Duke holds one of the world’s largest collections of Confederate imprints, or items printed in the Confederate States of America between secession from the Union and the surrender of the Confederate military forces (December 1860-April 1865). Confederate imprints are notable for their fragility and ephemerality, due to the scarcity of high-quality paper and a lack of large publishing and printing houses in the South, as well as for the view their contents give of military and civilian life in...
Topics: Confederate, Civil War, American history
The Jantz Collection at Duke Libraries
The Glenn R. Negley Collection of Utopian Literature in Duke University’s David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library contains over 900 works, dating from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. The collection includes utopias and dystopias, works which, according to Dr. Negley, "use the device of a fictional society or state to present views of an ideal (utopian) or less than ideal (dystopian) value structure," especially focused on the political functioning of the...
Duke University Libraries, Ottoman-Turkish Literature
The Duke University Archives preserves the historical record of the university. This collection provides access to several key campus publications including the Chanticleer (student yearbook), the Trinity College Historical Papers (series of early faculty publications), as well as other core resources, such as campus course catalogs.
The focus of this collection is on the Judeo-Christian tradition, with some emphasis on Methodism in the United States. It also embraces the diversity of world religions including, but not limited to Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism.
Duke University Press is an academic publisher of books and journals across the humanities, social sciences, and more. Duke University Press has decided to make available via open access a substantial set of its older books that are no longer selling actively. The DUP collection is composed of some of those books; others may be available only via the HathiTrust.
Emblem books are a genre of illustrated books that was popular from the 16th to the 18th centuries in Europe. Emblem books contain illustrations that often visually represent or illustrate a moral fable or an allegory. The illustration is often paired with a phrase of text, like a motto or an epigram,that further explains the image. Many emblem books serve a didactic purpose and explain virtues, vices, religious principals etc. through words and image. Many significant artists, authors, and...
A collection of Russian Imprints from Duke University.
Works from and about the British Romantic era of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, from the holdings of the Duke University David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library. The collection is espec ially rich in the works of Lord Byron and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, including some unique copies, but also includes significant editions of works by Leigh Hunt, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley, Robert Southey, William Wordsworth, and others. Many items in the...
The History of Medicine Collections in Duke University’s David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library contains over 20,000 rare books and 4,000 manuscript items, along with numerous prints, photos, and other types of ephemera. The collection strengths are in the following areas: anesthesiology, human sexuality, materia medica, pediatrics, psychiatry, vivisection, and yellow fever.
Duke University Libraries
89,084
89K
1911
1911
by
Rizal, José, 1861-1896; Mariano, Patricio
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Translation of El Filibusterismo
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Topic: Arabic language
Official publications by the British colonial government in Madras [now, Chennai] from 1670 - 1835, including district records; diaries; domestic and overseas political correspondence; dispatches; letters to and from Fort St. George; copies of wills, probates and letters of administration; pleadings in the Mayor’s Court; consultations; and minutes of proceedings.
This collection of works of literature by British women of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries from the Duke University David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library provides insight not only into the development of the novel, but also of new literary genres in general and the societal forces that gave rise to female authors in the Victorian era. Gothic romances, epistolary novels, and societal "problem" novels are also represented in the collection and attest to the role...
Topic: keyword
Duke University Libraries
12,981
13K
1922
1922
by
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965
texts
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Duke University Libraries
9,371
9.4K
1920
1920
by
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956
texts
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182 p. 19 cm
Topic: Christianity
Astrology.--Palmistry.--Thaumaturgic art.--Hypnotism and mesmerism.--The occult arts.--Alchemy
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Topic: Occultism
-Ondes. -Étendards. -Casé d'armons. -Luerus des tirs. -Obus couleur de lune. -La tête étoilée
Topic: World War, 1914-1918
This group represents a small selection of directories from Duke's larger collection. Perkins Library has directories from various cities in the United States and Europe from the 1700s through the 1900s. City directories provide information on businesses, organizations and institutions located within. They also contain an alphabetical listing of citizens, listing the name of the head of household, address and occupational information. Directories may also include a short history of the city,...
Duke University Libraries
57,266
57K
1658
1658
by
Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625?; Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565; Moffett, Thomas, 1553-1604; Rowland, John, M.D
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Paged continuously
Topic: Zoology
x, 490 p. : 20 cm
Topics: Atlantis (Legendary place), Deluge
[68], 685 pages : 23 cm (8vo)
Topics: Emblem books, Italian, Emblems -- Early works to 1800, Emblems
Özege, M. S. Eski harflerle
Topics: Nasreddin Hoca (Legendary character), Turkish wit and humor
Includes bibliographical references (p.174-175) and indexes.
Topics: Synoptic problem, Q hypothesis
Duke University Libraries
2,976
3.0K
1956
1956
by
Sophocles; Banks, Theodore Howard, 1895-1969
texts
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Topic: Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Turkish
v. : 28 cm
Topic: Duke University
Duke University Libraries, British Romantic Literature
4,428
4.4K
1819
1819
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Polidori, John William, 1795-1821; Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824; Mitford, John, 1782-1831
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The "Extract of a letter to the editor" (p. [v]-xvi) and "Extract of a letter, containing an account of Lord Byron's residence in the island of Mitylene" (p. [73]-84) have been ascribed to John Mitford, R. N. cf. British Museum Catalogue and Notes & queries, 3d ser., v.7, p. 201
186 p. : 19 cm
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Topics: Voyages, Imaginary, Science fiction, American, Utopias
"Including Zululand, East Griqualand and Pondoland."
Topics: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) -- Directories, Zululand (South Africa) -- Directories, Pondoland...
Duke University Libraries, Ottoman-Turkish Literature
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Dec 18, 2018
12/18
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01 Qastallani, Ahmad ibn Muhammad, 1447 or 8-1517 or 18; 01 1447 or 8-1517 or 18; 05 Tirmidhi, Muhammad ibn Isá, d. 892. Shamail. Turkish; 05 d. 892. . Turkish; 06 Nawawi, 1233-1277. Arbaun al-Nawawiyah. Turkish; 06 1233-1277. . Turkish
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Topics: Muhammad, Prophet, d. 632, Religious life, Hadith
167 p. 19 cm
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Topics: Garden cities, Utopias
The Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History in Duke’s David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library holds an extensive collection of correspondence, publications, advertisements, photographs, slides, films, books and serials that document the history of advertising, sales, and marketing over the past two centuries. In addition to the J. Walter Thompson Company Archives, the most comprehensive historical record of any advertising agency, the Center contains the...
Verso of t.p.: Black Cat Press
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Topic: Atlantis (Legendary place)
Duke University Libraries
4,239
4.2K
1900
1900
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Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910; Garnett, Constance, 1861-1946
texts
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Translation of Voĭna i mir
Topic: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Copyright date from verso of t.p
Topic: Utopias
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Topics: Kashghari, Sadid al-Din, 13th cent.?, 13th cent.?, Prayer
Duke University Libraries, Confederate Imprints
19,669
20K
Gardner's New Orleans directory for 1861 : including Jefferson City, Gretna, Carrollton, Algiers, and McDonogh : with a new map of the city, a street and levee guide, business directory, an appendix of much useful information, and a planters directory containing the names of the cotton and sugar planters of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas : a summary of the commercial history of New Orleans, continued
1861
1861
by
Gardner, Charles
texts
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Includes indexes
Topics: New Orleans (La.) -- Directories, New Orleans (La.) -- Commerce, New Orleans Suburban Area (La.) --...
Third book in the author's series of lessons on the Hermetic art, the 1st of which is Philosophia Hermetica, and the 2d, scientific Hermetica
Topic: Hermetic Brotherhood of Atlantis
"The exquisite presswork and binding [are] by Cranston & Curts, Cincinnati."
Topic: Utopias
Duke University Libraries
1,267
1.3K
1903
1903
by
Moore, G. E. (George Edward), 1873-1958
texts
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Includes index
Topic: Ethics
xii, 256 p. : 24 cm
Topics: Medicine -- Early works to 1800, Occultism, History, 16th Century, Occupational Diseases, Mining,...
xxv, 352 p. 20 cm
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Topic: Utopias
"Five hundred and forty copies printed at the Riverside Press Cambridge."
Duke University Libraries
4,254
4.3K
1872
1872
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Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898; Tenniel, John, 1820-1914
texts
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First edition; cf. Williams, cited below
Özege, M.S. Eski harflerle
Topics: Turkey, Civil law, Islamic law
Duke University Libraries
2,469
2.5K
1923
1923
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Clork, Harry
texts
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381 p., [31] leaves of plates :
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Duke University Libraries
5,241
5.2K
1910
1910
by
Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture. NcD
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Cover title
Topics: Cooking (Bread), Bread, Kitchen appliances
Previously published 1901
Topic: Consciousness
former call number: E #8495
Topic: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction
Includes index
Topic: Bengali literature
[28] p. 23 cm
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Topic: Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
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David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library
This collection contains scans of the historical main entry card catalog for the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University. Cards were organized into drawers and arranged alphabetically by author (or title, when no author was present). The card files typically include administrative metadata; information about a collection's creator or author; the dates of the materials; and summaries of the events or ideas documented in the collection. Staff maintained the card...
2 v. in 1 (xxvii, 583 p.) 21 cm
Topics: Old Norse poetry -- Translations into English, Eddas -- Translations into English
xxx, 47 p. 17 cm
Topic: Peterloo Massacre, Manchester, England, 1819
Duke University Libraries
3,012
3.0K
1960
1960
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Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963
texts
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117 p. 16 cm
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Topics: Isotype (Picture language), Language, Universal, Pasigraphy
Duke University Libraries
1,658
1.7K
1559
1559
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Agricola, Rodolphus, 1443?-1485; Phrissemius, Joannes Matthaeus
texts
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At head of title: Rodolphi Agricolae phrisij
Topic: Dialectic
First American edition
Topics: Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character), Whaling ships, Ship captains, Whaling, Whales
Duke University Libraries
5,749
5.7K
1898
1898
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Wrede, Alphons, Freiherr von; Semek, Anton; Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. K. und K. Kriegsarchiv. Mittheilungen. Supplement
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"Supplement zu den 'Mittheilungen des K. und K. Kriegs-Archivs'."
Topics: Austria. Armee, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Heer, Hungary. HonveÌdseÌg, Austria. Landwehr,...
In verse
Topics: Utopias, Slavery
Duke University Libraries
15,711
16K
1903
1903
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Evans, Nelson W. (Nelson Wiley), 1842-1913
texts
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Bibliography: p. 352-354
Topics: Scioto County (Ohio) -- History, Scioto County (Ohio) -- Biography
Duke University Libraries
17,036
17K
1893
1893
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Confederated Southern Memorial Association (U.S.); Sons of Confederate Veterans (Organization); United Confederate Veterans; United Daughters of the Confederacy
texts
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Description based on: v. 2, no. 1 (Jan. 1894); title from cover
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Topic: Confederate States of America. Army
238 p, 6 leaves of plates : 22 cm
Topics: Humorist stories, English, English literature, Humorists, English, Blacks
Novel
Topic: Knights and knighthood
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