The Sense of Style: Reading English Prose

Thorpe, James

Literature & Fiction

Archon Books

A legendary book collector, a connoisseur of fine art, a horticulturist, and a philanthropist, Henry Edwards Huntington is perhaps best known as the founder of the world-renowned Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California. James Thorpe's comprehensive biography of Huntington tells the richly human story of the man who became America's greatest book collector and was a leading figure in the development of southern California. Henry Edwards Huntington was born in New York State in 1850. He began working at the age of 17, eventually moved to California, and in later years was hailed for his vision in developing the street railway system that created the structure of the Los Angeles area. Always a lover of books, Huntington acquired many spectacular volumes―among them the complete Gutenberg Bible on vellum and the library of the Earl of Bridgewater. He also built a splendid art collection and established a grand botanical garden on the grounds of the buildings that would house his art and books. Then, in an act of philanthropy seldom equaled, he gave these great treasures to the public. The intimate side of Huntington's life appears in these pages, too. Thorpe has culled a vast trove of private letters, diaries, and other documents that reveal Huntington's exceptional personal qualities. The author's well-rounded biography of this unassuming yet gifted American is also richly evocative of the times in which Henry Edwards Huntington lived.

Henry Edwards Huntington: A Biography

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

University of California Press

E. J. Sullivan: English Masters of Black-And-White

British & Irish

Kessinger Publishing

This book is the first comprehensive study of the basic principles that govern the editing of literary texts. The focus is on English and American literature, and discussion is illuminated by a multitude of examples from the Renaissance to the present time. It deals with the topics that are essential to all editorial work and conveys attitudes and approaches that should animate all literary scholarship.

Principles of Textual Criticism

United States

Huntington Library Press

What was John Milton really like as a human being? What can we learn about his poems from seeing them in the context of the fundamental nature of their author? This book offers a fresh way of thinking about Milton and his writings by exploring the intimate and complex relation between a close understanding of his poems and a deep understanding of their maker.

John Milton: The Inner Life

Gifts of Genius: Treasures of the Huntington Library

Huntington Library Pr

Books of Hours are among the most striking examples of medieval illuminated manuscripts. Commissioned by wealthy men and women for their private religious devotions, these beautifully decorated books contain prayers for the eight canonical hours of the day. This book reproduces seventeen jewel-like miniature paintings by Simon Marmion from one of the finest Books of Hours in the Huntington Library's collections. Marmion, one of the most accomplished illuminators of the fifteenth century, produced this example sometime between 1450 and 1475. The French manuscript Book of Hours displays a number of scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary. The book's introduction discusses the history and meaning of Books of Hours, both as books of devotion and as works of art.

Book of Hours (The Huntington Library Classics)

Marmion, Simon

History & Criticism

First edition. Illustrated throughout some in color . Presentation "For Mary Hyde with love, Jim." 24 pages. stiff paper wrappers.. small 8vo..

William Blake: The Power of the Imagination

The Gutenberg Bible, which appeared about 1455, represents the invention of printing in the Western world. The Huntington Library holds one of three vellum copies of the Gutenberg Bible in the United States. Color reproductions of several pages and initial letters from the Bible accompany this text, which details the early history of printing and the way the Gutenberg Bible was produced. The author also discusses Henry Huntington's purchase of the Bible in 1911 for the then-unimaginable sum of $50,000.

The Gutenberg Bible: Landmark in Learning

Arts & Photography

E. J. Sullivan: English Masters Of Black-And-White

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC

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