Rare, Unusual & Standard Books on Many Subjects
Title | Rare, Unusual & Standard Books on Many Subjects PDF eBook |
Author | A. Rosenthal, Oxford |
Publisher | |
Pages | 28 |
Release | 1900 |
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Rare and Unusual Books Relating to Asia, Including an Important Section on Palestine
Title | Rare and Unusual Books Relating to Asia, Including an Important Section on Palestine PDF eBook |
Author | A. Rosenthal, Oxford |
Publisher | |
Pages | 56 |
Release | 1900 |
Genre | Israel |
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The Book Collector
Title | The Book Collector PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 642 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Bibliography |
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The Uncommon Reader
Title | The Uncommon Reader PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Bennett |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Pages | 126 |
Release | 2007-09-18 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1429934530 |
From one of England's most celebrated writers, a funny and superbly observed novella about the Queen of England and the subversive power of reading When her corgis stray into a mobile library parked near Buckingham Palace, the Queen feels duty-bound to borrow a book. Discovering the joy of reading widely (from J. R. Ackerley, Jean Genet, and Ivy Compton-Burnett to the classics) and intelligently, she finds that her view of the world changes dramatically. Abetted in her newfound obsession by Norman, a young man from the royal kitchens, the Queen comes to question the prescribed order of the world and loses patience with the routines of her role as monarch. Her new passion for reading initially alarms the palace staff and soon leads to surprising and very funny consequences for the country at large. With the poignant and mischievous wit of The History Boys, England's best loved author Alan Bennett revels in the power of literature to change even the most uncommon reader's life.
The Kelmscott Chaucer
Title | The Kelmscott Chaucer PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey Chaucer |
Publisher | Collector's Library |
Pages | 576 |
Release | 2011-09 |
Genre | Book ornamentation |
ISBN | 9781907360510 |
The Kelmscott Chaucer is the most memorable and beautiful edition of the complete works of the first great English poet. Next to The Gutenberg Bible, it is considered the outstanding typographic achievement of all time. There are 87 full-page illustrations by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, and the borders, decorations and initials are drawn byWilliam Morris himself. Only 425 copies of this magnificent work were produced in 1896, and this beautiful monochrome facsimile, slightly smaller than the original, makes this glorious book available to all. A fascinating Introduction by Nicholas Barker places the book and its importance in context. The main text is followed by a black and white facsimile of ANoteby William Morris on his Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press, together with a Short History of the Press by S C Cockerell.
Catalogue
Title | Catalogue PDF eBook |
Author | Hispanic Society of America. Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | 660 |
Release | 1962 |
Genre | Brazilian literature |
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The Bookseller
Title | The Bookseller PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 942 |
Release | 1912 |
Genre | Bibliography |
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Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.