@johnptak.bsky.social
Science bookseller (rare/significant), display of info, art history, Outsider logic, surreal mundane, baseball.
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Christmas in space, illustrated by Moebius, 1982.
December 26, 2024 at 4:49 AM
Christmas in space, illustrated by Moebius, 1982.
77 Nobelists (including 31 med, 18 phys, 9 eco, 17 chem) signed a letter (9 Dec 24) to the US Senate urging senators to reject RFK jr appointment as Secy of DHHS because he "would put the public's health in jeopardy and undermine America's global leadership in the health sciences..."
December 11, 2024 at 5:30 PM
77 Nobelists (including 31 med, 18 phys, 9 eco, 17 chem) signed a letter (9 Dec 24) to the US Senate urging senators to reject RFK jr appointment as Secy of DHHS because he "would put the public's health in jeopardy and undermine America's global leadership in the health sciences..."
Windmill exhibit at Columbia Exposition 1893 from "Scientific American".
December 6, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Windmill exhibit at Columbia Exposition 1893 from "Scientific American".
Nice bird's-eye of London bridges from "Illustrated London News" July 1909.
December 6, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Nice bird's-eye of London bridges from "Illustrated London News" July 1909.
The interior civilization(s) of the Earth provided by William R. Bradshaw to the readers of his "Goddess of Atvatabar," which was published in 1892.
December 5, 2024 at 2:01 AM
The interior civilization(s) of the Earth provided by William R. Bradshaw to the readers of his "Goddess of Atvatabar," which was published in 1892.
Working. Miner. NSW, 1881. (Proc NSW Institute of Engineers, vol 12/4, 1881.)
December 4, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Working. Miner. NSW, 1881. (Proc NSW Institute of Engineers, vol 12/4, 1881.)
Human Hats of 1908. ("Illustrated London News.")
December 3, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Human Hats of 1908. ("Illustrated London News.")
Came across the use of the term "concentration camps" to describe the internment centers for Japanese Americans 1942 (in N. Thomas "Democracy and Japanese Americans" pub by The Post War Council.) Strikes me as unusual/early usage of the term re Japanese in the USA. No? @andreapitzer.bsky.social
December 1, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Came across the use of the term "concentration camps" to describe the internment centers for Japanese Americans 1942 (in N. Thomas "Democracy and Japanese Americans" pub by The Post War Council.) Strikes me as unusual/early usage of the term re Japanese in the USA. No? @andreapitzer.bsky.social
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A pre-holiday reminder that I've written a book for the serious history-minded person in your life, the survival-story fan, or the literary weirdo dear to you. If you want me to send a signed copy, just DM me. You'll be supporting my past and future writing and giving someone a cool book as a gift.
November 9, 2024 at 12:00 AM
A pre-holiday reminder that I've written a book for the serious history-minded person in your life, the survival-story fan, or the literary weirdo dear to you. If you want me to send a signed copy, just DM me. You'll be supporting my past and future writing and giving someone a cool book as a gift.
Nice title page vignette (American edition of the British Encyclopedia...1818.)
December 1, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Nice title page vignette (American edition of the British Encyclopedia...1818.)
The image of Jupiter reminds me a bit of Dore's rendering of Dante's Paradiso--without the celestial pure holy light in the center. Really, though, Jupiter seems more Inferno-y. (Thanks @amazingphysics.bsky.social)
November 29, 2024 at 11:23 PM
The image of Jupiter reminds me a bit of Dore's rendering of Dante's Paradiso--without the celestial pure holy light in the center. Really, though, Jupiter seems more Inferno-y. (Thanks @amazingphysics.bsky.social)
Splendid title! Thanks for this @publicdomainrev.bsky.social
To all those celebrating today, a very happy #Thanksgiving! If you are in need of some last minute improvised table decorations this could be of use... The Art of Ornamental Orange Peeling, from 1910: buff.ly/3dNcOVI
November 28, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Splendid title! Thanks for this @publicdomainrev.bsky.social
Windows. Nicely designed cover of "For a Better Tomorrow", published by the State Labor News (Columbus, Ohio), 1940.
November 28, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Windows. Nicely designed cover of "For a Better Tomorrow", published by the State Labor News (Columbus, Ohio), 1940.
Canopy pinhole wannabe.
November 27, 2024 at 11:43 PM
Canopy pinhole wannabe.
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This map is art! Source: https://buff.ly/3V0rRSV
November 26, 2024 at 3:22 PM
This map is art! Source: https://buff.ly/3V0rRSV
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Just a reminder that vaccines are saving lives left right and center. During COVID the vaccines did their job brilliantly. At least 20 million lives saved. Nice.
November 26, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Just a reminder that vaccines are saving lives left right and center. During COVID the vaccines did their job brilliantly. At least 20 million lives saved. Nice.
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this is wonderful. h/t @jwomack.bsky.social , but of course
Intrigued by the People’s Bookshelf at the National Library of Latvia. Each book in the collection has been donated by a member of the public and is inscribed by its former owner, telling a personal story relating to the book.
November 26, 2024 at 12:14 AM
this is wonderful. h/t @jwomack.bsky.social , but of course
Found Dada in data--non-artistic art in J. Scott Russell's 1845 paper on the soliton.
November 26, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Found Dada in data--non-artistic art in J. Scott Russell's 1845 paper on the soliton.
The future: large phonograph ("Popular Mechanics", 1916).
November 24, 2024 at 5:09 PM
The future: large phonograph ("Popular Mechanics", 1916).
The great visionierre, Albert Robida, "La Vie Electrique", 1890, peaks into the future.
November 24, 2024 at 4:15 PM
The great visionierre, Albert Robida, "La Vie Electrique", 1890, peaks into the future.
Shadowland--stage design in "Theatre World" 1931.
November 24, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Shadowland--stage design in "Theatre World" 1931.
Printed in Los Angeles 99 years ago--no idea what it is about, but the imagery is a show-stopper.
November 24, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Printed in Los Angeles 99 years ago--no idea what it is about, but the imagery is a show-stopper.
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Happy #JellyfishDay! The oceans are increasingly full of these gelatinous invertebrates, provoking a range of responses in humans, from disgust to awe. The biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel was most certainly in the latter camp... buff.ly/3q2G03j
November 3, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Happy #JellyfishDay! The oceans are increasingly full of these gelatinous invertebrates, provoking a range of responses in humans, from disgust to awe. The biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel was most certainly in the latter camp... buff.ly/3q2G03j
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NEW ESSAY — “Here I Gather All the Friends”, in which Andrew Hui tracks the rise of the private study by revisiting the bibliographic imaginations of Machiavelli, Montaigne, and W. E. B. Du Bois — publicdomainreview.org/essay/machia...
“Here I Gather All the Friends”: Machiavelli and the Emergence of the Private Study
Reading is a form of necromancy, a way to summon and commune once again with the dead, but in what ersatz temple should such a ritual take place? Andrew Hui tracks the rise of the private study by rev...
publicdomainreview.org
November 14, 2024 at 4:20 PM
NEW ESSAY — “Here I Gather All the Friends”, in which Andrew Hui tracks the rise of the private study by revisiting the bibliographic imaginations of Machiavelli, Montaigne, and W. E. B. Du Bois — publicdomainreview.org/essay/machia...
Nicely designed image about The World Underground from "Popular Mechanics" 1948.
November 24, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Nicely designed image about The World Underground from "Popular Mechanics" 1948.