A collection of Chinese proverbs, by W. Scarborough and C. Wilfrid Allan (Peiping: The French Bookstore, 1932).
Chinese discourse is rich in the use of proverbs. These British missionaries decades ago compiled hundreds of them in Chinese, with English translation--an important historical record of language and cultural development. The real virtue of it is as an association copy, since it's signed as owner by Paul Robeson. Cloth binding with stamped cover, texblock intact but needs to be cleaned. Full conservation $150

Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates, during the ... Session of the... Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Kingdom of Great Britain... Great Britain. Parliament. London, R. Bagshaw, 1804- 17 v. The purpose of the Parliamentary debates is to record what is spoken on the floors of the houses of Lords and Commons. At this time, various accounts and statistics also appear, as well as lists of members, and names of various office-holders. Our volumes in need of repair are for these years: 1803/4, 1805, 1806, 1808, 1810. We do not own this material in any other format. It is highly useful for historians working on political, social, or economic topics in the 19th century. J 301 .H222 v. 1, 4, 5, 6, 10, 17 All these volumes have solid texblocks but need board reattachment for the cases. Doing all the work at one time for these 6 volumes will assure similar repairs and provide cost savings through batch processing, estimated cost $100.00

Die Winterblumen. Heinrich Gaerdt. Berlin: P. Parey, 1884.
Adopted by Allaire Schlicher-Beutner
This book with a lovely cloth binding from 1886 covers winter gardens. The text is written in German and contains colorful plates that brilliantly reflect the colors of blossoms. The cover is imprinted with a flowering branch. The text and the lovely cover are now protected. Estimated cost $100.00

Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages. Percy Society. Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications. London, Printed for the Percy Society by C. Richards, 1840-52. 30 v. Vols. 2,3,13, 16, 22 are most in need of conservation. This is one of the sets students and researchers use to study texts of medieval English literature. PR 1120 .P4 MSU owns the complete series but these particular volumes are in need of conservation, all have detached cover boards and 2 have old tape repairs which need to be removed. Estimated cost for conservation of 5 volumes $250.00

Early English Versions of the Gesta Romanorum.... Edited by Sidney J.H. Herrtage. London, published for the Early English Text Society by Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1932. Extra series, no. 33. "A collection of tales in Latin, some of Eastern origin, romances of chivalry, and legends of saints, originally compiled on the Continent and first printed about 1472. An English translation was printed by Wynkyn de Worde. Though Roman emperors are mentioned in some of these, they are not true narratives of historical events. To each tale a moral is attached. They provided materials for many subsequent authors." Oxford Companion to English Literature, 1946, p. 317. PR 1119 .E5 no. 33 Another title long held in the MSU collections with a damaging repair done many years ago. Estimated cost to remove tape and repair cloth binding $75.00

Figner, Vera- Zapechatlennyi trud. Chast 1. Moskva, Zadruga, 1921.
This book is the first edition of Vera Figner's memoir, published just after the Russian Revolution. Figner was raised in an upper class home as the daughter of a government official and landowner. Youthful idealism led her to the medical field, where she hoped to become a doctor and aid impoverished Russian peasants. Through family ties and acquaintances, she gradually became a part of the growing radical and anarchist movement in Russia that believed that only violent force could bring about change in the tsarist regime. She was a key organizer in the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, and spent twenty years in prison as a result. As a populist, the Bolshevik revolution in 1917 came as a shock to her, and she never joined the Bolshevik party, but she was an immensely important figure to Russia feminists and to the revolutionary movement in general. This autobiography details her life and what brought her to the conclusion that violent action was the only way to bring change to Russia in the late 19th and early 20th century. Later editions are widely held, but this earliest edition is rare because it is printed on poor materials indicative of the state of the economy in Russia in the late civil war period. Conservation Treatment-box with special acid absorbing interleaving. Cost $50.00

The Illustrated Botany edited by John B. Newman.
Adopted by Lana G. Dart in memory of Dr. Dorothy O. Dart, M.D
With gorgeous illustrated prints of flowers that are as vibrant today as when it was printed in 1846, this octavo-sized volume has severe foxing of the text pages and would clearly benefit from being adopted. The cover of the book is also damaged after 150+ years of use. With its leather spine and original marbled paper covers, this volume is a wonderful example of nineteenth century binding, which often used marbled paper covers to reduce the cost of a full leather binding. Our volume, which originally belonged to Gladys Olds Anderson, daughter of Ransom E. Olds (founder of Oldsmobile and REO Motors), is of particular interest to historians because of the variety of paper types used in the printing, including wood based and cotton rag. The vibrancy of the prints make this both a beautiful volume to read as well as a marvelous resource for scholars. Estimated cost of conservation $400.00

Gerard Mercator's map of the world (1569)
Adopted by Shirley Sliker
The map is in the form of an atlas in the Maritiem Museum "Prins Hendrik" at Rotterdam; reproduced on the scale of the original and issued by the Maritiem Museum "Prins Hendrik" and the editors of Imago Mundi, with an introduction by B. van't Hoff. Rotterdam, 1961. (Map Library) Clamshell box $100

Sobranie kodeksov RSFSR. Moskva: Iuridicheskoe izdatel'stvo Narkomiusta, 1923. 492p. Izdanie ofitsial'noe.
This is possibly the very first edition of the complete collected laws of the early Soviet Union (The Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic). The publication includes the 1918 constitution plus the first civil, criminal, labor and land codes implemented after the Bolshevik Revolution. Only two copies of this edition are known to exist in the U. S. Libraries: MSU and Library of Congress. Conservation Treatment-box with special acid absorbing interleaving. Cost $50.00

A Third world painting/sculpture exhibition: San Francisco Museum of Art, June 8-July 28, 1974. San Francisco Museum of Art. San Francisco: The Museum, 1974. (Fine Arts Permanent Reserve N6530.C2 S16)
Adopted by an anonymous donor
This is a truly unique exhibition catalog, consisting entirely of loose sheets housed in a denim pouch. The juried exhibition highlighted a significant number of underrepresented artists of the period. Clamshell box $100

Private Prayers Put Forth by Authority during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. Clay, William Keatinge. Edited for the Parker Society. Cambridge, University Press, 1851. This volume contains the Primer of 1559 (the 1559 Book of Common Prayer), the Orarium of 1560, the Preces Privatae of 1564, the Book of Christian Prayers of 1578, and an appendix containing the Litany of 1544. These are significant religious works in the development of English Protestant Christianity. BX 5035 .P26 c. 2

A General Index of the Publications of the Parker Society. Gough, Henry. Edited for the Parker Society. Cambridge, University Press, 1855. The purpose of the Parker Society was to publish the works of the fathers and early writers of the reformed English church (i.e. the Church of England), without abridgement, alteration, or omission, from the accession of King Edward VI to the death of Queen Elizabeth I. There are 55 volumes in the series. M.S.U. Libraries has most volumes in their original bindings. Many need repair work, not just the index, the Private Prayers..., and Lancelot Andrewes' sermons. While it is possible to purchase microfiche of the materials, this is not a format in which any scholar would enjoy studying the material. A scholar wants to check out works like these and take them home to read, as religious material requires slow and careful study. The volumes contain copies of the early editions of the Book of Common Prayer, other prayers, and sermons, as well as published and unpublished works by English and Continental reformers. BX 5013 .P2 Index

These two volumes from the larger set with blind stamping on the cover boards with gold center emblem are a nice example of 19th century cloth bindings. Unfortunately the spines have been poorly repaired many years ago with packing tape which needs to be chemically removed. Estimate for the two volumes $100.00

Japan: ancient Buddhist paintings. Pref. by Serge Elisseeff. Introd. by Takaaki Matsushita. Unseco, Greenwich, Conn.: New York Graphic Society, 1959. (Fine Arts Permanent Reserve supersize ND1053.U8)
Adopted by Jane P. Joyaux.
The stunning full-page color reproductions in this volume make it an invaluable resource for the study of Japanese art. The book is extremely useful to students as the accompanying text is in English.
Spine conservation $250

Ninety-Six Sermons. Andrewes, Lancelot. Oxford, J.H. Parker, 1841-1843. Andrewes was one of the men chosen by King James I to produce the King James version of the Bible. He worked on the team of scholars that produced the Pentateuch (first five books of the Old Testament) and the historical books. Theologically, he was one of the principle influences in the formation of a distinctive Anglican theology, which, in reaction from the rigidity of Puritanism, was reasonable in outlook. His sermons were known for their passionate and vivid energy, their scholarly interest, and their literary merit. T.S. Eliot believed his sermons ranked with the finest English prose of any time, although they were hard reading. (British Authors before 1800, 1961, p. 9; Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church,1958, p. 50.). BX 5037 .A5 1841 v. 1-4 All 4 volumes of this set need rebacking. There is some damage to the textblock as well which will require resewing for two of the volumes. Estimate for the 4 volumes $150.00

Romans of Partenay, or of Lusignen: Otherwise Known as the Tale of Melusine. Couldrette. Trans. from the French of La Coudrette (about 1500-1520 A.D.). Edited.... by Walter W. Skeat. London, Published for the Early English Text Society by N. Trubner and Co., 1866. Original series. "Melusina, a fairy of French folk-lore, the water-sprite of the fountain of Lusignan in Poitou....consented to marry Raymond of Poitiers on condition that he should never see her on a Saturday, on which day she reverted to her mermaid-like condition. Her husband broke the compact, whereupon she fled. She was supposed to give warning by shrieks when misfortune menaced a member of the family. Jean d'Arras, c. 1387 developed the legend in a prose romance. Oxford Companion to English Literature, 1946, p. 511 and Oxford Companion to French Literature, 1959, p. 470. PR 1119 .A2 no. 22 This nice example of 19th century half leather binding with marbled paper covered boards has an earlier repair using tape which needs to be removed. Estimate for tape removal and conservation $150.00

Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired. British Museum. London, British Museum, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1937-44 and 1953-61. CyberCafe Collection Z 921 .B88 1901-1950. 9 vols. (see note below)*

Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum in the years 1881-1900. British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books. Ed. by G.K. Fortesque. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1902-03. CyberCafe Collection Z921 .B879 v. 1-3

*10 volumes in these two call numbers sitting right outside the Main Office need conservation work. This is part of the national union catalog of Great Britain; and is a historically important reference work used by scholars and librarians alike. Estimated cost for conservation $200.00.