#tattooabletuesday

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We were challenged by the American Antiquarian Society to post seven days of #bookcovers without explanation or review. 

Day 5:

Pinkerton, Allan. The Expressman and the Detective. Chicago : W. B. Keen, Cooke & Co. 1875.

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#tattooabletuesday from the 1873 program for the Annual Commencement of Jesuits’ College (a forerunner to Loyola)

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Accordion photograph albums, sometimes called “screens,” can be displayed standing open as shown here. It can also be handheld and each panel turned like a page in a book.  Zoom in for a very #TattooableTuesday horseshoe!

This photograph album is on display as part of our current exhibition, The Living Book : New Perspectives on Form and Function, until this Friday, January 5th! 

“Good Luck” photograph album, late 19th century. Michael Zinman Binding Fund.

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Tender is the Night (1934) by F. Scott Fitzgerald for #tattooabletuesday ▪️▫️I’ve always loved this #illustration by Edward Shenton from the #titlepage (this post doubles for #titlepagetuesday!) #tenderisthenight #fscottfitzgerald #fitzgerald #rarebooks #firstedition #tattooideas #edwardshenton (at B & B Rare Books, Ltd.) https://www.instagram.com/bbrarebooks/p/BuX5am_gp2v/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qkfd7k2arlju

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#tattooabletuesday 🗝 The Glass Key did not in fact inspire my tattoo, but they are kinda twinsies by accident... #firsttattoo #skeletonkey #theglasskey #dashiellhammett @mr.k_tattoo (at B & B Rare Books, Ltd.)

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Margaret Armstrong for #tattooabletuesday! 🌾#publishersbinding #artnouveau #margaretarmstrong #tattooidea (at B & B Rare Books, Ltd.)

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Psyched for @americanantiquarian #tattooabletuesday! I don't have any, but if I had to get one, it might be this amazing initial from this 1743 liturgical text with Louis XV's coat of arms (and I thought the binding was the cool part!) #rarebooks #frenchbook #latin #initials #tattooidea (at B & B Rare Books, Ltd.)