Betsy Beinecke Shirley, one of the great collectors of American children’s literature, gathered a peerless collection of books, original illustrations, manuscripts, and ephemera. This gorgeously illustrated book presents over 200 selected original artworks from the enchanting collection she bequeathed to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University. 
Guiding the reader on a lively tour through the stages of childhood reading, this volume begins with ABCs and nursery books. It continues through adventure stories, magazines, and more, then concludes with a miscellany section of wonderful odds and ends. The delightfully varied images demonstrate how children’s books evolved, from the nation’s first days of independence to our own times. Artists whose works are represented include many beloved favorites, among them Ludwig Bemelmans, Maurice Sendak, A. B. Frost, Wanda Gag, Peter Newell, N. C. Wyeth, Tony Sarg, Robert Lawson, and Johnny Gruelle.
From variant illustrations for Goodnight Moon and Where the Wild Things Are to little-known sketches for nineteenth-century periodicals that delighted generations of children, Drawn to Enchant offers a unique opportunity to study the reading lives of children throughout American history. Just as important, it invites each reader to recollect favorite images from the treasured books of his or her own childhood.

Drawn to Enchant: Original Children's Book Art in the Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection

Arts & Photography

Young, Timothy

History & Criticism

Beinecke Rare Book Library

Equally adept at humor writing, tales for children, and adventure stories, Rudyard Kipling holds a singular place in the pantheon of great English writers. This book celebrates the Nobel Prize winner’s multifaceted achievements and, with 80 full-color illustrations, underscores the variety and breadth of his printed production. An introductory essay by David Alan Richards, whose extensive Kipling collection is among the finest in the world, traces the challenges and joys of building a Kipling bibliography. Thomas Pinney, emeritus professor of English at Pomona College, contributes an essay on how collecting Kipling reflects the writer’s literary status.
The book is organized chronologically, beginning with Kipling’s birth in India in 1865 and extending to movies, plays, and new editions of his works that have appeared since his death in 1936. The selected items create a time line of his life and popular works, including The Jungle Books and The Just So Stories. Admirers of Kipling’s genius and lovers of literature in general will appreciate this rare glimpse into his extraordinary world.

Rudyard Kipling: The Books I Leave Behind

Literature & Fiction

Richards, David Alan

Literary

The catalogue of the 2003 exhibition at Yale University’s Beinecke Library shows drawings from the extraordinary collection of James Swan, 19th-century chronicler of the American Northwest and collector of ethnographic objects and artwork from native peoples of the region, including the Makah Indians of Neah Bay and the Haida of the Queen Charlotte Islands. Swan’s own sketches provide a striking visual record of the Northwestern frontier. Introductory essays trace Swan’s life and the role that Franz and Kathryn Stenzel played in preserving his legacy.

James Swan, Cha-tic of the Northwest Coast: Drawings and Watercolors from the Franz and Kathryn Stenzel Collection

Miles, George

<div> One of the richest collections of 19th- and 20th-century musical and literary manuscripts is detailed in this exhaustively detailed catalogue of the Frederick R. Koch collection, now a permanent part of the Beinecke Library. Ranging from drafts of novels by Marcel Proust and Henry Miller to manuscript scores for Pelléas et Mélisande, Tales of Hoffmann, and Ernani, the collection documents many of the great artistic achievements of the past two centuries. With accurate, often itemized descriptions of individual archival pieces, this catalogue will be a valued addition to any reference library. </div>

A Catalogue of the Frederick R. Koch Collection at the Beinecke Library, Yale University

Reference

Witold Gombrowicz, author of Ferdydurke, Cosmos, Pornografia and The Wedding, remains one of the most influential Polish writers of all time. This catalogue, produced to accompany the 2004 exhibition at Yale University’s Beinecke Library, tells the story of his life, his writings, and his profound influence on modern letters and theatre. Drawn from the archive of Gombrowicz papers at Yale, this volume serves as a valuable introduction to the work of this celebrated writer.

The World of Witold Gombrowicz 1904-1969: Catalog of a Centenary Exhibition at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University

GIROUD, Vincent

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Carl Van Vechten, one of the most distinctive photographic portraitists of the 20th century captured the visages of the famous and the talented. This catalogue, issued to celebrate the 2003 exhibition, focuses on his photographs of extraordinary women in the arts. Over 80 women are pictured each accompanied by an original essay. From Mary Martin to Carson McCullers, from Billie Holiday to Pearl Bailey, many of the greatest American artists are shown in the prime of their careers.

Extravagant Crowd: Carl Van Vechten's Portraits of Women

Nancy Kuhl

Individual Artists

Visionary American women stood at the forefront of many of the artistic and literary movements of the 20th century. Creative artists and writers such at Gertrude Stein, Mabel Dodge Luhan and Katherine Dunham fueled and promoted works by women in their efforts to make a new modern voice. This catalogue for the 2003 exhibition at Yale University’s Beinecke Library explores the salons and the triumphs of many of the most important female artists of the past century.

Intimate Circles: American Women in the Arts

Kuhl, Nancy

The life and work of James Matthew Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, is highlighted in this catalogue published in conjunction with the 2005 exhibition at the Yale University’s Beinecke Library. Original manuscripts, photographs, documents detailing the influence of the young Llewelyn Davies brothers on the creation of Peter Pan, and artifacts, including Barrie's key to Kensington Gardens, are pictured, with commentary to create an iconic timeline of Barrie’s life and works.

My Heart in Company: The Work of J.M. Barrie and the Birth of Peter Pan

Teen & Young Adult

This is the first full-colour, full-size (79 by 15 inches) facsimile of the original 1913 collaboration between the poet Blaise Cendrars and the artist Sonia Delaunay that came to define the modern artist's book and stands as one of the most beautiful books ever created. Made after an original copy in the collection of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, the replica makes a modernist icon available to collectors, teachers, and others with an interest in poetry, art, and book making.Blaise Cendrars' narrative about his life-changing journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway is a poem of memory and movement. Sonia Delaunay's designs create a parallel path as the reader slips down the palette while swimming through a river of words. Curator Timothy Young provides a new English translation accompanied by notes.

La Prose du Transsiberien et de la petite Jehanne de France

CENDRARS, BLAISE

Flare is the culminating project of the 2007–2008 collaborative Artist and Poet in Residence Program sponsored by the Yale University Art Gallery &amp; Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. The book includes new poems by Cole Swensen and new prints by Thomas Nozkowski. The poet and illustrator visited Yale together on several occasions to work on this project, influencing one another’s artistic process and completed work, and the book reflects the makers’ creative conversation and collaboration.

Flare

Swensen, Cole

Nozkowski, Thomas

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