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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] |
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] |
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] |
Notable Acquistions 1965-1966
$4.60 A Catalogue of acquisitions made by the Rosenbach Foundation for the year 1965-1966. Often the new acquisitions not only expanded upon Dr. Rosenbach's original holdings, but also through their historic relevance offer greater insight into the period in which many of authors were working. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Notable Acquisitions: 1966-1967
$7.90 A Catalogue of acquisitions made by the Rosenbach Foundation for the year 1966-1967. Often the new acquisitions not only expanded upon Dr. Rosenbach's original holdings, but also through their historic relevance offer greater insight into the period in which many of authors were working. Includes facsimiles of many of these new purchases. [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 Norton Facsimile of The First Folio of Shakespeare$148.50 This Facsimile of the first Folio of Shakespeare is based on the Folios in the Folger Shakespeare Library Collection. Dr. Rosenbach helped the Folger family to build this collection of Shakespeare’s work, which they then donated, to the Library of Congress. This second edition, hard cover fine printed edition includes a slipcase and ribbon page marker. Charlton Hinman introduces the work by giving the background history on the printing and proofing, and the value and authority of the text in the First Folio. Peter W. M. Blayney follows by outlining the history of the Folio's publishers and the players’ manuscripts. 928 Pages. [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 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] |
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] |
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] |
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