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[Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, Or the Modern Prometheus]

Description: Photograph of illustrations inside Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein", held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is orange with the title on the spine, by it a red book seen by its closed pages. Image 2, frontispiece of "Frankenstein." The black and white illustration on the left page is of a naked man on the floor on top of bones covered by cloth, a man stands with a frightened expression behind him holding a long pole in his hand. The page on the right contains an illustration of a young man walk… more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[George W. Sheldon, Selections in Modern Art]

Description: Photographs of the cover and pages from George W. Sheldon's "Selections in Modern Art," held by UNT Special Collections. These volumes contain 125 plates of steel engravings and etchings representing works of recent and contemporary artists of the late 19th century. The etching Cedars by Moonlight by James Smillies, 1878, is one of the earliest instances of an American etcher beginning to differentiate between daylight and moonlight, a distinction easier made in theory than in practice. The cov… more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Cover and spine of 'Naked City']

Description: A photograph of the cover of the book 'Naked City' from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is made out of a beige yellow cloth and the author's name is in cursive at the bottom and on the spine.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Henri Matisse, Jazz]

Description: Photographs of Henri Matisse's "Jazz", held by UNT Special Collections. Jazz is a series of works by artist Henri Matisse, which shows circus scenes cut out of colored paper. This is the first example of Matisse working in this way, which would eventually be his main method of creating art. The cover contains the title in pink lettering, and one of his works on the right with different blocks of color. Image 2, the page shown is titled “Nightmare of the White Elephant” and shows a circus elepha… more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[David Hockney,The Blue Guitar]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "The Blue Guitar" held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is blue/grey in color, a white rectangle in the middle containing a drawing of a blue guitar, with the title under it, followed by the contributors which are: Etchings by David Hockney, who was inspired by Wallace Stevens, who was inspired by Pablo Picasso. Inspired by Wallace Stevens’ poem. All the wording alternates between blue and pink letters, and along the margins of the white box are thick blue slashe… more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Byrd Williams III certificate from Eastman Kodak Company]

Description: A photograph of a certificate from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. The first picture shows the inner cover and the title page of the book, which also includes a table of contents. The second picture is of the inner cover only and has Byrd M. Williams III's name written above a drawing labeling it as his.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Thomas Boreman, Curiosities in the Tower of London and The Gigantick History]

Description: Photograph of books by Thomas Boreman, "Curiosities in the Tower of London" and "The Gigantick History," held by UNT Special Collections. Two books are propped up by each other, "Curiosities..." on the left and "Gigantick" on the right. They are both dark blue in color, the spine of the one on the left red, the one on the right black. In front of them are two propped up books of their same titles. They are both open to the title pages, and on the left pages are illustrations. Thomas Boreman aut… more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Biblia Pauperum; Apocalypsis]

Description: Photographs of "Biblia Pauperum; Apocalypsis," held by UNT Special Collections. The first is of the cover of the white book and the title at the top in black Latin script, the first letter of each word red. On top of it is a brown paper with a illustration in a red circle of a woman, Latin wording is around the rim of the circle and snaking over the woman. The second image is an illustrious of horses. In these two pages, there are three drawings of horses: blue, red and black. On each horse is … more
Date: December 5, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Michael Faraday, Experimental Researches in Electricity]

Description: Photographs of "Experimental Researches in Electricity" by Michael Faraday, held by UNT Special Collections. The first shows the covers of the three books that are side by side each other, the two on the left are worn black in color and the one on the right a deep blue. The title is on the spines of the books, numbering Vol I, Vol II and Vol II fro left to right. Image 2, diagram inside "Experimental Researches in Electricity." The diagram extends out of the page, a circular figure in the middl… more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Liber Bestiarum: Ms Bodley 764. London: Folio Society, 2008]

Description: Photographs of "Liber Bestiarum," held by UNT Special Collections. The first is of two pages in the open book, the one on the left contains a colorful illustration of birds on a tree with flowers. Under it is medieval script with the first letter of the paragraph a giant blue P. The page on the right contains the same medieval script. Towards the bottom is a paragraph with the first letter being a big red A. The second photo is of the cover of "Liber Bestiarum." The cover is bright red, the spi… more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Red Cross knitting needles and packaging, World War I]

Description: Photographs of Red Cross knitting needles and packaging from World War I, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image is of a small brown envelope propped up longways, with 3 needles laying in front of it. The front of the package has an illustration of a soldier in uniform with other soldiers behind him. On the black part of the illustration are the words "Back Them Up" and "Puritan Flour," under it a description. Image 2, front of needle packaging containing the soldier illustration with… more
Date: December 1, 2016
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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The lost generation: World War I poetry selected from the Donald Thomas War Poetry Collection

Description: Donald Lee Thomas was born in Dallas, Texas in 1943. Before graduating high school he enlisted, at age 17, in the U.S. Navy, serving several tours of duty before being ordered to Vietnam in 1968. There he served as part of Medical Unit Self-Contained Transportable ONE, a joint Navy and Marine Corps crew which operated an experimental infl atable hospital with jet turbine engines. He was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal with Combat “V” for his service in Vietnam. In 1972 Mr. Thomas graduated w… more
Date: 2017
Creator: University of North Texas Libraries, Special Collections
Partner: UNT Libraries
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