The Duke University Libraries Adopt-A-Book Program gives you the opportunity to support the conservation of library materials in need of repair. Your gift helps to keep these materials available for current and future faculty, scholars and students.
Books, manuscripts, moving images, photographs and University Archives materials are available for adoption. An electronic book plate will be put into the item's catalog record to acknowledge your gift. Adopted items are listed at the bottom of this page.
Adoption Process
A selection of available items is listed below. Please contact the head of the Conservation Services Department with your adoption choice:
Beth Doyle, Head of Conservation Services Dept.
b.doyle@duke.edu
919-660-5985
We are happy to honor someone special or recognize a special event such as graduation in the electronic bookplate. If you wish your gift to remain anonymous, we will honor that request.
Adoptable Collection Items
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Adopt a Box: Conservator's Choice! With this option, we will choose an item in need of an enclosure and put your name on the electronic bookplate. The staff in the conservation lab make on average 5,000 custom enclosures a year. There is always something in the lab that needs a box. Candidates may come from any part of our collections including Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Archives, Music Library locked stacks, or Lilly Library locked stacks. |
Adopt for $150 |
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Old New York by Edith Wharton (4 volumes, library copy 3) First published in 1924, Wharton's collection of four short novels reveals the customs and social orders of mid-19th-century New York--Novelist.These sweet volumes are part of the Lisa Unger Baskin Collection. They need custom enclosures to protect the beautiful dust jackets. |
Adopt for $150 |
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Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (London, 1996). This is book one of Martin's fantasy story of treachery, greed, and war that threatens the unity of the Seven Kingdoms of south of the Wall. This edition is inscribed to Charles N. Brown from the author. Original dust jacket. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin (New York, 1969). Le Guin's Hainish series begins with the assumption that centuries ago humanoids from the planet Hain ventured through the solar system establishing colonies on various planets including Earth. This is the first hardcover edition. Original dust jacket. The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe (New York, 1983). This title i s the fourth and final volume in the four-volume series The Book of the New Sun. What makes this edition interesting is that it has three dust jackets. The original as issued, and an additional two identical dust jackets. These three volumes were acquired as part of the Locus Science Fiction Foundation Collection. We are adopting these as a set of three individually made custom corrugated boxes . (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (c.2) by Robert A. Heinlein (New York, 1966). Widely considered one of the best science fiction novelists, Robert Heinlein won four Hugo Awards for best novel including one for The Moon is a Harsh Mistress . This tale of revolution and rebellion needs a protective enclosure to protect its as-issued publisher's dust jacket. This volume is inscribed to Charles N. and Dena Brown from the author. Original dust jacket. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein (New York, 1959). This military science fiction novel won Heinlein a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1960. Not without its critics, this novel was influential on many writing genres. Original dust jacket. Signed by the author with inscription. The Green Hills of Earth by Robert A. Heinlein (Chicago, 1951). This novel was one of Heinlein's Future History stories that was first published in The Saturday Evening Post. Original dust jacket. These three volumes were acquired as part of the Locus Science Fiction Foundation Collection. We are adopting these as a set of three individually made custom corrugated boxes. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
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No: Classical Theatre of Japan by Donald Keene (1966). This book is an amazing look into the world of Japanese theatrical tradition. It is in its original publisher's dust jacket and slipcase. However, the original slipcase is cardboard. The problem with slipcases are they can abrade the covers when the book is taken removed and put back into the slipcase. We need to create a custom housing for both the book and its slipcase so that these items remain together, but are both protected from needless wear and tear. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress , by Robert A. Heinlein (1966). Widely considered one of the best science fiction novelists, Robert Heinlein won four Hugo Awards for best novel including one for The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. This tale of revolution and rebellion needs a protective enclosure to protect its as-issued publisher's dust jacket. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
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The Naked and the Dead , by Norman Mailer (1948). This book recalls Mailer's military service in the Phillapines in World War II. The novel was later adapted into a film. The original New Yorker critique of the novel can be found online. This book needs an enclosure to keep the original dust jacket protected. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
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NEW! Dune, by Frank Herbert (1965). This book is part of the Locus Science Fiction Foundation Collection and is inscribed by the author. Set on a desert planet, Dune is a future space fantasy concerning a time when the human race has reached a point of intellectual stagnation and receives the help of a space-age Messiah and prophet. Fun fact: the Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Dune the movie will be released at the end of 2020. |
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NEW! Man in the High Castle, by Philip K. Dick. Every great TV series began as a book. Adopt the original! This novel ponders life in America against the background of a globe controlled by Germany and Japan--a novel of our world as it might have been. This book is part of the Locus Science Fiction Foundation Collection . |
Adopt for $200 |
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NEW! A Game of Thrones , by George R.R. Martin (1996). Winter is coming, and you should adopt this book. This one is unusal as it is accompanied by an early version of dust jacket illustrated by Stephen Youll, with border designed by Ron Zim; the jacket design is by Jamie S. Warren Youll. This book is part of the Locus Science Fiction Foundation Collection. |
Adopt for $200 |
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NEW! H. McLanahan bindings (set 1). These may all be written by Bernard Shaw, but the McLanahan bindings are what make these books stunning. They need simple four-flap boxes to protect the delicate goold toolsing. The nine books are: The philanderer : a topical comedy of the year 1893 (B. Shaw) |
Adopt set of 9 for $300 |
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NEW! H. McLanahan bindings (set 2). These beautiful bindings are by H. McLanahan and arguably the best thing about these nine novels by Bernard Shaw. They need simple four-flap boxes to protect the delicate goold toolsing. The nine books are: The Devil's Disciple: A melodrama in three acts (B. Shaw) |
Adopt set of 9 for $300 |
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Children and Gardens by Gertrude Jekyll (London, 1933). Jekyll was a British horticulturist, garden designer, writer, and artist. She created over 400 gardens in the UK, Europe, and the US. This volume includes instructions on gardening written for children (and their adults); recipes; and illustrations including Ms. Jekyll's cat. Chinese Women Speak by Dymphna Cusack (Sydney, 1958). This is Cusack's account of her travels in China in the mid 1950's. Valuable for its verbatim reports of her interviews with Chinese women. New Plays for Women and Girls by Samuel French LTD (New York, Los Angeles, London, 1932). This volume contains fifteen one-act plays. These three volumes were acquired as part of the Lisa Unger Baskin Collection . Each book's dust jacket needs some conservation treatment to stabilize small tears. They also need a custom corrugated box to protect the bindings. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
Adopt for $300 |
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Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers , published 1751-72, by Denis Diderot. This is the first encyclopedia to have the contents organized by human thought rather than by nature or theology. This publication was considered innovative in part because it emphasized the mechanical arts, and it named the various authors that contributed content. This complete set contains 70 volumes of text, illustrations and supplements. Each volume needs a custom-made enclosure and many need minor repair to the texts and foldouts. [ Text volumes ] [ Plate volumes ] 61 of 70 volumes available for adoption (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
Adopt for $300 per volume
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An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (1925, first edition). Loosely based on real events this story follows Clive Griffiths, a son of two misionaries, who takes a job as a bell hop then in a factory. After making several poor choices he ends up on trial for murder. This two-volume set has some prior repairs that are damaging the original dust jackets. The original publishers slip case is damaging the books, so an enclosure that houses the books and slip case will be made so that all three pieces are protected. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
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Dante con lespositione di Christoforo Landino [c.2] , by Dante Alighieri (1564) Illustrated with the woodcuts from Marcolini's edition of 1544. This is also the first appearance of AB's woodcut portrait of Dante. This book's headcaps are damaged and the front board is off. It also needs a custom enclosure to protect the fragile binding. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
Adopt for $300 |
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Birds of America by John James Audubon . These are stunning double elephant folios printed from 1827–1803. This set contains four volumes. Three volumes need full conservation attention to repair the broken and loose sewing and boards before the damage becomes so severe they cannot be used. 3 of 3 volumes available for adoption. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
Adopt for $30,000 per volume |
Adopted Books
To see your electronic bookplate, click on the title link then scroll down to "Local Notes."
DONOR | TITLE OF WORK OR COLLECTION | ADOPTED |
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Funded by the Strategic Initiatives team in honor of Barbara Collins |
Lectures on Art , by John Ruskin [DUKE008922727]. Ionica , by William Johnson Corey [DUKE008922953] The Vision, or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri, by Rev. Henry Francis Cary, M.A. [DUKE008923076] Les confessions de J.-J. Rousseau, by Jean-Jacques Rousseau [DUKE008922761]. The Aeneids of Virgil done into English Verse by William Morris, by Virgil [DUKE008923090]. |
9/27/2020 |
Joseph Johnson, Jr. (A.B. '70, M.A.T. '71, Ed.D. '78) |
Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts liberaux, et les arts mechaniques, avec leur explication... (text volumes 10 and 13) by Denis Diderot |
9/15/2020 |
In honor of Dan Wiercioch |
Mark Twain Tom Sawyer Abroad [DUKE000111073] |
1/17/2020 |
Megan Crain in honor of Stephen G. Crain (G'16) |
Salem's Lot [DUKE003251554] , Stranger in a Strange Land [DUKE000070744] , The Shining [DUKE003251548] , by Stephen King. | 11/15/2019 |
Georgeann C. Corey and George Corey (T'69) in honor of Elijah George Corey. |
The Naturalist's Library by William Jardine (1835-1843) . [DUKE000217905] 7 vol. |
11/6/2019 |
Joseph Johnson, Jr. (A.B. '70, M.A.T. '71, Ed.D. '78) | Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts liberaux, et les arts mechaniques, avec leur explication... (plate volumes 1, 2, and 11) by Denis Diderot [DUKE000936143] |
9/16/2019 |
Lesley Looper ('86) in memory of LaNelle Edwards Looper ('53, '55) | Broadway Theatres Posters by Wendy Nelson-Cave (New York, N.Y. : Smithmark, c1993) [DUKE002197330] | 6/25/19 |
Kim Reed in honor of Professor Victor Strandberg |
Lord of the Rings (v. 1-3) by J.R.R. Tolkein (London, 1954-1955). [DUKE008699170] | 4/12/19 |
Dracine Hodges |
By Octavia Butler
Wild Seed (Garden City, New York; 1980) [DUKE008109809] Clay's Ark (New York; 1984) [DUKE003314481] Mind of My Mind (Garden City, New York; 1977) [DUKE000241715] Patternmaster (Garden City, New York; 1976) [DUKE008109724] |
4/12/2019 |
Wyatt Bradford in honor of Jack A. Bradford, BN Scholar (’19) | The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein (Boston and New York, 1938). [DUKE008708037] | 4/1/2019 |
Scott and Kimberly Bradford in honor of Jack A. Bradford, BN Scholar (’19) | Shakespeare in Harlem , by Langston Hughes (1947) [DUKE006058327] | 3/8/2019 |
Kevin A. Klock ('01) | Villette (1853) by Charlotte Bronte. [DUKE002242048] | 1/2/2019 |
Joseph Johnson, Jr. (A.B. '70, M.A.T. '71, Ed.D. '78) | Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts liberaux, et les arts mechaniques, avec leur explication... (plate v.5 and 8) by Denis Diderot [DUKE000936143] | 11/12/2018 |
Macey Colvin in memory of O. Michael Colvin | The Sound and the Fury , by William Faulkner (1929). [DUKE003857045] | 4/17/2018 |
DUL Conservation Services Dept. | Conservation Services funded the custom mount for the Nobel Prize medal in the Kenneth Arrow Papers in honor of Bob Byrd upon his retirement from Duke University Libraries. | 4/30/2018 |
Libby McKeever (T'76)(P'09) in honor of Richard H. Montgomery and Jo Ann Montgomery Scully | History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by Thomas McKenney and James Hall (1855). [DUKE001488286] | 12/15/2017 |
Jan Tore Hall (T'73) in memory of Inger Tavernise |
The North American Indian, by Edward Curtis (1907-1930), portfolio plates. [DUKE000435659] |
12/6/2017 |
The Gray Family (P'21) in honor of The California Tribal College |
The North American Indian, by Edward Curtis (1907-1930), text volumes. [DUKE000435659] |
11/21/2017 |
Jeff Kosokoff and Laura Bey |
A Vindication on the Rights of Women , by Mary Wollstonecraft (1792). [DUKE002396752] |
11/15/2017 |
Kevin A. Klock ('01) in honor of his father Douglas M. Klock ('65) |
Paradise Lost, by John Milton (1669). [DUKE000219398] |
6/21/2017 |
Maryann (T'82) and Ron Bruce (P'13) |
Edwin and Terry Murray Comic Book Collection and the Comic Book and Graphic Novel Collection. |
12/19/2016 |
Bonnie Burrus Corwin (T'82) |
The Bluest Eye , by Toni Morrison. [DUKE003164599] |
8/19/2016 |
Anonymous |
This generous gift will support the conservation of numerious materials. As these items come to Conservation, we will add the titles here. |
11/26/2013- 7/13/2016 |
Travels into several remote nations of the world , by Jonathan Swift, vols. 1-2. [DUKE002166870] Read about this project on Preservation Underground. |
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Manual of Human Anatomy , by Robert Knox [DUKE000856887]. |
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The question of rest for women during menstruation, by Mary Putnam Jacobi [DUKE000662895] |
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Biblia hepta...Libri septem , by Aegineta Paulus [DUKE000713234] |
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Woman and her diseases , by Edward H. Dixon [DUKE002812875] | ||
R.P. Aloysii Novarini Veronensis , by Luigi Novarini [DUKE003474468] | ||
Sexti libri decratalium... , by Pope Bonafice VIII [DUKE002521394] |
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The History of Georgia..., by Capt. Hugh McCall; copy 1, vols. 1-2 [DUKE001482533] | ||
The Works of the Late Reverend Samuel Johnson, by Samuel Johnson [DUKE001369485] | ||
Paradise Lost, by John Milton, c.2 [DUKE000219398] | ||
Fair Warnings to a Careless World, by Josiah Woodward [DUKE000561222] | ||
Carey's American Pocket Atlas, by Matthew Carey [DUKE000248330] | ||
Journal of Major George Washingon , by George Washington [DUKE000400665] | ||
Lives of the Popes , by Platina [DUKE001836318] | ||
The Annals of the World, by James Ussher [DUKE002282236] | ||
The History of the Life and Acts of...Edmund Grindal , by John Strype [DUKE002172490] | ||
Rarum Italicarum..., by Filippo Argelati, et al. [DUKE003068539] | ||
Journal. North Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives. (1789) [DUKE000279774] | ||
Preclarissium liber completus... , by Alī Ibn Abī al-Rijāl [DUKE000786652] | ||
Nancy Ingram Kenderdine in memory of Prof. Elizabeth Bookhout |
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker [DUKE000484767] |
4/22/2016 |
Teresa and Kevin Klock ('01) in honor of their children John H.D. Klock and Jacob M.T. Klock |
A Picture Book Without Pictures [DUKE001478489] and Little Rudy and Other Tales [DUKE002125645] by Hans Christian Andersen. |
4/3/2016 |
Andrew Boney (T'04) |
Toad of Toad Hall, by A.A. Milne [DUKE006094080] |
11/24/2015 |
Jeff Kosokoff and Laura Bey |
Der swangern Frawen und Hebammen Roszgarten, by Eucharius Rosslin. [DUKE002129192] |
11/23/2015 |
Dr. Michael Weiss |
Slaughterhouse-five or The children's crusade, by Kurt Vonnegut [DUKE000000633] Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley [DUKE001332100] |
10/7/2015 |
Nixie Miller in honor of Bill Pitts |
Catch 22 , by Joseph Heller [DUKE003234716] |
3/10/2015 |
Mrs. Georgeann C Corey in honor of Mr. Michael Lee Corey (T'05) |
Of Mice and Men , by John Steinbeck [DUKE001351443] Old Man and the Sea , by Ernest Hemingway [DUKE001713727] |
3/10/2015 |
Mrs. Georgeann C Corey in memory of Mr. George Nassif Corey (T'69) |
Signed basketball (1992) , Artifacts and Relics Collection, 1830's-ongoing. Duke University Archives. [ UA98-85; Box 17] [DUKE003921889] Proposed design of Duke University , drawn by the Horace Trumbauer firm for James B. Duke, 1924. Duke University Archives. [DUKE003205743] |
3/9/2015 |
Katie Clark ('87) in honor of her mother Pamela Clark |
Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts liberaux, et les arts mechaniques, avec leur explication... (plate v.7) by Denis Diderot [DUKE000936143] |
2/1/2015 |
Sarah L. Bingham |
Native Son by Richard Wright (1940, first edition) [DUKE000537516] |
10/7/2014 |
Barbara Bernhard Hanson ('82) |
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath [DUKE003857200] |
10/6/2014 |
Kevin A. Klock ('01) in honor of his father Douglas M. Klock ('65) |
Lord of the Flies , by William Golding [DUKE003857078] |
9/9/2014 |
Jeff Kosokoff and Laura Bey |
Het achterhuis : dagboekbrieven van 12 Juni 1942-1 Augustus 1944 , by Anne Frank. [DUKE003857076] |
7/22/2014 |
Rebecca Williams |
Geographia vniversalis by Ptolemy (t.1) [DUKE001989929] |
7/18/2014 |
Ann Beman |
Villette by Charlotte Bronte [DUKE003856456] |
6/28/2014 |
Robert Joseph Kubek, MD '86 |
6/24/2014 | |
Barbara Branson |
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck [DUKE000035394] |
6/18/2014 |
Will Hansen and Jaime Danehey |
Phrenological Description of W. Whitman , Age 29 Occupation Printer by L.N. Fowler |
4/17/2014 |
Lauren Winner |
Poems on various subjects, religious and moral by Phillis Wheatley [DUKE002363589] | 4/11/2014 |
Deborah Jakubs and Jim Roberts | Catcher In The Rye [DUKE000035160] | 4/10/2014 |
Michael McCahill | Stephen Fuller Papers [DUKE000854590] | 3/4/2014 |
Beth Doyle | Greek Manuscript #2 [New Testament Gospel Lectionary] [DUKE006035633] | 2/25/2014 |