Rauner Special Collections Library

Vladamir Maiakovsky's poems were meant to be read aloud; in fact, the title of this book, Dlia Golosa (Berlin : R.S.F.S.R. gosudarstven...

Shipwrecks capture the imagination with epic tales of tragedy and heroism. From Robinson Crusoe to Life of Pi , shipwrecks have provided re...

Sometimes, as we get older it is easy to forget the excitement of mystery, but in Rauner we have countless items that recapture that childho...

We have three "firsts" of T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland . Two variant copies of the first American edition, each with typograph...

Uranus, the seventh planet, was officially discovered in 1781 by William Herschel and at that time was thought to be the farthest planet f...

In Rauner, books come in all shapes and sizes. Indeed, some of our most interesting items can easily fit in the palm of your hand. Rauner...

Meriden, New Hampshire Who doesn’t love a map? There is something about the ability to see objects laid out in relationship to each othe...