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This week’s #SpineTingling entry is a book about the war against demons. We pulled out this spine from the shelf because its innocuous binding, combined with its mystical, grave subject matter (in Latin) made us think of a movie prop. This book is something a character like Van Helsing would peruse for guidance in vanquishing evil. Printed in Bologna in 1623, this title comes from the Lea collection. Philadelphia publisher, historian, and civic reformer Henry Charles Lea collected an extensive amount of works on ecclesiastical history, magic, and witchcraft. Follow this link to see the full digitized collection: http://ow.ly/Zjao30m48Vx Call number: PA8585.V225 D34 http://ow.ly/ZnNF30m491B * * * #wednesdaychallenge #bookspines #iglibraries #libariesofinstagram #rarebooks #demon #vanhelsing #demonology #pennlibraries #kislakcenter #specialcollections https://www.instagram.com/p/BpChCmlAq6w/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=eenscpzxddsy

TOMORROW: Break out your lightsabers, Jedi robes, and Stormtrooper helmets for an intergalactic party that will be out of this world! Join the Fairmont branch and members of the 501st Legion costume organization for activities, games, and more to celebrate Star Wars Reads Month! Saturday, September 29 from 2 pm - 3:30 pm. #starwars #501st #501stlegion #mymarionwv #garrisoncorellia #wvstarwars #libariesofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BoRad6tgYWT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15o5invoqfkd6

The second entry we've found for @um_spec_coll and @pemlibrary ’s #SpineTingling challenge are these volumes of *Bartlett’s Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua* (New York, 1854). These gilded cactus spines certainly send a shiver down our less-prickly human spines. 🌵Here the publisher’s decorations add an eye-catching and evocatively southwestern touch to these volumes, and were enough to draw us to this important work by linguist and historian John Russell Bartlett. This title is a part of the Robert Dechert Collection, which is heavily comprised of North American travel literature. Call number: AC85 B2843 854p http://ow.ly/qP5c30m318U * * * #wednesdaychallenge #bookspines #iglibraries #libariesofinstagram #rarebooks #desert #shelfie #cactus #travel #pennlibraries #kislakcenter #specialcollections https://www.instagram.com/p/BowfepigDRg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1awi7rf1m739f

Our first entry for @um_spec_coll and @pemlibrary ’s #SpineTingling challenge comes from the Caroline Schimmel collection, which is highlighted in our current library-wide exhibition *OK, I’ll Do It Myself: Narratives of Intrepid Women in the American Wilderness*. Joan here didn’t make it in the show, but we couldn’t help but be intrigued by the spine of this 1926 edition of her chronicled adventures… Maybe “intrigued” is the wrong word for it—unnerved might approximate the feeling this little prune-faced gremlin instilled in us. Joan visits the North Pole so this featured creature is likely a benevolent agent of Santa, but the unfolding adventure on the book’s cover doesn’t offer much solace from nightmares. @iglibraries Call number: Schimmel Fiction 1147 http://ow.ly/B7US30lZd1Y * * * #wednesdaychallenge #bookspines #iglibraries #libariesofinstagram #rarebooks #northpole #illustration #childrensbooks #victorianauthor #pennlibraries #kislakcenter #specialcollections https://www.instagram.com/p/Boed7EegvkD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16a7hzow17xfb

As winter persists outdoors there’s a fantastic wonderland to explore in the warm haven of the library! This is a 2nd print from the 1st edition of Robert Frost’s collection of 12 poems *From Snow to Snow*. Pictured here is the second page of the edition, which features a facsimile of the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” in Frost’s holograph. 🌬📖 Call number: AC9 F9298 936fc http://ow.ly/YbXp30hGfsi * * * #librarywonderland #Kislakcenter #iglibraries #libariesofinstagram #PennLibraries #RobertFrost #Frost #poetry #snow #holograph #winterwonderland #rarebooks #librarychallenge

Today is American novelist Henry Miller’s birthday. Above is a page from Miller’s collaboration with Bezalel Schatz, "Into the Night Life", a hand-printed art book. For this limited (only 200 bound copies were created) edition Miller wrote directly on the silk screened leafs bearing Schatz’ artwork. The Kislak Center holds the 81st copy. Into the Night Life, Berkeley, Ca: 1947 Call number: Folio PS3525.I5454 I53 1947 http://ow.ly/ymD030fUI3Q * * * #HenryMiller #BezalelSchatz #BezalelSchool #onthisday #onthisdayinhistory #intothenightlife #KislakCenter #Pennlibraries #libariesofinstagram #rarebooks #silkscreen #printmaking

This week’s #SpineTingling challenge entry is from the expansive library of Theodore Dreiser. We love the way the hand with the fatal goblet beckons the reader to pull this 1927 edition off the shelf, and how the illustration seamlessly continues from the spine to the front cover. Call number: HV6549 .S6 http://ow.ly/7XfU30mgYyn * * * #wednesdaychallenge #bookspines #iglibraries #libariesofinstagram #rarebooks #poison #shelfie #mysteries #truecrime #pennlibraries #kislakcenter #specialcollections https://www.instagram.com/p/BpUinOrgI8j/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jryek5rtx675

Happy #tbt with this photo from the Presidential Election of 1988, taken in our Fairmont location! Just a friendly reminder that Marion County's election day is coming up May 8! Please rock the vote! #libariesofinstagram #throwbackthursday #electionday #rockthevote #1988