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Compiled by Robert H. Davis, Jr., and Margaret Sandler. Introduction by Gail Harrison Roman and Robert H. Davis. Jr.

Russian and Ukrainian Avant-Garde books and journals represent a particularly intriguing chapter in the complex history of Russian book culture. A manifestation of the incredible outburst of creativity and productivity that marked the culturally exciting decades surrounding the Russian Revolution, the Civil War, and the NEP, the movement affected every aspect of book production, from the content of the text to its typographical design, layout, publication, and distribution. The New York Public Library's holdings in this area represent an unusually large and distinguished group of works that encompass the finest experimental literature combined with innovative design. This catalogue, part 

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100 pages. Published by Norman Ross Publishing Inc., 1998.

Robert Coles

Based on a series of lectures delivered at The New York Public Library, Doing Documentary Work utilizes the documentaries of writers, photographers, and others to show how their prose and pictures are influenced by the observer's frame of reference. Among the examples Coles draws upon are literary documentaries -- James Agee's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men and George Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier; photographs by Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange; and personal portraits of poet William Carlos Williams; Robert Moses, one of the leaders of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee during the 1960s; Erik H. Erikson, biographer of Gandhi and Martin Luther; and others.

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288 pages, illustrated. Published by Oxford University Press, 1997.

Published on the occasion of a joint exhibition mounted by The New York Public Library and The San Francisco Public Library, this catalogue highlights the tradition of fine printing as a form of art.

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65 pages, 42 two-color illustrations, 6 four-color illustrations, index. Published by The New York Public Library, 1995.

A wonderful stocking stuffer for the child of any age. This tiny book features twelve unusual images of Santa - including several from an 1864 edition of A Visit from St. Nicholas - selected from the collections of the Library.

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28 pages, 9 color, 4 b/w illustrations. Published by W. J. Fantasy, Inc., 1993.

Chobunsai Eishi

Introduction, commentaries, and translations by Andrew J. Pekarik. Reproduced from a volume in the Spencer Collection of The New York Public Library.

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192 pages, 74 color plates. Published by George Braziller, Inc., 1991.

Paperback. $24.95.

Edited by Robert Rainwater, with a glossary of papermaking terms compiled by Leonard B. Schlosser.

A translation of an ancient Chinese poem about paper printed in a unique portfolio of 34 leaves of handmade and other fine papers. It was included in the American Institute of Graphic Arts selection of the best-designed books of 1990.

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Published by The New York Public Library, 1990.

Edited by Julia Van Haaften

Essays on her craft by the great modern photographer, with duotone reproductions of the whole range of Abbott's photographic work and a full catalogue of the traveling exhibition documenting her long career.

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96 pages, 41 duotone photographs. Published by The New York Public Library, 1989.

Reynaldo Alejandro, foreword by Vartan Gregorian

A fascinating look at menus and menu design from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.

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256 pages, over 400 color illustrations. Published by PBC International, Inc., 1988.

Introduction and commentaries by Henry DeWitt Smith II

Reproduced from the nineteenth-century illustrated book Fugaku Hyakkei by Hokusai Katsushika showing Mt. Fuji through the artist's .eye, now in the Spencer Collection of The New York Public Library.

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224 pages, 83 duotone illustrations. Published by George Braziller, Inc., 1988.

Gloria-Gilda Deák, introduction by Dale Roylance, checklist and commentaries by Roberta Waddell and Theresa Salazar

Full-page prints of early Americana by the master of aquatint, with critical and biographical introductions and a complete, annotated checklist of the Library's holdings.

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92 pages, 32 b/w duotones, 9 color plates. Published by The New York Public Library, 1988.

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