Sources Used in Class
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The Beggar's Opera : a comic opera by Call Number: PR3473 .B4 CLULOWPublication Date: 1791"Adapted for theatrical representation, as performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane ; regulated from the prompt-book, by permission of the managers."
Without the music.
Vanderbilt University Special Collections copy: The George Clulow-United States Playing Card Company Gaming Collection. -
Frankenstein; or, The modern Prometheus by Call Number: PR5397 .F7 1833 v. 2 SEVIERPublication Date: 1833First US edition with author's name misspelled.
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The Newgate Calendar : comprising interesting memoirs of the most notorious characters who have been convicted of outrages on the laws of England since the commencement of the eighteenth century : with occasional anecdotes and observations, speeches, conf by Call Number: HV6945 .K53 1824 HORNPublication Date: 1824-1828
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No rum!, no sugar!, or, The voice of blood : being half an hour's conversation between a negro and an English gentleman : shewing the horrible nature of the slave trade, and pointing out an easy and effectual method of terminating it, by an act of the peo by Call Number: BX7615 .S635 SEVIERPublication Date: 1792Bound with nine other pamphlets in a volume with typed caption title: Society of Friends miscellaneous pamphlets.
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Northanger Abbey by Call Number: PR4034 .N7 1833 v. 1-2 SEVIERPublication Date: 1833Philadelphia: Carey & Lea 1833..
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Sanditon. Fragment of a novel written by Jane Austen, January-March 1817; now first printed from the manuscript.. by Call Number: PR4034 .S3 1925 SEVIERPublication Date: 1925Special Collections copy: limited edition of 250 copies on hand-made paper.
Edited by R. W. Chapman.
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The Tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell by Call Number: DA497 .S3 A3 1710 SEVIERPublication Date: 1710The tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell, before the House of peers, : for high crimes and misdemeanors; upon an impeachment by the knights, citizens and burgesses in Parliament assembled, in the name of themselves, and of all the Commons of Great Britain: begun in Westminster-Hall the 27th day of February, 1709/10, and from thence continu'd by several adjournments until the 23d day of March following.
Published by order of the House of peers.
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The Actual Accordion Book by Call Number: N7433.3 .P475 2014b SEVIER-OVPublication Date: 2014This book was made by slitting the bellows of an unrepairable vintage Hohner student accordion to create an accordion book structure. The images and text panels were then inserted into the bellows to create the pages. The text is a history of the accordion paired with a history of the accordion book.
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Book of Hours. [Horae beatae Virginis Mariae ad usum Romanum]. by Call Number: BX2080 .C37 1480Publication Date: 1480Vanderbilt University Special Collections copy sent to the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) for conservation in 2016. Treatments performed included: "the volume was collated and disbound. Residual paper and adhesive from the flyleaves and previous paper repairs were removed using local applications of moisture. Tears were mended and folds guarded where necessary with japanese kozo paper and gelatin. Endsheets of burnished handmade paper with linen hinges were added, and a loose guard of handmade paper was folded around the spine of each gathering. The volume was sewn on linen cords with linen thread using a herringbone stitch. Back-bead endbands were sewn with linen thread. The volume was bound in full calf leather using a laced-in structure. A four-flap wrapper was constructed for the previous binding and flyleaves using Bristol. The volume and previous binding were housed in a custom drop-spine box. Written and photographic treatment documentation was provided"--NEDCC documentation papers, received November 2016.
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A Brief History of the Ukulele by Call Number: N7433.4 .T46 B75 2003 SEVIER-OVPublication Date: 2003An artists' book. Removable accordion fold format volume held to ukulele binding structure by brass tabs. Housed in an old ukulele case.
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Dixie Compass by Call Number: N7433.4 .F695 D59 2004 SCIV-OVPublication Date: 2004An artist's book in an octagonal shape. Bound in linen over board with a round panel containing title and vignettes inset on front cover. Velcro closure. Hand-stitched two-leaf signatures.
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Notions: Piece Work by 20 Artists about Factory Girls, Fatal Fires, and the Common Threads That Bind Us AllCall Number: N7433.4 .V57 N67 2014 SCIV-OVPublication Date: 2014"Notions is dedicated to the 146 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory workers, 112 Tazreen Fashions factory workers, and thousands of other garment workers who have perished in preventable workplace disasters.
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Planted by Call Number: N7433.4 .B354 P53 2016 SCIVPublication Date: 2016An artist's book. Consists of 6 unbound pages, 3 of which contain black and white monoprints made from photographs the artist took of her mother's garden. In a lace paper folder with a folded paper signature laid in. Lace folio sits in a custom pocket on right side of a larger folio made of black, paper-covered boards with a cloth spine and ribbon enclosure. Copies signed and numbered by the artist.
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The Scrolling Book by Call Number: N7433.4 .P385 S37 2012 SCIVPublication Date: 2012A miniature artist's book with a single panel of illustrations rolled up around one of two wooden dowel rods. The rods can be turned to reveal sections of the illustration panel at a time. The scroll is built into a clamshell-box like structure covered with map paper on the exterior covers. A single cutout image of an insect appears on the front.
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Songs in Color : A Paintbox Collection of Songs from The Great American Songbook by Call Number: N7433.4 .P385 S66 2014 SCIVPublication Date: 2014A one-of-a-kind artist's book. Consists of a series of 8 miniature books (each measuring 12 mm) in different colors and a paintbrush wrapped in sheet music. The books fit into the small tin squares that once held watercolor paint, and upon removing a book, its title is revealed in cut-out letters at the bottom of each square. Each of the books focuses on a song that includes the name of a color. Colors included are: white, yellow, brown, orange, red, purple, blue, and green. Miniature books and paintbrush are held in a found watercolor paintbox covered in paper and musical notes cut out from sheet music. Title and publication information on panel on bottom of box.
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The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer now newly imprinted by Call Number: PR1850 1896 RANDPublication Date: 1896Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the county of Middlesex, Printed by me William Morris at the Kelmscott Press. Finished on the 8th day of May, 1896. Besides Burne-Jones eighty-seven pictures, it contains a full-page woodcut title, fourteen large borders, eighteen borders or frames for the pictures, and twenty-six large initial words. All of these, besides the ornamental initial letters large and small, were designed by William Morris.
