Adopt-A-Book
ADOPT-A-BOOK
Please consider adopting a book-or several-from our collection.
All donations will go directly to the care and maintenance of rare and fragile books and will be matched up to $250 by the Friends of the MU Libraries.
See below for a list of books in need of adoption, including information about the repairs that need to be made.
By adopting a book, you will ensure that a valuable resource will be available to researchers and book-lovers for years to come.
books in Need of Adoption
Completed Restorations
List of Donors
Click on image or the title of the work for more details
Showing 1 to 10 of 37 entries
| Before | After | Title | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Jehovah-jireh : God in the mount, or, Englands parliamentarie-chronicle By: Vicars, John London : Printed by T. Paine and M. Simmons for J. Rothwell and T. Underhill, 1644. | Francis Sheahen and Irene Sheahen |
 |  | The voyages & travels of the ambassadors from the Duke of Holstein, to the Great Duke of Muscovy, and the King of Persia... By: Olearius, Adam London : Printed for Thomas Dring, and John Starkey, and are to be sold at their shops ..., 1662. | Gymlyn Corbin |
 |  | Gods arke overtopping the worlds wave, or, The third part of the parliamentary chronicle... By: Vicars, John London : Printed by M. Simons and J. Macock, 1646. | Jenny Wood |
 |  | Don Sebastian, or, The house of Braganza : an historical romance By: Porter, Anna Maria Exeter [N.H.] : J. and B. Williams, 1835. | John John and Karen John |
 |  | An elegant and learned discourse of the light of nature : with severall other treatises... By: Culverwel, Nathanael London : Printed by T.R. and E.M. for John Rothwel, 1654. | John John and Karen John |
 | No Image | The complete kitchen gardner, and hot-bed forcer By: Abercrombie, John London, Printed for J. Stockdale, 1789 | Margo Lynn Hablutzel |
 |  | A compleat journal of the votes, speeches and debates, both of the House of Lords and House of Commons throughout the whole reign of Queen Elizabeth, of glorious memory By: Unknown London : Printed for Jonathan Robinson ... Jacob Tonson ... A. & J. Churchil ... and John Wyat, 1693 | Gene Schillie and Beatrice Schillie |
 | No Image | A supplementary volume to the works of Alexander Pope, esq. By: Pope, Alexander London : Printed for J. Johnson, 1807 | Paula K. Archer |
 |  | The works of Shakespear : in nine volumes with a glossary By: Shakespeare, William London : Printed for John Osborn ..., 1747 | Norma Cooper and Ben Cooper |
 |  | Two treatises: in the one of which, the nature of bodies; in the other, the nature of mans soul, is looked into: in way of discovery of the immortality of reasonable souls ... By: Digby, Kenelm, Sir London, John Williams, 1658 | Charles E. Reineke |
Showing 1 to 10 of 37 entries (filtered from 249 total entries)