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Rural amusements, or the history of Billy and Kitty

Description: The story of Billy and his sister Kitty. Billy tries to correct the behavior of the "forward and headstrong" Kitty who had learned all the worst aspects of education at her boarding school.
Date: [1790..1799]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Quintus Horatius Flaccus [Unbound sheets]

Description: A complete set of unbound sheets of the last printing of the Pickering Horace. The Horace was originally printed by Pickering in 1820 as the first of his Diamond Classics, and are a landmark in the world of miniature books and printing. This set of sheets are a remarkable survival, giving insight into the printing and binding process. The sheets are quarter-sheet impressions, each sheet holding 8 front-and-back leaves (16 pages) of the text. The sheets have been folded into gathers, and lef… more
Date: 1826
Creator: Horace
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Adam and Eve

Description: The story of Adam and Eve.
Date: 1827/1853
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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The fall of man

Description: The story of the Fall of Man.
Date: [1827..1853]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Jacob and Esau

Description: The story of Jacob and Esau.
Date: [1827..1853]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Noah and the flood.

Description: A retelling of the story of Noah.
Date: [1827..1853]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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The Poetic Gift : or, Alphabet in Rhyme

Description: Child's pictorial primer with the alphabet, and wood-cut illustrated rhymes to teach the letters.
Date: 1840/1849
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Pocket almanack, for the year of our Lord 1847

Description: Almanac for 1847, bound in publisher's yellow printed wrappers, with hole at upper left through which a string is looped for suspension. The almanac contains information on eclipses, tides, phases of the moon, rising and setting of the moon/sun, historical facts, and quotations. Anonymous gift to the Miniature Books Collection in 2003.
Date: 1846
Creator: Spofford, Thomas, b. 1795.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Flowers for a juvenile garland.

Description: Child's gift book of short stories illustrated with woodcuts.
Date: [1850..1859]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Rhymes, for infant minds.

Description: Mid-1800's children's book containing various poems with moral themes. Most deal with death of children, and how if they live right, they will go to heaven.
Date: 1850~
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Aaron

Description: Biography of Aaron, first High Priest of Israel. Written for children, with an emphasis on submission to God's will. Bound in illustrated wrappers.
Date: 1853/1857
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Isaac

Description: Biography of Isaac, Patriarch of Israel. Written for children, with an emphasis on submission to God's will. Bound in illustrated wrappers.
Date: [1853..1857]
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Joshua

Description: Biography of Joshua, leader of the Children Of Israel after Moses. Written for children, with an emphasis on submission to God's will. Bound in illustrated wrappers.
Date: [1853..1857]
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Miriam

Description: Biography of Miriam, sister of Moses and Aaron. Written for children, with an emphasis on submission to God's will. Bound in illustrated wrappers.
Date: [1853..1857]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Moses. Part 1

Description: The story of Moses.
Date: [1853..1857]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[World's Columbian Exposition Calendar]

Description: Calendar covering from April 1893 to March 1894, illustrated with views of buildings at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, with information on the New York Life Insurance Company. Bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers.
Date: 1892
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Mite

Description: The 1st printing of The Mite was produced in 1891, and was at the time the smallest book in the world printed with movable type. This 2nd printing was produced in 1893, and a third printing was done in 1896. The text, a collection of facts and information, is supplemented with various illustrations. In 1896, Salmin of Padova, Italy, printed their Galileo A Madama Christina Di Lorena, which supplanted The Mite as the smallest book in the world printed with movable type. It may still, howeve… more
Date: 1893
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Petite calendar and stamp case 1903.

Description: Calendar for the year 1903. Bound in full red simulated leather with gilt cover title. Includes table for each month of the year showing days/date, religious days, and phases of the moon; information on postal rates (foreign & domestic), and information on money order rates. Includes section at center with wax pages between which stamps could be stored so they would not stick to anything.
Date: 1902
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Calendar for 1907]

Description: Calendar for the year 1907, bound in full red leather with gilt decorations. Contains a calendar for 1907, a page for each month of the year, with various information such as postage rates, holidays, birthstones, etc. Also has information on Tiffany and Company.
Date: 1906
Creator: Tiffany and Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Calendar for 1909]

Description: Cover of the Tiffany and Company calendar for the year 1909, bound in full brown leather with gilt decorations.
Date: 1908
Creator: Tiffany and Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Calendar for 1910]

Description: Cover of the Tiffany and Company calendar for the year 1910, bound in full dark grey leather with gilt decorations, depicting a candelabrum holding several lit candles.
Date: 1910
Creator: Tiffany and Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Calendar for 1912]

Description: Cover of the Tiffany and Company calendar for the year 1912, bound in full brown leather with gilt decorations.
Date: 1911
Creator: Tiffany and Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Calendar for 1913]

Description: Cover of the Tiffany and Company calendar for the year 1913, bound in full brown leather with gilt decorations.
Date: 1912
Creator: Tiffany and Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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