1918. With illustrations. Ardent bibliophile and writer Alfred Edward Newton was the leading authority on book collecting in the first half of the 20th century. The Amenities of Book Collecting is a classic of the books-on-books genre and a charming collection of essays that set the tone for book collecting in the postwar era. Contents: Book ...
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1930. Ardent bibliophile and writer Alfred Edward Newton was the leading authority on book collecting in the first half of the 20th century. Some of the topics he writes about in A Tourist in Spite of Himself include: In Scandinavia, In Paris, House Hunting in London, House Hunting in the Country, In Egypt, In Jerusalem, etc. Another great read ...
Nature: In the works of Anton Josef Trcka nature is picturesque, an embellishment atmospherically enhancing his portraits. In Edward Weston's work it appears in its most basic, purest forms, as both reality and its metaphor. And for Helmut Newton nature is the hyper-real backdrop against which he stages the pictorial worlds which accompany and ...
""Bewildering!"" I exclaimed to myself as I laid down the letter. It was from my publisher, telling me that a third edition of six thousand copies of the ""Amenities"" would go to press shortly (making fifteen thousand in all), and saying that, if there were ""no objections or corrections, it would stand approved as read."" I looked about my ...
1923. This is Newton's play dealing with the life of Dr. Samuel Johnson, one of England's greatest literary figures, whose witty asides are still frequently quoted in print today.
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