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Must Love Dogs: E. J. Detmold
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<html><body><p>This month's "Must Love Dogs" blog series again focuses on an illustrator. E. J.
Must Love Dogs: Cecil Aldin
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<html><body><p>Cecil Aldin (1870-1935) was a British artist and illustrator, famous for his portrayal of dogs.</p>
Must Love Dogs: Knitting
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<html><body><p>If you've ever had a dog, you are no doubt aware of the amount of dog hair that accumulates on your floor, furniture, and clothes. There have likely been times
Tis the Season
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<html><body><p>In this month's dog series post, we decided to focus on dog books related to the December holidays.
Must Love Dogs: 11/11/18
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<html><body><p>In 1918, at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, an armistice was signed between the Allies and Germany, effectively ending World War I.
Must Love Dogs: Journal of a Neglected Bulldog
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<html><body><p>You may recall from our <a href="https://scrc.blogs.wm.edu/2017/09/13/mu…
Must Love Dogs
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<html><body><p>If you've ever visited the Special Collections Research Center, you may have learned that we hold the second largest collection of books about dogs in the Unit
Bingo Finds his Way to Belarus: Yiddish Dog Books in the Interwar Period
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<html><body><p>Many of the treasures in Special Collections don't actually live in the stacks downstairs but are instead housed in Swem Library's Offsite Stacks (SOSS).
Jennie's Search for "More to Life" in Maurice Sendak's "Higglety Pigglety Pop!"
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<html><body><p>Most of us, if we recognize the name Maurice Sendak, probably think of him as the man who wrote and illustrated the beloved children's book "Where the Wil
"A Christmas present of real and enduring value" : Ferdinand Seidel's Natural History with 179 Copperplate Engravings.
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<html><body><p>"Buy 5 Get 1 Free" - that is how the publisher advertised the 1805 edition of Ferdinand Seidel's<em> Naturhistorisches Kupferwerk : mit erklare
The £105.00 Mystery: Horatia Nelson's Book
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<html><body><p>By Ellen Cloyed, W&M Libraries Rare Books Cataloger</p>
The World of Buster Brown -According to Tige, His Dog
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<html><body><p>The Chapin-Horowitz Collection is my go-to treasure-trove for fun and unexpected sources on pretty much any undergraduate course topic that comes our way during the