While researching books that the American Tract Society made for formerly enslaved children, I discovered that they also made books used in American Indian Residential Schools.

I recently acquired one such book. This was used at the Santee Normal Training School in Nebraska.

#books #history #antiquarianbooks

I recently got some very exciting digital images! This is The United States Primer, First Part by the American Tract Society in New York.

This book was created specifically to educate formerly enslaved Black Americans during the civil war. I’ve examined four copies of this book, but the back cover of this one is unique!
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These images are from the Cushing Library and Archives at Texas A&M University.
#rarebooks #americanhistory #CivilWarHistory #antiquarianbooks

I recently made a very exciting discovery!! Freed Boy in Alabama (1869) by Anne M. Mitchell includes a scene where everyone is singing I Want to Go Home. This spiritual was included in the book Slave Songs of the United States published in 1867.

I just found something that I missed before: Annie Mitchell’s name is in the acknowledgements for Slave Songs. I currently can’t prove definitively that it’s the same woman, but it seems VERY likely!

#books #antiquarianbooks #histodons

I can’t even…. You know the scent of book paste? This has it. Hand bound. Handmade and signed marbled endpapers. Gilded edges. This is a BOOK. Incredibly honored to hold it. So inspired. #books #jmorgynwhite #antiquarianbooks

I finally have digital copies of two remarkable books: Martha’s Gift (1868) and Freed Boy in Alabama (1869). Both books are for and about formerly enslaved children during reconstruction. They were written by Anne Maria Mitchell.

#rarebooks #antiquarianbooks #books #blackhistorymonth

Writing an essay and wondering if anybody out there in the world of #library #librarian #archives #specialcollections #bookdealer #bookcollector #bookcollection #rarebooks #antiquarianbooks #printculture #bookstodon would know of any examples of rare books (for example) damaged by children coloring in them in say, the 19th century. I'm confident there are some out there, just can't figure out how to search for it.

POSTMODERN BOOKSELLING
instructors: Jen Johnson & Brad Johnson

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CalRBS International Italy!

A CROSSROAD OF GLOBAL PRINT HISTORY
instructors: Robert D. Montoya; Paul Vangelisti; Sean Pessin

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I'm currently trying to learn more about a book titled The Bible Word Method by Mrs. Lucy Evelyn Sparhawk Brown. As you can see from the cover, it was "Designed to aid adult freedmen in learning to read the Bible..." It appears to have been self published in 1873 in Talladega, Alabama. I'm particularly eager to learn who printed this book, how many copies were printed, where specifically they were used and whether an organization sponsored its creation.

#antiquarianbooks #books #research

Fascinating insight into the anatomy of books in the latest Diary of a Young Writer blog:

https://blog.outletpublishinggroup.com/2023/01/24/blog-154-understanding-second-hand-books/

#Books #AntiquarianBooks #bookblogger

This photo cracks me up. @CatsOfYore you might enjoy this.

#antiquarianbooks #antiquarian #rarebooks

I just stumbled across this incredible image in The Well-Spring, a Congregational Sunday school paper. Images of black teachers with black students were extremely rare during this time period.

Also, the article includes a short composition by a Black student in Norfolk, VA.

#rarebooks #antiquarianbooks

Excited to finally add a piece of #trans history to my library: a copy of Lili Elbe's memoirs - the first transition memoirs of a trans woman to be published - here in a first printing of the first Danish edition of 1931!

Lili's story meant a lot to me when I was beginning my transition 3 years ago. I couldn't find a copy of the Danish edition anywhere (I read a paperback reprint from the library), so getting my hands on this feels like a very special find!

#RareBooks #AntiquarianBooks

@isaacfreeman @aurynn @Br3nda @desttinghim here's my fave reference to that pamphlet. I wonder how London coffee is doing these days...
#coffee #AntiquarianBooks

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#Introduction Finding my way away from Twitter into more habitable climes. Opinions here are my own. I’m a professor of English who has written about queer eighteenth-century Edinburgh professors, Wilhelm Reich’s orgone boxes, US prepper magazines, digital fiction, and the I Ching for writers. Often wrong, never uncertain. She/her. 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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I like books. Mostly #horrorbooks and #antiquarianbooks but really, just #books.

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