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William Claspy

@wclaspy.bsky.social

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Director of Special Collections, Case Western Reserve University. Woodworker. Trout fisherman.

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William Claspy @wclaspy.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Join us for what promises to be a fantastic event tomorrow. You can come to our library if you are in Cleveland, or fire up the livestream. @rebeccaromney.com on Jane Austen and 18th century women novelists- not to be missed!

Flyer for Rebecca Romney event at CWRU Kelvin Smith Library on April 22, 2025

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William Claspy @wclaspy.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Join us two weeks from today- Tuesday April 22nd at 4pm- for this talk by @rebeccaromney.com about her new book, Jane Austen's Bookshelf. Come in person and see our related exhibit, or tune in to the livestream!

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William Claspy @wclaspy.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

In a week filled with unpleasantness and uncertainty it was a bright moment when we received a copy of this book at our library. It is a thing of beauty, one of 50 copies printed. Melville’s Billy Budd, illustrations by the great Barry Moser.

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William Claspy @wclaspy.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

My freshly arrived copy of @rebeccaromney.com new book, atop an exhibit case for our “Jane Austen’s Library” exhibit. We look forward to Rebecca’s visit to speak at our library on April 22nd!

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William Claspy @wclaspy.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Awesome display in our library of covers from the Cleveland Bystander and Town Topics magazines, to celebrate that they are now available online, full text, on digital.case.edu

Reproductions of Bystander magazine covers

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William Claspy @wclaspy.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Our library’s Cistercian psalter is a treat. I’m unsure what these leaves are doing. I think I see Saint names but what are the hash marks that fill the lines? Thank you to my medievalist friends! @lisafdavis.bsky.social @erikkwakkel.bsky.social @ejjohnson.bsky.social

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William Claspy @wclaspy.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Looking over the eye-watering prices realized in the Christie’s auction of Owen Gingerich’s library. Wow. I thought the estimates were low on many of them! onlineonly.christies.com/s/fine-print...

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Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana

Christie’s Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana will take place online from 14 to 28 January in New York. This curated sale will span over 500 years of the history of the book. It fe...

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William Claspy @wclaspy.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I am WAY fortunate to have decades worth of office files for our library’s Special Collections. While looking for something else, I ran across this postcard sent to my predecessor in 1959 from Frederick Goff!

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William Claspy @wclaspy.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

A little binding waste to end the week. Peekaboo!

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William Claspy @wclaspy.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Hello new followers! I’m thankful for today’s work- shelving freshly cataloged rare books.

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William Claspy @wclaspy.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Might have blown a few minds with this new-to-us gem. 😊

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William Claspy @wclaspy.bsky.social · 03/10/2024

A librarian in his natural habitat: I gave a talk last week for a local book collecting club about a Charles Dickens letter we have in our library’s collection. Fun!

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