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John Gay's autograph appears on the fly leaf of Dryden's 'Annus Mirabilis' of 1667, and of a 1662 Elzovir edition of Pierre Charron's 'De La-Sagesse.' It is also signed to the manuscript assignment to Jacob Tonson and John Watts of his rights as author of the...
"Pieces of eight" has become a byword in connection with Treasure Island. The coins displayed are dated in the 1690's and are the crude money of which Stevenson wrote. Instead of being minted, the silver coins were cut from the end of rough silver bars, and stamped with a...
Among the first editions of Hardy's novels and poems is a copy of "Wessex Tales", with a letter of presentation to Robert Browning dated May, 1888. A number of rare photographs of the writer completes the collection.
The above message, handwritten on White House notepaper and dated Dec. 25, was issued far enough in advance to let all enterprising U. S. newspapers reproduce it in facsimile on their front pages on the proper day.
The "Prologue for the Opening of the University Theatre at Yale University," done by the Yale University Press, and dated April 1927, has only recently been received at Widener Library. The Prologue is written inverse by Lee Wilson Dodd at the request of G. P. Baker '87. Only 40 copies...