Skip to content

OPEN TODAY: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.

Tickets

Rare Books

On the tip of my tongue

Image not available



You might also be interested in

  • Image not available

    Letters about "No man knows my history : the life of Joseph Smith,"

    Manuscripts

    Letter from Fawn M. Brodie to Francis W. Kirkman in which she confronts Kirkman's allegations that an 1826 court document used in her book "No Man Knows My History : The Life of Joseph Smith" (1945) was a fake. The letter focuses on Brodie's attempts to trace the history of the document and related court records and report her findings to Kirkman. The last page includes a handwritten note to Juanita Brooks. Includes typescript of W.D. Purple's article "Historical Reminiscences of the Town of Afton" (Chenango Union, May 3, 1877).

    mssHM 72343-72344

  • Image not available

    No man knows my history : the life of Joseph Smith, the Mormon prophet

    Rare Books

    Of the many prophets who arose during the early 19th century in America, when unfettered religious liberty spawned a host of new sects "only one was destined for real glory...A century after his death [in 1844]," Mrs. Brodie writes, "Joseph Smith had a million followers who held his name sacred and his mission divine"--dust jacket.

    635790

  • Image not available

    Tip. no. 22

    Rare Books

    Content: "Bukowski statt Kraus" ; "'Bukowski, du alte Drecksau, ich hase dich!'" (article, excerpt -black and white photos of Bukowski in "intro" section on p. 4; article by Hollow Skai has Bukowski's name in the title but does not seem to involve him; second piece is an excerpt from the book Die Ochsentour by Bukowski, published by Maro-Verlag, and is accompanied by several black and white photos of Bukowski in Germany), p. 44, 54 Content author: Hollow Skai ; Charles Bukowski

    602814

  • Image not available

    Tip. no. 21

    Rare Books

    Content: "Notes of a Dirty Young Man" (review - accompanied by a large black and white illustrated portrait of Bukowski and a black and white photo of Bukowski; review of Bukowski's Das Schlimmste kommt noch oder Fast eine Jugend, the German translation of Ham on Rye; "Buk p. 96-97" written in ms. on front cover), p. 96 Content author: Ingeborg Middendorf

    602814

  • Image not available

    Tip. no. 23

    Rare Books

    Content: "Mach's Gun Manny" (short story - accompanied by illustrations by Robert Crumb and a black and white photo of Bukowski; "P. 92" written in ms. on front cover; front cover is torn), p. 92 Content author: Charles Bukowski

    602814