100 books from the libraries of the National Trust
Lewis, Yvonne2023
Books, Manuscripts
Spanning the 8th to the 21st centuries, '100 Books from the Libraries of the National Trust' includes illuminated medieval manuscripts; the Trust's oldest atlas, with maps of the ancient world; a volume from Henry VIII's library; a book inscribed in blood; an Arabic manuscript on horsemanship; a very early book on swimming; the largest volume of botanical drawings ever produced; sonatas by Joseph Haydn; a library of miniature children's books; the first book in English by an Indian author; Dame Ellen Terry's annotated working copy of Shakespeare's Macbeth; the first book ever printed in Antarctica; George Bernard Shaw's Nobel Prize in Literature; Virginia Woolf's handwritten manuscript for her novel Orlando; and John Lennon's treasured childhood copy of Richmal Crompton's William the Gangster.
Main title:
100 books from the libraries of the National Trust / Yvonne Lewis, Tim Pye, Nicola Thwaite.
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Imprint:
London : National Trust Books, 2023.
Collation:
180 pages : illustrations ; 16 x 19 cm.
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ISBN:
9780707804644 (hbk)
Dewey class:
002.09
LC class:
Z4
Local class:
002.09
Language:
English
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BRN:
3400756
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