Victorian Period / Pre-Raphaelites from Adamstown Books

Routledge, 1995. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover, 316 pp. w/ b&w plates throughout. "Powerful images from dozens of Victorian artists...are used to illustrate the five key paradigms of masculinity...The author concludes that maleness was, and is, learned and that 19th century ideas still influence the construction of manhood..." … Saber más sobre este artículo

London, England: William Heinemann Ltd., 1923. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, 432 pp. Series of lectures on various poets - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Rbert Browning, Charles Swinburne, George Meredith, William Morris, Robert Nuchanan, Robert Bridges - by Lafcadio Hearn. Book Condition :Good, Ex-College Library; bookplate inside front cover; label on spine… Saber más sobre este artículo

Berkeley CA: Univ of California Press, 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Presumed 1st Edition. Hardcover, 519 pp. w/ 131 primarily b&w illustrations and several color tipped-in plates.24 essays offer "a comprehensive investigation of the response to Nature in the 19th century". Sections examine Victorian responses to Nature in - city, suburb,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Greenwich CT: New York Graphic Society, 1972. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st American Edition. Hardcover, 184 pp. w/12 color plates and 120 b&w illustrations. Traces the introduction of mass production techniques into ceramic tile design and distribution in Great Britain and America in the 19th century. Includes information on the role of Arts and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chicago IL: Chicago Review Pr, 1996. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st American Edition. Hardcover, 88 pp. w/ color and b&w plates throughout. Examines the role of flora and nature in the life and work of William Morris, a seminal figure in the Arts & Crafts and Pre-Raphaelite movements in Victorian England.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1966. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Presumed 1st Edition. Hardcover, 159 pp. w/ 58 b&w and 3 color plates. Following an introduction, 60 Victorian paintings are presented with descriptive and critical commentary on the facing page. Book Condition : Very Good; no text marks; light… Saber más sobre este artículo

Hants, England: Scolar Press, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Probable First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This collection of 14 essays, some of which were part of a 1994 Pre-Raphaelite seminar, covers a gamut of subjects related to individual artists, symbolism, techniques, and cultural cross-currents. The essays include : Death and the Maiden : The Lady of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Albany NY: State University of New York Press, 1993. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This work examines the symbol of the virgin in a variety of Victorian literary works : Frankenstein, The Woman in White, Dracula, Tess of the Durbervilles. It also examines virginity in the poetry of Coventry Patmore, Elizabeth Barrett… Saber más sobre este artículo

Charlottesville VA: University of Virginia Press, 1992. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This work examines eight female Victorian poets : Felicia Hemens, L.E.L., Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, Augusta Webster, Michael Ford (nom de plume of Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper), Alice Meynell, and Charlotte Mew. Each poet has subchapters on various… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York NY: Garland, 1991. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). Probable First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by author on front free end paper : "To RDA, who is so well represented in this volume - With fond good wishes, Kris. February 1, 1991". Inscription was to Richard D. Altick, Ohio State University… Saber más sobre este artículo