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Head of Special Collections, Case Western Reserve University. Woodworker. Trout fisherman.
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In a week filled with unpleasantness and uncertainty it was a bright moment when we received a copy of this book at our library. It is a thing of beauty, one of 50 copies printed. Melville’s Billy Budd, illustrations by the great Barry Moser.

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My freshly arrived copy of @rebeccaromney.com new book, atop an exhibit case for our “Jane Austen’s Library” exhibit. We look forward to Rebecca’s visit to speak at our library on April 22nd!

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Awesome display in our library of covers from the Cleveland Bystander and Town Topics magazines, to celebrate that they are now available online, full text, on digital.case.edu

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Our library’s Cistercian psalter is a treat. I’m unsure what these leaves are doing. I think I see Saint names but what are the hash marks that fill the lines? Thank you to my medievalist friends! @lisafdavis.bsky.social @erikkwakkel.bsky.social @ejjohnson.bsky.social

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Looking over the eye-watering prices realized in the Christie’s auction of Owen Gingerich’s library. Wow. I thought the estimates were low on many of them! onlineonly.christies.com/s/fine-print...

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I am WAY fortunate to have decades worth of office files for our library’s Special Collections. While looking for something else, I ran across this postcard sent to my predecessor in 1959 from Frederick Goff!

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A little binding waste to end the week. Peekaboo!

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Hello new followers! I’m thankful for today’s work- shelving freshly cataloged rare books.

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Might have blown a few minds with this new-to-us gem. 😊

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A librarian in his natural habitat: I gave a talk last week for a local book collecting club about a Charles Dickens letter we have in our library’s collection. Fun!

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