Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: Chivalry and romance of the Middle Ages, dramatically and powerfully depicted in 36 splendid illustrations, recapture the romance of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, the love story of Lancelot and Guinevere, the tale of the fair Elaine, the wily Vivien and more. Accompanied by appropriate quotes from Tennyson's poem.
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Add Art Nouveau flair to any graphic project with the beautifully rendered royalty-free designs in this collection. Sinuous, organic shapes are perfect for highlighting announcements, catalog copy, advertisements, more. Also included is a selection of miscellaneous cuts and sections of frames useful as spots, tailpieces and other decorative elements.
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Popular, well-known poetry: The Passionate Shepherd to His Love, Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Death, be not proud, The Raven, The Road Not Taken, plus works by Blake, Wordsworth, Byron, Coleridge, Shelley, Emerson, Browning, Keats, Kipling, Sandburg, Pound, Auden, Thomas, and many others.
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: For young and old alike — 8 captivating tales filled with whimsy, charm, and magic: The Fate of the Children of Lir, The Shepherd of Middvai, Beth Gellert, The Tale of Ivan, Morraha, The Story of Deirdre, The Llanfabon Changeling, and The Sea-Maiden. Reset in large, easy-to-read type.
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: The dressmaker's patterns for the more than 50 different garments included in this volume first appeared in the 1890s in issues of the quarterly The Voice of Fashion. Most of the patterns are for stylish day wear for women, but there are house dresses and nightwear as well, along with a selection of suits and dresses for young boys and girls and several garments for men.
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Practical archive of extraordinarily beautiful and decorative letters of the alphabet splendidly ornamented with geometric and curvilinear motifs interwoven with royal and saintly figures, mythical creatures, knights in battle, exquisite florals, and much more. A wonderful glimpse of the ancient art of manuscript illumination.
Скачать книгу (размер 697 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 138) Аннотация: Entertaining pictorial record displays elegant dresses for special occasions, everyday wear, and two-piece suits for women; charming hats trimmed with ribbon and feathers, attractive sailor suits for little boys and more. Invaluable to collectors, designers and fashion historians. Descriptive captions.
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: The Kreutzer Sonata portrays an intense conflict between sexual desire and moral constraint. How Much Land Does a Man Need? Is a simple, moving tale of peasant life with a moral lesson; the hero of The Death of Ivan Ilych, after a lifetime of struggle, finds faith and love only as he faces death. Explanatory footnotes.
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Bitter, satiric comedy in blank verse is one of the great Elizabethan dramatist's finest plays. The plot concerns a wealthy, lecherous old man who feigns a mortal illness in order to solicit bribes from greedy acquaintances who hope to inherit his fortune. Many complexities of plot and connivance ensue, but in the end, the guilty parties are exposed and punished. Explanatory footnotes.
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Six masterpieces of the genre include title story plus An Amateur Peasant Girl, The Shot, The Snowstorm, The Postmaster, and The Coffin-Maker — all fascinating portraits of life in Tsarist Russia by one of that country's greatest poets and most influential writers.
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Reprint of fascinating 1912 publication features all the winning entries from a major nationwide competition for bungalow designs — from a tile-roofed hacienda to an elaborate thatch-roofed English cottage. 100 superbly rendered plates show houses in perspective, with floor plans, itemized construction costs, and some landscape planning.
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: This volume presents superb royalty-free reproductions of all 50 plates Dore created for a 19th-century edition of Paradise Lost. Among the events depicted: the expulsion of Satan from Heaven, Adam and Eve in Paradise, the nine-day fall of Lucifer's legions to Hell, the Creation, the temptation of Eve and the Flood.
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Charming stories — brimming with humor, whimsy and imagination — include an Algonquin tale of how Glooskap conquered the Great Bull-Frog; The Meeting of the Wild Animals, a Tsimshian myth recounting how all the animals came to fear the porcupine; The Man Who Married the Moon a Pueblo story; others. 6 full-page illustrations.
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: The legendary outlaw and his merry men spring to life again, thrilling young readers with feats of daring and tests of strength. Join Robin, Little John, Friar Tuck, Maid Marian and the others as they live a merry life in Sherwood Forest. Enhanced by 6 new black-and-white illustrations by Thea Kliros.
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Stirring tales of King Arthur's boyhood, his sword Excalibur, the round table, adventures of Sir Launcelot, other daring deeds.
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Over 150 motifs reflecting the eye-catching intricacies of Celtic design, ideal for use in graphics layouts, needlework designs and other art and craft projects. Often incorporating sinuous interlacements of animal, floral and abstract motifs, the designs have been clearly and boldly drawn to provide the clearest possible image for reproduction.
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Treasury of portraits, character studies, nudes, more, by great Viennese Expressionist. Characteristic focus on inner psychological states, hidden personality traits of subjects.
Скачать книгу (размер 463 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 92) Аннотация: In addition to the title story, this treasury includes The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, Ginger & Pickles, The Tale of Two Bad Mice, The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse, The Tale of Tom Kitten, and 4 more. Newly reset in large type with 59 new illustrations.
Скачать книгу (размер 432 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 86) Аннотация: Beloved classic describes a little girl's adventures in a topsy-turvy land underground and her encounters with such improbable characters as the White Rabbit, March Hare and Mad Hatter, the sleepy Dormouse, grinning Cheshire Cat, Mock Turtle and the dreadful Queen of Hearts. Includes all 42 of Sir John Tenniel's original illustrations.
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Rich selection of 73 works by the English metaphysical poet. Included are The Good Morrow, The Canonization, The Relic, A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, To His Mistress Going to Bed, Death Be Not Proud, Good Friday, 1613. Riding Westward, Hymn to God My God, in My Sickness and many more. Note. Alphabetical lists of titles and first lines.