From Der Bärenspiegel, 1940.

Having once been held back by literary societies, we can vouch for the authenticity of this illustration.  From Swarthmore's 1902 yearbook.

Hamlet in The Goblin, 1926.

From Catawba's 1982 yearbook.

This answer to the answerless question "what is a book?" notes that a book is actually a place and that books, unlike TV or film or stage plays, need our critical imagination.  From The Late American Novel by Jeff Martin and C. Max Magee, 2011

From Colorado College's 1936 yearbook.

A houseboat on the river Styx for the 100th reunion of the class of 1899.  From Johns Hopkins' 1899 yearbook.

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Just in case you're going out tonight, here's a twilight cloak.  From Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna Handbook.

From The Daily Tar Heel, 1965.

We're honored that the mastermind behind Barbary Ghost western wear of San Franciso calls us "the unparalleled Prof. Oddfellow, my favorite living author!"  And he even surprised us with a singular hat crafted with lapis lazuli, wormwood, lavender, dried roses, playing cards, and a silver howling coyote.  Thank you, Barbary Ghost, for two Retroactive Lifetime Goals in one!

Not only does The Book That Casts No Reflection cast no reflection, but it sports a dapper mustache!  It's by magician/inventor Gregg Webb, author of the out-of-print Book That Doesn't Exist.  Not only do we admire Mr. Webb's book titles, but he hand-letters and profusely illustrates his works (even those that do not exist or no longer don't exist).

Noose courtesy of Ernest and Julio Gallo?  From The Gateway, 1970.

We checked, and the place they put sin in 1971 is all filled up and sealed over.  From Lighted Pathway, 1971. 

Ghosts come and go, but music and the pleasure of the senses endure forever.  From Dark Shadows episode 821.