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Truly Grimm – Storytelling on Sunday, December 9th in Cotsen

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Rare Books and Special Collections

The Council of the Friends of the Princeton University Library invites you to a storytelling by Susan Danoff ’75 & Tara McGowan ‘90 in honor of the Bicentary of the publication of Grimms’ Fairy Tales on Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 3:30pm in … Continue reading →

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RBSC Firestone Holiday Hours

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Rare Books and Special Collections

GALLERIES (Main, Milberg, and Cotsen) Wednesday, 11/21/12 9-5 pm Thursday, 11/22/12 CLOSED Friday, 11/23/12 12-5 pm (Normal hours will resume for the galleries on Saturday, 11/24/12 and Sunday, 11/25/12 from 12-5 pm.) DULLES READING ROOM Wednesday, 11/21/12 9-4:45 pm Thursday,11/22/12 CLOSED Friday, 11/23/12 CLOSED … Continue reading →

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New Cotsen Publication: “Paint Like Peter Rabbit”

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Rare Books and Special Collections

There’s a new pamphlet available free of charge to visitors of the gallery of the Cotsen Children’s Library.  It’s a coloring book designed by Mark Argetsinger that reproduces eight illustrations from Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit Painting Book(London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd. … Continue reading →

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Cotsen Library is in the New York Times – Beatrix Potter Letters Exhibited at the Morgan Library

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Rare Books and Special Collections

By Edward Rothstein Published: November 1, 2012 The New York Times, Art & Design Section It was such a long time ago; and in another world,” Beatrix Potter writes, in a handwriting not all that different from the one she … Continue reading →

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2012-2013 Adler Book Collecting Prize – Deadline for entries has been EXTENDED: Monday, November 12, 2012

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Rare Books and Special Collections

The Elmer Adler Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize is endowed from the estate of Elmer Adler, who for many years encouraged the collecting of books by Princeton undergraduates.  It is awarded annually to the undergraduate student or students who, in the … Continue reading →

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