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Alfred K. Knopf considered his Borzoi Books to be of special value. According to Random House, Alfred K. Knopf was interested in publishing books by “the most distinguished writers of the day” and “he wanted to present their work in the most…

This portrait of Charlotte Brontë was completed in 1850 by English portraitist George Richmond. The portrait was engraved by J. C. Armytage for the first edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Brontë and was widely reproduced thereafter.…

This group portrait of the Brontë sisters was painted by their brother Branwell Brontë circa 1834. The figures have been identified as Anne (left), Emily (middle), and Charlotte (right), with the silhouette of Branwell visible on the pillar near…

Within the Red Fairy Book, it encompasses a brilliant illustration by H.J. Ford. Published in 1890, the Red Fairy Book is just one of twelve ‘colored’ fairy books in Andrew Lang’s Collection. Lang did not capture the fairytale stories himself.…

Float by Anne Carson is a fascinating collection that gives readers a heap of questions. The books are bought in a hard plastic sleeve, holding 25 small books called chap books. The denoted definition or goal of the set given by Carson is for readers…

The first noticeable artistic dimension is unmistaken, the gilded pages. It brings a golden aura to book itself. The term "gilding" covers countless decorative techniques. The process of applying gold leaf or powder to solid surfaces creates this…

This relatively small leaflet is physically taped to Manhattan College's copy of The Listener in which Bernard Shaw wrote "Freedom". It is duct-taped against the side of the paper, and a larger cardboard cover was given to sandwich the two items.…

George Bernard Shaw's "League of Nations" is duct taped to a copy of The Listener newspaper, inside which he had contributed an article. It is taped along with another political leaflet, "Are We Heading For War?". It is fairly similar to the…

This is a book that records a conversation between author Arthur Conan Doyle and a medium who is speaking to his dead son, Pheneas. The book is written during a time in the Victorian era in which emphasis was put on scientifically proving the…

A two volume compilation of legal records kept during the Salem witchcraft trials. The book is an exhaustive compilation of legal proceedings that includes testimony and results of the trials. The book maintains both the prose and diction of the…