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Fancy letters for fancy books.
From: Madox, Thomas et al. Firma Burgi, or, An Historical Essay Concerning the Cities, Towns and Buroughs of England : Taken from Records. London: Printed by William Bowyer, and sold by Robert Gosling at the Middle-temple-gate in Fleetstreet, 1726. 
JS3041 .M2 1726
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Hungry Mother State Park. Marion, Virginia.
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What an absolute treat! Hearing former US and VA Poet Laureate, Rita Dove. @libraryofva #poetryislove https://www.instagram.com/p/CgkooPyO2WJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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From: Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States. Philadelphia : Bradford and Inskeep, 1808-1825
QL674 .W76
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From: Beaumont, Cyril William. The Mysterious Toyshop : A Fairy Tale. London: C. W. Beaumont, 1924. Print.
Z239.2.B4 B3
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To get in the spooky season mood.
From: U.S. 40 : National Old Trails Road. Winchester, Va. : Registered Service International, 1929?
HE356.C8 U4 1929
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From: Wilson, Alexander, and George Ord. American Ornithology : Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States ; Illustrated with Plates, Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings Taken from Nature. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, 1808. Print.
QL674 .W75 1808
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Some flowers for your Friday.
Barton, William P. C. (William Paul Crillon). A Flora of North America. Philadelphia: M. Carey & Sons, 1821. Print.
QK112 .B29 1821
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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
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"A painter is indispensably obliged to be acquainted with osteology; that is, with the several bones serving as props to bear up the flesh, wherewith they are covered..."
From: Leonardo, da Vinci. A treatise of painting. Translated from original Italian. London : J. Senex and W. Taylor, 1721.
ND1130.L6 1721
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Book art is just stunning sometimes.
From: Park, Mungo, 1771-1806. The life and travels of Mungo Park. Edinburgh : W.P. Nimmo ; Hay & Mitchell, 1896.
DT356.P3 1896
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From: The seaman's daily assistant : being a short, easy, and plain method of keeping a journal at sea ..., Thomas Haselden. Dublin, 1774.
VK553.H34 1774
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Those aren't horses, kids.
From: Berwick, Thomas. A History of British Birds vol 1 and 2. London : Bernard Quaritch ; 1885.
QL690.G7 B48 1885
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From: Holbrook, John Edwards. North American Herpetology; or, A Description of the Reptiles Inhabiting the United States. Philadelphia: J. Dobson, 1842.
QL651 .H72 1842
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Some cozy cottages for getaway goals. Every house needs a room just for books.
From: Elliott, Charles Wyllys. Cottages and Cottage Life. Containing Plans for Country Houses, Adapted to the Means and Wants of the People of the United States; with Directions for Building and Improving; for the Laying out and Embellishing of Grounds; with Some Sketches of Life in This Country. Cincinnati: H. W. Derby, 1848. 
NA7561 .E46 1848
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A few fancy spines to enjoy!
Henderson, W. A. (William Augustus). Common Sense in the Kitchen : Being a Complete Treatise on the Art of Cooking Every Variety of Food in Common Use in a Palatable and Digestible Manner at a Reasonable Cost : To Which Is Added a Chapter on the Art of Carving and Two Hundred of the Most Valuable and Popular Receipts Known for Domestic Purposes : The Whole Forming a History of Domestic Knowledge and Useful Economy. New York: Hurst & Co., Publishers, 122 Nassau Street, 1870. Print.
TX717 .H5 1870
The Western Farmer’s New and Universal Hand-Book, or, An Improved and Complete Guide to the Treatment of Soils, the Operations of Productive Field Husbandry, Kitchen Gardening, Dairy Practice, Fruit Growing, Management and Diseases of Animals, Fowls and Bees, Culture of Flowers, Ornamental Trees, &c., Construction of Farm Buildings, Grafting, Budding, Pruning, Training, the Great Diseases of Trees and Plants, Insects Injurious to Animals, Fruit-Trees, Grain, &c. : The Whole Embodying a Plain, Practical, and Comprehensive Detail of Agricultural Economy, in All Its Departments, throughout the United States and the Canadas : Illustrated by Upwards of Three Hundred Splendidly Executed Engravings by Practical Agriculturists. Chicago, Illinois: Keen & Lee, 1856.
S499 .W47 1856
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