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Any ideas what "Flopy" (?) might be short for? #bookhistory #skystorians

Screen shot of rough manuscript with text ""May ye 31 1726 "Received of my Father in Cash... and in household utensills...which money and goods I Say Received by me Sarah Cook. Jan 28 1728 Rec3eived of my Father in cash and in ... Household utensills...I say Received per me Elizabeth Cook."

No YOU'RE still mucking around with a family record in an account book that also includes daughters' marriage portions. A few $$, some "household utensills." Late 1720s, Massachusetts.

We are VERY excited to announce the call for papers for our 2026 conference! 🎉🎉🎉 This year, we invite paper and poster proposals on the themes of power and/or performance!

All proposals to be sent to cms-conference-enquiries@bristol.ac.uk by 17:00 on Friday 9th January.

#medievalsky #skystorians

#40 Amelia Graham’s A little treatise of being born again, 1727 This book was kindly shared by an anonymous participant. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Amelia Graham’s book Truro, Franklin County Ohio MDCCCXXXV 1831” Bibliographic dataTitle: A ...

18th century book of sermons with neat provenance inscription of Amelia Graham from Truro, Ohio. #herbook #bookhistory csherbook.hypotheses.org/2997

"Heres a true little story of the land – you are going to – For Lulu Bird from – the skipper of the Racing Yawl Themis Feb 14th 1900" #bookhistory #herbook

#39 Lulu Bird’s Blix, 1899 This book was kindly shared by Brian Busby. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Heres [sic] a true little story of the land – you are going to – For Lulu Bird from – the skipper of the ...

Some more book entries out on the blog today, among them a novel by Frank Norris with a very sweet Valentine's inscription and traces of pressed flowers inside, contributed by @brianbusby.bsky.social. Thank you! #bookhistory

Cookbook page stained from use featuring a recipe for corn bread dressing with crossed-out words, ingredient adjustments, and cooking notes in pen, including instructions to cook onion, broth, and celery together.

Cookbook page stained from use featuring a recipe for hot cakes with handwritten ingredient adjustments in pen.

Family cookbooks, filled with handwritten notes, sometimes held together with rubber bands, tell the story of generations of homemakers. They are irreplaceable treasures.

🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...

#Thanksgiving

#rosesagainstviolence for @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social who knows this cat!
#stopviolenceagainstwomen
#stopgenderbasedviolence

Portrait of Ellen “Nellie” Sophia Bill (née Woodford) as a young child. Photo supplied by Chris Kraus.

Title illustration of The Robber Kitten, showing an adult cat in a hat and a bow tie sitting, and a downtrodden-looking kitten holding a yellow hat. A gun and a stick are lying on the floor between them.

And finally, this endearing children's book about a kitten that decided to leave home and become a robber. It belonged to Nellie Woodford. Nellie was raised by her aunt Sophia after her mother Sarah Comfort's death. #bookhistory #herbook #womenshistory csherbook.hypotheses.org/2176

This book on friendship, surely also given as a gift, belonged to Sophia Woodford. #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook

#34 Adaline L. Woodford & Sophia A. Woodford’s Psalms and Hymns, 1845 This book was kindly shared by Chris Kraus. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription: “Sophia A. Woodford from her sister Adaline” Type of ownership mark #2: personalised bindingTranscripti...

Adaline had a beautiful personalised binding made, or perhaps received it as a gift herself. csherbook.hypotheses.org/2236 #bookhistory #bookbinding #herbook

Portrait in a little locket showing Adaline Woodford (1815-1857), photograph supplied by Chris Kraus.

Portrait of Sophia Ann Woodford (1820-1909). Photograph supplied by Chris Kraus.

This book of psalms belonged to Adaline Woodford (left), who later gifted it to her sister Sophia (right). They were sisters-in-law of Sarah Comfort Woodford, the owner of Famous Men of Britain. #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook

Portrait of Sarah Eugenie (née Comfort) Woodford. Photograph supplied by Chris Kraus.

I've been sent four books all owned by women in the same family. With photos! Here's the first: Famous Men of Britain (1856), inscribed by Sarah Comfort Woodford. csherbook.hypotheses.org/2447 #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook

Portrait of John Oliver Hobbes aka Pearl Mary Teresa Richards (November 3, 1867 – August 13, 1906)By George Charles Beresford - Photography from 1902, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21525536

This is the author of the book, John Oliver Hobbes, aka Pearl Mary Teresa Richards. #bookhistory #womenshistory #literature

#onthisday in 1896, Estelle Champlin added this copy of The Herb-Moon to her library. The scraps of paper on the pastedown are from a review of the novel, probably pasted into the book by the book seller and later removed. csherbook.hypotheses.org/2160 #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook #otd

‼️Next year, the REBPAF Final Conference will be held in Dublin.‼️
We invite submissions of papers & posters; the deadline is 15 Dec 2025. We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to Ireland!📚
#REBPAF #MSCA #REBPAFConference #CfP #BookHistory
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First edition of No Time Like the Present by Mary Elliott (1825) Site dedicated to rare books in STEM

Also check out the fascinating post the current owner wrote on Esther Maria's book here. (with pictures of kites!) #bookhistory

#31 Esther Maria Jowitt’s No Time Like the Present (1825) This book was kindly shared by AB. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Esther Maria Jowitt” Bibliographic dataTitle: No time like the presentTranslator: Mary ElliotPublication year: 182...

Forgot to post this one when I published! #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory

The author of this book, Mrs Isla Sitwell, seems to have written lots of other children's books. I can't find anything biographical on her - could it be a pseudonym? Anyone know anything? #bookhistory #womenauthors #booksky

Here's another prize book, this time awarded for "good attendance" to Minnie Brownsett from Manchester. csherbook.hypotheses.org/2393 #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory

#29 Katie Seymour’s Christie Redfern’s Troubles (1892) This book was kindly shared by Brian Busby. Type of ownership mark: gift label, inscriptionTranscription: “Mall Board School, Brading. MISS MOORE’S PRIZE. PRESENTED TO Katie Seymour for attention to s...

This prize was awarded to Katie Seymour of Ryde, Isle of Wight, "for attention to studies" in 1893. Thanks to @brianbusby.bsky.social for sharing the book and its story! #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory

Indeed! Plate XLVII by Marion Satterlee in the 1921 edition of How to know the wild flowers.

There were ferns, too! Not just #horsetail.

#28 Mrs S. C. Davison’s Romance of Zion Chapel (1898) This book was kindly shared by Chris Kraus. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription: “Mrs S. C. Davison” Type of ownership mark #2: inscriptionTranscription: “A friend to a friend. Septr (...

A romance novel with a somewhat cryptic gift inscription: "A friend to a friend".
Makes one wonder what kind of friend, and why they omitted their name... #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory

#27 Mrs L. E. Demond’s New Testament (1885) This book was kindly shared by Chris Kraus. Type of ownership mark: bookplateTranscription: “Mrs. L. E. Demond 1887” Bibliographic dataTitle: The New Testament of our lord and saviour Jesus Christ:Sub...

Bible with a #bookplate. #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory

I love the audacity of reinterpreting a typographic separator as a signature line. And right underneath the apostle's name! csherbook.hypotheses.org/1958 #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook

More #ferns! Signed "A. J. S." (Alice Josephine Smith). From How to know the ferns (1899) by Frances Theodora Parsons. #botany #womenartists #illustration

#illustration by Alice Josephine Smith, from Plants and their children (1896) by Frances Theodora Parsons. #botany #womenartists

Ostrich Fern by Marion Satterlee (her monogram is under the stalk of b) from How to know the ferns (1899) by Frances Theodora Parsons. #illustration #womenartists #botany

#25 Alice G. Robertson’s How to know the ferns (1899?) This book was kindly shared by Chris Kraus. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Alice G. Robertson Waltham. Mass. 14 Laurel Ave [cut out]eum” Type of ownership mark #2: inscriptionTrans...

More #botany: another book by Frances Theodora Parsons! The former owner was not a botanist herself though. She was professor of zoology and physiology at Wellesley College. #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory