#marbledendpapers

[librarycompany]

It's Friday, and it's been a spell since we've celebrated #endoftheweekendpapers so we're doing it! TGIF, and TGISpring!

Marbled paper from Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield. (Baltimore: F. Lucas, Jr. & Jospeh Cushing, 1815.)

#decoratedpaper #bookbinding #endpapers #tgif

[uispeccoll]

#MiniatureMonday

A Home For Champ  by Dorlene Cardenas; illustrations by Kathi Pittman.

This little story book contains three simple stories for children, including “Ricky’s water lesson,” which shows a boy learning not to be afraid of water, “Carrots,” which is surprisingly about growing carrots, and the title story, “A Home for Champ,” which is about a boy whose family is moving, so he needs to find a new home for his dog. Instead of finding a new home, the boy sneaks it into the car. Fortunately, the new home changes at the last minute from an apartment to a house with a yard, so all is well. Perhaps not a strategy that should be advised, however!

Bound in blue book cloth with gilt title and illustration of jumping deer on front cover; gilt decorative border at bottom of covers. Gilt leaf decorations on spine. Marbled end papers. Each story with individual title page; same author, illustrator, and imprint for all 3.Illustrations and initial letters printed in blue ink. Library has copy number 27, initialed "J.P.L." [John P. Lathourakis.]--Catalog

--Diane R., Special Collections Graduate Student

^This dog might not be snuck into the car as easily, but does seem to be having more fun while in a box!

[bbrarebooks]

The first #marbledmonday of 2019! A fantastic binding too... swipe for gilt 🏆 #endpapers #marbledendpapers #finebinding #rarebooks (at B & B Rare Books, Ltd.) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsXLoavAMp8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=69pxaneol4s