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The Life and Writings of a Pioneer, 1841-1900
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John Steele (1832-1915) traveled overland from Wisconsin to California in 1850 and remained for three years. Returning east, he taught school, served ...
A Visual History of Americaโs Founding Document
Perhaps the single most important founding document of the United States of America, the Declaration of Independence became both a work of art and a m...
A Directory of the Paper Trade, with Notes on Products, Watermarks, Distribution Methods, and Manufacturing Techniques
A comprehensive account of early papermaking in America...
The Private Letters of Annie E. Kennedy and John Bidwell, 1866-1868
Matisse and the Book Arts
"Recounts the publication history of nearly fifty books illustrated by Henri Matisse, including Lettres portugaises, Mallarmae's Poaesies, and Matisse...
Two Years with a Midwife in Mali
"Monique and the Mango Rains is the compelling story of a rare friendship between a young Peace Corps volunteer and a midwife who became a legend. Mon...
With Observations about the Country, Climate and the Route to this Country
John Dreamer is a cancer survivor who has outlasted most with his condition. He knows this is due to a remarkable nurse who loves him as a sonso much ...
To California, 1841, to Oregon, 1842, to Washington, 1853
A Morality
A Champion's Guide to Sporting Clays
Sporting clay shooters are constantly striving for consistency. Move, Mount, Shoot describes the maintained lead method, an easily learned technique w...
From Holocaust to Hope : My True Story
As Irene's Pappi fights to save his family during the Holocaust, her childhood is lost. By 1945, the family is struggling to survive a death camp, and...
A Visual History of America's Founding Document
Examines the publishing history of United States Declaration of Independence prints and broadsides, illustrating a growing appreciation of its symboli...
A Short Account of Its Illustrations, with a Print from an Original Woodblock
Nature, Art, and Landscape Design
The Morgan Library Museum has assembled an impressive array of trend-setting texts and outstanding works of art that reveal the origins and impact of ...
First Emigrant Train to California, Life in California Before the Gold Discovery, Fremont in the Conquest of California
The 1988 James Russell Wiggins Lecture in the History of the Book in American Culture at the American Antiquarian Society
An Account of the First Emigrant Train to California, Fremont in the Conquest of California