The Princeton University Library Chronicle
Title | The Princeton University Library Chronicle PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence Thompson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 1958 |
Genre | Bibliography |
ISBN |
Vol.1- includes section "Biblia, devoted to the interests of the Friends of the Princeton Library," v.11-
Across the River and Into the Trees
Title | Across the River and Into the Trees PDF eBook |
Author | Ernest Hemingway |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2014-05-22 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1476770034 |
In the fall of 1948, Ernest Hemingway made his first extended visit to Italy in thirty years. His reacquaintance with Venice, a city he loved, provided the inspiration for Across the River and into the Trees, the story of Richard Cantwell, a war-ravaged American colonel stationed in Italy at the close of the Second World War, and his love for a young Italian countess. A poignant, bittersweet homage to love that overpowers reason, to the resilience of the human spirit, and to the worldweary beauty and majesty of Venice, Across the River and into the Trees stands as Hemingway's statement of defiance in response to the great dehumanizing atrocities of the Second World War. Hemingway's last full-length novel published in his lifetime, it moved John O'Hara in The New York Times Book Review to call him “the most important author since Shakespeare.”
The Princeton University Library Chronicle
Title | The Princeton University Library Chronicle PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 238 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Bibliography |
ISBN |
Vol. 1- includes section "Biblia, devoted to the interests of the Friends of the Princeton Library," v. 11-
Princeton's Great Persian Book of Kings
Title | Princeton's Great Persian Book of Kings PDF eBook |
Author | Marianna Shreve Simpson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Epic poetry, Persian |
ISBN | 9780300215748 |
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Princeton University Art Museum, October 3, 2015-January 24, 2016.
Taste and Technique in Book-Collecting
Title | Taste and Technique in Book-Collecting PDF eBook |
Author | John Carter |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 215 |
Release | 2014-10-23 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1107438144 |
Originally published in 1948, this book contains the text of the Sandars Lectures in Bibliography for the previous year. Carter reflects upon the evolution and method of book collecting from the middle of the nineteenth century until the 1940s, and meditates on what it means to be a book collector, the changing definition of that term, and recent developments in collecting styles. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in bibliophilism or the history of book collecting.
The Perfect Hour
Title | The Perfect Hour PDF eBook |
Author | James L.W. West, III |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2007-12-18 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0307432467 |
F. Scott Fitzgerald was a handsome, ambitious sophomore at Princeton when he fell in love for the first time. Ginevra King, though only sixteen, was beautiful, socially poised, and blessed with the confidence that considerable wealth can bring. Their romance began instantly, flourished in heartfelt letters, and quickly ran its course–but Scott never forgot it. Now, for the first time, scholar and biographer James L. W. West III tells the story of the youthful passion that shaped Scott Fitzgerald’s life as a writer. When Scott and Ginevra met in January 1915, the rest of the world was at war, but America remained a haven for young people who could afford to have a good time. Privileged and mildly rebellious, the two were swept together in a whirl of dances, parties, campus weekends, and chaperoned visits to New York. “For heaven’s sake don’t idealize me!” Ginevra warned in one of the many letters she sent to Scott, but of course that’s just what he did–for the next two decades. Though he fell in love with Zelda Sayre soon after learning of Ginevra’s engagement to a well-to-do midwesterner, Scott drew on memories of Ginevra for his most unforgettable female characters–Isabelle Borgé and Rosalind Connage in This Side of Paradise, Judy Jones in “Winter Dreams,” and above all Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby. Transformed by Scott’s art, Ginevra became a new American heroine who inspired an entire generation.
Playing Cards of the Apaches
Title | Playing Cards of the Apaches PDF eBook |
Author | Virginia Wayland |
Publisher | |
Pages | 330 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
Drawing on four decades of research, the authors present a history of the cards created by Apache Indians after playing cards were introduced into their culture by Spanish explorers and colonists. Includes reproductions of cards from more than 100 packs in museums and private collections around the world.