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Scientific study of sea monsters?

From: Bushnan, J. Stevenson. The Natural History of Fishes, Particularly Their Structure and Economical Uses. Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars; [etc.], 1840.

QL45 .J12 v.35

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Spooky friends to start spooky season.

From: MacGillivray, William. British Quadrupeds. London: H.G. Bohn, 1866. The Naturalist's Library, v. 17.

QL45 .J12 v.17

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Let us practice the ancient skills of our trade.

From: Library Handwriting : A Guide for the Use of Students in the New York State Library School. [Rev. ed.]. Albany: University of the State of New York, 1916.

Z670.Z8 N58 1916

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One more for spooky season, from a spooky Virginian.

From: Poe, Edgar Allan, Gustave Doré, and Edmund Clarence Stedman. The Raven. New York: Harper, 1884.

PS2609 .A1 1884a

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Can someone make this for my dog?

From: Godey’s Lady’s Book (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1840). Philadelphia, Pa: L.A. Godey, v. 86, no. 515, May 1873.

AP2 .G56 v. 86 May 1873

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From: Newman, John B. The Ladies’ Flora : Containing a Dictionary and Glossary of Botanical Names. New York: T.L. Magagnos, 1850.

QK50 .N5

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It's been cold and dreary around here, so here's some flowers to brighten things up.

From: Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London. London: N.p., 1812.

SB4 .R85

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Today, we have a few pressed flowers found in a bound volume of The Casket : Flowers of Literature, Wit & Sentiment from 1830.