Beinecke Library Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Psalms of David
Isaac Watts
Joy to the World Words of hymn written by Isaac Watts in "The Psalms of David imitated in the language of the New Testament, and apply'd to the Christian state and worship," 1719. 1st ed here, BEIN Vanderbilt 171: https://t.co/0gotY4oPZF https://t.co/GuqgZqWS5m
Paperback, 2015
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My Bondage and My Freedom
Frederick Douglass
"I shall labor ... to use my voice, my pen, or my vote, to advocate the great and most important work of the complete and unconditional freedom of my entire race." Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom https://t.co/lplqpDFMSY ms notes/marks of William Pickens @YaleAlumni https://t.co/HppGscJM6f
Paperback, 2003
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Lyrical Ballads, With Other Poems
William Wordsworth
Sixteen autograph letters, signed, & autograph manuscript poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, published in Lyrical Ballads with Other Poems, volume II (London: Printed for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, by Biggs and Co., Bristol, 1800). https://t.co/qHBdL9gDmi https://t.co/QmNFbNnpT6
Hardcover, 2025
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The Story of Sigurd the Volsung
William Morris
The story of Sigurd the Volsung and the fall of the Niblungs / by William Morris Complete work digitized (220 images): https://t.co/PjsZ5HvzwH https://t.co/rFtOItyvpM
Paperback, 2017
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Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman's 1855 Leaves of Grass at Beinecke Library: read more @YCAL_JWJ https://t.co/OUvxaW6GcC
Leather / Fine Binding, 2018
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Illustrations of the Book of Job
William Blake
Illustrations of the book of Job. Invented and engraved by William Blake 1825 More: https://t.co/wVP8vMT7h1 https://t.co/lPLgOJdsvz
Paperback, 2022
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Walden
Henry David Thoreau
Stud sections and nails from Thoreau's cabin at Walden pond From: Henry David Thoreau collection https://t.co/OdQwQiHnl1 https://t.co/MHwGhYIMAa
Hardcover, 2016
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Renascence: A Book of Verse
Walter Crane
Renascence [Embroidered front cover and illustrated title page] From: Renascence : a book of verse / by Walter Crane https://t.co/DKOJTAiQ12 https://t.co/GYHb4YzNPm
Hardcover, 2025
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The Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
The wonderful Wizard of Oz / by L. Frank Baum ; with pictures by W. W. Denslow. 1900. https://t.co/AUzw24Vc8k Baum b. #OTD May 15, 1856 https://t.co/KN3bTTMUA5
Paperback, 2008
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Ulysses: Second Edition
James Joyce
"a Lucia, Babbo" James Joyce, Ulysses, 1st London edition, 1922, author's autographed presentation copy to his daughter; Photograph of Joyce Family {James, Lucia, Nora] from Eugène & Maria Jolas Papers https://t.co/ehiGYbkAqX https://t.co/RQC7lDDSTb
Paperback, 2022
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