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European Library: Reading Europe: European Culture Through the Book

For Students 9th - 10th
Digitized collection of rare and culturally significant books from over twenty national libraries of Europe. Search by country, language, subject, or year. Earliest book in the collection dates from AD 900.
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Abe Books' Glossary of Book Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides a glossary with definitions of many terms related to books, printing, etc.
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Article
PBS

Pbs: Antiques Roadshow: Preserving Antique Books

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS provides this antiques Road Show article that provides advise about collecting rare books.
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The University of Southern Mississippi: Rarebooks Digital Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
The Rare Book Digital Collection contains a selection of rare books from the Special Collections at The University of Southern Mississippi. Click on the icon to view the scanned pages of the selected book. Also includes speeches, House...
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
This page chronicles an exhibit hosted by the Library of Congress of manuscripts and documents from the Vatican Library. Includes manuscripts of both a secular and religious nature as well as a detailed history of the Vatican Library....
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Dorothy Sloan: Rare Books: Auction 21: Davy Crockett Almanacs

For Students 9th - 10th
This website contains pictures of the covers of several years' worth of Davy Crockett almanacs from the 1830s to 1850s. You can click on each cover to enlarge it. Scroll to the bottom of the page to click on the description page.
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Website
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Lopez Books: Intro to Tim O'brien's Writing

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides an overview of some of Tim O'Brien's most popular works.
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Website
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Univ. Of Wisconsin: Rare Editions of "Canterbury Tales"

For Students 9th - 10th
The libraries of the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, have published reproductions of a variety of early printings of "The Canterbury Tales." See selected pages from an early fifteenth-century illustrated edition, from a rare...