Material History & Antiquarian Interest
A Definitive Commentary on Bookplates:
Edward Gordon Craig’s Nothing, or The Bookplate
Edward Gordon Craig’s daring stage sets and use of masks were
many years ahead of their time. His work with bookplates is too little
remembered, but the designs are a wonderful introduction to his
aesthetic theories and his experiments with light and shadow, as this
unique volume illustrates.
Understanding Art:
Hendrik Willem Van Loon’s How to Look at Pictures
Edited and Introduced by Daniel Gutierrez
Hendrik Willem van Loon was a Dutch-American professor, journalist,
prolific writer, and illustrator. How to Look at Pictures remains a classic
attempt to promote and integrate the arts as part of the everyday life in
American society.
The Amenities of Book Collecting by A. Edward Newton
with a new introduction by Katherine Mead-Brewer
Newton offers a unique compilation of literary history, autobiography, travel
writing, and, of course, the history of book collecting. Through these essays
and reflections, Newton presents his own travels, collecting goals and
expeditions, relationships, and interests as an introduction, for the layman
and budding collector alike, to the surprisingly wide world and art of serious
book collecting.
Material History and Ritual Objects: George Blake Dexter’s
The Lure of Amateur Collecting
Edited and Introduced by Devin Proctor
This book follows the ‘gratifications’ of George Blake Dexter, wealthy
hobbyist and world traveler. Equally problematic and charming, Dexter’s
adventures of acquisition take readers into a world of passionate
collecting available to a privileged few.
Unitarian Bibliography:
H. McLachlan's The Unitarian College Library
by H. McLachlan, Introduction by Paul Rich
Three major collections of Unitarian and Nonconformist literature in
Britain are at Luther King House in Manchester, Harris Manchester
College in Oxford University, and the Dr. Williams Library in London.
This book gives important information about the Unitarian antecedents of the Luther King library.
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