Book-plate Literature

Book-plate Literature PDF Author: Winward Prescott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bookplates
Languages : en
Pages : 38

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Book-plate Literature

Book-plate Literature PDF Author: Winward Prescott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bookplates
Languages : en
Pages : 38

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Book-plates of To-day

Book-plates of To-day PDF Author: Wilbur Macey Stone
Publisher: New York : Tonnelé
ISBN:
Category : Bookplates
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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A collection of essays on bookplates by various authors.

English Book-plates

English Book-plates PDF Author: Egerton Castle
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bookplates, English
Languages : en
Pages : 412

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American Book-plates

American Book-plates PDF Author: Charles Dexter Allen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bookplate designers
Languages : en
Pages : 526

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The Art of the Bookplate

The Art of the Bookplate PDF Author: James P. Keenan
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780760746967
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 190

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The world is full of people who love books. People who not only love to read, but who love to possess and collect books. Since the fifteenth century truly devoted collectors have commissioned their own bookplates, known also as ex libris. Some are straightforward ? a simple label bearing the owner?s name. Others are impressive works of art in miniature. Whether plan or fancy, book plates give an owner a special sense of proud proprietorship. Even more important, they assure that if a cherished book is lent, it has a decent chance of being returned. They are an indulgence of the rich and famous, certainly. And, ?The art of the Bookplate? includes many owned by prominent people such as George Washington, Charlie Chaplin, John F. Kennedy, Joan Crawford J.P. Morgan, Walt Disney, Grace Allen, Otto Bismarck, Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry Houdini, Sigmund Freud, Charles Dickens, and Anita Loos. But other bookplate patrons are unknown to us, like Mabel Bishop, whose charming ex libris shows a young woman tending her garden, or Lucius Fisher, whose bookplate, naturally enough, features a fish. In this delightful book James P. Keenan, Director of the American Society of bookplate collectors & Designers, shares many of his favorite bookplates. He explains the history behind each, and discusses the artists ? some as famous as Rockwell Kent and Claes Oldenburg, others as unknown or not ex libris owners are passionate about keeping their book collections intact. As one very old bookplate proclaims, ?Steal not this book for fear of shame. For here you see the owner?s name.? The Art of the Bookplate is a book to be treasured and, of course, kept in your possession. --

Jane & Me

Jane & Me PDF Author: Caroline Jane Knight
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780648080503
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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"Caroline's early life was filled with the delights of living in a sixteenth-century English manor, the good cheer of family gatherings and centuries-old Christmas traditions in the Great Hall of Chawton House, the beauty of a country life, and the joys of helping her Granny bake cakes and serve Jane Austen devotees in the Chawton House tea room. But when she was seventeen, Caroline and her family were forced to leave the home her family had lived in for centuries. Heartbroken, but determined to leave all things Austen behind her, Caroline eventually carved out a highly successful career in business" -- Back cover.

French Book-plates

French Book-plates PDF Author: Walter Hamilton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bookplates
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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Kissing Midnight

Kissing Midnight PDF Author: Emma Holly
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101057335
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279

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Edmund Fitz Clare has kept his vampire nature a secret from his family-and Estelle Berenger, the woman he loves. But a vampire war threatens to expose him and destroy all he holds dear.

Book-plates

Book-plates PDF Author: William John Hardy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bookplates
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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Read My Plate

Read My Plate PDF Author: Deborah R. Geis
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498574440
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 181

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Whether perusing a recipe or learning what a literary character eats, readers approach a text differently when reading about food. Read My Plate: The Literature of Food explores what narrators and characters (in fiction, in performance, and in the popular genre of the “food memoir”) cook and eat. Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, the inmates of the Terezin concentration camp, performance artist Karen Finley, novelist Jhumpa Lahiri, playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, and the celebrated chef-turned-travel-journalist Anthony Bourdain are just a few examples of the writers whose works are discussed. Close readings of the literal and figurative “plates” in these texts allow a unique form of intimate access to the speakers’ feelings and memories and helps readers to understand more about how the dynamics of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, and social class affect what the narrators/characters eat, from tourtière to collard greens to a school lunch bento box.