This series contains the publications related to the special collections libraries at Columbia University. The publications are organized chronologically. At the end of the series, there are a number of article reprints related to materials currently held at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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A Catalogue of an Exhibition of Recent European Fine Book and Commercial Printing - Loaned by the Typographic Library of the American Type Founders Company, 1926
(Jersey City: American Type Founders Company
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Discours sur la Philosophie prononce par D'Alembert, 1768 facsimile, 1928
(Facsimile produced by David Eugene Smith of document currently held at the RBML, part of the Smith collection)
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"The History of Elementary Mathematics in the Plimpton Library", 1928
(Reprint from Science, October 26, 1928 Vol. LXVIII, No. 1765 pages 390-395)
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"Exhibit of Early Astronomical and Mathematical Instruments", 1930
(Issue 1 of The Industrial Museum of New York, from the Museum of Peaceful Arts. Features Prof. David Eugene Smith's collection.)
Bibliotheca Columbiana
(Published from time to time by the Friends of the Library of Columbia University)
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Number 1, 1933 April
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Number 2, 1934 December
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Number 3, 1936 June
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Number 4, 1937 August
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The Education of Chaucer by George A. Plimpton, 1935
(Illustrated from the Schoolbooks in Use in his Times. Oxford University Press.)
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The William Barclay Parsons Railroad Prints: An Appreciation and a Check List, 1935
(Includes the Columbia University Quarterly article by James Kin Finch and Talbot Faulkner Hamlin, "The Parsons Transportation Prints.")
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Catalogue and List Prices of Duplicates of Books, Prints, Museum Pieces and Broadsides, 1936
(Typographic Library and Museum of the American Type Founders Co.)
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Exhibition of Selected Books and Manuscripts from the Montgomery Library of Accountancy, 1937
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The Sky - Magazine of Cosmic News, 1937 June
(This issue of the Bulletin of the Hayden Planetarium includes the article "Instruments of the Past" by Arthur L. Draper on Prof. David Eugene Smith's collection of rare astronomical instruments and books.)
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Catalogue of the MacDowell Exhibition, 1938
(Professor of Music Edward MacDowell 1861-1908)
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Authors and Short Title Index Epstean Collection: Books on Photography and Its Applications in the Graphic Arts in the Rare Book Department of Columbia University Library, 1938
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That These Treasures Shall Endure, 1930s
(The Seligman Collection at Columbia University. Includes document reproductions.)
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An Exhibition Commemorating the Five Hundredth Anniversary of the Invention of Printing, 1940
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"Famous American Type Founders Library Comes to Columbia", 1941
(Typographic Library, C.C. Williamson, Columbia University Quarterly, December 1941)
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Catalog of the Isidore Witmark Collection of Autographed Books and Musical Scores, 1942
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An Exhibition of Selections from the Edwin Patrick Kilroe Collection of Tammaniana, 1942
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Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the Libraries of Columbia University: A list of Cuneiform documents from the Sumerian, Old-Babylonian, Kassite, and Neo-Babylonian periods, with photographic reproductions of selected seals, and clay objects, 1943
(Isaac Mendelsohn, Curator of Near East Collections. Catalogue Series, Number One.)
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Lincolniana in the Columbia University Libraries, 1944
(An exhibition including selections from the books and manuscripts recently presented to the University by John Warren Hill, '11 in memory of his father John Wesley Hill. South Hall.)
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An Exhibition of Works by and about Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, 1799-1837, in Honor of the 150th Anniversary of his Birth, 1949
(Low Memorial Library, May 11-June 30, 1949)
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An Exhibition of Rare Books and Manuscripts Selected from the Columbia University Libraries, 1951
("Herein Lives Wisdom, Beauty, and Increase." For Guests of the University, Tuesday Evening, May 1st, 1951. Low Memorial Library.)
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Quality in Book-Production: An Exhibition, 1952
(An exhibition of fine books of all periods selected from the Columbia University Libraries with special emphasis on the typographic collection. Publication for the Friends of Columbia Libraries and their Guests, March 27, 1952.)
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Music Hall and Vaudeville 1875-1940, 1954
Fifteen annotated programs of gramophone recordings from the collection of Edward B. Wisely; The Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum)
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Man's right to knowledge and the free use thereof by Mark van Doren, 1954
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Marco Polo to Perry: An exhibition portraying Western knowledge of the Far East during six centuries, 1955
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An Exhibition in Honor of the 200th Anniversary of the Publication of Johnson's Dictionary, 15 April 1755, 1955
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Stephen Crane: 1871-1900, 1956
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The Address by Sir Francis Meynell at the Dedication of the George Macy Memorial Collection of Books Published by the Limited Editions Club, 1957
(With a list of the titles)
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An Exhibition of Bookbindings Historical and Modern Selected from the Columbia University Library Collection, 1958
(On view in Butler Library, 535 West 114th Street, October 6, 1958 to January 3, 1959)
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Manuscript Collections in the Columbia University Libraries: A descriptive list, 1959
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Exhibit of Books and Manuscripts on the Risorgimento and the Unification of Italy, 1959
(Under the auspices Columbia University, the Society for Italian Historical Studies and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura)
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"George Arthur Plimpton: The Collector and the Collection", 1960
(By Francis T.P. Plimpton, reprinted from the November 1960 and February 1961 issues of the Columbia Library Columns.)
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A Letter from Henry Laurens to his son John Laurens, August 14, 1776, 1964
(Foreword by Alfred C. Berol and introduction by Richard B. Morris)
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Frederic William Goudy 1865-1947, 1966
(A commemorative exhibition arranged and described by Roland Baughman)
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The Engel Collection, 1967
(Presented by Solton and Julia Engel)
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The Genius of Arthur Rackham exhibition brochure, 1967
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The Centenary of Arthur Rackham's Birth: An appreciation of his genius and a catalogue of his original sketches, drawings, and paintings in the Berol Collection by Roland Baughman, 1967
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An Exhibition of The George Macy Memorial Collection of Books Published by the Limited Editions Club, 1968
(Part Two held at the Low Library Rotunda, 1968-1969)
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Rare Books and Manuscripts at Columbia: Their Facilities and Use, 1969
(Columbia Library Columns special edition for the Columbia $200 Million Campaign)
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The $200 Million Campaign: The Columbia Libraries, 1969
(On the cover, Cuneiform Tablet no. 322. "Pythagorean Triangles." Clay tablet, incomplete, ca. 1900-1600 B.C. Old Babylonian cuneiform script. Plimpton Collection.)
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Rarities for Research in the Columbia Libraries: A Selection of Rare Books and Manuscripts in the Department of Special Collections, 1970
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History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Philadelphia, Published by Bradford and Inskeep, 1814: A Census of the Extant Copies in Original Boards with a Preface by Alfred C. Berol and with an Introduction by Lester J. Cappon, 1970
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Catalogue of the Brander Matthews Collection of Theatre Models, 1973
(By Donald Pace. Exhibition on the Barnard College campus.)
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The Jack Harris Samuels Library by Kenneth A. Lohf, 1974
(Reprinted from the February 1974 issue of Columbia Library Columns, with a foreword by Warren H. Haas.)
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Twenty-fifth Anniversary Gifts, 1976
(Gifts in honor of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Friends of Columbia Libraries)
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Random House & Bennett Cerf: A Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition, 1976
(Low Memorial Library, January 28-February 20, 1976)
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The Tass Windows: An Exhibit of Soviet World War II Poster Art from the Louis G. Cowan Collections, 1976
(The Russian Institute of Columbia University in the City of New York, December 2-16, 1976)
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Beat Art: Drawings by Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac, Peter Orlovsky, Philip Whalen and Others, 1977
(An exhibition prepared by the Seminar on Problems of Style, Department of Art History, Barnard College)
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The Centenary of John Masefield's Birth, 1978
(An exhibition of first editions, letters, manuscripts, photographs, drawings and portraits)
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Fifty Treasures from Fifty Years: An Exhibition Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 1980
(Low Memorial Library Rotunda, November 6-26, 1980)
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A Selection of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at Columbia University, 1981
(An exhibition held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America)
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Perspectives on Jewish Messianism: An Exhibition of the Rare Books and Manuscripts from the Judaica Collections of the Columbia University Libraries, 1981
(The Rotunda, Low Memorial Library, April 13-24, 1981. Center for Israel and Jewish Studies)
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Whitney M. Young, Jr.: A guide to information sources in the United States, 1982
(Compiled by Harry R. Murphy)
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The Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Columbia University: Collections and Treasures, 1985
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The Origins of a Great Profession exhibition brochure, 1987
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Thomas Merton: The Poet and the Contemplative Life, 1990
(An exhibition compiled by Patrick T. Lawlor, foreword by Kenneth A. Lohf)
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Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at Columbia University, 1991
(Papers presented at a Symposium sponsored by the Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Interdepartmental Committee on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, March 31, 1990 edited by Beatrice Terrien-Somerville.)
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The Lohf Years, 1992
(An exhibition of selected rare books and manuscripts acquired by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library while Kenneth A. Lohf as its Librarian, 1967-1992)
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A Collector's Recollections: George Arthur Plimpton, 1993
(Edited by Pauline Ames Plimpton with a foreword by George Plimpton)
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From Russia to Kiss Me, Kate: The Careers of Sam and Bella Spewack, 1993
(Compiled by Rudolph Ellenbogen and Bradley D. Westbrook; Remembering the Spewacks by Arthur and Lois Elias)
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The World on Paper: A Celebration of the Mapmaker's Art, 1994
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The Publications of Vincent FitzGerald & Company 1980-2000, 2000
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The American Type Founders Company Collection, 2002
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Jewels in her Crown: Treasure from the Special Collections of Columbia's Libraries, 2004, 2 folders
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The Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum at Columbia University, 2005
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Drawn to Public Service: Political Cartoons from the Papers of Herbert H. Lehman, 2009
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Letitia Elizabeth Landon: Catalogue of a Collection Held by the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Columbia University, 2016
(L.E.L. The English Improvisatrice, by Francis J. Sypher, Jr.)