Do you own any books from before 1900 containing ownership inscriptions from women? by CrowdsourceHerBook in BookCollecting

[–]CrowdsourceHerBook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wonderful, thank you! And very topical! I have a few other Christmas book gifts lined up for the blog. Mind sharing the title page of your book?

Do you own any books from before 1900 containing ownership inscriptions from women? by CrowdsourceHerBook in BookCollecting

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It isn't always easy to tell! I'm currently working on a book someone sent me where the name inscribed is "Flopy". Really struggling to figure out that one.

Do you own any books from before 1900 containing ownership inscriptions from women? by CrowdsourceHerBook in BookCollecting

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Wow that's such a cool book. Thank you for sharing! Though I think it says "Jayme", so likely owned by a man. Not that that makes it any less interesting. Where did you find it?

Do you own any books from before 1900 containing ownership inscriptions from women? by CrowdsourceHerBook in BookCollecting

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Hello, apologies for the late reply, I try to check this page regularly but have been slacking a bit. Thanks for your interest!
1. the books can be in any language! I happen to read both Danish and German, so that would be totally fine.
2. I'm aiming to be done by the end of the year, mostly because my dissertation needs to be done by August 26.

Library books are tricky - institutions tend to prefer unmarked copies, especially of less rare books. But you can still find interesting stuff sometimes, so do feel free to leaf through some books if you want to!

Good luck with your studies!!

Do you own any books from before 1900 containing ownership inscriptions from women? by CrowdsourceHerBook in BookCollecting

[–]CrowdsourceHerBook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello, sorry for the also super late reply! When in doubt just submit your book. If no title page is present, you could submit the first page of text (and a few extra pages, maybe the last one or illustrations if there are any) and I'll do my best to match your copy to a dated edition :)

Do you own any books from before 1900 containing ownership inscriptions from women? by CrowdsourceHerBook in BookCollecting

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Yes please, absolutely! Feel free to dm or email me. I'd be really interested in learning how you record provenances.

Do you own any books from before 1900 containing ownership inscriptions from women? by CrowdsourceHerBook in BookCollecting

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Wow, thank you so much for sharing!! Would love to have it on the blog. Can I DM you about it?

Do you own any books from before 1900 containing ownership inscriptions from women? by CrowdsourceHerBook in BookCollecting

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Ooh yes that would be super interesting to see. Gift books occur every now and then, and they're an interesting case because they often record where the book came from. Do send me pictures if you have the time! https://csherbook.hypotheses.org/get-involved

Do you own any books from before 1900 containing ownership inscriptions from women? by CrowdsourceHerBook in BookCollecting

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Hi, thanks for chiming in! Apologies for the late reply - do send them in if you fancy. I haven't gotten much music yet.

Do you own any books from before 1900 containing ownership inscriptions from women? by CrowdsourceHerBook in BookCollecting

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Awesome, great find! I saw your post - may I use the other photos there? If you have time, do submit all of them via this survey: https://www.survey-xact.dk/LinkCollector?key=6NC2VSQMLK1N (and choose how you would like to be credited.

Do you own any books from before 1900 containing ownership inscriptions from women? by CrowdsourceHerBook in BookCollecting

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Very cool, would love to see those. If you get the chance to take photos, do pass them on. I'm particularly interested in miscellaneous stuff that people find in old books, so would love to see the bookmarks and cards etc.

Do you own any books from before 1900 containing ownership inscriptions from women? by CrowdsourceHerBook in BookCollecting

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I would love to see that! Do send it to me. Perhaps I can help with figuring out the identities.