2005, ISBN: 9780889842656

Hardcover

Adam & Charles Black, London, 1913.. Hard Cover. Being Stray Memories of Personalities & Incidents Connected with Several European Courts & also with Life in South America Fi… More...

Adam & Charles Black, London, 1913.. Hard Cover. Being Stray Memories of Personalities & Incidents Connected with Several European Courts & also with Life in South America Fifty Years Ago. Adam & Charles Black, London, 1913. xi, 292 p., plates incl. portrait front., index; black cloth covers stamped in blind & gold; spine ends worn, spot on spine, else VG. Anne Lumb married Hugh Macdonell and as a diplomat's wife entertained and was entertained by most European courts as well as the Brazilian. stock#27775. History; biography; women; Napoleonic Europe., Adam & Charles Black, London, 1913., Erin, ON, Canada: Porcupine's Quill, 2005. 63 pages. A new softcover book in flawless Fine condition. Beautifully printed on laid paper (acid-free Zephyr Antique), folded and sewn into signatures, produced to the high standards usual with Porcupine's Quill books. Covers printed on granite-textured card; remarkable green coloured "end papers" embossed in a jungle-leaf texture. "This isn't an ordinary alphabet book, filled with words we all know that go with things we see every day. This alphabet book is special. It's for children and adults who would like to tell a kamichi from a tatu. It speaks English, but it knows a few words of Portuguese. It's written by P. K. Page, one of Canada's most celebrated poets. And it is illustrated with pictures that your great-great-grandmother might have seen as a child. Page has used words that she remembers from her years in Brazil -- words that become refrains in her Brazilian Journal, words that were among the first Portuguese she learned. The illustrations are elegant old engravings, found in forgotten books and century-old magazines. 'P. K. Page's "A Brazilian Alphabet" succeeds in being both whimsical and elegiac at once. This mixture of pleasures gives us the feeling we are reading a text long remembered and well-loved, while at the same time charming us with surprises.' - Anne Michaels.". First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Illus. by Illustrated. 5.5 x 8.5 in. (14cm x 21.5cm)., Porcupine's Quill, 2005<

ISBN: 9780889842656

Porcupine's Quill. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex … More...

Porcupine's Quill. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, thatll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Porcupine's Quill<