Medieval Flowers and Plants Address Book by TheBritishLibrary Stationery, Published by TheBritishLibrary Museums & Galleries Marketing ISBN-13: 978-0-87654-504-1, ISBN: 0-87654-504-5
"Almost as long as we’ve had things to sell, we’ve had advertisements trying to convince us to buy them—telling us not just that we want a product, but that we need it. This richly illustrated book draws on the British Library’s remarkable collection of periodicals and vintage ephemera to present more than 200 classic advertisements. Bold claims, striking designs, and unforgettable images combine to shill for hats, boots, dresses, patent ..."
"This journal is a place to keep a list of all the books you've read or want to read, organised alphabetically by author. Even if you remember all the books you've ever read (and how would you know, given that you won't remember the ones you've forgotten), you might not remember where you were when you read them, or what you thought at the time, or whom you lent them to afterwards. This book can be your book of books: a reader's checklis ..."
""There's nowhere like London really you know," says Ginger in Evelyn Waugh's Vile Bodies. From the innumerable books written about London or set in the city, it would seem countless other writers agree. This anthology features a wide-ranging collection of poems and scenes from novels that stretch from the 15th century to the present day. They range from Daniel Defoe hymning "the greatest, the finest, the richest city in the world" to Ru ..."
"The 1998 Revision includes all changes and corrections authorized by the Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR since 1988, including Amendments authorized through 1997."
"The medieval Book of Hours was a richly decorated manual of private devotion comprised of a calendar of saints’ days and eight short services in honor of the Virgin Mary. The Hastings Hours is one of the finest of these to have survived. Intimate in scale and richly decorated with miniatures from the life of Christ and of the saints, it was made in the Netherlands by expert craftsmen during the last quarter of the fifteenth century. In ..."
"The Lindisfarne Gospels is one of Britain's greatest artistic treasures and the outstanding example of Anglo-Saxon book painting. Twenty-five of the most highly decorated pages from the Lindisfarne Gospels are featured on this CD-ROM, plus the jewelled binding, and all have zoom facilities and accompanying text. The user clicks and drags the mouse to turn the pages of the manuscript in real time. Janet Backhouse, former Curator of Illum ..."
The Illuminated Manuscript A Book of Postcards by TheBritishLibrary Card Book, Published 1994 by Pomegranate Communications Inc,Us Import ISBN-13: 978-1-56640-961-2, ISBN: 1-56640-961-6
IBSS Economics: 1999 Vol.48 (International Bibliography of Economics (Ibss: Economics)) by Jean Sykes Hardcover, 654 Pages, Published 2000 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-24009-3, ISBN: 0-415-24009-3
"Harry Potter : A Journey Through A History of MagicAn irresistible romp through the history of magic, from alchemy to unicorns, ancient witchcraft to Harry's Hogwarts - packed with unseen sketches and manuscript pages from J.K. Rowling, magical illustrations from Jim Kay and weird, wonderful and inspiring artefacts that have been magically released from the archives at the British Library. This spellbinding book takes readers on a journ ..."