Book collecting
Found in 135 Collections and/or Records:
Firsts. No.5., 2000
This issue deals mainly with the works of Upton Sinclair. Elizabeth Felicetti contributed an essay, "A Coming-of-Age Collection," in which she includes Joyce's "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Firsts. No.5/May., 1999
Includes essays on western landscape photographers, collecting Jim Harrison and the art of Russell Chatham. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Firsts. No.6., 1998
Features detective stories and writers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Firsts. No.6., 2000
This issue deals mainly with the works of Ellery Queen, whose identity was actually the writing partners Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Firsts. No.6., 1999
Firsts. No.7., 1999
Includes essays on post-colonial Indian literature and Victorian women novelists. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Firsts. No.7., 2000
This issue deals mainly with the works of Robert C. Howard, author of "Conan the Barbarian" among other pulp fiction novels. An essay by editor Robin H. smiley describes the restoration of a first edition copy of "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Firsts. No.7-8., 1998
Features the work of Mark Twain. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Firsts. No.9., 2000
This issue deals mainly with collecting the works of James Thurber and Trash Collecting. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Firsts. No.9., 1999
This issue deals with the books by Henry David Thoreau. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Firsts. No.10., 1999
This issue deals with science fiction and fantasy. Robin Smiley contributes an essay "The Internet Follies Hit the Road of Revisiting the Caveat Emptorium." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Firsts. No.11 / Danielewski M., 2000
This issue deals mainly with collecting works of Agatha Christie and Dashiell Hammett. A review and complete publication details of "House of Leaves" by Mark Danielewski are featured in the Update: Collectible Books section. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Firsts. No.12., 1999
Firsts: Science Fiction and Fantasy Issue. No.10., 1998
Contains an essay on collecting Edgar Allan Poe. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Henry E. Huntington's Library of Libraries / Dickenson, Donald C.., 1994
Definitive biography of Henry Huntington, the greatest American book collector of the 20th century. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Henry Edwards Huntington: His Life and His Collections / Spurgeon, Selena A.., 1992
The book provides a biography of Huntington, one of the greatest book collectors of the 20th century. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Hubert's Freaks / Gibson, Gregory ; Arbus D., 2008
Hubert's Freaks / Gibson, Gregory ; Arbus D., 2008
John Martin M.D. Ph.D. Papers
Neurosurgeon and book collector specializing in rare medical books. These papers primarily concern Dr. Martin's association with the University of Iowa. The establishment of the John Martin Rare Book Room and the donation of his collection of rare medical books is well documented with correspondence, clippings, brochures, etc. Some autobiographical sketches are included along with records of Dr. Martin's military service.
Livre D'Artiste, Le: A catalogue of the W. J. Strachan gift to The Taylor Institution / W. J. Strachan, curator ; Altmann R ; Baltazar J ; Bellmer H ; Bertini G ; Guillevic E ; Apollinaire G ; Bryen C ; Butor M ; Cocteau J ; Cortot J ; Dali S ; Beckett S ; Dubuffet J ; Martel A ; Ernst M ; Flocon A ; Grisel J ; Baudelaire C ; Bataille G ; Kandinsky V ; Gid R ; Lam W ; Jouffroy A ; Lurcat J ; Masson A ; Leiris M ; Matta R ; Michaux H ; Miro J ; Tzara T ; Ribemont-Dessaignes G ; Prevert J ; Paris G ; Picasso P ; Rimbaud A ; Valery P ; Staritsky A ; Iliazd ; Vasarely V ; Villon J., 1987
Of particular interest in this catalogue is a glossary of definitions relating to the illustrated book on pages 65 and 66. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.