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The Final Sale Of The Relics Of General Washington - Owned By Lawrence Washington, Esq., Bushrod C. Washington, Esq., Thos. B. Washington, Esq., And J.r.c. Lewis, Esq., Embracing The Most Important Collection Ever Brought Together, Of Letters, Deeds, (Hardcover)
Lawrence Washington; Created by Bushrod Corbin Washington, Thomas Blackburn Washington
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Discovery Miles 8 430
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The brief Russian presence in California yielded some of the
earliest ethnography of Native Californians and some of the best
collections of their material culture. Unstudied by western
scholars because of their being housed in Russian museums, they are
presented here for the first time in an English language volume.
Descriptions of early nineteenth-century travelers such as von
Wrangel and Voznesenskii are followed by a catalog of objects
ranging from hunting weapons to household objects to ritual dress
to musical instruments, games, and gift objects. This catalog of
objects includes over 150 images, many in full color. An essential
volume for those interested in the ethnology, archaeology, art, and
cultures of Native Californians.
The brief Russian presence in California yielded some of the
earliest ethnography of Native Californians and some of the best
collections of their material culture. Unstudied by western
scholars because of their being housed in Russian museums, they are
presented here for the first time in an English language volume.
Descriptions of early nineteenth-century travelers such as von
Wrangel and Voznesenskii are followed by a catalog of objects
ranging from hunting weapons to household objects to ritual dress
to musical instruments, games, and gift objects. This catalog of
objects includes over 150 images, many in full color. An essential
volume for those interested in the ethnology, archaeology, art, and
cultures of Native Californians.
Thomas Blackburn was a haunted and difficult man. His childhood was
tormented by an obsessive father (an Anglican priest of Mauritian
descent) who scoured his face with peroxide to lighten his skin
colour, and an overaffectionate mother. The moral and sexual
uncertainties of this period were to form the core of his later
poetry and prose. Influenced by Yeats, his work in the Fifties and
Sixties dramatized the conflict between faith and sexuality,
drawing on myth, Christian imagery and Jungian tropes, he produced
a spare and challenging body of work. Although his life was
interrupted by bouts of alcoholism and ill health, he continued
writing through the early Seventies, his work becoming more
intimate and confessional. He was an influential teacher and friend
of many artists in London during the 1950s and 1960s, his daughter
recalling a scene in which her father, wearing a white linen suite,
danced cheek to cheek with a black leather-clad Francis Bacon.
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The Final Sale Of The Relics Of General Washington - Owned By Lawrence Washington, Esq., Bushrod C. Washington, Esq., Thos. B. Washington, Esq., And J.r.c. Lewis, Esq., Embracing The Most Important Collection Ever Brought Together, Of Letters, Deeds, (Paperback)
Lawrence Washington; Created by Bushrod Corbin Washington, Thomas Blackburn Washington
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R558
Discovery Miles 5 580
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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' A] tale of psychic terror . . . arresting . . . a poetical
exploration of dark mind-scapes.' - "Times Literary Supplement"
' A] very well done novel. . . . Very highly recommended.' - "The
Ladder"
'A delightful surprise for fans of the macabre. Simon Armstrong
descends into a world of vampirism, lycanthropy, and more . . . Or,
is it a more prosaic though no less terrifying descent into
madness?' - John Pelan, editor of "The Century's Best Horror
Fiction"
Simon and Laura Armstrong's marriage is on the rocks. His drinking
and abuse of prescription drugs are getting worse and blackouts and
violence are occurring with greater frequency. Laura believes
things are going to get better: Simon has just been appointed to an
important post in the university's English department, the couple
are adopting a daughter, and Simon has almost finished work on an
important new book, "The Cult of the Vampire." Knowing of Simon's
vampire fixation, his friend Dr Charles Abbott introduces him to a
patient of his, a beautiful and bewitching young woman named Stella
Johnson, who is convinced she has been bitten by a vampire and can
no longer see her reflection in a mirror. But Abbott cannot foresee
the ultimate consequences of bringing Simon and Stella together, or
the violence and tragedy that will ensue. . . .
The only novel by noted poet Thomas Blackburn (1916-1977), "The
Feast of the Wolf" (1971) is a strange and unique take on the
vampire myth. This edition, the first since the book's original
publication, includes a new foreword by the author's daughter,
Julia Blackburn, herself an acclaimed writer, who explains how the
novel reflects in part her father's own struggles with mental
illness and substance abuse.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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