Pirated edition, ca. 1930s PR6022 A93 L2 1928 In 1928, D.H. Lawrence privately printed his eleventh novel, Lady Chatterley’s...
“--Why me? --That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber? --Yes. --Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no...
"The noblest acquisition of mankind is speech; and the most useful art is that of rendering it visible: that distinguishes Man from the brute creation...
"I've never seen her before," thought the building, squarely studying the girl across the street who, newspaper in hand, had stopped to stare. "What is she looking at, anyway?" Building Stories Chris Ware New York : Pantheon Books, 2012 PN6727 W285 B85 2012 This is a book. Or at least the title, Building Stories,...
"To the millions of workingmen and workingwomen of this country to who justly belongs the wealth created by them, this volume is dedicated." — Terence V. Powderly Thirty Years of Labor Terence V. Powderly (1829 - 1924) Columbus, OH: Excelsior Publishing House, 1889 First Edition HD8066 P72 Before Labor Day became...
“I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great...
The Rare Books Department welcomes U back to school! Do you have your textbooks ready? How about your reading primers? Primers were a type of textbook that taught students how to read. Initially, they contained "primary" or fundamental religious materials. Reference to primers appears in English...
"Mientras más de arte tiene un oficio más caballero hace al artesano.” “The more artistic a craft, the richer the craftsperson.” — José Martí Como Angel Cierto Digdora Alonso Matanzas, Cuba: Ediciones Vigía (Colección de San Juan), 1987 PQ7390 A429 C66 1987 Limited edition of 200 copies In 1985, Alfredo Zaldívar gained access...
“Imagination, of course, can open any door - turn the key and let terror walk right in.” ― Truman Capote, In Cold Blood Melcher Hedloffs sonst Schütze=Melcher genannt… verübete und begangene Mord=Thaten. Melchior Hedloff (1606-1654) Wrocław (Breslau), G. Gründer at the Baumann Printing Shop for K. Klosemann 1654 Over the...
“OK is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as glacier. In the next 200 years all our main glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know...