{"id":89,"date":"2024-03-29T14:01:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T19:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.uh.edu\/special-collections1\/?page_id=89"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:27:11","slug":"rare-books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libraries.uh.edu\/special-collections\/rare-books","title":{"rendered":"Rare Books Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"metaslider-id-6576\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-2026-4-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-6576 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-cubic\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Rare Books\" data-height=\"450\" data-width=\"800\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_6576\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_6576\">\n            <ul aria-live='off' class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-6585 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-05-19 13:04:53\" data-filename=\"hms001-cc-72-crop-575x323.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.uh.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/hms001-cc-72-crop-575x323.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"800\" alt=\"The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros\" class=\"slider-6576 slide-6585 msDefaultImage\" title=\"The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (Kanellos Latino Literary Movement Book Collection)\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (Kanellos Latino Literary Movement Book Collection)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-6586 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-05-19 13:04:53\" data-filename=\"lca001-cc-575x323.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.uh.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/lca001-cc-575x323.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"800\" alt=\"Atlantis by Aleister Crowley\" class=\"slider-6576 slide-6586 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Atlantis by Aleister Crowley (Henry C. Owen Jr. Collection of Occult Sciences)\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>Atlantis by Aleister Crowley (Henry C. Owen Jr. Collection of Occult Sciences)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-6587 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-05-19 13:04:53\" data-filename=\"scweb_201007_003-cropped-72-575x323.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.uh.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/scweb_201007_003-cropped-72-575x323.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"800\" alt=\"The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber\" class=\"slider-6576 slide-6587 msDefaultImage\" title=\"The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber, First Edition (Fritz Leiber Collection)\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber, First Edition (Fritz Leiber Collection)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-6588 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-05-19 13:04:53\" data-filename=\"scmss_201206_001el_i-575x323.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.uh.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/scmss_201206_001el_i-575x323.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"800\" alt=\"Book of Hours\" class=\"slider-6576 slide-6588 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Book of Hours, Use of Reims (c. 1400)\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>Book of Hours, Use of Reims (c. 1400)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-6589 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-05-19 13:04:53\" data-filename=\"top081-575x323.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.uh.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/top081-575x323.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"800\" alt=\"Queer by William S. Burroughs\" class=\"slider-6576 slide-6589 msDefaultImage\" title=\"The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents\u2026 by Edward Topsell (1658)\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents\u2026 by Edward Topsell (1658)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-6590 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-05-19 13:04:53\" data-filename=\"scweb_201007_023-cropped-72-575x323.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.uh.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/scweb_201007_023-cropped-72-575x323.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"800\" alt=\"Journal of the Texian\" class=\"slider-6576 slide-6590 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Journal of the Texian expedition against Mier by General Thomas J. Green (Claude Elliott Collection)\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>Journal of the Texian expedition against Mier by General Thomas J. Green (Claude Elliott Collection)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-6591 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-05-19 13:04:53\" data-filename=\"scweb_201007_031-cropped-72-575x323.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.uh.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/scweb_201007_031-cropped-72-575x323.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"800\" alt=\"Queer by William S. Burroughs\" class=\"slider-6576 slide-6591 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Queer by William S. Burroughs, First Edition (Edward Lukasek Gay Studies Collection)\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>Queer by William S. Burroughs, First Edition (Edward Lukasek Gay Studies Collection)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-6592 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-05-19 13:04:53\" data-filename=\"scweb_201007_042-cropped-72-575x323.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.uh.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/scweb_201007_042-cropped-72-575x323.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"800\" alt=\"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer\" class=\"slider-6576 slide-6592 msDefaultImage\" title=\"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, First American Edition (1876)\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, First American Edition (1876)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"card scp\">\r\n  <h2 class=\"card-header\">Rare Book Collections<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"card-body\">\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Dictionaries<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"spec-col-list\">\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul class=\"spec-col-list\">\r\n<li>Edwin A. Miles Historic Dictionary Collection<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Drama<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"spec-col-list\">\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul class=\"spec-col-list\">\r\n<li>Jones Latin American Drama Collection<\/li>\r\n<li>Genevieve Parkhill Lykes Drama Collection<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Early Printed Books<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"spec-col-list\">\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul class=\"spec-col-list\">\r\n<li>The history of four-footed beasts and serpents&#8230; (Topsell)<\/li>\r\n<li>Americae pars quarta, sive, Insignis &amp; admiranda historia de reperta prim\u00f9m Occidentalis India \u00e0 Christophoro Columbo anno M. CCCCXCII (Theodor de Bry)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Fine Press<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"spec-col-list\">\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul class=\"spec-col-list\">\r\n<li>Arion Press<\/li>\r\n<li>Bird &amp; Bull Press<\/li>\r\n<li>Circle Press<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Gay and Lesbian Studies<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"spec-col-list\">\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul class=\"spec-col-list\">\r\n<li>Edward Lukasek Gay Studies Collection<\/li>\r\n<li>Norma J. Lee Collection<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Hispanic Literature<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"spec-col-list\">\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul class=\"spec-col-list\">\r\n<li>Kanellos Latino Literary Movement Book Collection<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Literature<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"spec-col-list\">\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul class=\"spec-col-list\">\r\n<li>Donald Barthelme Collection<\/li>\r\n<li>William B. Shrimplin Collection (Mark Twain and American Literature)<\/li>\r\n<li>Joe H. Baker, Jr. Collection (Gertrude Stein)<\/li>\r\n<li>Larry McMurtry Collection<\/li>\r\n<li>Vassar Miller Collection<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Manuscript Books<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"spec-col-list\">\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul class=\"spec-col-list\">\r\n<li>Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Occult<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"spec-col-list\">\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul class=\"spec-col-list\">\r\n<li>Henry C. Owen Jr. Collection of Occult Sciences<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Science Fiction and Fantasy<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"spec-col-list\">\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul class=\"spec-col-list\">\r\n<li>Fritz Leiber Collection<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Texana<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul id=\"finding-list\" class=\"spec-col-list\">\r\n<li>The William B. Bates collection of Texana and Western Americana<\/li>\r\n<li>Richard Burges Texana Collection<\/li>\r\n<li>Patrick H. Candler Collection<\/li>\r\n<li>Claude Elliott Collection<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"card scp\">\r\n  <h2 class=\"card-header\">Digital Collections for Rare Books<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"card-body\">\r\n<ul id=\"digital-list\" class=\"spec-col-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu\/collections\/mw22v647b?locale=en\">Book of Hours, Use of Reims<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu\/collections\/h128nf64d\">Franco-Prussian War and Paris Commune Caricatures<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu\/collections\/44558f90v\">Havana, Cuba, The Summer Land of the World<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu\/collections\/hx11xg447\">India Illustrated<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/id.lib.uh.edu\/ark:\/84475\/do2730bw627\">Sketches in Afghaunistan<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/id.lib.uh.edu\/ark:\/84475\/do3651vf77t\">Lewis&#8217;s Illustrations of Constantinople<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/id.lib.uh.edu\/ark:\/84475\/do8020fx02v\">Sinai and Jerusalem; or, Scenes from Bible Lands<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu\/collections\/w0892c202\">Ship of Fools Woodcuts<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu\/collections\/r494vm244\">Theodor de Bry&#8217;s America<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu\/collections\/n296x020p\">Topsell&#8217;s The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents Woodcuts<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu\/collections\/b5644s44c\">Sheet Music of Flute and Violin Duets, 1790s-1850s<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu\/collections\/pk02cb85d\">Medieval Manuscript Leaves and Fragments<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu\/collections\/m326m2699\">Socialist and Communist Pamphlets<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"card scp\">\r\n  <h2 class=\"card-header\">Related Resources<\/h2>\r\n<div class=\"card-body\">\r\n<ul id=\"resource-list\" class=\"spec-col-list\">\r\n\t\t\t           <li>Your Old Books<\/li>\r\n        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/exhibits.lib.uh.edu\/s\/exhibits\/page\/sacra-et-profana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sacra et Profana: Music in Medieval Manuscripts<\/a><\/li>\r\n        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.lib.uh.edu\/manuscipts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manuscript Books<\/a><\/li>\r\n        <li>Printed Books 1450 &#8211; Present<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rare Book Collections Dictionaries Edwin A. Miles Historic Dictionary Collection Drama Jones Latin American Drama Collection Genevieve Parkhill Lykes Drama Collection Early Printed Books The history of four-footed beasts and serpents&#8230; (Topsell) Americae pars quarta, sive, Insignis &amp; admiranda historia de reperta prim\u00f9m Occidentalis India \u00e0 Christophoro Columbo anno M. 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