Bodleian Libraries Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
O. WildeBodleian LibrariesDo you think these books are still ‘obscene’? - The Pop-Up Kama Sutra by Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot - Satyra Sotadic, a 17th century work of European pornography, by Luisa Siegea de Velasco - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - Sex by Madonna https://t.co/6J8l2oClPU
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Ulysses
James JoyceBodleian LibrariesOn 2 February 1922, Paris bookseller Sylvia Beach published the first book edition of James Joyce's Ulysses. Our @Shakespeare_Co prospectus celebrates the complete edition - though as you can see, the original schedule didn't quite work out... #Ulysses100 https://t.co/bSinRzFufr
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Artist: Gepunktetes A5 Notizbuch oder Heft für Künstler
Pm BooksBodleian LibrariesIn the Netherlands, the 'Masters of the Dark Eyes' were the premier decorators of 'Books of Hours'. But in England? Explore the invention of the Tudor court artist. Mon 11 April, 5.15pm, online or in-person (with a drinks reception!) #NorthSeaCrossings https://t.co/j3XK4Wsd8i
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Frankenstein: (Original Edition)
M. W. ShelleyBodleian LibrariesMaterial in our display includes Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' manuscript and notes made by Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage while working on the 'Bridges of Konigsberg' problem. And you can generate Love Letters!
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Remains
Cranmer ThomasBodleian Libraries@MrsTWymer I'm told that all the annotations have been published, in Jenkyns, 'The remains of Thomas Cranmer', v. 2, pp. 21-97, available freely online here: https://t.co/SeegLdf6Wg
Hardcover, 2019
$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Physical Geography
Somerville MaryBodleian Libraries🔭In the early 19th c. Mary Somerville was a celebrity scientist. She published on astronomy, biology, atomic theory, and physical geography, at a time when scientific publications by women were rare. Oxford's @SomervilleOx holds many of her papers: https://t.co/RzHPlmqiZc https://t.co/PPlTYMdhOZ
Paperback, 2022
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Love Unlocked
Libby WaterfordBodleian Libraries'Suppose a man born blind, and now adult, and taught by his touch to distinguish between a cube and a sphere…' The second vignette in our Weston Library #LockeUnlocked display represents a thought experiment by 18th c. scientist William Molyneux. https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/locke-unlocked#collapse3386551 https://t.co/JJVJGeGbyr
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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
T. S. EliotBodleian Libraries"Morgan, a generous cat, chose not to assert his copyright." 🐈⬛ This new blog series will highlight cool, unique items in the @EFLOxford rare book collections! We begin with a discovery in T.S. Eliot's 'Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats' (1940 edition) https://t.co/LZoqgluaFa
Hardcover, 1982
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ulysses: Second Edition
James JoyceBodleian LibrariesOn 2 February 1922, Paris bookseller Sylvia Beach published the first book edition of James Joyce's Ulysses. Our @Shakespeare_Co prospectus celebrates the complete edition - though as you can see, the original schedule didn't quite work out... #Ulysses100 https://t.co/bSinRzFufr
Paperback, 2022
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sinbad The Sailor And Other Stories From The Arabian Nights (1914)
Edmund DulacBodleian LibrariesCosy books: - The Lighted Window: a memoir and cultural study on atmospheric walks through nocturnal cities and rural England - Sinbad the Sailor & Other stories from the Arabian Nights: a classic - and with 20% off in December https://t.co/G3vDcfainQ https://t.co/obbXayNEEe
Hardcover, 2010
$46.95$23.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book