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A true piece of retro Japanese print culture — hard to find, especially in this condition. Perfect for collectors of photobooks, gravure, and vintage Japan media. Now available — grab it before it disappears!

To celebrate the Summer Solstice this year, we held a special rare book viewing for our members. All of the books on display featured the people and monuments of Ancient Britain. We also displayed some mysterious stones which were discovered among with other larger examples when building work was done at the Inn in the 1980s!

Titled, "Monsters of the Cretaceous ". Another gem of an illustration from E Boyd Smith's "So Long Ago", 1944. Every illustration has so much character and a wealth of little details. More from this book to be posted throughout the week! . . . . . . . #paleoart #prehistoricanimals #dinosaurs #dinosaur #animals #illustration #dinosaurnoftheday #vintageart #prehistoricanimals #colorful #awkward #jurassicpark #rarebook #jurassicworlddominion #retro #dinosaursofinstagram #tyrannosaurus #ديناصور #pterodactyl #paleontology #biosphere #triceratops #vintage #vintagedinosaur #डायनासोर #dinosaurus #dinosaurier #공룡 #dinosaure #динозавр #恐竜 (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcPOBPCsS6X/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

THE GEM OF THE SEASON New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1856. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Item #164463 Good, deluxe Mother of Pearl inlay binding. Bound in black lacquered papier mache covers with front cover inlaid with mother of pearl. Has 10 plates called for, but lacks illuminated presentation plate. Chip on edge of rear boards, front hinge tender. The style of deluxe inlaid gift bindings was a short lived phenomenon, ranging from the 1830s through the mid 1850's. The papier mache bindings with the mother of pearl inlays were expensive to produce, and after the public's taste changed in the 1870s, they were rarely produced. Expensive at the outset, and fragile comparatively few examples of this type of binding have survived. #gems #thegemoftheseason #bookcollector #bookcollection #antiquarian #antiquarianbook #antiquarianbooks #bookshelf #bookporn  #bibliophile  #coolbooks #rarebook #rarebooks  #beautifulbook #beautifulbooks #firstedition #personallibrary #rarebookcellar #bookseller #bookcollecting #oldbooks #rarebooksofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CgjkZGjLv55/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The Hekataeon 3rd edition I can’t wait to start working with it next month! #hecate #thehekatæon #hekataeon #witchcraft #pagan #magic #occult #witchcraftbooks #book #paganbook #occultbooks #rarebooks #rarebook https://www.instagram.com/p/CYZ-JdpPxTx/?utm_medium=tumblr

From our 2017 exhibition The Living Book.  See more at https://thelivingbook.librarycompany.org/

I like big books and I cannot lie! • • • • #planthumanities #dumbartonoaks #dorarebooks #rarebook #historynerd #ilikebigbooks (at Dumbarton Oaks) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzRBJ6OBruN/?igshid=10enl55x0cvks