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6. ANATOMICAL SEX EXERCISES FLIP BOOK! Someone remind me why I'm leaving this collection?

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November 3, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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5. Handbrake turn this morning to an absolute classic: folding mathematical diagrams from the first English edition of Euclid's Elements of Geometry (1570) (the one with a #JohnDee preface).

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November 3, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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4. A new entry for #ThingsFoundInBooks: early 80s West German low-sugar marzipan-filled dark chocolate wrapper.

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Cover of Victorian People by Asa Briggs. A Pelican book in typical Ireland and teal livery of the 1950s. Paperback book open to show folded sheets of paper, napkin, a chocolate wrapper tucked inside. Unfolded wrapper for a 100g block of Holex brand marzipan filled chocolate for sugar-restricted diets labelled in German, French and English.
October 30, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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RCP miscellanea megamix thread.

1. Petition to make dissertation title page typography fun again. rcp.soutron.net/Portal/Herit...

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Key words in a decorative display font with internal swirls: "DE ANGINA MEMBRANACEA. DISSERTATIO INAUGURALIS MEDICA QUAM"
October 27, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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3. In the past journal editors had no automated emails to chase you for book reviews. Oh no. They had pre-printed chasing cards instead. No escape.

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Pre printed postcard from British Book News to inform the recipient 'We have not yet received your review of [insert name of book(s) here] and we should be very grateful if you could let us have it/them within the next week.'
October 29, 2026 at 4:30 PM
girlinthe.bsky.social
2. "Mersenne? Oh, like the primes!". Every. Single. Time. #NicheContent #RCPfaves

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Three old book spines on a shelf. The middle one says Opera Mathematica, Mersenne, 1644, 1647.
October 27, 2026 at 5:49 PM
girlinthe.bsky.social
4. A new entry for #ThingsFoundInBooks: early 80s West German low-sugar marzipan-filled dark chocolate wrapper.

#RCPfaves rcp.soutron.net/Portal/Herit...
Cover of Victorian People by Asa Briggs. A Pelican book in typical Ireland and teal livery of the 1950s. Paperback book open to show folded sheets of paper, napkin, a chocolate wrapper tucked inside. Unfolded wrapper for a 100g block of Holex brand marzipan filled chocolate for sugar-restricted diets labelled in German, French and English.
October 30, 2026 at 6:10 PM
girlinthe.bsky.social
3. In the past journal editors had no automated emails to chase you for book reviews. Oh no. They had pre-printed chasing cards instead. No escape.

#RCPfaves rcp.soutron.net/Portal/Herit...
Pre printed postcard from British Book News to inform the recipient 'We have not yet received your review of [insert name of book(s) here] and we should be very grateful if you could let us have it/them within the next week.'
October 29, 2026 at 4:30 PM