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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Lots of exciting news this month, so I'll dive right into it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Last month I headed to the California International Antiquarian Book Fair, and am absolutely thrilled to share these newest purchases for the Eaton Collection: </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> Margaret Cavendish,
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Written by the thrice noble, illustrious, and excellent princesse, the Duchess of Newcastle</b></i></span><span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; text-align: start; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class="ContentPasted0">
[1666]. This is an astonishing </span><span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; text-align: start; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class="ContentPasted0"><b>first edition</b></span><span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; text-align: start; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class="ContentPasted0">
(!) </span><span style="color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;text-align:start;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important" class="ContentPasted0"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;" class="ContentPasted1">“standalone”
issue with two-page preface, 'To All Noble and Worthy Ladies,' and one of only four known copies! Plans are underway to digitize this item as soon as possible.</span></span></div>
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We also acquired the 2020 'illuminated' edition of <i><b>The Blazing World</b></i>, in a rare, numbered copy signed by the illustrator, Rebekka Dunlap, and published by Beehive Books. <a href="https://shop.beehivebooks.com/products/blazing-world" title="https://shop.beehivebooks.com/products/blazing-world" data-loopstyle="link" id="LPNoLPOWALinkPreview">
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Wiliam Morris, <b><i>The Story of the Glittering Plain, which has also been called the Land of Living Men or the Acre of the Undying</i></b> [1894]. Another beautifully-bound early work of speculative fiction.
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Metodo de Psicometría o Clarividencia. </i>A rare pamphlet on clairvoyance/ESP, from Rio de Janeiro. <br>
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Nichelle Nichols, <b><i>A Selection of Poetry and Prose</i></b> [1987]. A selection of writings from the Uhura actress herself!
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Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich et al, <b><i>A Collection of 'Independence Day' material</i></b> [1995]. A really neat mini-archive of materials pertaining to the movie, and which may or may not be part of a
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<div style="font-family:"Times New Roman", Times, serif;color:rgb(36, 36, 36)"><span style="color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;text-align:start;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important" class="ContentPasted0"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;" class="ContentPasted1">Finally,
in case you missed it: a recording of the comics panel from last month, featuring myself, Andrew Lippert, and SDSU's</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> Pamela Jackson, is available to watch on SCUA's YouTube channel at
the following link: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc6NHH4mP4o" class="ContentPasted3" id="LPNoLPOWALinkPreview_1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Comics Collecting for Social Justice in Academic Libraries - YouTube</a>.</div>
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all for now! Have a great March. </span></span></div>
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Warmth and light, </span></span></div>
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