![Ink splatter.
From p. 432-33 of Representative American Plays, ed. by Arthur Hobson Quinn (1765). [Here]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvhl3ltZ4K1qixa76o1_1280.png)
Ink splatter.
From p. 432-33 of Representative American Plays, ed. by Arthur Hobson Quinn (1765). [Here]
December 1, 2011
November 30, 2011
![Ghostly white marks; a physical mark on the book, or an effect produced in digitization?
From rear cover (placed in the front matter?) of The Boston Directory (1823). [Here]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvdumyNK4G1qixa76o1_400.png)
Ghostly white marks; a physical mark on the book, or an effect produced in digitization?
From rear cover (placed in the front matter?) of The Boston Directory (1823). [Here]
November 30, 2011
A very, very used book; leather over paper boards.
From The New Robinson Crusoe, by Joachim Heinrich Campe (1799). [Here]
October 6, 2011
Circular scribbles in pencil.
From back matter of Ghost-stories of an Antiquary, by Montague Rhodes James (1905). [Here]
September 9, 2011
Staining, of unknown origin—food? Ink? Candle wax? Pressed flowers?
From various pages of The Examiner (v. 314, pt. 65;1814). [Here]
September 9, 2011
Anomalies and Curiosities of the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature
An exhibit making the case for (very) used books
Closing reception - 9/12
Final day - 9/15
The Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature contains more than 100,000 volumes, many of which were used by children. The interaction of the child and the book is evident in the mark of the hand in the Baldwin; there are many examples of marginalia, doodles and inscriptions, bookplates, prize books, crayon scrawl, hand-colored plates, love notes and book curses. In addition, many of these books have been used so heavily that they expose somnotexts, or sleeping texts, of scrap paper that were bound into the spines of nineteenth century children’s books as padding. These fragments, traditionally referred to as binder’s waste, revel in their eccentricity; handwritten sheet music, surgical texts, advertisements for moth killer, Shakespeare and artifacts of the bindery have all survived in this manner. These unusual para- and peritextual phenomenon are now on display!
Haven’t had a chance to stop by the exhibit yet? That’s alright—It’ll be open for one more week, until Thursday, September 15th. It’s on the second floor of Smathers Library East, by the Special Collections reading room, and is open from 9am to 4pm, weekdays.
Most importantly, there will be a closing reception at 5pm on Monday, September 12th, with refreshments and a brief talk by the curator, English undergraduate Krissy Wilson, professors Dr. John Cech, Dr. Terry Harpold, Dr. Kenneth Kidd, and Dr. Anastasia Ulanowicz, as well as the department chair of Special and Area Studies Collections at the UF libraries, Richard Bennett. If you’re planning on seeing Cary Nelson that evening, why not get there a little bit early? We hope to see you there!
More information
Anomalies and Curiosities - Facebook, UF Digital Collections
More about the Baldwin - Center for Children’s Literature and Culture, Special and Area Studies Collections
Cary Nelson - Something Wicked This Way Comes—How to Save the University
August 31, 2011
![Various names and signatures written/practiced in rear endpapers.
From back matter of History of the Rites, Customes and Manner of Life of the Present Jews by Leo Modena (tr. Edmund Chilmead, 1650). [Here]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqrvbyyHyY1qixa76o1_r1_400.png)
Various names and signatures written/practiced in rear endpapers.
From back matter of History of the Rites, Customes and Manner of Life of the Present Jews by Leo Modena (tr. Edmund Chilmead, 1650). [Here]
August 27, 2011
![Bookplate, with name struck out in pencil.
From front matter of Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy by George Adams (1794). [Here]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqkk8ykqVg1qixa76o1_500.png)
Bookplate, with name struck out in pencil.
From front matter of Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy by George Adams (1794). [Here]
August 23, 2011
![Rear cover, in scuffed leather.
From back matter of The New Foundling Hospital for Wit: Being a collection of fugitive pieces, in prose and verse, not in any other collection, v.2, by John Almon (1784). [Here]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqcvhtcssi1qixa76o1_400.png)
Rear cover, in scuffed leather.
From back matter of The New Foundling Hospital for Wit: Being a collection of fugitive pieces, in prose and verse, not in any other collection, v.2, by John Almon (1784). [Here]
August 22, 2011
Multi-page stain (from candle wax?), with various color and black and white filters.
From various pages of Tales for Children by Hans Christian Andersen (1869). [Here]
August 22, 2011
New York Public Library and NYPL circulation department stamps on every blank page.
From various pages of the Economical Printing Company’s Specimens of Type (1896). [Here]
August 17, 2011
Water or other liquid damage shown growing progressively more intense, and then tapering out again.
From various pages of The Napoleon Dynasty: or, The History of the Bonaparte Family by Charles Edwards Lester and Edwin Williams (1852). [Here]
August 16, 2011
“The Baldwin Library of Children’s Historical Literature contains more than 100,000 volumes, many of which were used by children.
The interaction of the child and the book is evident in the mark of the hand in the Baldwin; there are many examples of marginalia, doodles and inscriptions, bookplates, prize books, crayon scrawl, hand-colored plates, love notes and book anathema.
In addition, many of these books have been used so heavily that they expose somnotexts, or sleeping texts, of scrap paper that were bound into the spines of nineteenth century children’s books as padding. These fragments, traditionally referred to as binder’s waste, revel in their eccentricity; handwritten sheet music, surgical texts, advertisements for moth killer, Shakespeare and artifacts of the bindery have all survived in this manner.
These unusual para- and peritextual phenomenon will be on display as part of the exhibit curated by Krissy Wilson.”
The exhibit is open from August 1st to September 15th, 2011.
2nd floor, George A. Smathers Library East
Gainesville, FLPosters, three-fold pamphlet, and object list via UF Digital Collections.
Check hours here. RSVP on Facebook.
One of the many uses of Google Books; finding the origin of scraps of text from the nineteenth century with creative Boolean queries! —kcw
(Source: orionthecoffeemaker, via fuckyeahpicturebooks)
![Religious rhymes and marks of ownership inked into empty spaces on title page.
Title page to The Card, v.1, by John Kidgell (1755). [Here]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lps2pkvp1J1qixa76o1_400.png)
