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September 30th, 2022 
I
Verum usque in præsentem diem multa garriunt inter se Canonici de abscondito quodam istius Abbatis Thomæ thesauro, quem sæpe, quanquam adhuc incassum, quæsiverunt Steinfeldenses. Ipsum enim Thomam adhuc florida in ætate existentem ingentem auri massam circa monasterium defodisse perhibent; de quo multoties interrogatus ubi esset, cum risu respondere solitus erat: “Job, […]
September 29th, 2022 
CHAPTER 1 – Introduction
KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS
On the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national government. Numerous chiefs, more or less powerful, held local sway, as far as each […]
September 29th, 2022 
The Beginnings of English Witchcraft
It has been said by a thoughtful writer that the subject of witchcraft has hardly received that place which it deserves in the history of opinions. There has been, of course, a reason for this neglect—the fact that the belief in witchcraft is no longer […]
December 2nd, 2021 
New York Times Press Run circa 1942 – Library of Congress Photograph
NEWSPAPER.-Printed sheets published at stated intervals, chiefly for the purpose of conveying intelligence on current events.
The Romans wrote out an account of the most memorable occurrences of the day, which were sent to public officials. They […]
October 7th, 2021 
Theosophical Society, Adyar, Madras, India, 1890
CLAIRVOYANCE
by C. W. Leadbeater
Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Pub. House
[1899]
CHAPTER IX
METHODS OF DEVELOPMENT
When a men becomes convinced of the reality of the […]
September 20th, 2021 
CHAPTER I. Of the Holy Scripture.
Although the light of nature, and the works of creation and providence, do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of God, as to leave men inexcusable; yet are they not sufficient to give that knowledge of God, and of his will, which is necessary […]
September 10th, 2021 
“Saint John’s Gate, Clerkenwell, the main gateway to the Priory of Saint John of Jerusalem,” black and white photograph by the British photographer Henry Dixon, 1880. The church was founded in the 12th century by Jordan de Briset, a Norman knight. Prior Docwra completed the gatehouse shown in this photograph in 1504. The […]
May 10th, 2021 
BOOKS CONDEMNED TO BE BURNT.
By
JAMES ANSON FARRER,
LONDON
ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW
1892
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WHEN did books first come to be burnt in England by the common hangman, and what was […]
July 1st, 2018 
Book Conservators
The following is taken verbatim from a document that appeared several years ago in the Maine State Archives. It seems to have been removed from their website. I happened to have made a physical copy of it at the time I was looking into the preservation of leather book […]
July 1st, 2018 
The following highly collectible Franklin Library Signed Editions were published between 1977 and 1982. They are all fully leather bound with beautiful covers and contain gorgeous and rich silk moire endpapers. Signatures are protected by unattached tissue inserts.
The values listed are average prices that were sought by booksellers at […]
July 1st, 2018 
AB Bookman’s 1948 Guide to Describing Conditions:
As New is self-explanatory. It means that the book is in the state that it should have been in when it left the publisher. This is the equivalent of Mint condition in numismatics. Fine (F or FN) is As New but allowing for the normal effects of […]
July 1st, 2018 
Nutritional traces of silverfishs in a book
The beauty of hunting silverfish is that they are not the most clever of creatures in the insect kingdom.
Simply take a small clean glass jar and wrap it in masking tape. The masking tape gives the silverfish something to cling on […]
June 15th, 2018 
Buying a book for a serious collector with refined tastes can be a daunting task.
However, there is one company that publishes some of the finest reproduction books in the world, books that most collectors wouldn’t mind having in their collection no matter their general preference or specialty.
Top of […]
May 4th, 2018 
ON
THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION, OR THE PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.
BY CHARLES DARWIN, M.A.,
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL, GEOLOGICAL, LINNÆAN, ETC., SOCIETIES ; AUTHOR OF ‘JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES DURING H.M.S. BEAGLE’S VOYAGE ROUND […]
February 24th, 2026 
Tulipmania
This transcript is a work in progress…
MEMOIRS OF EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS AND THE MADNESS OF CROWDS.
By CHARLES MACKAY, LL.D.
CONTENTS.
John Law; his birth and youthful career—Duel between Law and Wilson—Law’s escape from the King’s Bench—The “Land-bank”—Law’s gambling […]
February 24th, 2026 
A $10,000 life insurance policy written by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States for President James A. Garfield. It was signed on the 22nd of June, 1881, 9 days before President Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau on July 2.
From How to Make Money; and How to Keep […]
April 12th, 2018 
Click here to read The First Greek Book by John Williams White
IN MEMORIAM
JOHN WILLIAMS WHITE
The death, on May 9, of John Williams White, professor of Greek in Harvard University, touches a large number of classical workers who have come into relations with him […]
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