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Recommendations... Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations
by James H. Billington, Library of Congress
A treasury of thought-provoking declarations and observations features a splendid variety of political, scientific, social, and literary voices. Quoted historical figures include Paine, Milton, Emerson, Marx, Napoleon, Dickens, and Churchill.
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| |  The Poster Art of David Lance Goines: A 40-Year Retrospective
by David Lance Goines
This pictorial celebration features 155 full-color posters promoting movies, galleries, restaurants, and concerts, in addition to other events and products. This original edition was developed in cooperation with the artist.
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 A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare, W. Heath Robinson
From the exquisite title page to the playful two-page spread that closes the book, this graphic presentation of Shakespeare's most beloved play will surprise and delight the eye. Includes 12 full-page color plates, numerous black-and-white illustrations, and plentiful vignettes.
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| |  The Tempest
by William Shakespeare, Edmund Dulac
The most lavish version ever produced of Shakespeare's final comedy, this illustrated hardcover edition features the complete text plus 40 full-color plates by acclaimed fantasy artist Edmund Dulac.
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 Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time -- 20th Anniversary Edition
by James Gurney
Digitally re-rendered from the original transparencies, this 20th anniversary edition takes the bestselling tale of mystical humans and intelligent dinosaurs to a new generation. Includes a new Afterword by Gurney as well as a special section of behind-the-scenes studies.
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| |  The American Vitruvius: An Architects' Handbook of Urban Design
by Werner Hegemann, Elbert Peets, Christiane Crasemann Collins
This classic encyclopedia of urban designs contains more than 1,200 plans, elevations, and perspective views. Its European and American buildings range from Renaissance structures to those of the 20th century.
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Products in Deluxe Gift Editions | | | |  | Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp, in Rhyme
by Arthur Ransome, Thomas Mackenzie
Unique hardcover features elegant typography, silhouetted endpapers, twelve color plates, and the addition of myriad decorative elements — ornamental heads, initials, silhouettes, partial borders, and much more.
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|  | Alice Starmore's Book of Fair Isle Knitting
by Alice Starmore
A noted designer from the region of Scotland's Fair Isle explores the history and techniques of this distinctive, stranded-color knitting style and provides copious illustrated instructions for 14 original knitwear designs.
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| |  | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll, Harry Rountree
This lovely hardcover edition conjures up marvelous visions of Carroll's fantasy world. Luxuriously illustrated with 92 watercolors, it's a wonderful introduction to Alice's adventures as well as a splendid volume for collectors.
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| | The American Vitruvius: An Architects' Handbook of Urban Design
by Werner Hegemann, Elbert Peets, Christiane Crasemann Collins
This classic encyclopedia of urban designs contains more than 1,200 plans, elevations, and perspective views. Its European and American buildings range from Renaissance structures to those of the 20th century.
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|  | Animals in Motion
by Eadweard Muybridge
Nearly 4,000 photographs in series, stopped action, of horses, cats, lions, deer, kangaroos, etc. Indispensable for animal artists. Classic of 19th-century photography.
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|  | The Arabian Nights
by Rene Bull
This elegant hardcover edition presents a colorful selection of popular tales. Twenty full-color and nearly 100 black-and-white images from the original in a distinctive new page design makes this volume an immediate heirloom for confirmed bibliophiles.
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|  | Aran Knitting: New and Expanded Edition
by Alice Starmore
Revised, expanded edition of expert guide encompasses a history of Aran knitting; complete workshop in technique and design; 60 charted patterns for the original 14 designs, many reknit in contemporary yarns; including a new design. Color photographs.
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|  | Artistic Plants and Flowers
by M. P. Verneuil
This splendid visual encyclopedia features 120 rare botanical illustrations. Each specimen appears in side-by-side contrasts of color and black-and-white renderings by Mucha, Méheut, and other distinguished artists. Captions identify each image.
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|  | Bain's New York: The City in News Pictures 1900-1925
by Michael Carlebach
Original hardcover compilation of 100 images from the photographic archives of one of the United States' earliest news agencies. Police activity, immigration, politics, street life, sports — everything from the mundane to the monumental. Detailed captions.
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|  | The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes
by Walter Jerrold, Charles Robinson
Charles Robinson's black-and-white illustrations enhance every page of this hardcover folklore treasury. Decorative initials and borders, hand lettering, silhouettes, and 16 plates of full-and two-color images embellish renderings of 300 traditional verses, from "Good King Arthur" to "Little Tom Tucker."
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| |  | Char-Broil's America Grills!
by Editors of Creative Homeowner
Char-Broil's America Grills! features 225 recipes for making everything from appetizers to desserts on the backyard grill.
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by Editors of Creative Homeowner
More than 200 easy-to-follow recipes and tips for delicious grilled, barbecued, and smoked meats, chicken, seafood, and vegetables.
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|  | Cinderella
by Arthur Rackham, C.S. Evans
A fantasy world of crisp silhouette images depict step-sisters, footmen, nobles, and other characters from the fable of an orphan girl's transformation into a princess. One full-color and nine 3-color plates are also included.
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|  | Courage in the Moment: The Civil Rights Struggle, 1961-1964
by Jim Wallace, Paul Dickson
Taken by a student journalist, these remarkable photographs range from sit-ins to a Klan rally to the historic March on Washington. An absorbing narrative of reminiscences accompanies the 100 black-and-white images, most of them taken in 1963 and previously unpublished.
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|  | Dickens' Christmas Spirits: A Christmas Carol and Other Tales
by Charles Dickens
The only Dickens collection available with a supernatural theme, this elegant hardcover volume gathers seven chilling Christmas tales: "A Christmas Carol," "The Chimes," "The Cricket on the Hearth," "The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain," and more. Over 60 illustrations.
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|  | Dinotopia (Limited Edition): A Land Apart from Time -- 20th Anniversary Edition
by James Gurney
Digitally re-rendered from the original transparencies, this 20th anniversary edition takes the bestselling tale of mystical humans and intelligent dinosaurs to a new generation. Includes a new Afterword by Gurney as well as a special section of behind-the-scenes studies. This signed, numbered edition, limited to 250 copies, includes a deluxe slipcase.
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| | Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time -- 20th Anniversary Edition
by James Gurney
Digitally re-rendered from the original transparencies, this 20th anniversary edition takes the bestselling tale of mystical humans and intelligent dinosaurs to a new generation. Includes a new Afterword by Gurney as well as a special section of behind-the-scenes studies.
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