Library Finds

old, new, gorgeous, absurd, amazing.

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This advice works in multiple situations.

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A #greenpublishersbindingthursday to highlight this book with an interesting title. It was 1924. Times were different. The author also wrote "The Adventure of a Tropic Tramp." #bookstagram #libraryfinds #publisherbinding #publishersbindingthursday #oldbooks #mexico #gringo

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Showing off a book with uncut pages for #foreedgefriday. A fairly unexciting tome about the Bank of England, no wonder no one's read it since it was published in 1826. ☹️ #bookstagram #libraryfinds #librariesofinstagram #oldbooks #tldr

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Lavished. #libraryfinds #meatloaf #librarylife #advertising #tvdinner #retroadvertising #fakefood #mmmmmm

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#selfie #bookstagram #libraryfinds #librarylife #trafficsigns #aliens

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And it shall be called #frankenbook! #libraryfinds #librarylife #librariesofinstagram #bookstagram #bookrepair #tapeisbad

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Yep

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#endoftheweekendpapers with a revealing rip. #bookstagram #libraryfinds

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A little worn, but a fantastic #greenpublishersbindingthursday! Shining since 1884. #bookstagram #library #publishersbinding #libraryfinds #librariesofinstagram #oldbooks #prettybooks

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Catching up with yesterday's #indigo for #librariesofinstagram #weekofroygbiv and #libraryloveisloveislove challenge. I tried to fit as many hashtags in that sentence as possible. China and Formosa: the Story of a Successful Mission with "many illustrations and four maps" by the Rev Jas Johnston, a Former Missionary. 1898 #libraryfinds #bookstagram #missionary #china #roygbiv #publishersbinding #pridemonth2016

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Adding to the wonderful #weekofroygbiv for #pridemonth with this pretty yellow book from 1907. #libraryloveisloveislove #librariesofinstagram #bookstagram #happypride #pridemonth2016 #libraryfinds

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The G in #weekofroygbiv #pridemonth in the form of Hymns by Frederick William Faber, D.D.., "with a sketch of his life." #libraryloveisloveislove #librariesofinstagram #greenpublishersbindingthursday #libraryfinds #pridemonth2016 #strengthinnumbers #bookstagram

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The #pridemonth #weekofroygbiv challenge continues with blue! Griffith John: Founder of the Hankow Mission by William Robson #libraryloveisloveislove #pridemonth2016 #bookstagram #libraryfinds #librariesofinstagram #missionary

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Of course. #abrahamlincoln #bookstagram #libraryfinds #notthatlincolnwasnuts #presidentialfood #librariesofinstagram

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Can't you just feel that type impression? Mmmm... Also love the bizarre subject matter. Thanks chemistry journal from 1860! #librarylife #bookstagram #boringbutbeautiful #oldbooks #chemistry #typetuesday #printing #letterpress #library #libraryfinds

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How about some Sunday leisure reading of the sexy murderous kind? #bookstagram #books #reading #sundayreading #perrymason #library #libraryfind #mysteries #mysterybook #whodunit #erlestanleygardner

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Drawing inspiration from our friend @uwmarchives‘s excellent case studies of gender in advertising, we’re examining representations of women in advertising during Women’s History Month!

Hmm, what better way to sell a mass spectrometer than with a little black dress that shows a little leg. Need we say more?

Image credits: Photographs from the Bendix Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer Collection, CHF Archives.

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