books
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Marion Peabody update!
Remember our blog post about Marion Peabody, the binding designer, whom we posted about way back in 2015? If not, go check it out! You can even see the photograph of her that we found in passport records. Anyway, we have an update thanks to the sleuthing of Linda Obora! I was sitting at my… Continue reading
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New “Finds” (A guest post by Mark Schumacher)
In the last few weeks, we have come across several new illustrators and artists, most of them women, who also contributed to the world of binding design. Most of the books involved are volumes aimed at children—readers, introductions to geography, and tomes of fairy tales or familiar legends, like Robin Hood. Although these designs may… Continue reading
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Going out
We have a few beautiful bindings that came in over the last few weeks. After cataloging they’re making their way to their future home in Special Collections. We can identify binding designers for some of them, and some, as usual, are still a mystery. This copy of A Rose of a Hundred Leaves by Amelia… Continue reading
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Coming soon…
These beauties have made there way to my desk to be cataloged! Stay tuned for some exciting posts on some of the most influential binding designers. In this batch, there are bindings by Amy Richards, Amy Sacker, Sarah Whitman, Marion L. Peabody, Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Margaret Armstrong, Blanche McManus Mansfield, and some that are unsigned. Continue reading
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Girl Scouts
I was driving in to work this morning and I heard on NPR that today marks the 103rd anniversary of the founding of the Girl Scouts! What a great time to showcase the Girl Scouts series from our Girls books in series collection that are up online. The physical volumes are held in the Martha Blakeney… Continue reading
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Researching without the resources : Bruce Rogers
I probably have mentioned this several times by now, but it’s worth mentioning again (and in all likelihood you will hear it again), I love to do research. There’s just something about rediscovering information that you didn’t know was there to begin with. I’m in the middle of doing something exciting that I will hopefully… Continue reading
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Binding research
It’s been a while since we last posted. Our holiday break has come and gone and we are FINALLY getting back into the swing of things in the cataloging department. I have been working on these lovelies, also known as government documents. They can be kind of dry sometimes and since we aren’t having a… Continue reading
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Ethel Belle Appel
I love stumbling across interesting stories when I’m working with bindings. Part of my job requires me to do research to find out more about the binding designer, publisher, binder, etc. One of my favorite binding designers is Ethel Belle Appel, whose life was like something out of a movie. She had her share of… Continue reading
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Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable long weekend. Here’s one of my favorite Thanksgiving themed bindings: Carving and serving by Mary J. Lincoln. Published by Roberts and Brothers in 1891. It’s amazing that the next time we post it’ll already be December and then only a hop, skip, and a jump… Continue reading
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L.C. Page & Company
Penelope in California by Dorothea Castelhun came across my desk the other day with a L.C. Page & Company imprint. No big deal, until I saw the copyright and first impression date of 1926. I knew that L.C. Page & Company had changed their name to Page Company in 1914, so what’s the deal? I… Continue reading
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