October 16, 2011
Never due: unstamped circulation card.
From the back matter of The Plays of William Shakspeare [sic], v.7, (1793). [Here]

Never due: unstamped circulation card.

From the back matter of The Plays of William Shakspeare [sic], v.7, (1793). [Here]

October 15, 2011
“Do not remove or mutilate card”: card removed and, potentially, mutilated.
From the back matter of About Paris, by Richard Harding Davis (1895). [Here]

“Do not remove or mutilate card”: card removed and, potentially, mutilated.

From the back matter of About Paris, by Richard Harding Davis (1895). [Here]

September 13, 2011
Library artifacts touting “Library use” and “Non-circulating book”; statements contradicted by digitization and subsequent digital distribution.
From back matter of The Dark Blue, v. 4-5 (1873).[Here]

Library artifacts touting “Library use” and “Non-circulating book”; statements contradicted by digitization and subsequent digital distribution.

From back matter of The Dark Blue, v. 4-5 (1873).[Here]

August 24, 2011
Library checkout slip, digitized in black and white.
From back matter of Dairy Chemistry by Henry Droop Richmond (1899). [Here]

Library checkout slip, digitized in black and white.

From back matter of Dairy Chemistry by Henry Droop Richmond (1899). [Here]

August 3, 2011
Library call card, possibly used as bookmark, digitized obscuring text; also, marginalia in pencil
From p.29 of Sir Philip Sydney’s Defense of poetry: And observations on poetry and eloquence, from the Discoveries of Ben Jonson by Sir Philip Sidney and Ben Jonson (1787). [Here]

Library call card, possibly used as bookmark, digitized obscuring text; also, marginalia in pencil

From p.29 of Sir Philip Sydney’s Defense of poetry: And observations on poetry and eloquence, from the Discoveries of Ben Jonson by Sir Philip Sidney and Ben Jonson (1787). [Here]

July 28, 2011
“Do not remove slip from pocket” warning unheeded; slip removed from pocket.
From back matter of A Roll of the Household Expenses of Richard de Swinfield, Bishop of Hereford by Richard de Swinfield and John Webb (1854). [Here]

“Do not remove slip from pocket” warning unheeded; slip removed from pocket.

From back matter of A Roll of the Household Expenses of Richard de Swinfield, Bishop of Hereford by Richard de Swinfield and John Webb (1854). [Here]

June 14, 2011
Interior of back cover; marbled paper, with library card folder and other artifacts
From back matter of Bell’s Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry by John Bell (1789). [Here]

Interior of back cover; marbled paper, with library card folder and other artifacts

From back matter of Bell’s Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry by John Bell (1789). [Here]

June 12, 2011
Stamped library card
From back matter of Women’s Love by Thomas Wade (1834). [Here]

Stamped library card

From back matter of Women’s Love by Thomas Wade (1834). [Here]

May 30, 2011
Neon-filtered library artifacts
From back matter of  A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar (1815). [Here]

Neon-filtered library artifacts

From back matter of A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar (1815). [Here]

May 24, 2011
Library artifacts (with unknown dripping effect)
From the back matter of The Pleasures of Fancy (1822). [Here]

Library artifacts (with unknown dripping effect)

From the back matter of The Pleasures of Fancy (1822). [Here]

April 14, 2011

Array of Harvard Library artifacts
From rear endpapers of Birds’ Christmas Carolby K. D. S. Wiggin (1888). [Here]

Array of Harvard Library artifacts

From rear endpapers of Birds’ Christmas Carolby K. D. S. Wiggin (1888). [Here]

April 10, 2011

Library artifacts on black endpaper; folder, card, stamps (Lane Medical Library, Maine)
From rear endpapers of Dissection of the Dogby William Henry Howell (1888). [Here]

Library artifacts on black endpaper; folder, card, stamps (Lane Medical Library, Maine)

From rear endpapers of Dissection of the Dogby William Henry Howell (1888). [Here]

April 5, 2011
 
Stanford library artifacts including card. Stamps and call numbers in back endpapers
From p.139 (rear endpapers), A Primer by Anna B. Badlam (1888). [Here]

Stanford library artifacts including card. Stamps and call numbers in back endpapers

From p.139 (rear endpapers), A Primer by Anna B. Badlam (1888). [Here]