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If a book is well known and popular it's often not hard to buy and old copy like this and bring it back to life.

The binding looks so dark it almost looks like it was exposed to fire. This is possible but I think it's just sun damage. This book sat on a shelf for a LONG time untouched in some pretty library that probably made someone feel very smart and erudite. I will write a dedication in it, re-read it (I have a digital version so I'm not really missing anything) and give it away.

I hope the kid writes in it too.

This book needs love. If it had been read more the spine might be less cracked.

Every book tells a story. You can read what is in the book, but you can also read the book itself, as an object.

This book was published in 1896 by Appleton in NYC. It used to be that having your book "published" meant sheets were printed, local bookshops and binders would then cut and bind the books for customers. Appleton was making this process more industrial. The book has a wild mix of features: a gilded top edge, but also uncut-pages, a fake headband, but real leather quarter binding.

@nazokiyoubinbou @catsalad

click bait is out of control

@catsalad

total rip off

@snail

which one is the "biscoff" ?

@divbyzero

This is lovely, Dave! #mathematics #mathEducation #trig #trigonometry #math #maths #teaching #calculus

@rightsprung

OK but I want to read it and one of the looped pages is about when Darwin first saw an army ant colony. Do you see my problem. The discipline this is requiring of me?

It’s a good-looking book. I decided to leave the pages uncut for the student to open.

In case you missed this important news story. Piper is safe. I repeat. Piper is safe.

(also a great name for a cat because she is loud like #PicaTheCat who could not be reached for comment about her own history of getting stuck.)

Mr. John Debacker is a hero. Watch the whole interview to find out how he used his understanding of the importance of SILENCE to get the kitty out.

@urbanfuzzy

Yeah a password YOU don't know so the cat can do more of whatever this is.

@xris

**full body involuntary shudder**

IDK that's a doozy

@rbreich

They are too attractive make it uglier.

Are there examples of passing a law that says you can't pass any laws about something for ten years where that worked? Like. Can you even do that?

I'm not talking about Constitutions, which are generally what we call the documents that are the "laws about how the laws may work" but rather just saying "you can't make a law about X" (literally possibly) and that being at all binding.

I think one could just pass a law anyway and then argue in court. Seems weak.

The tea is scalding HOT.

@shawnhooper

OMG

@enobacon

There are like ten candidates I think and you don't have to rank them all. Though I'm still trying to understand this.

@overholt

A nice touch for a historical drama might be some person reading a book published by their rival who they loath and conspicuously ripping open the pages without much care.

(although I don't think book people would find this funny, and thanks for the tip.)

@tippitiwichet

My photo from last summer of Prenolepis imparis in PA.

@phooky

OK but this book has some pages cut but not others. I think they just did a bad job trimming it. It's quarter bound, but not exactly a "fine binding" by any stretch. It *is* from the 1890s though! Which is exciting.