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Little Help?
A new acquisition: A game that uses a magnet and a metallic wheel to show a letter that is indexed against sheets of code to predict(?). Perhaps the title on the box can be translated to provide guidance: Verborgener Gedanken Errathende Machine.
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February 19, 2013
Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection, errathende, fortune, gedanken, Germany, letter, machine, magnet, teller, toy, Verborgener
On Board Noah's Ark with Ludwig B.
From a group of letters from Ludwig Bemelmans to his editor at Viking Press, Pascal "Pat" Covici, sending news of his travels, works in progress, and adventures, ca. 1938-1962.
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March 19, 2009
Beinecke Library, Shirley Collection, bemelmans, covici, illustration, letter, publisher, travel
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