[DCRM-L] Cataloging hollow books?

[Ted P Gemberling]

Kim,
Last year there was a discussion about this on the Exlibris list. The consensus seemed to be that the best term, though not established, was "Book safes." People said this term had been used quite a bit in English. If you do a Google search for it, there are a lot of hits. For example:

http://artofmanliness.com/2010/12/07/how-to-make-a-secret-book-safe/

I set this up as a local 655 term in my catalog.

It's an interesting phenomenon. It seems we have to draw the inference that the owner didn't consider the book it was made from very important!

Best,
Ted Gemberling
UAB Lister Hill Library
(205)934-2461

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(Please excuse cross-postings.)

I've encountered a wonderful little hollow book in our copy of the second volume of Les institutes de l'empereur Justinian (Lyon: 1717).  It's hollow after p. 22 and has 18th century marbled papers lining the cut out text block and has the French royal coat of arms on the front and back covers.  I'm trying to decide how best to catalog it.  I could not locate an applicable RBMS controlled vocabulary term. Is "hollow" book the appropriate terminology?  Any cataloging suggestions or examples to pass along?
Thank you in advance,
Kim

Kimberly Tully
Special Collections Librarian
Walter Havighurst Special Collections
Miami University
348 King Library
Oxford, OH 45056
513 529-2024
tullykk at muohio.edu<mailto:tullykk at muohio.edu>

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