Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1288
Book Description
General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1288
Book Description
Confessions of a Literary Archaeologist
Author: Carlton LakePublisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811211307
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The author recounts his experiences in building collections of rare books and manuscripts of French literature, and reveals little-known facts about French artists, composers, and writers.
Enchantress
Author: Christine SutherlandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, Romanian
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Eight Paradises
Author: Marthe BibescoSir Winston Churchill, Master of Courage
Author: Marthe BibescoComposition as Explanation
Author: Gertrude SteinPublisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Gertrude Stein's "Composition as Explanation" delves into the intricate relationship between language and artistic expression. Published in 1926, the essay explores Stein's unique approach to writing and challenges conventional perceptions of composition. With a distinctive prose style, she reflects on the nature of creativity, emphasizing the significance of repetition and abstraction. Stein's work serves as both an exploration of her own artistic process and a broader commentary on the essence of language in shaping our understanding of art.
Letters of Napoleon
Author: J. M. ThompsonPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1444659758
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
This vintage book comprises a fascinating collection of Bonaparte's letters; selected, translated, and edited by J. M. Thompson. This anthology forms one of the most truthful and interesting collections of historical documents pertaining to the famous French military and political leader - Napoleon Bonaparte. It offers the reader an interesting and unparalleled insight into his mind and personal life in 292 letters. The letters contained herein include: 'The Brothers', 'His Father's Death', 'The Corsican's Patriot', 'History of Corsica', 'Brothers Louis', 'The Young Jacobin', 'Paris in Revolution', 'Heroics', 'Brother's Joseph', 'Paris Life', 'Fatalism', 'Whiff of Grape-Shot', 'First Night', 'Separation', etcetera. Many antiquarian books such as this are becoming increasingly hard-to-come-by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this text now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly
Author: Denis JohnsonPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061869546
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
From the award-winning poet and novelist—a must-have collection of his four previous books of poetry plus a selection of new, unpublished work.
Old Europe's Suicide
Author: Christopher Birdwood Baron ThomsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Balkan Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Barefoot Through Mauretania
Author: Odette Du PuigaudeauPublisher: Hardinge Simpole Limited
ISBN: 9781843822011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Odette du Puigaudeau is best known for her major ethnographic work, Arts et Coutumes des Maures, a detailed study, in words and drawings, of the cultural world of the nomads of Mauretania. The present work explains how she came to write it. Barefoot Through Mauretania is an account of her first journey across the country by camel in 1933-4, with her life-long companion, Marion Senones. The book records the adventures of the two women during that year, often with a touch of humour. Above all, however, it presents a picture of a way of life that has, as they feared, almost vanished, and their determination that it should be recorded. Odette du Puigaudeau wrote a number of other books on different aspects of nomad life, such as the salt caravans and date markets, as well as articles on prehistoric rock-drawings, and a charming tribute to her pet leopard, Rachid."