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The Card Catalog: Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures by The Library of Congress

Bibliophiles will love this book of...books! The card catalog is a sacred thing, originating as far back as 2000 B.C. Mesopotamia. Signed originals, first editions, this compilation has not just the organizational relics but the relics themselves, including T.S. Eliot’s 1922 Waste Land (with original cover page images) and The Grapes of Wrath. This is a visual pilgrimage through time via one of the world’s most famous libraries and its circulation vitae. When you leaf through well-worn, stranger-signed, old-smelling 3 x 5 cards colored brown by time, well, that’s something only a book lover can know and love.

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