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Facsimile of the Rosenbach Manuscript of James Joyce's Ulysses
$250.00 A three volume, hardcover, with slip-case, facsimile copy of the only complete, handwritten manuscript of James Joyce's Ulysses. Three volumes. Quarto. Critical introduction by Harry Levin. Bibliographical preface by Clive Driver. The first two volumes comprise the facsimile manuscript, while the third contains a comparison of the manuscript and the first printings, annotated by Clive Driver. Ulysses is one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century, and this facsimile is a must-have for any Joyce aficionado or scholar. These volumes were published in association with the Philip H. &. A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, Philadelphia. New York: Octagon Books (1975). This item comes new, still shrink-wrapped and in original shipping boxes. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
The Last Favour
$25.00 This limited edition artist book was created by Teresa Jaynes, and is based on her 2003 installation at the Rosenbach called Red Maids. At once a brilliant collage of images and text from the museum's collection and a narrative dealing with sex, gender, and age, Jaynes' work is an extraordinary new perspective on the Rosenbach. Published by the Rosenbach and the Borowsky Center at University of the Arts, the 36-page book was printed in an edition of 500, of which 350 have been numbered and are available for sale. Buyers will be sent the highest available number left. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Dracula: A Translation of the 1488 Nurnberg Edition
$5.20 A Translated account of the many dreadful and curious things Prince Dracula allegedly decreed during his reign in Wallachia. Includes an introduction by Beverley D. Eddy. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Cook's Choice
$5.00 A selection of recipes from rare and important cookbooks from the ninth to the nineteenth century, from Apicius to Fannie Farmer. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Marianne Moore Newsletter Set, 12 volumes
$25.90 Published between the spring of 1977 until the fall of 1983 these newsletters discuss the work of the poet Marianne Moore. The articles, which appear in the newsletters, were written by Rosenbach Moore scholars who disclose their findings and research within the Moore collections. Each issue includes facsimiles of letters and photographs which belonged to Moore and were very influential to her writing and thinking. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Early American Maps and Views
$11.50 A selection of maps from the Rosenbach collections, the earliest being an 1520 Viennese view of the world, the first European map of the Chesapeake Bay area and George Washington's surveyed maps of his Mount Vernon estate. Over 50 black and white reproductions with short bibliographic information are included in this catalogue. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
A Selection from Our Shelves: Books, Manuscripts and Drawings from the Philip H. & A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation Museum
$15.00 A Selection from Our Shelves is a highlights guide to some of the greatest pieces in the Rosenbach Collection. This catalogue contains beautiful facsimiles of some of the manuscripts, drawings, and rare books in the collection along with a brief description of each object, which includes the provenance. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Cities Without Citizens
$19.95 Cities Without Citzens, edited by Eduardo Cadava and Aaron Levy with contributions by Giorgio Agamben, Arakaw+Gins, Thomas Keenan, Greg Lambert, David Lloyd, and others. As part of the Artist-in-Residency program Aaron Levy curated and this show and created original art works for the exhibition Cities Without Citizens. This is the exhibition catalogue for the show along with additional essays that discuss the ideas behind cities and what influences their growth. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Catalogue of the Original Autograph Love Letters of John Keats, Addressed to Miss Fannie Brawne
$1.85 This publication is an account of the second sale of the love letters of John Keats to Miss Fannie Brawne, which was purchased by Dr. Rosenbach in 1920. This catalogue includes a facsimile of the Keats letter, the sonnet the Oscar Wilde wrote in response to the first public auction of the Keats letters, and a second sonnet written by Christopher Morley after Dr. Rosenbach purchased the letter in 1920. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
The Roman Sketchbook of Girolamo da Carpi$80.00 The original catalogue from the 1976 exhibition of Girolamo da Carpi's drawings. Written by Norman W. Canedy. This is a first edition of the catalogue, which is no longer in print. A hardcover binding, no dust jacket, canvas binding. Includes 159 pages of text and bibliographic information, and reproductions of all of the exhibited drawings printed on glossy paper. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Robert Burns, The Poet's Progress
$11.60 The Rosenbach collections hold the largest group of Burns' manuscripts and early editions in the world. This catalogue was printed for the Burns bicentennial exhibition at the Rosenbach Museum & Library in 1995. Nicolas Barker and Wendy Van Wyck Good curated the show and helped to compile the material contained in the catalogue. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Rosenbach, A Biography
$75.00 The definitive biography of Dr. Rosenbach, his brother Philip and the infamous doings of the Rosenbach Company, written by Edwin Wolf and John F. Fleming (former employees of the Rosenbach company) and now out of print. Originally published in 1960. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
The Art of Maurice Sendak 1980 to Present
$60.00 A beautifully printed book of Maurice Sendak's accomplishments from 1980 until present. Written by Tony Kushner with full color reproductions. Published by Abrams in 2003, 223 pages. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present
$16.99 Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present by Charlotte Zolotow with Illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Recipient of the Caldecott Honor award originally published in 1977. It is the story of a young girl in search of the perfect birthday present for her mother. Together, Mr. Rabbit and the girl think through many imaginative presents and in the end find one that is the perfect fit. Appropriate for readers age 4-8. Copies of this book signed by the Illustrator, Maurice Sendak are also available in the Signed Sendak Books part of this web site. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Where The Wild Things Are
$16.95 Where The Wild Things Are story and pictures by Maurice Sendak. Awarded the Caldecott Medal of Honor in 1964 Where The Wild Things Are is Mr. Sendak's most famous work and one of the most recognized children's books in the world. Originally published in 1963 this 25th anniversary edition tells the tale of the mischievous Max and his voyage to the land of the Wild Things. For signed copies of the book look in the Signed Sendak Books and Catalogues section of our website. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Swine Lake
$16.95 Swine Lake, story by famed children’s book author James Marshall and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. In this playful tale a mangy hungry wolf in search of a snack finds himself in the audience of a tantalizing ballet preformed by plump pigs, but his spirit is so moved by the performance rather then feasting on the dancers he becomes one. Copies of this book signed by illustrator Maurice Sendak are available in the Signed Sendak Books and Catalogues section of our web site. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Reflections in a Looking Glass, A Centennial Celebration of Lewis Carroll, Photographer
$50.00 By author and Lewis Carroll scholar, Morton N. Cohen, published by acclaimed photography publisher Aperture. Beloved as the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through thr Looking-Glass, two of the most popular children's stories of all time, the Reverend Charles Dodgson (alias Lewis Carroll) was also one of the great photographers of children of the 19th century. The photographs in this richly illustrated book- a number of them previously unpublished- reflect Carroll's lifelong fascination with children and their world. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and with original illustrations by John Tenniel
$16.99 For over 125 years John Tenniel's superb illustrations for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland have been the perfect complement to Lewis Carroll's timeless story. In that time numerous artists have illustrated Alice, but not one has come close to matching the universal appeal of the original pictures. This is the first Alice to reproduce Tenniel's exquisite drawings from prints taken directly from the original wood engravings. The Rosenbach Museum & Library owns the original pencil sketches that Tenniel made for Alice. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll with original illustrations by John Tenniel
$16.99 When Through the Looking-Glass was published in 1871, readers were as delighted with that book as they were with Lewis Carroll's first masterpiece, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In the topsy-turvy world that lies beyond the looking glass, Alice meets such fantastical characters as Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Humpty Dumpty, and the Jabberwock. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
We Are All In The Dumps with Jack and Guy, Two Nursery Rhymes with Pictures, written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak
$20.00 The author illustrator Maurice Sendak looks out to the problems of today's world through this re-interpretation of children's rhymes. He combines two little known and unrelated nursery rhymes, taking advantage of their absence of story to interpret them with a wealth of detail and social commentary. In so doing, his visual images invite readers to become co-conspirators in the creation of the tale. From the dust jacket's ragged and newspaper-wrapped children, depicted within a monstrous mouth that readers will discover is the moon, to the very last page, one must search for clues to bring meaning to the enigmatic text. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
The Selected Letters of Marianne Moore
$36.00 The Selected Letters of Marianne Moore, edited by Bonnie Costello, Celeste Goodridge, and Cristanne Miller. Marianne Moore's correspondence makes up the largest most broadly significant collection of any modern poet. It documents the first two-thirds of the 20th century, reflecting shifts from Victorian to modernist culture, the experience of the two world wars, the Depression and postwar prosperity, and the changing face of the arts in America and Europe. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
The Historian, a Novel by Elizabeth Kostova
$25.95 The author of the recent best seller, Elizabeth Kostova, did much of the research for this novel in the Library of the Rosenbach Museum. In this new take on the story of Dracula, the heroine visits a "Museum of the Book" in Philadelphia, which resembles the Rosenbach. Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor," and they plunge her into a world she never dreamed of- a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to an inconceivable evil hidden in the depths of history. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
William Shakespeare, The Man Behind the Genius, a Biography written by Anthony Holden
$29.95 Generations have speculated about the man behind the genius, and yet William Shakespeare remains a stubbornly elusive character. In this absorbing new biography, the Bard's pursuers gain some ground. Holden maintains that we already know more about the life of Shakespeare than that of almost any of his literary contemporaries, and in shifting fact from legend, he creates a fresh, vivid portrait of the greatest writer the world has ever known. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
James Joyce's Dublin, A Topographical Guide to the Dublin of Ulysses written by Ian Gunn and Clive Hart
$45.00 One of the most important literary works of the twentieth century, Ulysses is also one of the most realistic novels ever written. The characters, some of them Dubliners appearing under their own names, visit shops and pubs that can be located precisely in the streets of the city which Joyce grew up. This book was published to coincide with the centenary of Bloomsday, this unique study uses more then 100 maps and photographs to examine the importance of Ulysses' basis in physical fact, showing how characters move around the city and how the novel works in terms of time and place. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
A Very Special House by Ruth Krauss and illustrated by Maurice Sendak
$16.95 "The text of this original and ebullient book is a little boy's hymn of joy to the house of his dreams, where he and a giant and several animals have a wonderful time. Inventive drawings frolic all over the pages." - The New Yorker Signed editions of this book are available in the Sendak Signed Books and Catalogues section of our website. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
A Bloomsday Postcard by Niall Murphy
$38.00 The sending, receiving and collecting of postcards was an essential part of life in Edwardian Dublin. In an age of few private telephones, the postcard was a popular and reliable form of communication - in Dublin there were six mail deliveries a day and one on Sunday. Niall Murphy is an antiquarian, book and ephemera dealer, whose interest in Joyce led him to collect these postcards over a period of twenty-five years. He published this book along with the National Library of Ireland in celebration of the centenary of Bloomsday, it includes over 250 postcards all of them posted in the Dublin area during 1904, four of them sent on the 16th of June. This book is essential for any Joyce enthusiast. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Mommy?$24.95 Mommy? by Maurice Sendak, Arthur Yorinks and Matthew Reinhart. Maurice Sendak's first pop-up book! They are all here! Everybody's favorite monsters are just going about their business when a plucky little boy wanders into their cuckoo house. In one hilarious pop-up extravaganza after another, this kid shows those monsters a thing or two. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Marianne Moore: Complete Poems$16.00 Marianne Moore: Complete Poems Paperback edition published by Penguin [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Uncle Tom's Cabin$39.95 Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe Norton's new annotated version, edited with intro and notes by Henry Louis Gates and Hollis Robbins. Hard cover edition. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Writers photographs by Nancy Crampton with a foreword by Mark Strand
$40.00 Here are more than one hundred wonderful and sensitive duotone portraits of our major novelists, poets, and playwrights. Paired with the photographs are fascinating texts from each writer on writing - thoughts on the craft, recollections of significant moments from their personal history, meditations on the civic importance of writing, and so forth. An exhibition of Nancy Crampton's photographs will be on display in the Rosenbach Museum & Library galleries from May 18 - August 13 2006. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Leipnik Prayer Book Facsimile$26.00 This little book, measuring 3 1/2" x 2 3/4", was created by one of the most important master scribe-illustrators of the early 18th century, Joseph Ben David of Leipnik. It contains Birkat Hamazon or Grace after Meals in addition to other private prayers for special occasions. Many colorful and beautiful drawings highlight the text. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Becoming Shakespeare, by Jack Lynch$24.95 Jack Lynch has written the definitive biography of William Shakespeare's afterlife, beginning with his death in 1616, and the 200 years during which Shakespeare grew from a modestly successful provincial playwright to the lofty status of transcendent genius at the heart of English culture. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Shakespeare Country, by Howard Loxton$15.00 "Shakespeare Country" traces Shakespeare's life and the places linked to him, presenting them in words and photographs of Stratford on Avon, as they can be seen today. Gorgeous photographs are surrounded by a biographical narrative and quotes from the master. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Fantasy Sketches, by Maurice Sendak$30.00 These sketches are a sampling from a large collection drawn over 5 years, from 1952-1957 and published by The Rosenbach Foundation in 1970. First Edition. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Drawn to Enchant$45.00 Timothy G. Young's beautifully illustrated collection celebrates the original artwork for children's books from the collection of Betsy Beinecke Shirley. Artists include Maurice Sendak, N.C. Wyeth, George Cruikshank, Maxfield Parrish, and Howard Pyle. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839, by Frances Anne Kemble$19.95 Actress Fanny Kemble records her observations of daily life on her husbands slave plantation in Georgia in a series of detailed journal entries written as letters to a friend, published in book form in 1863. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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The Hungry Clothes and Other Jewish Folktales, retold by Peninnah Schram$14.95 Folktales that celebrate the ceremonies and feasts of the Jewish culture. Discover the joys of sharing traditions passed down from generation to generation. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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