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Publishers' Binding Thursday

I found this book while browsing the stacks in search of a good publishers' binding. This one does not disappoint! This is Italian Hours by American-British author Henry James, published in 1909 by Houghton Mifflin Co. Italian Hours is a book of travel essays about Italy, a country that James loved, that are considered very charming but not unrealistic. This edition features illustrations of Italian scenes by American etcher, lithographer, and illustrator Joseph Pennell.

The cover features a mosaic-esque design stamped in gold with a blue florals and flourishes and leafy green patterns. The book cloth is a brickish red-orange color and the spine features a motif similar to that of the front cover. There's nothing special about the endsheets, which is always a disappointment to me. I just wish more people paid attention to the endsheets! But otherwise it's a very nice binding.

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-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager

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[blueiskewl]

Byzantine Gold Bracelet w/ Stamped Medallions 6th C.

[relaxingifs]

moyagraphy on ig

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stamp dump #2… boostle :3

[majimasleftasscheek]

I made a Ms. Hannya charm 👀

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do you have any black / gold stamps?

this is all i was able to find

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Sakura wax seals !! 🌸 ( source ! )

bonus one that jiji couldnt fit with the rest !!!!!!

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[uwmspeccoll]

Marbled Monday

This Marbled Monday we're sharing volume 5 from a ten volume set of The Plays of William Shakespeare with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators to Which Are Added Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens with an Appendix. This edition was published in 1773. Volume 5 contains the plays King John, King Richard II, King Henry IV Part I and Part II.

The marbling is (I think) a Turkish pattern with black, yellow, red, and grey on a blue-green field. There is some really nice tooling around the inner edges of the binding as well as on the spine. It was really difficult to get a good image of the spine because the leather is so mottled and the gold is so delicate, but in the last picture shown here you can see the beautiful roses and designs stamped on it.

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-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager

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Cecil, Richard, and John Flavel. A Friendly Visit to the House of Mourning. New York: American Tract Society, 1848.

BV4905 .C43 1848

[ilynpilled]

the funniest alternative to jaime being a deadbeat sperm donor is him being a terribly destructive father absolutely not because of any malicious intent but bc he is a massive bimbo

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jeeho_lettering on ig

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🌧🌊 ﹔ Neuvillette themed stimboard !

Good luck on your Neuvillette pulls everyone !! :D

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