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Expect rare books, zines, fine press editions, comic books, artists books, and the occasional shelfie from the UW-Milwaukee Special Collections staff.
❄️Baby, It's Cold Outside❄️
This week’s featured title, Is That You, Winter?, was written and illustrated by Stephen Gammell and published in San Diego by Silver Whistle/Harcourt Brace in 1997.
tinyurl.com/52y8xzar
Melissa, Distinctive Collections Library Assistant
This week’s featured title, Is That You, Winter?, was written and illustrated by Stephen Gammell and published in San Diego by Silver Whistle/Harcourt Brace in 1997.
tinyurl.com/52y8xzar
Melissa, Distinctive Collections Library Assistant
December 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
❄️Baby, It's Cold Outside❄️
This week’s featured title, Is That You, Winter?, was written and illustrated by Stephen Gammell and published in San Diego by Silver Whistle/Harcourt Brace in 1997.
tinyurl.com/52y8xzar
Melissa, Distinctive Collections Library Assistant
This week’s featured title, Is That You, Winter?, was written and illustrated by Stephen Gammell and published in San Diego by Silver Whistle/Harcourt Brace in 1997.
tinyurl.com/52y8xzar
Melissa, Distinctive Collections Library Assistant
This wood engraving of a White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) is by British author & wood engraver Eric Fitch Daglish from his 1948 book Birds of the British Isles, published in London by J. M. Dent & Sons in a limited-edition of 1500 copies.
tinyurl.com/57vx3ufy
tinyurl.com/57vx3ufy
December 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This wood engraving of a White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) is by British author & wood engraver Eric Fitch Daglish from his 1948 book Birds of the British Isles, published in London by J. M. Dent & Sons in a limited-edition of 1500 copies.
tinyurl.com/57vx3ufy
tinyurl.com/57vx3ufy
Wood Engraving Wednesday
We've been highlighting typography from The Curwen Press Miscellany & this volume also includes samples of 3 wood engravings.
Shown here are prints by Eric Gill (1882-1940), John Nash (1893-1977), and René Ben Sussan (1895-1988).
tinyurl.com/2rba8drt
We've been highlighting typography from The Curwen Press Miscellany & this volume also includes samples of 3 wood engravings.
Shown here are prints by Eric Gill (1882-1940), John Nash (1893-1977), and René Ben Sussan (1895-1988).
tinyurl.com/2rba8drt
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Wood Engraving Wednesday
We've been highlighting typography from The Curwen Press Miscellany & this volume also includes samples of 3 wood engravings.
Shown here are prints by Eric Gill (1882-1940), John Nash (1893-1977), and René Ben Sussan (1895-1988).
tinyurl.com/2rba8drt
We've been highlighting typography from The Curwen Press Miscellany & this volume also includes samples of 3 wood engravings.
Shown here are prints by Eric Gill (1882-1940), John Nash (1893-1977), and René Ben Sussan (1895-1988).
tinyurl.com/2rba8drt
Here are some type borders & ornaments specimens from The Curwen Press Miscellany, edited by Curwen Press typographer Oliver Simon (1895-1956) & published in London for the Curwen Press by the Jewish publishing house Soncino Press in a limited edition of 275 copies in 1931.
tinyurl.com/3p39zz7y
tinyurl.com/3p39zz7y
December 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Here are some type borders & ornaments specimens from The Curwen Press Miscellany, edited by Curwen Press typographer Oliver Simon (1895-1956) & published in London for the Curwen Press by the Jewish publishing house Soncino Press in a limited edition of 275 copies in 1931.
tinyurl.com/3p39zz7y
tinyurl.com/3p39zz7y
Typography Tuesday
SAN SERIFS
Here are a few san serif typefaces, with a focus on Curwen type from The Curwen Press Miscellany, edited by Curwen Press typographer Oliver Simon and published in London by the venerable Jewish publishing house Soncino Press.
tinyurl.com/27urs3pt
SAN SERIFS
Here are a few san serif typefaces, with a focus on Curwen type from The Curwen Press Miscellany, edited by Curwen Press typographer Oliver Simon and published in London by the venerable Jewish publishing house Soncino Press.
tinyurl.com/27urs3pt
November 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Typography Tuesday
SAN SERIFS
Here are a few san serif typefaces, with a focus on Curwen type from The Curwen Press Miscellany, edited by Curwen Press typographer Oliver Simon and published in London by the venerable Jewish publishing house Soncino Press.
tinyurl.com/27urs3pt
SAN SERIFS
Here are a few san serif typefaces, with a focus on Curwen type from The Curwen Press Miscellany, edited by Curwen Press typographer Oliver Simon and published in London by the venerable Jewish publishing house Soncino Press.
tinyurl.com/27urs3pt
On November 24th, 1864, Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa was born in Albi (southern France). Here we highlight Toulouse-Lautrec, Paris, Lautrec, and Affiches de Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: dix reproductions en couleurs.
tinyurl.com/32fwds2a
Amanda, Special Collections Graduate Intern
tinyurl.com/32fwds2a
Amanda, Special Collections Graduate Intern
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
On November 24th, 1864, Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa was born in Albi (southern France). Here we highlight Toulouse-Lautrec, Paris, Lautrec, and Affiches de Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: dix reproductions en couleurs.
tinyurl.com/32fwds2a
Amanda, Special Collections Graduate Intern
tinyurl.com/32fwds2a
Amanda, Special Collections Graduate Intern
This week, we step into the enchanted world of Edda and the Oak, written by Elia W. Peattie & illustrated by Katharine Merrill. Published in 1911, this magical tale brings together nature, mystery, and quiet wonder beneath the branches of an ancient oak.
Melissa, DCLA 🍄
tinyurl.com/3a3639h8
Melissa, DCLA 🍄
tinyurl.com/3a3639h8
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This week, we step into the enchanted world of Edda and the Oak, written by Elia W. Peattie & illustrated by Katharine Merrill. Published in 1911, this magical tale brings together nature, mystery, and quiet wonder beneath the branches of an ancient oak.
Melissa, DCLA 🍄
tinyurl.com/3a3639h8
Melissa, DCLA 🍄
tinyurl.com/3a3639h8
Toadally Autumn
As the leaves begin to turn and the air grows crisp, it feels like the perfect time to wander into the timeless world of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Michael Hague.
tinyurl.com/4jzukwxh
—Melissa, Distinctive Collections Library Assistant
As the leaves begin to turn and the air grows crisp, it feels like the perfect time to wander into the timeless world of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Michael Hague.
tinyurl.com/4jzukwxh
—Melissa, Distinctive Collections Library Assistant
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Toadally Autumn
As the leaves begin to turn and the air grows crisp, it feels like the perfect time to wander into the timeless world of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Michael Hague.
tinyurl.com/4jzukwxh
—Melissa, Distinctive Collections Library Assistant
As the leaves begin to turn and the air grows crisp, it feels like the perfect time to wander into the timeless world of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Michael Hague.
tinyurl.com/4jzukwxh
—Melissa, Distinctive Collections Library Assistant
On The Road Again
This week we’re adventuring with The Traveling Musicians by the Brothers Grimm, featuring a donkey, dog, cat, and rooster who decide they’re tired of being underappreciated and overworked, so they hit the road to become musicians.
-Melissa, DCLA
tinyurl.com/5actpbje
This week we’re adventuring with The Traveling Musicians by the Brothers Grimm, featuring a donkey, dog, cat, and rooster who decide they’re tired of being underappreciated and overworked, so they hit the road to become musicians.
-Melissa, DCLA
tinyurl.com/5actpbje
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
On The Road Again
This week we’re adventuring with The Traveling Musicians by the Brothers Grimm, featuring a donkey, dog, cat, and rooster who decide they’re tired of being underappreciated and overworked, so they hit the road to become musicians.
-Melissa, DCLA
tinyurl.com/5actpbje
This week we’re adventuring with The Traveling Musicians by the Brothers Grimm, featuring a donkey, dog, cat, and rooster who decide they’re tired of being underappreciated and overworked, so they hit the road to become musicians.
-Melissa, DCLA
tinyurl.com/5actpbje
A House Sparrow Feathursday
Once again, we highlight one of our favorite common birds, the cheery House Sparrow (Passer domesticus). Besides being a delightfully homey bird, it is also considered a symbol of lust, sexual potency, commonness, and vulgarity. Ooo, la, la!
tinyurl.com/4v79mptr
Once again, we highlight one of our favorite common birds, the cheery House Sparrow (Passer domesticus). Besides being a delightfully homey bird, it is also considered a symbol of lust, sexual potency, commonness, and vulgarity. Ooo, la, la!
tinyurl.com/4v79mptr
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A House Sparrow Feathursday
Once again, we highlight one of our favorite common birds, the cheery House Sparrow (Passer domesticus). Besides being a delightfully homey bird, it is also considered a symbol of lust, sexual potency, commonness, and vulgarity. Ooo, la, la!
tinyurl.com/4v79mptr
Once again, we highlight one of our favorite common birds, the cheery House Sparrow (Passer domesticus). Besides being a delightfully homey bird, it is also considered a symbol of lust, sexual potency, commonness, and vulgarity. Ooo, la, la!
tinyurl.com/4v79mptr
As October ends, we bid farewell to spooky season with What’s a Ghost Going to Do? (William Morrow & Co, 1966) by Jane Thayer, illustrated by Seymour Fleishman. This heartwarming tale follows Gus; a ghost faced with a haunting dilemma: the only house he’s ever known is being torn down.
Melissa, DCLA
Melissa, DCLA
October 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
As October ends, we bid farewell to spooky season with What’s a Ghost Going to Do? (William Morrow & Co, 1966) by Jane Thayer, illustrated by Seymour Fleishman. This heartwarming tale follows Gus; a ghost faced with a haunting dilemma: the only house he’s ever known is being torn down.
Melissa, DCLA
Melissa, DCLA
These preening Oystercatchers are from Bird Portraiture (“How To Do It” Series No. 35) by noted British naturalist artist & illustrator Charles Tunnicliffe, published in London & New York by The Studio in 1945. The illustrations come from the chapter on “Poses and Action Studies."
October 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
These preening Oystercatchers are from Bird Portraiture (“How To Do It” Series No. 35) by noted British naturalist artist & illustrator Charles Tunnicliffe, published in London & New York by The Studio in 1945. The illustrations come from the chapter on “Poses and Action Studies."
A Wicked Wood Engraving Wednesday
In 1985, Barry Moser printed his edition of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz at his Pennyroyal Press. The images shown here are reproductions of Moser's original wood-engraved prints in the 1986 University of California Press edition.
In 1985, Barry Moser printed his edition of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz at his Pennyroyal Press. The images shown here are reproductions of Moser's original wood-engraved prints in the 1986 University of California Press edition.
October 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A Wicked Wood Engraving Wednesday
In 1985, Barry Moser printed his edition of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz at his Pennyroyal Press. The images shown here are reproductions of Moser's original wood-engraved prints in the 1986 University of California Press edition.
In 1985, Barry Moser printed his edition of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz at his Pennyroyal Press. The images shown here are reproductions of Moser's original wood-engraved prints in the 1986 University of California Press edition.
These initials were designed by Dutch book & type designer Jan Van Krimpen in 1925 for use by Harold Curwen's Curwen Press. The alphabet shown here appears in The Curwen Press Miscellany, edited by Curwen's typographer Oliver Simon, published in London for the Curwen Press by Soncino Press in 1931.
October 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
These initials were designed by Dutch book & type designer Jan Van Krimpen in 1925 for use by Harold Curwen's Curwen Press. The alphabet shown here appears in The Curwen Press Miscellany, edited by Curwen's typographer Oliver Simon, published in London for the Curwen Press by Soncino Press in 1931.
October 27th, 1923: Roy Lichtenstein was born in New York City. On his birthday, we celebrate the pop artist w/ images from Pop Art One (Publishing Institute of American Art, 1965) & Roy Lichtenstein: Drawing First:50 Years of Works on Paper (Skira, 2015)
Amanda, Special Collections Graduate Intern
Amanda, Special Collections Graduate Intern
October 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
October 27th, 1923: Roy Lichtenstein was born in New York City. On his birthday, we celebrate the pop artist w/ images from Pop Art One (Publishing Institute of American Art, 1965) & Roy Lichtenstein: Drawing First:50 Years of Works on Paper (Skira, 2015)
Amanda, Special Collections Graduate Intern
Amanda, Special Collections Graduate Intern
This week, we're going door-to-door looking for candy with Lilly and Billy in Trick or Treat written & illustrated by Louis Slobodkin (Macmillan, 1959). this charming Halloween story captures the excitement & mischief of a classic night of trick-or-treating.
Melissa, DC Library Assistant 🎃🍬🍭
Melissa, DC Library Assistant 🎃🍬🍭
October 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This week, we're going door-to-door looking for candy with Lilly and Billy in Trick or Treat written & illustrated by Louis Slobodkin (Macmillan, 1959). this charming Halloween story captures the excitement & mischief of a classic night of trick-or-treating.
Melissa, DC Library Assistant 🎃🍬🍭
Melissa, DC Library Assistant 🎃🍬🍭
The 56th Annual Morris Fromkin Lecture is happening next week!
To register to attend this event in person or via Zoom, follow this link! uwm.edu/libraries/sp...
Hope to see you all there!
To register to attend this event in person or via Zoom, follow this link! uwm.edu/libraries/sp...
Hope to see you all there!
October 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The 56th Annual Morris Fromkin Lecture is happening next week!
To register to attend this event in person or via Zoom, follow this link! uwm.edu/libraries/sp...
Hope to see you all there!
To register to attend this event in person or via Zoom, follow this link! uwm.edu/libraries/sp...
Hope to see you all there!
This week we present 2 wagtails: the Grey Wagtail & the Pied or White Wagtail. About these images: a color lithograph by Charles Tunnicliffe from his book Bird Portraiture (The Studio, 1945); a wood engraving by Eric Fitch Daglish from his book Birds of the British Isles (J. M. Dent & Sons, 1948)
October 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This week we present 2 wagtails: the Grey Wagtail & the Pied or White Wagtail. About these images: a color lithograph by Charles Tunnicliffe from his book Bird Portraiture (The Studio, 1945); a wood engraving by Eric Fitch Daglish from his book Birds of the British Isles (J. M. Dent & Sons, 1948)
For Spooky Month, we bring you these creepy wood engravings by Swiss graphic & stained-glass artist Felix Hoffmann for the 1965 Limited Editions Club production of Bram Stoker's masterpiece Dracula, printed with 33 wood engravings, with eight in three colors, at the Press of A. Colish.
October 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
For Spooky Month, we bring you these creepy wood engravings by Swiss graphic & stained-glass artist Felix Hoffmann for the 1965 Limited Editions Club production of Bram Stoker's masterpiece Dracula, printed with 33 wood engravings, with eight in three colors, at the Press of A. Colish.
Here are some calligraphic initials by the German calligrapher & type designer Anna Simons, pared with a proprietary typeface designed by German type designer & fine press publisher Willy Wiegand. These examples are from an Italian edition of Dante's La Divina Commedia (Munich: Bremer Presse, 1921)
October 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Here are some calligraphic initials by the German calligrapher & type designer Anna Simons, pared with a proprietary typeface designed by German type designer & fine press publisher Willy Wiegand. These examples are from an Italian edition of Dante's La Divina Commedia (Munich: Bremer Presse, 1921)
Today we celebrate the poet Robert Pinsky, born October 20th, 1940.
The images are from Pinsky's 1998 fine press edition of The Rhyme of Reb Nachman, designed and printed in a limited edition of 125 by Caryl Seidenberg of the Vixen Press.
Amanda, Special Collections Graduate Intern
The images are from Pinsky's 1998 fine press edition of The Rhyme of Reb Nachman, designed and printed in a limited edition of 125 by Caryl Seidenberg of the Vixen Press.
Amanda, Special Collections Graduate Intern
October 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Today we celebrate the poet Robert Pinsky, born October 20th, 1940.
The images are from Pinsky's 1998 fine press edition of The Rhyme of Reb Nachman, designed and printed in a limited edition of 125 by Caryl Seidenberg of the Vixen Press.
Amanda, Special Collections Graduate Intern
The images are from Pinsky's 1998 fine press edition of The Rhyme of Reb Nachman, designed and printed in a limited edition of 125 by Caryl Seidenberg of the Vixen Press.
Amanda, Special Collections Graduate Intern
Ghost Lake Energy 👻🌊
This week, we’re diving into Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes That Dot Our Planet, written and illustrated by Milwaukee-based artist, author, and educator Geo Rutherford.
tinyurl.com/ya549v4h
—Melissa, Distinctive Collections Library Assistant
This week, we’re diving into Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes That Dot Our Planet, written and illustrated by Milwaukee-based artist, author, and educator Geo Rutherford.
tinyurl.com/ya549v4h
—Melissa, Distinctive Collections Library Assistant
October 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Ghost Lake Energy 👻🌊
This week, we’re diving into Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes That Dot Our Planet, written and illustrated by Milwaukee-based artist, author, and educator Geo Rutherford.
tinyurl.com/ya549v4h
—Melissa, Distinctive Collections Library Assistant
This week, we’re diving into Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes That Dot Our Planet, written and illustrated by Milwaukee-based artist, author, and educator Geo Rutherford.
tinyurl.com/ya549v4h
—Melissa, Distinctive Collections Library Assistant
A Stonechat Feathursday
The European Stonechat has been reclassified in Muscicapidae, the family of Old World Flycatchers, following genetic DNA analysis. The common name for the bird derives from its call, which sounds like two stones knocked together.
tinyurl.com/4hczwtxd
The European Stonechat has been reclassified in Muscicapidae, the family of Old World Flycatchers, following genetic DNA analysis. The common name for the bird derives from its call, which sounds like two stones knocked together.
tinyurl.com/4hczwtxd
October 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A Stonechat Feathursday
The European Stonechat has been reclassified in Muscicapidae, the family of Old World Flycatchers, following genetic DNA analysis. The common name for the bird derives from its call, which sounds like two stones knocked together.
tinyurl.com/4hczwtxd
The European Stonechat has been reclassified in Muscicapidae, the family of Old World Flycatchers, following genetic DNA analysis. The common name for the bird derives from its call, which sounds like two stones knocked together.
tinyurl.com/4hczwtxd
For Indigenous Peoples' Day, we have Speaking with Light (Radius Books & Amon Carter Museum of Art, 2022) curated by Will Wilson & John Rohrbach. This work brings together Indigenous photographers who are redefining how their cultures, histories, & communities are seen.
Melissa, Stockbridge-Munsee
Melissa, Stockbridge-Munsee
October 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
For Indigenous Peoples' Day, we have Speaking with Light (Radius Books & Amon Carter Museum of Art, 2022) curated by Will Wilson & John Rohrbach. This work brings together Indigenous photographers who are redefining how their cultures, histories, & communities are seen.
Melissa, Stockbridge-Munsee
Melissa, Stockbridge-Munsee
Glow Your Own Way
This week’s eerie spotlight is on Mystery of the Lonely Lantern (1976), a Halloween mystery written by Florence Parry Heide and her daughter Roxanne Heide, with shadowy illustrations by Seymour Fleishman.
--Melissa, Distinctive Collections Library Assistant
tinyurl.com/3usw6rxs
This week’s eerie spotlight is on Mystery of the Lonely Lantern (1976), a Halloween mystery written by Florence Parry Heide and her daughter Roxanne Heide, with shadowy illustrations by Seymour Fleishman.
--Melissa, Distinctive Collections Library Assistant
tinyurl.com/3usw6rxs
October 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Glow Your Own Way
This week’s eerie spotlight is on Mystery of the Lonely Lantern (1976), a Halloween mystery written by Florence Parry Heide and her daughter Roxanne Heide, with shadowy illustrations by Seymour Fleishman.
--Melissa, Distinctive Collections Library Assistant
tinyurl.com/3usw6rxs
This week’s eerie spotlight is on Mystery of the Lonely Lantern (1976), a Halloween mystery written by Florence Parry Heide and her daughter Roxanne Heide, with shadowy illustrations by Seymour Fleishman.
--Melissa, Distinctive Collections Library Assistant
tinyurl.com/3usw6rxs