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The Illustrated Beatus, v. 5: The Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries (Hardcover, New): John Williams The Illustrated Beatus, v. 5: The Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries (Hardcover, New)
John Williams
R3,544 R3,128 Discovery Miles 31 280 Save R416 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the fifth in a series of catalogues that present descriptions and complete cycles of illustrations of all existing manuscripts of the "Commentary on the Apocalypse" written by the 8th-century Spanish monk Beatus. The entire corpus, which spans the 9th to the 13th century, constitutes the greatest single tradition of Apocalyptic writing in the Middle Ages. All illustrations in these six manuscripts are reproduced and each catalogue entry discusses the location of production, the work of the outstanding illuminators and scribes, as well as details of codicology. A short introduction places the manuscripts in their historical context and analyzes the style of the miniatures. The volume includes a bibliography, relevant tables, and an index.

Snapshots and Short Notes - Images and Messages of Early Twentieth-Century Photo Postcards (Hardcover): Kenneth Wilson Snapshots and Short Notes - Images and Messages of Early Twentieth-Century Photo Postcards (Hardcover)
Kenneth Wilson
R1,185 Discovery Miles 11 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Snapshots and Short Notes examines the photographic postcards exchanged during the first half of the twentieth century as illustrated, first-hand accounts of American life. Almost immediately after the introduction of the generic postcard at the turn of the century, innovations in small, accessible cameras added black and white photographs to the cards. The resulting combination of image and text emerged as a communication device tantamount to social media today. Postcard messages and photographs tell the stories of ordinary lives during a time of far-reaching technological, demographic, and social changes: a family's new combine harvester that could cut 40 acres a day; a young woman trying to find work in a man's world; the sight of an airplane in flight. However, postcards also chronicled and shared hardship and tragedy - the glaring reality of homesteading on the High Plains, natural disasters, preparations for war, and the struggles for racial and gender equality. With a meticulous eye for detail, painstaking research, and astute commentary, Wilson surveys more than 160 photographic postcards, reproduced in full color, that provide insights into every aspect of life in a time not far removed from our own.

The Invention of Rare Books - Private Interest and Public Memory, 1600-1840 (Hardcover): David McKitterick The Invention of Rare Books - Private Interest and Public Memory, 1600-1840 (Hardcover)
David McKitterick
R1,780 Discovery Miles 17 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

When does a book that is merely old become a rarity and an object of desire? David McKitterick examines, for the first time, the development of the idea of rare books, and why they matter. Studying examples from across Europe, he explores how this idea took shape in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and how collectors, the book trade and libraries gradually came together to identify canons that often remain the same today. In a world that many people found to be over-supplied with books, the invention of rare books was a process of selection. As books are one of the principal means of memory, this process also created particular kinds of remembering. Taking a European perspective, McKitterick looks at these interests as they developed from being matters of largely private concern and curiosity, to the larger public and national responsibilities of the first half of the nineteenth century.

Redmen - Liverpool FC, the Tobacco Years (Paperback): George Rowlands Redmen - Liverpool FC, the Tobacco Years (Paperback)
George Rowlands
R512 Discovery Miles 5 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the last years of the nineteenth century an American tobacco company, Allen and Ginter, began inserting plain cards called 'stiffeners' into packets of cigarettes to protect their products from being crushed. What seemed at the time like an inconsequential product development was swiftly exploited for commercial purposes: to advertise other products and then illustrate the cards with popular personalities. These collectables swiftly became a phenomenon and crossed to the other side of the Atlantic. These cards were decorated by many different subjects: politicians, actors, writers, poets and sporting personalities, most significantly footballers. A craze that lasted for more than half a century was born. In an era before the widespread use of photography in print media and when the game was seldom captured by motion film, cigarette cards were often the most enduring portrayal of football's stars in the early twentieth century. Small boys would collect these cards from family and friends. Teams would be formed and, in a fore- runner of today's fantasy football games, the cards would be swapped and traded to see who could assemble the best team.Today they provide a compelling insight into a bygone era. Now, in The Redmen of Liverpool FC, Rowlands has shared his passion. Featuring every single Liverpool player featured in this medium, along with biographical details and contextual notes, Rowlands tells the story of the cigarette card craze. Presented in full colour, Redmen is a richly illustrated and deeply evocative window into one of football's bygone eras and an essential reference for every Liverpool fan.

The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (Hardcover): Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (Hardcover)
Arthur Conan Doyle
R434 R388 Discovery Miles 3 880 Save R46 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Neale M. Albert Collection of Miniature Designer Bindings - A Catalog of an Exhibition Held at the Grolier Club, September... The Neale M. Albert Collection of Miniature Designer Bindings - A Catalog of an Exhibition Held at the Grolier Club, September 13-November 4, 2006 (Hardcover)
Neale M. Albert; Memoir by Priscilla Juvelis; Photographs by Tom Grill
R1,777 Discovery Miles 17 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Catalogue of an exhibition of Neale M. Albert's collection of specially-commissioned miniature designer bindings, held at the Grolier Club September 13-November 4, 2006.

Henry VIII Minibook (Hardcover): William Shakespeare Henry VIII Minibook (Hardcover)
William Shakespeare
R545 R487 Discovery Miles 4 870 Save R58 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Aspects of England - A Collector's Perspective (Paperback): Arthur L. Schwarz Aspects of England - A Collector's Perspective (Paperback)
Arthur L. Schwarz
R580 Discovery Miles 5 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Catalogue of a Grolier Club exhibition held March 29 - May 26, 2000, describing eighty books, prints, and manuscripts from the author's wide-ranging collection illustrating various aspects of English history--royalty, succession, social commentary, architecture, and the Reformation. Printed at the Ascensius Press, in an edition of 500 copies.

After Print - Eighteenth-Century Manuscript Cultures (Paperback): Rachael Scarborough King After Print - Eighteenth-Century Manuscript Cultures (Paperback)
Rachael Scarborough King
R1,190 Discovery Miles 11 900 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The eighteenth century has generally been understood as the Age of Print, when the new medium revolutionized the literary world and rendered manuscript culture obsolete. After Print, however, reveals that the story isn't so simple. Manuscript remained a vital, effective, and even preferred forum for professional and amateur authors working across fields such as literature, science, politics, religion, and business through the Romantic period. The contributors to this book offer a survey of the manuscript culture of the time, discussing handwritten culinary recipes, the poetry of John Keats, Benjamin Franklin's letters about his electrical experiments, and more. Collectively, the essays demonstrate that what has often been seen as the amateur, feminine, and aristocratic world of handwritten exchange thrived despite the spread of the printed word. In so doing, they undermine the standard print-manuscript binary and advocate for a critical stance that better understands the important relationship between the media. Bringing together work from literary scholars, librarians, and digital humanists, the diverse essays in After Print offer a new model for archival research, pulling from an exciting variety of fields to demonstrate that manuscript culture did not die out but, rather, may have been revitalized by the advent of printing. Contributors: Leith Davis, Simon Fraser University * Margaret J. M. Ezell, Texas A&M University * Emily C. Friedman, Auburn University * Kathryn R. King, University of Montevallo * Michelle Levy, Simon Fraser University * Marissa Nicosia, Penn State Abington * Philip S. Palmer, Morgan Library and Museum * Colin T. Ramsey, Appalachian State University * Brian Rejak, Illinois State University * Beth Fowkes Tobin, University of Georgia * Andrew O. Winckles, Adrian College

Act Now! - 50 Protest Postcards (Postcard book or pack): Chronicle Books Act Now! - 50 Protest Postcards (Postcard book or pack)
Chronicle Books
R437 Discovery Miles 4 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Use these spirited protest postcards to write your elected representative or inspire a friend-or just post one above your desk. And feel good about yourself at the same time: All proceeds go to the ACLU, a nonprofit organization that protects civil rights for all Americans.

History of Paper in Iran, 15011925 (Paperback): Willem Floor History of Paper in Iran, 15011925 (Paperback)
Willem Floor
R1,695 Discovery Miles 16 950 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Warrior Weekly For The Fight Culture Issue #1 (Paperback): Nathan Ingram, Chasity Ingram, Jaelyn Ingram Warrior Weekly For The Fight Culture Issue #1 (Paperback)
Nathan Ingram, Chasity Ingram, Jaelyn Ingram
R247 Discovery Miles 2 470 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Peasants, Warriors, and Wives - Popular Imagery in the Reformation (Paperback, New edition): Keith Moxey Peasants, Warriors, and Wives - Popular Imagery in the Reformation (Paperback, New edition)
Keith Moxey
R956 Discovery Miles 9 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In "Peasants, Warriors, and Wives," Keith Moxey examines woodcut images from the German Reformation that have often been ignored as a crude and inferior form of artistic production. In this richly illustrated study, Moxey argues that while they may not satisfy received notions of "art," they nevertheless constitute an important dimension of the visual culture of the period. Far from being manifestations of universal public opinion, as a cursory acquaintance with their subject matter might suggest, such prints were the means by which the reformed attitudes of the middle and upper classes were disseminated to a broad popular audience.

The Adventure of the Speckled Band (Hardcover): Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventure of the Speckled Band (Hardcover)
Arthur Conan Doyle
R434 R389 Discovery Miles 3 890 Save R45 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Centennial Celebration of The Brownies' Book (Paperback): Dianne Johnson-Feelings, Jonda C. McNair A Centennial Celebration of The Brownies' Book (Paperback)
Dianne Johnson-Feelings, Jonda C. McNair; Rudine Sims Bishop
R750 Discovery Miles 7 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Contributions by Jani L. Barker, Rudine Sims Bishop, Julia S. Charles-Linen, Paige Gray, Dianne Johnson-Feelings, Jonda C. McNair, Sara C. VanderHaagen, and Michelle Taylor Watts The Brownies' Book occupies a special place in the history of African American children's literature. Informally the children's counterpart to the NAACP's The Crisis magazine, it was one of the first periodicals created primarily for Black youth. Several of the objectives the creators delineated in 1919 when announcing the arrival of the publication-"To make them familiar with the history and achievements of the Negro race" and "To make colored children realize that being 'colored' is a beautiful, normal thing"-still resonate with contemporary creators, readers, and scholars of African American children's literature. The meticulously researched essays in A Centennial Celebration of "The Brownies' Book" get to the heart of The Brownies' Book "project" using critical approaches both varied and illuminating. Contributors to the volume explore the underappreciated role of Jessie Redmon Fauset in creating The Brownies' Book and in the cultural life of Black America; describe the young people who immersed themselves in the pages of the periodical; focus on the role of Black heroes and heroines; address The Brownies' Book in the context of critical literacy theory; and place The Brownies' Book within the context of Black futurity and justice. Bookending the essays are, reprinted in full, the first and last issues of the magazine. A Centennial Celebration of "The Brownies' Book" illuminates the many ways in which the magazine-simultaneously beautiful, complicated, problematic, and inspiring-remains worthy of attention well into this century.

100 wanderful Animals Coloring book for adult girls and boys - An Adult Coloring Book with Lions, Elephants, Owls, Horses,... 100 wanderful Animals Coloring book for adult girls and boys - An Adult Coloring Book with Lions, Elephants, Owls, Horses, Dogs, Cats, and Many More! (Animals with Patterns Coloring Books) (Paperback)
Sketchbooks
R237 Discovery Miles 2 370 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Dinosaur Coloring Scenes - Dinosaur Coloring Book for Kids Ages 4-8 (Paperback): Tiskyd Publishing Dinosaur Coloring Scenes - Dinosaur Coloring Book for Kids Ages 4-8 (Paperback)
Tiskyd Publishing
R248 Discovery Miles 2 480 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Lawrence County - Ohio Postcard History (Paperback): Terry L. Baldridge Lawrence County - Ohio Postcard History (Paperback)
Terry L. Baldridge
R560 Discovery Miles 5 600 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Created in God's Image (Paperback): Divine Ehiremen Created in God's Image (Paperback)
Divine Ehiremen
R247 Discovery Miles 2 470 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
coloring funny animals faces For kids - enjoying coloring funny animals faces for kids (Paperback): Koven Art coloring funny animals faces For kids - enjoying coloring funny animals faces for kids (Paperback)
Koven Art
R158 Discovery Miles 1 580 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Valentine's Day Coloring (Paperback): Hannah Knight Valentine's Day Coloring (Paperback)
Hannah Knight
R331 Discovery Miles 3 310 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Thanksgiving Activity Book For Toddler Ages 4-8 - Super Fun Thanksgiving Activities (Paperback): Cybulski Publications Thanksgiving Activity Book For Toddler Ages 4-8 - Super Fun Thanksgiving Activities (Paperback)
Cybulski Publications
R223 Discovery Miles 2 230 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Valentine Coloring Book For Kids - Cute and Fun Love Filled Images Themed Valentine, The Book Is Filled With Cute Coloring... Valentine Coloring Book For Kids - Cute and Fun Love Filled Images Themed Valentine, The Book Is Filled With Cute Coloring Pictures For Kids, Husbands, Angels, Cute Animals and More! (Paperback)
Coloring Ink
R189 Discovery Miles 1 890 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Art of Mandala - An Adult Coloring Book Featuring 50 of the World's Most Beautiful Mandalas for Stress Relief and... The Art of Mandala - An Adult Coloring Book Featuring 50 of the World's Most Beautiful Mandalas for Stress Relief and Relaxation (Paperback)
Mouad Ad
R190 Discovery Miles 1 900 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Human and Physiology Coloring Book - A Coloring Activity & Medical Book For Kids. Perfect Gift For Drawing and Learning Human... Human and Physiology Coloring Book - A Coloring Activity & Medical Book For Kids. Perfect Gift For Drawing and Learning Human Organs (Paperback)
Rituaz Publications
R173 Discovery Miles 1 730 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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