Literary First Editions Rare Books & Manuscripts
Title | Literary First Editions Rare Books & Manuscripts PDF eBook |
Author | James S. Jaffe Rare Books |
Publisher | |
Pages | 80 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Booksellers' catalogs |
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The Crock of Gold
Title | The Crock of Gold PDF eBook |
Author | James Stephens |
Publisher | The Floating Press |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 2012-06-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1775459608 |
Pass a pleasant afternoon with this delightful collection of short stories. Simple but not simplistic, these diverting tales are rendered in exquisitely rich and often playful language that will have you lingering over sentences and highlighting your favorite passages so you can revisit them again and again. The Crock of Gold is the perfect blend of literary virtuosity and lighthearted fun.
Before the Melting Pot
Title | Before the Melting Pot PDF eBook |
Author | Joyce D. Goodfriend |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 326 |
Release | 1994-10-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780691037875 |
From its earliest days under English rule, New York City had an unusually diverse ethnic makeup, with substantial numbers of Dutch, English, Scottish, Irish, French, German, and Jewish immigrants, as well as a large African-American population. Joyce Goodfriend paints a vivid portrait of this society, exploring the meaning of ethnicity in early America and showing how colonial settlers of varying backgrounds worked out a basis for coexistence. She argues that, contrary to the prevalent notion of rapid Anglicization, ethnicity proved an enduring force in this small urban society well into the eighteenth century.
Legends
Title | Legends PDF eBook |
Author | George R. R. Martin |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 1999-10-21 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0812575237 |
The second of three volumes, which were originally published in one volume as: Legends.
Uncle Remus
Title | Uncle Remus PDF eBook |
Author | Joel Chandler Harris |
Publisher | Book Jungle |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2006-01-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781594623622 |
I am advised by my publishers that this book is to be included in their catalogue of humorous publications, and this friendly warning gives me an opportunity to say that however humorous it may be in effect, its intention is perfectly serious; and, even if it were otherwise, it seems to me that a volume written wholly in dialect must have its solemn, not to say melancholy, features. With respect to the Folk-Lore series, my purpose has been to preserve the legends themselves in their original simplicity, and to wed them permanently to the quaint dialect-if, indeed, it can be called a dialect-through the medium of which they have become a part of the domestic history of every Southern family; and I have endeavored to give to the whole a genuine flavor of the old plantation...
Modern Book Collecting
Title | Modern Book Collecting PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Alfred Wilson |
Publisher | Skyhorse Publishing Inc. |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 2010-01-01 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 1602399859 |
A new edition of the classic guide to book collecting includes a new section on Internet resources.
Letters and Social Aims
Title | Letters and Social Aims PDF eBook |
Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Publisher | London |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 1883 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
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