The Literature and Book Arts Collections includes illuminated manuscripts and early printed books, ranging from individual leaves to full books, spanning the twelfth through the nineteenth centuries. The collections include some 20,000 items ranging from a 4,000-year-old Sumerian clay tablet to contemporary artists’ books. Costume and botanical books, natural histories, travel accounts, miniature books, illuminated manuscript leaves, and significant early works on photography distinguish the collection.
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Submissions from 2013
Betrayed by a moccasin, or, The round-up of the Indian smugglers, Spencer Dair
Black death, or, The curse of the Navajo witch, Spencer Dair
Curse of Coronation Gulf, or, The outlaws of Blue Waters, Spencer Dair
Dash for life, or, Tracked by timber wolves, Spencer Dair
Decoy message, or, The ruse of the border jumpers, Spencer Dair
Doom of the bandit brothers, or, The demon renegades, Spencer Dair
Flying Cloud's last stand, or, The battle of Dead Man's Canyon, Spencer Dair
Fur trader's discovery, or, The brotherhood of thieves, Spencer Dair
Held up at Snake Basin, or, The renegade's death vote, Spencer Dair
Hermit bandit's revenge, or, The league of the fur stealers, Spencer Dair
Hounded by red men, or, The road agents of Porcupine River, Spencer Dair
Lured by outlaws, or, The mounted ranger's desperate ride, Spencer Dair
Mail rider's dash with death, or, The desperado of Poker Flat, Spencer Dair
Masked riders, or, The mystery of Grizzly Gulch, Spencer Dair
Midnight alarm, or, The raid on the paymaster's camp, Spencer Dair
Mystery of the Arctic Circle, or, The robbers' round-up, Spencer Dair
Night Riders of the Northwest, or, The vigilantes' revenge, Spencer Dair
Outlaw's pledge, or, The raid on the old stockade, Spencer Dair
Plague spreaders of Hungry Trail, or, The robbers of Little Wind, Spencer Dair
Red Hand of the Northwest, or, The pirates of Great Bear Lake, Spencer Dair
Red massacre, or, The hold-up men of Barren Lands, Spencer Dair
Smugglers of Little Slave Lake, or, The trapper's vengeance, Spencer Dair
Spectre of Thunderbolt Cavern, or, Tricked by midnight assassins, Spencer Dair
Squawman's revenge, or, Kidnapped by the Piutes, Spencer Dair
Stage Coach Bill's last ride, or, The bandits of Great Bear Lake, Spencer Dair
Tornado Bess, the kidnapper, or, The outlaws of Rabbit Island, Spencer Dair
Tracked to his lair, or, The pursuit of the Midnight Raider, Spencer Dair
Tragedy of Hangman's Gulch, or, The ghost of Horn Mountains, Spencer Dair
Trapped by the Crees, or, Tricked by a renegade scout, Spencer Dair
Treasures of Mackenzie Isles, or, The outlaws' drag-net, Spencer Dair
Witch of Devil Whirlpool, or, The gun-men of Split Lake, Spencer Dair
Wreckers of Caribou Reef, or, Border bandits at bay, Spencer Dair
Frank Reade, Jr., and his electric coach, or, The search for the Isle of Diamonds Part I, Luis 1863-1939 Senarens
Frank Reade, Jr., and his electric coach, or, The search for the Isle of Diamonds Part II, Luis 1863-1939 Senarens
Frank Reade, Jr., and his greyhound of the air, or, The search for a mountain of gold, Luis 1863-1939 Senarens
Frank Reade, Jr. and his new torpedo boat, or, At war with the Brazilian rebels, Luis 1863-1939 Senarens
Frank Reade, Jr., and his Queen Clipper of the Clouds : a thrilling story of a wonderful voyage in the air Part I, Luis 1863-1939 Senarens
Frank Reade, Jr., and his Queen Clipper of the Clouds : a thrilling story of a wonderful voyage in the air Part II, Luis 1863-1939 Senarens
Frank Reade, Jr., in the Far West, or, The search for a lost gold mine, Luis 1863-1939 Senarens
Frank Reade, Jr., in the sea of sand and his discovery of a lost people, Luis 1863-1939 Senarens
Lost in the land of fire, or, Across the Pampas in the electric turret : a thrilling story of Frank Reade, Jr. in South America, Luis 1863-1939 Senarens
Six weeks in the great whirlpool, or, Strange adventures in a submarine boat, Luis 1863-1939 Senarens