"Yet he who praises Dr. Franklin for mere ability, praises him for that quality of his mind, which stands lowest in his own esteem. Reader, whoever you are, and how much soever you think you hate him, know that this great man loves you enough to wish...
Memorie di Matilda La Gran Contessa...
The Rare Books Department invites you to view its most recent virtual lecture, The New Art of Making BooksSmoke Amy Pirkle Tuscaloosa, AL: Perkolator Press, 2008 N7433.4 P58 S5 2008 If this is your first introduction into the world of artists’ books you may find yourself at times stumbling over definitions....
“On mesa and valley floor and treeless loma, the mantle of vivid green is overlaid riotously with color — the orange of California poppies; the blue and lavender of sturdy lupines and lolling wild heliotrope; the mauve of owl’s clover; the pale gold of sun-cups...
De unicornu observationes novae Thomas Bartholin (1616-1680) Second edition edited by Caspar Bartholin Amsterdam: apud JHenr. Wetstenium, 1678 For thousands of years, in literature as well as in art, the unicorn has been depicted as a white horse-like animal with a long straight horn made up of spiraling grooves...
"It's a terrific crash, ladies and gentlemen. The smoke and the flames now and the frame is crashing to the ground, not quite to the mooring mast. Oh, the humanity...
"The first we saw of that high-toned tramp war over thar' at our Pecos camp; he war comin' down the Santa Fe Trail astride of a wheel with a crooked tail, a skinnin' along, with a merry song, an' ringin' a little warnin' gong...
"Above in sun and wind the fertile rains, Below in clamorous waters thriving fish, and fields of summer filled with living bread, and fields of autumn filled with living wine."Easter W.R. Johnson (1933-) with relief prints by Claire Van Vliet West Burke, Vermont: The Janus Press, 1970 Z232.5 J36 J639 1970 Claire Van...
"Once upon a time in the land of Hushabye Around about the wondrous days of yore I came across a sort of box Bound up with chains and locked with locks And labeled, kindly do not touch, it's war"The Box Kendrew Lascelles (1935 - 2022) Los Angeles, CA: Nash Publishing, 1974 PR6062...
[caption id="attachment_25937" align="alignleft" width="209"] Merrill Bitter featured on the front of Climber's Guide to American Fork Canyon Rock Canyon[/caption]Merrill Bitter passed away on January 20, 2022, while backcountry skiing in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Bitter was an active rock climber, skier, and outdoor enthusiast. He was...
