Leverett Massachusetts (MA) Blog Directory
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- A Family of Pioneering Educators and their Copy of the First American Edition of "Hudibras" by Tarquin Tar's Bookcase on Nov 15, 2009 in New York Charles II William Hogarth Y.M.C.A. Simeon Doggett Carolyn Doggett Iowa Hudibras Rensselaer Laurence Doggett Zachary Grey Samuel Butler Springfield College
This week’s book offered me the intriguing opportunity to try to track down the physical movement of a copy as it traveled between owners. The book is titled Hudibras, in Three Parts: Written in the Time of the Late Wars...with Annotations and a Co...
- Charles Lamb on the Greatest Hits of the Renaissance Stage by Tarquin Tar's Bookcase on Nov 8, 2009 in Underhill Willis Hazard Henry Ashmead William Shakespeare Charles Lamb Philadelphia anthology Renaissance
My brain this week is stuck in preparatory mode for my doctoral qualifying exams on Friday (yes, that’s right...Friday the 13th) and so this week’s book is related to my exam on the history of the book.In my exam reading, one particular issue tha...
- Historic Salem For the Day After Hysteric Salem by Tarquin Tar's Bookcase on Nov 1, 2009 in Hastings House Samuel Chamberlain Old Salem Book Shop Samuel McIntyre Stanley Baker Halloween Walter Frese Peabody Essex Museum Golden Hind Press Salem Elaine Rushmore
When October arrives in Salem -- and Halloween night in particular -- it is sometimes hard to wander the streets of this old city and remember that, beneath the once-a-month facade of crass capitalism and tasteless tourism, there lies an historically...
- Blog Break by Tarquin Tar's Bookcase on Oct 28, 2009 in Halloween George Noory Salem
Tarquin Tar was on a blog break last weekend. Apologies for the gap in service. We'll be back up with a new post this Sunday, broadcasting from our Salem office, where we'll be enjoying the annual haunted festivities/chaos.In the meantime, here's rad...
- More on the provenance of the limited edition Wordsworth by Tarquin Tar's Bookcase on Oct 21, 2009 in Dewey Decimal System accession number Oliver Wendell Holmes Harvard Law Library Philips Academy Cutter number cataloging librarianship library script
Here's an email I've received from a knowledgeable information sciences professional whom I trust on all matters of librarianship. She clears up some of my puzzlement over the catalog number found in the limited edition Wordsworth Sonnets featured in...
- Sleuthing Out a Notable Early Owner for a Wordsworth Limited Edition by Tarquin Tar's Bookcase on Oct 18, 2009 in Fabriano bookplate Riverside Press Oliver Wendell Holmes Houghton Mifflin William Wordsworth Ticknor and Fields sonnets Pickering Wharf Bruce Rogers Arthur Quiller-Couch ex-library
A weekend trip back home to Salem regularly includes a visit to the Antiques Gallery at Pickering Wharf. One of the dealers there has a large selection of collectible and antiquarian books, most are decently priced and occasionally there’s some int...
