The pilgrim’s progress from this world to that which is to come : delivered under the similitude of a dream : wherein is discovered : I. The matter of his setting out : II. His dangerous journey : and III. ...
An illustration from a volume in Binghamton University Libraries’ Special Collections has made the cover of College & Research Libraries News. This monthly newsmagazine, published by the Association of College & Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, ...
In honor of October and Halloween, Special Collections features Japanese Horror Cinema from the Allan Rogg Collection. Japanese horror movies tend to have a distinct style — a deliberate pace, with quiet terror, often featuring morality tales and tales of ...
William Henry “Bill” Mauldin was an American editorial cartoonist. He won his first Pulitzer Prize in 1945 at the age of 23 for his World War II depictions of the battle weary soldiers (or “dogfaces”): Willie and Joe. These two soldiers are based ...
Wondering what Mary Shelley might have done on her summer vacation? History of a Six Weeks’ Tour Through a Part of France, Switzerland, Germany and Holland with Letters Descriptive of a Sail Round the Lake of Geneva, and of the ...
Die Nibelungen. Interpreted by Franz Keim and illustrated by Carl Otto Czeschka. Wien; Leipzig: Verlag Gerlach u. Wiedling, [1909] This copy of Die Nibelungen was a gift by Harpur College alumnus, William M. Voelkle. It is an Austrian folktale about ...
Father’s Day, inaugurated in the early twentieth century to compliment Mother’s Day, is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. Many countries celebrate it on the third Sunday of June but it ...
Orlando furioso by M. Lodovico Ariosto. Venetia : V. Valgrisio. 1560. This late Renaissance book, Orlando Furioso (literally Mad Orlando) has a full calf binding with triple ruled borders in blind on the front and back covers. A gilt decorative medallion is tooled on the center of ...
“This Old Book” will take place from noon-1 p.m. Thursday, May 17, in UU-124. Have you ever been given an old book from a relative and wonder how to care for it? Or, buy an interesting looking book at a ...