“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...

31 October, 2022 /

“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...

10 October, 2022 /

"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,...

03 October, 2022 /

The Rare Books Department invites you to view its most recent virtual lecture, The New Art of Making Books Smoke 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....

07 June, 2022 /

“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...

30 May, 2022 /