In keeping with the grandeur of the house, the grounds at Castle Howard in Yorkshire were designed on an heroic scale. The result of the fruitful collaboration between the 3rd Earl of Carlisle and the architects John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor, they were laid out in the early eighteenth century[...]
For the working artist and student alike, this is an unrivaled treasury of the methods, techniques, and examples of the great illustrators of the past -- from the dawn of printing to the 20th century. Featuring works by Goya, Hogarth, Durer, Morris, Dore, Beardsley, and others, this carefully chosen[...]
Revolutions from Grub Street charts the evolution of Britain's popular magazine industry from its seventeenth century origins through to the modern digital age. Following the reforms engendered by the Glorious Revolution of 1688 the Grub Street area of London, which later transmuted into the cluster[...]
For over thirty years, Rita J. Simon and Howard Altstein have been studying transracial and intercountry adoptions. The families they have studied include white parents; African American, Hispanic, and Korean children; and Jewish Stars of David families, among others. This book summarizes their find[...]
"A standard source book, rich in details of trapping, hunting, caravans, and Indians."--Stanley Vestal, The Booklover's Southwest. "Unquestionably one of the finest landmark works of Western Americana ever published."--Council Fires. Volume 1 of Kit Carson Days shows Carson running away from his Mis[...]
"A standard source book, rich in details of trapping, hunting, caravans, and Indians."--Stanley Vestal, The Booklover's Southwest. "Unquestionably one of the finest landmark works of Western Americana ever published."--Council Fires. Volume 1 of Kit Carson Days shows Carson running away from his Mis[...]