British Library Americas Collections Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Eater of Darkness
Robert M. CoatesBritish Library Americas CollectionsCoates, Robert M., The eater of darkness, Paris, France, Contact Editions, 1926. First edition, 179 pages. Check this interesting article by Rick Poynor via @DesignObserver on the 1959 edition with cover illustrated by a young Milton Glaser. https://t.co/CkRMa2dFIW
Paperback, 2021
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Finnegans Wake
James JoyceBritish Library Americas CollectionsToday we celebrate the centenary of James Joyce's Ulysses, published by the American publisher and bookseller Sylvia Beach of Shakespeare and Co. In this letter, Beach discusses Joyce and Finnegans Wake with Joyce's patron Harriet Shaw Weaver. https://t.co/RPF4mWnkVQ #Ulysses100 https://t.co/HtCX0RWw9M
Paperback, 1999
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Superheroes, Orphans & Origins: 125 Years in Comics
Foundling MuseumBritish Library Americas Collections3 of the curators from the British Library’s Americas team recently attended a Peer View of the Foundling Museum’s current exhibition: Superheroes, Orphans & Origins: 125 years in comics. Definitely worth checking out! Ends 28/08/2022 https://t.co/kXjeL9revQ https://t.co/jL1dTJfUet
Paperback, 2022
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ulysses: Color Illustrated, Formatted for E-Readers
James JoyceBritish Library Americas CollectionsToday we celebrate the centenary of James Joyce's Ulysses, published by the American publisher and bookseller Sylvia Beach of Shakespeare and Co. In this letter, Beach discusses Joyce and Finnegans Wake with Joyce's patron Harriet Shaw Weaver. https://t.co/RPF4mWnkVQ #Ulysses100 https://t.co/HtCX0RWw9M
Paperback, 2015
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Ulysses
J. JoyceBritish Library Americas CollectionsToday we celebrate the centenary of James Joyce's Ulysses, published by the American publisher and bookseller Sylvia Beach of Shakespeare and Co. In this letter, Beach discusses Joyce and Finnegans Wake with Joyce's patron Harriet Shaw Weaver. https://t.co/RPF4mWnkVQ #Ulysses100 https://t.co/HtCX0RWw9M
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Ulysses
James JoyceBritish Library Americas CollectionsToday we celebrate the centenary of James Joyce's Ulysses, published by the American publisher and bookseller Sylvia Beach of Shakespeare and Co. In this letter, Beach discusses Joyce and Finnegans Wake with Joyce's patron Harriet Shaw Weaver. https://t.co/RPF4mWnkVQ #Ulysses100 https://t.co/HtCX0RWw9M
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The Library at Night
Alberto ManguelBritish Library Americas CollectionsBook now for this free online event! This year’s W.G. Sebald Lecture on literary translation is given by Alberto Manguel, the Argentinian-born, Canadian writer, translator and editor and acclaimed author of The Library at Night and A History of Reading. https://t.co/QnCjnitvDE https://t.co/eM0jMUWIoT
Paperback, 2009
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A History of Reading
Alberto ManguelBritish Library Americas CollectionsBook now for this free online event! This year’s W.G. Sebald Lecture on literary translation is given by Alberto Manguel, the Argentinian-born, Canadian writer, translator and editor and acclaimed author of The Library at Night and A History of Reading. https://t.co/QnCjnitvDE https://t.co/eM0jMUWIoT
Paperback, 2014
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Fifth Window
Russell ThorntonBritish Library Americas CollectionsSelf-proclaimed psychic TikTokers, the gift that keeps on giving: you can request Russell Thornton's 'The Fifth Window' & other independent Canadian & US poetry titles to our reading rooms. Shelfmark YA.2001.a.21057. We promise it's not "super locked up tight." @ReadThistledown https://t.co/mKAOe40Xi2
Paperback, 2007
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Spectra, a Book of Poetic Experiments
Arthur Davison FickeBritish Library Americas CollectionsTheir work included 'Spectra: A Book of Poetic Experiments' (YA.1997.a.5553), as well as publication in magazines, Others, Reedy’s Mirror, & The Little Review. The hoax ended in 1918 when Bynner admitted the ruse, but their 'real' poetry never achieved the same fame as Spectrism.
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