tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196388063768443379.post6090859669746150324..comments2024-03-05T06:22:55.364-08:00Comments on Library History Buff Blog: British Museum Library Reading Room TicketLarry T. Nixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10859160864287059311noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196388063768443379.post-2030359017414014522010-12-06T13:53:37.921-08:002010-12-06T13:53:37.921-08:00Ben, I got this from eBay. It was miss identified ...Ben, I got this from eBay. It was miss identified as being from the Yale Library. The seller has posted other copies of these tickets and they were all from the same user. So he probably kept them for reference and somewhere along the line they passed into the collectible market place. I love it when I find a piece of library ephemera that has a story behind it.Larry T. Nixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10859160864287059311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196388063768443379.post-44788708174219640122010-12-04T13:56:36.305-08:002010-12-04T13:56:36.305-08:00My pleasure, Larry.
It's so weird, I found ...My pleasure, Larry. <br /><br />It's so weird, I found that book more or less at random a couple months ago when I was testing out searching by author on Google Books. Had more or less forgotten about it but when I saw the image above it immediately jumped to mind.<br /><br />Where was this piece found? Between the pages of a book, I would hope...Ben Abrahamsehttp://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/babrahamsenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196388063768443379.post-45898862734220556292010-12-03T13:25:16.147-08:002010-12-03T13:25:16.147-08:00Thanks for this information and link Ben. LarryThanks for this information and link Ben. LarryLarry T. Nixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10859160864287059311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196388063768443379.post-60650057813840647882010-12-03T09:09:33.075-08:002010-12-03T09:09:33.075-08:00There is an interesting published exchange of corr...There is an interesting published exchange of correspondence between Panizzi and a patron, that revolves around a ticket exactly like this.<br /><br />You can find it on Google Books:<br /><br />http://books.google.com/books?id=OkUEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=falseBen Abrahamsenoreply@blogger.com