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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 1h

On this day in 1849, Edgar Allan Poe met his maker. In remembrance of literature’s protagonist, here are glimpses of some Poe materials that have passed through Patrick’s Rare Books. #books #onthisday #edgarallanpoe #history #october

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 12h

If you, like me, are on autopsy service tomorrow, set aside part of your evening for playing guitar. The antiquarian books, and the grave below, will wait.

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 14h

Must be the season of the witch. For your consideration this October, Thomas Fuller’s Holy & Profane State, 1648.

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 20h

For your consideration (and edification), Hammond’s Paraphrases and Annotations on the New Testament. Folio. 1702.

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Another remarkable engraving found in Pancoast’s Operative Surgery (1844).

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Praise for The Grave Below continues to roll in after six years on the market. Thank you, every random stranger, who has supported me by reading my books, leaving positive reviews, and sending me encouraging comments & messages. I truly appreciate each of you.

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Edgar Allan Poe signed by Rackham. Coming soon to Patrick’s Rare Books.

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Copies of my limited edition miniature books—all of which are intended to be October reads—are still available from Patrick’s Rare Books.

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Ok, book lovers. Here are your must read novels for October. Don’t let spooky season pass you by without these. They were written for Halloween.

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Patrick’s Rare Books is proof enough that “strange and monstrous things do happen.”

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Another engraving from Pancoast’s Operative Surgery, 1844. Every surgeon should own a copy.

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Read The Grave Below and its sanguinary sequel, You Were Darkness, this October! #TheGraveBelow #YouWereDarkness #recommendation #october #reading

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The hemosiderin-laden macrophage. The official cell of October.

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Help me solve a mystery. I found this loose inside in an 18th century anatomy book. It depicts basicranial fractures (so it’s trauma/pathology, not anatomy). But I haven’t been able to find its source. Was it cut from another book? Or is it a one off?

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For your further consideration,Pancoast’s Operative Surgery. Look at the patient’s eyes during this mandibular resection.

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

As early as the 1550s, Gabrielle Falloppia was teaching surgical options for breast health, but said he would not wish these operations on anyone. (This engraving from our copy of Pancoast’s Operative Surgery. Make it yours today.)

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Pancoast’s Operative Surgery. This copy can be yours.

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just in time for October. A 1572 book about ghosts. Written by a Calvinist, no less.

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Everyone gets so excited about the cerebral cortex. I feel like the diencephalon never really gets the attention it deserves.

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

An undated folio Dutch Bible (not after 1695) for your consideration.

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Read spooky season books this October. I recommend The Grave Below and its hemorrhagic sequel You Were Darkness.

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

How it literally feels to be told “you’re being dramatic.”

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Had to work today. I keep these by my microscope for morale purposes.

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If you collect antiquarian obstetrics books, go big.

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This engraving (shown here in Cowper’s Anatomia, but originally Bidloo) inspired the scene in my novel, You Were Darkness, where Govard Bidloo shows Idelette how to begin the dissection of a cadaver’s back.

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ok, surgeons. What’s on your tray today?

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This app needs more antiquarian medical books. I guess that’s up to us.

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Sorry to everyone who is waiting on a response from me. I’m way behind on my emails/messages. Post op pain meds made me very drowsy for a whole week. But I think I’m finally shaking it and will have a fully functional brain again by end of this week.

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Someone had a little trouble separating this sheet from the plate back in the 1600s.

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ever think about the fact that your tonsils are situated mere millimeters from your cervical spine (and vertebral arteries)?

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Two 18th century books with similar titles. This topic remained a mystery for millennia.

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

When awake, during my post op recovery, I’ve been getting back to the basics (since they don’t demand as much concentration).

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The saying is trustworthy, it seems. Still recovering from surgery. After a week the pain has not abated. Hopefully soon.

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Apparently @rarebooksla.bsky.social is vampire themed this year. I won’t be in LA, unfortunately. If anyone finds a copy of The Grave Below or its sequel You Were Darkness, signed or with important provenance, don’t miss the opportunity to add it to your ever-growing library!

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Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Graph means to record. Tome means to cut. The Myographia is a record of the muscles of the body. The Myotomia is a dissection of the muscles of the body.