December 16, 2012
Plate left folded, with handwriting altering the landscape.
From The Battle of Waterloo: Containing the Accounts Published by Authority, British and Foreign, and Other Relative Documents, with Circumstantial Details, Previous and After the Battle, from a Variety of Authentic and Original Sources by John Booth (1815). Original from the New York Public Library. Digitized April 24, 2007.

Plate left folded, with handwriting altering the landscape.

From The Battle of Waterloo: Containing the Accounts Published by Authority, British and Foreign, and Other Relative Documents, with Circumstantial Details, Previous and After the Battle, from a Variety of Authentic and Original Sources by John Booth (1815). Original from the New York Public Library. Digitized April 24, 2007.

October 11, 2012
Palimpsestic inscription. Discovered by Katherine Marchese of Dr. Terry Harpold’s University of Florida course Paratexts.
From the front matter of The Dead Sea, v. 1, by William Allen (1855). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized June 8, 2007.

Palimpsestic inscription. Discovered by Katherine Marchese of Dr. Terry Harpold’s University of Florida course Paratexts.

From the front matter of The Dead Sea, v. 1, by William Allen (1855). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized June 8, 2007.

May 24, 2012
Child’s illustration.
From the back matter of Constance Latimer: or, The Blind Girl by Emma Catherine Embury (1838). Original from Harvard University. Digitized February 14, 2008.

Child’s illustration.

From the back matter of Constance Latimer: or, The Blind Girl by Emma Catherine Embury (1838). Original from Harvard University. Digitized February 14, 2008.

April 3, 2012
A lone scribble.
From the back matter of The Holocaust: or, The Witch of Monzie by George Blair (1845). Original from Harvard University. Digitized September 7, 2007.

A lone scribble.

From the back matter of The Holocaust: or, The Witch of Monzie by George Blair (1845). Original from Harvard University. Digitized September 7, 2007.

January 29, 2012
Pencil scribble.
From the back matter of Bully Bull Frog and His Home in Rainbow Valley by Elizabeth Stafford Fry (1921).

Pencil scribble.

From the back matter of Bully Bull Frog and His Home in Rainbow Valley by Elizabeth Stafford Fry (1921).

January 27, 2012
Colored-in letter spaces.
From the title page of Agricultural Depression; Causes and Remedies, by W. A. Peffer (1894). 

Colored-in letter spaces.

From the title page of Agricultural Depression; Causes and Remedies, by W. A. Peffer (1894). 

December 9, 2011
No book content, just a glimpse at the digitization environment: checkerboard rule, tape, pencil marks, clips.
From the back matter of A Hand-book of Industrial Organic Chemistry, by Samuel Philip Sadtler (1900). [Here]

No book content, just a glimpse at the digitization environment: checkerboard rule, tape, pencil marks, clips.

From the back matter of A Hand-book of Industrial Organic Chemistry, by Samuel Philip Sadtler (1900). [Here]

December 6, 2011
Scribbles.
From p. 3 of The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, by Lyman Frank Baum (1902). [Here]

Scribbles.

From p. 3 of The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, by Lyman Frank Baum (1902). [Here]

November 1, 2011
Rear cover, with pencil scrawl. 
From Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet, by Carlo Collodi (1914). [Here]

Rear cover, with pencil scrawl. 

From Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet, by Carlo Collodi (1914). [Here]

October 25, 2011
Large writing in pencil: “Big Joe” (?).
From the front endpapers of An Essay on the Bite of a Mad Dog, by Daniel Peter Layard (1768). [Here]

Large writing in pencil: “Big Joe” (?).

From the front endpapers of An Essay on the Bite of a Mad Dog, by Daniel Peter Layard (1768). [Here]

October 17, 2011
Dictation notes, in pencil.
From The One Hoss Shay, by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892). [Here]

Dictation notes, in pencil.

From The One Hoss Shay, by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892). [Here]

October 10, 2011

Circulation slip, with dates from the early twentieth century.

From the back matter of The Telephone: Outlines of the Development of Transmitters and Receivers, by William John Hopkins (1898). [Here]

October 6, 2011
Writing on illustrated rear cover - “Mr. Man”.
From the rear cover of Three Little Women’s Success: A Story for Girls, by Gabrielle Emilie Snow Jackson (1913). [Here]

Writing on illustrated rear cover - “Mr. Man”.

From the rear cover of Three Little Women’s Success: A Story for Girls, by Gabrielle Emilie Snow Jackson (1913). [Here]

October 6, 2011

Circular scribbles in pencil.

From back matter of Ghost-stories of an Antiquary, by Montague Rhodes James (1905). [Here]

September 8, 2011
Contemporary cataloger’s title page note on authorship.
From title page of Young Scarron by Thomas Mozeen (1752). [Here]

Contemporary cataloger’s title page note on authorship.

From title page of Young Scarron by Thomas Mozeen (1752). [Here]