Isabella Bird

2026-05-17 ~ lojmit ~ Leave a comment

Isabella Bird wrote Unbeaten Tracks in Japan in 1879 and they’re still reprinting it. Source.

Triple Chess

2026-05-07 ~ lojmit ~ Leave a comment

Philip Marinelli, Triple Chess, 1826. Source.

Left Wing and a Prayer

2026-04-28 ~ lojmit ~ Leave a comment

The definitive (or perhaps only) history of the Ottawa Nationals. Source.

The Mountain and the Valley

2026-03-27 ~ lojmit ~ Leave a comment

Source.

Grade Six History Textbook

2026-02-12 ~ lojmit ~ Leave a comment

Based on a novel by Thomas Raddall.

Švejk’s Anabasis on Google Maps

2026-02-092026-02-09 ~ lojmit ~ Leave a comment

Having missed the train in Tabor (A) the good soldier Švejk decided to walk to regimental headquarters in České Budějovice (J). The blue line traces his wanderings. Source.

Euclid’s Elements in Colour

2026-01-18 ~ lojmit ~ Leave a comment

The First Six Books of The Elements of Euclid in which Coloured Diagrams and Symbols Are Used Instead of Letters for the Greater Ease of Learners, by Oliver Byrne (London: 1847). Source.

The Brown Brothers

2026-01-04 ~ lojmit ~ Leave a comment

A mini library in Toronto was set alight by some passing vandal, so the owners rebuilt in honour of The Brown Brothers Ltd., a Wellington Street stationer and bookbindery that burned down in the Great Toronto Fire of 1904. Story. Also.

Farmer Giles of Ham

2025-12-06 ~ lojmit ~ Leave a comment

Shelfie

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