Solitary Bibliophile
@solitarybiblio.bsky.social
Neurotic curator of books, maps, ephemera & nostalgia | sharing all things about books 📖
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Hey there, bibliophiles! Some of you might know me from the other place. I’m happy to be here on Bluesky 🦋📚
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This is the email just received by IMLS staffers placing them on paid administrative leave for up to 90 days.
“Please understand that this action is not punitive but rather is taken to facilitate the work and operations of the agency.”
“Please understand that this action is not punitive but rather is taken to facilitate the work and operations of the agency.”
March 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is the email just received by IMLS staffers placing them on paid administrative leave for up to 90 days.
“Please understand that this action is not punitive but rather is taken to facilitate the work and operations of the agency.”
“Please understand that this action is not punitive but rather is taken to facilitate the work and operations of the agency.”
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"The way to a woman's heart is through a bookshop" 📚❤️
March 31, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"The way to a woman's heart is through a bookshop" 📚❤️
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“The particular attention paid by the university presses to the breadth of contemporary poetry, and their general commitment to the book itself as art form and as a necessary and valuable artifact, seem essential.” Six poets explain why university presses are so critical for poetry.
Art, Liberty, Diverse Voices: Six Poets on Why University Presses Are Critical for Poetry
For anyone who pays attention to major literary awards, it will come as no surprise that university presses figure prominently among celebrated and vigorous publishers of contemporary poetry. In th…
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March 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“The particular attention paid by the university presses to the breadth of contemporary poetry, and their general commitment to the book itself as art form and as a necessary and valuable artifact, seem essential.” Six poets explain why university presses are so critical for poetry.
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This map was first printed by Dr Thomas Shapter in 'The History of the Cholera in Exeter in 1832'.
It identifies the location of deaths by cholera 1832-34, as well as sites relating to the city’s response to the pandemic.
📷 Cartography Coll./A.3.a.vi
#MapMonday #MappingOurExeter #Exeter #HistMed
It identifies the location of deaths by cholera 1832-34, as well as sites relating to the city’s response to the pandemic.
📷 Cartography Coll./A.3.a.vi
#MapMonday #MappingOurExeter #Exeter #HistMed
March 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This map was first printed by Dr Thomas Shapter in 'The History of the Cholera in Exeter in 1832'.
It identifies the location of deaths by cholera 1832-34, as well as sites relating to the city’s response to the pandemic.
📷 Cartography Coll./A.3.a.vi
#MapMonday #MappingOurExeter #Exeter #HistMed
It identifies the location of deaths by cholera 1832-34, as well as sites relating to the city’s response to the pandemic.
📷 Cartography Coll./A.3.a.vi
#MapMonday #MappingOurExeter #Exeter #HistMed
SUPPORT YOUR LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS! ❤️📚
SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source.
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
March 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
SUPPORT YOUR LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS! ❤️📚
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Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the seals, for today is their special day!
These illustrations of a ‘Small Seal’ and a ‘Great Seal’ come from 'Animated Nature' (1828) by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon.
📷 Reserve 590 BUF
#InternationalSealDay #SealDay #RareBooks
These illustrations of a ‘Small Seal’ and a ‘Great Seal’ come from 'Animated Nature' (1828) by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon.
📷 Reserve 590 BUF
#InternationalSealDay #SealDay #RareBooks
March 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the seals, for today is their special day!
These illustrations of a ‘Small Seal’ and a ‘Great Seal’ come from 'Animated Nature' (1828) by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon.
📷 Reserve 590 BUF
#InternationalSealDay #SealDay #RareBooks
These illustrations of a ‘Small Seal’ and a ‘Great Seal’ come from 'Animated Nature' (1828) by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon.
📷 Reserve 590 BUF
#InternationalSealDay #SealDay #RareBooks
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A true artist at work on a the flyleaf in this copy of Petrus Apianus’ Cosmographia (1584) 👌
#rarebooks #marginalia #bookhistory #earlymodern 💙📚
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#rarebooks #marginalia #bookhistory #earlymodern 💙📚
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March 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A true artist at work on a the flyleaf in this copy of Petrus Apianus’ Cosmographia (1584) 👌
#rarebooks #marginalia #bookhistory #earlymodern 💙📚
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#rarebooks #marginalia #bookhistory #earlymodern 💙📚
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📚 US blocks Canadian access to cross-border library, sparking outcry
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US blocks Canadian access to cross-border library, sparking outcry
US officials claim move was to curb drug trafficking while Quebec town says it ‘weakens collaboration’ among nations
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
📚 US blocks Canadian access to cross-border library, sparking outcry
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Rest in peace, George Foreman. You were one hell of a fighter! 🥊
March 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Rest in peace, George Foreman. You were one hell of a fighter! 🥊
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Roses are redde
Violettes are blue
Tesla doth make truckes
Wyth inadequate glue
Violettes are blue
Tesla doth make truckes
Wyth inadequate glue
March 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Roses are redde
Violettes are blue
Tesla doth make truckes
Wyth inadequate glue
Violettes are blue
Tesla doth make truckes
Wyth inadequate glue
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Today is #PoetryDay and we and @ox.ac.uk are asking: can you write a poem about this? 🤔
#PoetryDay #OxfordUni #OxfordUniversity #RadcliffeCamera
#PoetryDay #OxfordUni #OxfordUniversity #RadcliffeCamera
March 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Today is #PoetryDay and we and @ox.ac.uk are asking: can you write a poem about this? 🤔
#PoetryDay #OxfordUni #OxfordUniversity #RadcliffeCamera
#PoetryDay #OxfordUni #OxfordUniversity #RadcliffeCamera
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From 1899 a beautiful example of Japanese woodblock printing, this is a collection of patterns and designs that were thought even at the time to be ancient. The binding style, called "stab binding" is also quintessentially Japanese.
February 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
From 1899 a beautiful example of Japanese woodblock printing, this is a collection of patterns and designs that were thought even at the time to be ancient. The binding style, called "stab binding" is also quintessentially Japanese.
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“No more kings”
From Schoolhouse Rock
From Schoolhouse Rock
February 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“No more kings”
From Schoolhouse Rock
From Schoolhouse Rock
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'Michael' has some explaining to do... 🤔
[never leave your manuscript in children's reach]
(Harley 6149)
[never leave your manuscript in children's reach]
(Harley 6149)
February 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
'Michael' has some explaining to do... 🤔
[never leave your manuscript in children's reach]
(Harley 6149)
[never leave your manuscript in children's reach]
(Harley 6149)
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To keep fragile or small items protected, some of our material is stored in boxes like these. This tiny ‘Book of Nouns’ from 1800 may seem normal size on the shelf, but in reality it’s only 6cm tall!
[C.C. 423 BOO]
[C.C. 423 BOO]
February 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
To keep fragile or small items protected, some of our material is stored in boxes like these. This tiny ‘Book of Nouns’ from 1800 may seem normal size on the shelf, but in reality it’s only 6cm tall!
[C.C. 423 BOO]
[C.C. 423 BOO]
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2nd fave thing from @rarebookschool.bsky.social & @josefbeery.bsky.social teach-in: giant cabinet of hundreds of books, each book demonstrating 1 special kind of book feature from Carter's "ABC of Book Collecting" encylopedia of book terms. "Limp ooze" & "criminal good-nights" are book terms, lol
February 19, 2025 at 8:55 AM
2nd fave thing from @rarebookschool.bsky.social & @josefbeery.bsky.social teach-in: giant cabinet of hundreds of books, each book demonstrating 1 special kind of book feature from Carter's "ABC of Book Collecting" encylopedia of book terms. "Limp ooze" & "criminal good-nights" are book terms, lol
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We see your tiny Hedge Hog (so precious) and we raise you... miniature Galileo!
February 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We see your tiny Hedge Hog (so precious) and we raise you... miniature Galileo!
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Iowa's House File 274, which would criminalize librarians, passes out of the House Education Committee. It can now be heard on the floor.
What this bill is, what it would mean for library and school workers, and why it was rushed through.
bookriot.com/iowa-rushes-...
What this bill is, what it would mean for library and school workers, and why it was rushed through.
bookriot.com/iowa-rushes-...
Iowa Rushes, Advances Librarian Criminalization Bill
Introduced last week, Iowa's librarian criminalization bill has already made it to the House floor.
bookriot.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Iowa's House File 274, which would criminalize librarians, passes out of the House Education Committee. It can now be heard on the floor.
What this bill is, what it would mean for library and school workers, and why it was rushed through.
bookriot.com/iowa-rushes-...
What this bill is, what it would mean for library and school workers, and why it was rushed through.
bookriot.com/iowa-rushes-...
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Garden snails and their love darts 🎯🐌💘 from ‘The Naturalist’s Miscellany’ by George Shaw, published by Elizabeth Nodder and illustrated by Frederick Polydore Nodder, 1789-1813. This is from the 1814-1817 edition by William Elford Leach.
#snails #naturalhistory #rarebooks #bookhistory
#snails #naturalhistory #rarebooks #bookhistory
February 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Garden snails and their love darts 🎯🐌💘 from ‘The Naturalist’s Miscellany’ by George Shaw, published by Elizabeth Nodder and illustrated by Frederick Polydore Nodder, 1789-1813. This is from the 1814-1817 edition by William Elford Leach.
#snails #naturalhistory #rarebooks #bookhistory
#snails #naturalhistory #rarebooks #bookhistory
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Join us for the Post-1800 and Contemporary British Society & Culture Doctoral Open Day on Friday 14 March:
- Discover our rich collections
- Connect with our expert curatorial teams
- Expand your network with like-minded researchers
Book your place: bit.ly/BLPhDOpenDay...
- Discover our rich collections
- Connect with our expert curatorial teams
- Expand your network with like-minded researchers
Book your place: bit.ly/BLPhDOpenDay...
February 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Join us for the Post-1800 and Contemporary British Society & Culture Doctoral Open Day on Friday 14 March:
- Discover our rich collections
- Connect with our expert curatorial teams
- Expand your network with like-minded researchers
Book your place: bit.ly/BLPhDOpenDay...
- Discover our rich collections
- Connect with our expert curatorial teams
- Expand your network with like-minded researchers
Book your place: bit.ly/BLPhDOpenDay...
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I regret to inform you, I have cleared off all the tasks that were keeping me from doing The Thing I Want To Do(TM)
And now I find I do not want to do it
And now I find I do not want to do it
February 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I regret to inform you, I have cleared off all the tasks that were keeping me from doing The Thing I Want To Do(TM)
And now I find I do not want to do it
And now I find I do not want to do it
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Small showcase for the students of Book science (Mainz University) who are coming to Antwerp. #bookhistory #earlymodern (mostly) 📚📜
February 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Small showcase for the students of Book science (Mainz University) who are coming to Antwerp. #bookhistory #earlymodern (mostly) 📚📜
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They really don’t make covers and write blurbs like they used to…
“This is a clean book, typical of the “golden era” of thrillers, with the appeal in the STORY rather than in mere episodes of sex. It is clean enough for all the family to read”.
“This is a clean book, typical of the “golden era” of thrillers, with the appeal in the STORY rather than in mere episodes of sex. It is clean enough for all the family to read”.
February 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They really don’t make covers and write blurbs like they used to…
“This is a clean book, typical of the “golden era” of thrillers, with the appeal in the STORY rather than in mere episodes of sex. It is clean enough for all the family to read”.
“This is a clean book, typical of the “golden era” of thrillers, with the appeal in the STORY rather than in mere episodes of sex. It is clean enough for all the family to read”.