New Spaces, Old World Charm (Elements of Living)

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You appreciate the ease-of-use, low maintenance and layout of new construction; you admire the charm, detail and warmth of older homes. Why not have both? With New Spaces, Old World Charm, you can!

This insightful book, filled with 250 inspiring full color photographs, will help you transform your new home into a vintage space rich with history, warmth and comfort. Inside, fourteen leading designers show you how they brought historical interest, human scale, timeless style and welcoming warmth to newly built or gutted residences. You'll find hundreds of ways to create classic-yet-fresh spaces through architectural details, bold color, rich textiles, antique and reproduction furnishings and much more. Step inside and begin your journey of discovery. You'll find:

*A large, new Palm Beach home decorated in Bermuda cottage-inspired splendor by Ann LeConey.
*A large builder's house reimagined as a charming Colonial by Carl D'Aquino
*A historic townhouse revived and imbued with chic sophistication by Joe Nahem.
*An Asian-influenced penthouse by Peter Chu.

And that's just the start -- you'll also find winning projects by top-rated designers Robert Couturier, Elissa Cullman & Ira Grandberg, Carl D'Aquino & Francine Monaco, Jack Fhillips, Steven R. Gambrel, Glenn Gissler, Anthony Ingrao, Scott Salvator and Randall A. Ridless.

In addition, New Spaces, Old World Charm, is an invaluable resource, listing the designers' favorite sources, from reproduction textile manufactures to specialists in architectural salvage to period hardware vendors. Over 145 "to the trade" and retail sources are profiled, including artisans such as light fixture and tile designers, muralists, faux finishers, refinishers, and more—all sharing tips of their trade.

For house lovers, for designers, for dreamers—there are few books that offer as rich an assortment of ideas and sources as this one. New Spaces, Old World Charm indeed has its own charm. It's a book sure to bring delight, whether you keep it for yourself or give it to somebody who truly values timeless craftsmanship and quality.

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enjoyable and useful, an exceptional book.......2007-04-29

I'm enjoying New Spaces, Old World Charm very much. I like how the design work in it is of high-end homes (with the exception of the Gissler-designed house) but the author presents what the designers did in the spaces by technique (as well as listing sources) so that no matter what your budget, you can duplicate what is seen in the book. I also like how she presents a variety of design styles, demonstrating 12 individual designer's approaches to transforming new spaces into ones with richness and character. As I pinpoint the style I like best for my own home, I need a book that gives a good overview of different ways to achieve the look. And although this book is about recreating antique and vintage styles, the design pictured in the book is fashionable and eclectic. The spaces don't look like exact duplications of an antique styles.

I also like the resource section, which goes into detail about why the sources are valued by top designers. Even though the book was published in 2004, the sources are still timely. People hire designers to learn the secrets the author gives in the book. I also like that author obviously went out of her way to list trade only and retail sources in each resource chapter to help the readers. She wants the book to appeal to those who can afford trade only and hire interior designers and those who want to spend less and buy on their own or do a combination of the two.

Beautifully Done and Very Useful.......2007-04-25

Too much space is not a problem for me but maintaining a classic style for my home is, or was before I found this book. Ms. Sample's book didn't overwhelm me as many of the other design books I looked at did with impractical ideas. While it is beautiful enough to suffice as a coffee table book, my original copy is dog-eared and highlighted throughout with ideas and suggestions I was able to use and customize for my own needs. Highly recommended for anyone with classic, old world style!

An Inspirational Guide..........2007-04-24

I purchased this book in the hopes that it would assist in my transforming a newly-contructed house into a charming, old-style home. Without a doubt, it did! Sample's guide offers a variety of styles, all of which are inspiring. I particularly enjoy the featured designers sources listed after each home (especially my favorite, Elissa Cullman's Revival Chic) and the trade tips that accompany each chapter. I find Sample's book to be inspirational yet practical, user-friendly and concise, and beautifully photographed. It has a permanent home on my coffee table.

Dissappointed.......2007-03-14

I have to concur with S. McCoy who dissed the purple house, I mean blue house. Yes, it was not purple but the color was in overkill. Remember Barney, the purple dinosaur? Well this is the Barney of houses.

On the show Top Designer which airs on Bravo TV, interior design hopefuls are presented with various design challenges. One show asks contestants to pick a color and their challenge was to design around that color. If memory serves me correctly, every student literally designed spaces much like the Barney in this book. Most of the judges harshly critiqued the contestants for literally taking the color challenge and overdoing it.

This book is so so. If you ocassionally pick up a copy of some of the high end mags like Architectural Digest, Traditional Homes, etc., most have resource guides in the back that you could access. This is nothing new.

Also, the designers in New Spaces seem to have conflicting design philosophies. To wallpaper or not, that is the question. To have clean spaces or bric-a-brac. To have the lived in look or a showcase home.

I think the best advice for me came from Ann Leconey, on page 131. Under the header "Use Architectural Shells," she basically set the stage for a well designed room by first, as she puts it," designing the interior architectural shell." According to Leconey you start by choosing the wall finishes, followed by the window treatment, and finish with the flooring.

According to her, you are then ready to move forward with your color scheme, fabric, etc. At least she gave me something that I could work with.

Not What It Appears.......2007-01-22

There are some beautiful pictures and wonderful ideas in this book. However, it is not what it appears. It "features" the work of several designers, and purports to provide "resources" which are actually thinly disguised advertisements for the listed vendors. I would not have spent $34.95 for this book had I known what it really was. I have no theoretical objection to such a book, but I'd like to know what I'm getting before buying. This was a disappointment.

New Spaces, Old World Charm (Elements of Living)

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New Spaces, Old World Charm (Elements of Living)
Ann Sample
Manufacturer: NY
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MUCAX8

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Marvels of Ancient Europe.......2002-12-13

Aidan Meehan has a great ability to combine solid art history with the never-ending fascination of Celtic artwork without putting the reader off with excess pedantry. In this book in particular, his historic discussions surprised me on several occasions. My initial belief that Celtic art as an isolated form is that of a rank amateur, and Meehan does a fine job of disabusing me and showing how Celtic decoration and illumination started with oriental influences which then mixed with Teutonic and Viking to create a beautiful synthesis.

Of course , the history is framed with Meehan's own renditions of the artwork, each with appropriate discussion of both their unique features and the interlinked development as Irish and Viking met first in conflict and then in trade. Since Meehan's primary audience is artists, he spends the best part of the book showing not just the patterns, but how they are formed and woven into a whole.

Aidan and Oisin Meehan's illustration and calligraphy are strong and clear, with some 220 illustrations. There is a great romance to these images, that has carried forward even into far more modern art. Aidan Meehan is one of those who have dedicated his life's work to keeping these traditions alive.

Celtic versus Viking art.......2000-03-31

I was thrilled to find this book, being of both Irish-Scots and Viking descent. Much of the art of the Gaels and the Norse is similar, due to both a common origin, proximity, raiding, and trading. I've had books on Viking art, harder to find than Celtic, and many on Celtic. But although there was great similarity in the designs, (and also resembles much of the Scythian art which brings us to anthropological discussions) I found nothing to discuss the differences until I found this book. As I discussed in 'Spiral Patterns' by Meehan, his books are delightful sources for the serious interest. He has a way of combining a historical study with the construction of the art that is simply delightful. My favorite in this book is the whimsical 'gripping beast' discussion. Otherwise, though it is hard to describe exactly how, by the end of the book I was not only exposed to a number of Viking designs that I had never seen before, but now able to tell the difference at a glance between the two art forms. The Viking form is less restrained than the Celtic art that reached its height in dreary volumes, the designs such as 'the early viking style' shown have a energetic and powerful energy then the overly tame knotwork. In addition there ARE some examples worth using as clip art, but the main point of the book is serious information as to the history and the meaning of the designs, which other books simply show.

The Dragon and the Griffin.......2000-03-29

This is an excellent book for those who are interested in Celtic art. As with all of the books by Aidan Meehan that I have read so far, this book is historically informative and provides easy to understand techniques for artists wishing to master celtic art or manuscript illumination.

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In 1971, when the author enrolled in the Yale School of Art as an aspiring photographer, his principal aim was to learn all he could from one of the leading and most admired American photographers of this century, Walker Evans. Once Evans accepted Jerry Thompson as a student, they developed an extremely close working relationship as well as a personal friendship. At Yale, at Evans's Connecticut home in Old Lyme, and during a number of field trips to other parts of the country, Thompson was always close at hand, helping in the darkroom, fetching and carrying, mounting prints for exhibitions, driving, dealing with the archives that were the accumulation of almost forty years of work, and absorbing all the time what the articulate Evans had to say about his interests, his intellectual curiosity, and the basis of his approach to the art of photography. By the time Evans's health deteriorated and he died in 1975, Thompson had become deeply involved with his idol, learning as much about Evans's foibles and eccentricities as he did about the man's genius. As a result, Thompson's account of those last four years gives us a precious insight into the mind and sensibilities of a great man. On a smaller scale, this is as enlightening as James Boswell's memories of Samuel Johnson or Eckermann's of Goethe. To remind the reader of some of Evans's most famous photographs that are discussed in the book, a number are reproduced here, along with informal photographs of him at home and a sampling of his late interest in color Polaroid photography, published here for the first time. In combination with an unusually sensitive text, this is a book of great interest not only to photographers and those interested in photography but also to all who respond to biography and the analysis of character.

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A highly recommended book for anyone interested in Walker Evans.......2005-10-26

This is a thoughtful, and at times amusing, book
of the latter years of Walker Evans. It gives an insightful
look at both the artist and the man. I thoroughly enjoyed
this book.

Walker Evans.......2000-07-15

This book gives an excellent example of Walker Evans. It shows the reader not only his style but also his feelings. The photos prove that Walker Evans is one of the greatest photographers of all time.

A personal and touching account of the artist's last years.......1998-06-25

The Last Years of Walker Evans Jerry L. Thompson Thames & Hudson, 1997

Review by Sean Flynt

The last two decades have been good to students and fans of Walker Evans, one of the most important artists ever to work in the medium of photography. We've enjoyed significant (and expensive!) retrospective volumes, reprints of Evans's books, and at least one significant biography. It's appropriate attention to an enormous talent most often represented by images of Alabama tenant farm families, vernacular American architecture, and the earnest artifacts of everyday life.

Although Evans is in no immediate danger of being Ansel Adams-ized, with poster-size reproductions of his work available at every shopping mall, it's not difficult to find his work. Surprisingly, it is more difficult to find thorough biographical information about the artist. Belinda Rathbone's recent contribution in this area, Walker Evans: Message From the Interior, offered cradle-to-grave coverage of Evans's life, but seemed somewhat cold and detached. However, it also seemed to reflect both Evans's public persona and the cool directness of his artistic vision. Without any comparison, one could be forgiven for thinking of Rathbone's effort as the last word on Evans's life.

Then, along came Jerry L. Thompson, Evans's student, assistant, friend, keeper, and author of The Last Years of Walker Evans. In contrast to Rathbone's over-emphasis on the occasionally sordid details of the artist's private life, Thompson does much to humanize Evans without demeaning him or treading too heavily on the artist's grave. In fact, although it is not explicitly stated in the book, The Last Years of Walker Evans may be a direct response to the Rathbone biography. One can only wonder at whom the following passage, from the close of Thompson's book, is directed:

"...may (Evans) rest in peace-that is to say, unvexed by meddlesome studies that dwell on messy personal details and ignore the complex greatness of his work, and its central role in any! reasonable account of his life. And cursed be any whose inept, reductive, or mean-spirited scribblings disturb that well-earned rest."

But lest anyone fear that The Last Years of Walker Evans is a superficial panegyric, be assured that "dwell" is the key word in the previous quotation. Thompson does not dwell on Evans's personal flaws, but neither does he overlook them. In the tradition of Evans's straightforward photographs, Thompson merely presents information he feels is important in some way, then moves along. Oh, occasionally he betrays his formal education by over-intellectualizing Evans's work or artistic motivations, but such instances are infrequent and usually followed by his admission that postmodern, deconstructionist theories fail to account for either Evans's native gifts or the great impact of his art.

As Evans's student and personal (but not too personal) friend from 1971 until the artist's death in 1975, Thompson is uniquely qualified to write this insightful and touching account. As a photographer who accompanied Evans on his working excursions, printed Evans's work, and generally served as a willing tool in the service of Evans's creativity, Thompson is also an informed and thoughtful student of the artist's later work. These traits, combined with Thompson's crisp writing, brevity, and deeply-felt concern for Evans, make The Last Years of Walker Evans a must-have for anyone interested in the life and work of this tremendously influential artist.

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His name is Yossel. In another time, in another place, this fifteen-year-old boy could have grown to be a great artist. But in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II, Yossel, a Jew, is an untermensch and thus has no rights-and no future. When the Nazis confiscate his family's home and force them to live in the overcrowded tenements of the Warsaw ghetto, it appears that Yossel's artistic gift will be shattered. Instead, the awful suffering of his family, the terrible conditions of the ghetto, and the increasingly barbaric treatment inspire him. Yossel: April 19, 1943 is his story, told through his sketches. It is a compelling account of increasing horror depicted by an artist whose soul drives him to bear witness through his art.

And it is a tale of inspiring triumph; of how people deprived of everything rise above the horror and degradation that is their existence and, in a final act of defiance and humanity, turn on their oppressors and launch the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943.

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Kubert''s Ghetto.......2007-07-07

Joe Kubert has created war stories for DC comics. His stories echo the echo of the human spirit. In Yossel, his storytelling is an a high arc

This case study of the effects of war is done in pencils. It is war storytelling with a heart.

It would seem this graphic novel was Kubert's sketches and rough drafts. However, as he explains "This book is pencil rendering, rather than inked drawings". This is Kurbert, the artist and storyteller at work..This is his Maus (see the review).., It has power from his pencil drawing. I would stack this against any other war graphic novel from the Nam, Kubert's Sgt, Rock: Between A Rock and a Hard Place (see the review) to Maus as this is one of the best War fiction books

With such power, you would be foolish not to read this and see for yourself

Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD

Disappointing in concept and execution.......2006-09-22

I had high hopes for this book: a well known artist turns his attention to the tragic events of the Holocaust. There are some fine moments in the artist's portrayal of the Warsaw ghetto in his persona as a youth who loves to draw. But, and here are my problems. 1) the artist spends too much time obsessing about his own gifts as an artist. Far from creating a kind of meta-artistic aura, this insistent preoccupation begins to look more like narcissism and self-regard (look at me).
2) The book is divided between the Warsaw ghetto and Auschwitz. The only problem is that Jews from Warsaw were sent not to Auschwitz, which is narrated at length in the second half, but to Treblinka. This glaring inaccuracy is probably due to the fact that the Warsaw ghetto and Auschwitz are the two best known Holocaust sites and the artist wanted to combine them, but this is hardly a justification for misrepresenting the facts. 3) From a technical standpoint, the account of Auschwitz told by an escapee is second hand -- but Kubert makes no distinction in style between the narrative of the artist character and what he hears from another. Hence instead of two levels of graphic representation, there is only one. I believe that this detracts both from the book's credibility and its artistic ambitions.
I taught this book last year in a university course on Children in War, but would not use it again.

Imagining another time and place.......2005-07-12

The themes of time and place are everywhere in this graphic novel. The author, Joe Kubert, a successful comic book artist, imagines what his life would have been like had his Jewish family not left Poland in 1926. Instead of growing up in the relative safety of the United States, drawing his favorite super heroes, Kubert's alter-ego Yossel sketches horrifying scenes from the Warsaw Ghetto. His parents and sister have been deported to a concentration camp, but his artistic skills impress the Nazis enough to temporarily save him from the same fate. When his former rabbi appears and tells what is really happening in the camps, Yossel and a ragged band of survivors turn on the Nazis and launch the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Yossel's sketches are made in the depth of the sewers, to which the ill-fated group has retreated to fight their last battle. Although Yossel is fictional, the leader of uprising is based on a real person. There are many novels for young adults about World War II, but this one is unforgettable, capturing through simple text and stark black and white drawings the despair of one teenage boy, who against insurmountable odds fights for survival in the Warsaw Ghetto. The book was written in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto and should be on every list of Holocaust literature.

Moving story of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.......2004-10-25

In the preface to this heartrending graphic novel, author Joe Kubert describes how his family, having failed in its first attempt to flee the small Polish town of Yzeran, finally succeeded in coming to America in 1926. He then wonders what fate would have befallen him and his family if they had been forced to remain in Poland during German occupation in World War II. This book is, in essence, an alternate-history autobiography of the teenaged cartoonist Yossel, as his family is sent to the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw. Because his abilities as a cartoonist entertain the German guards, Yossel is given special favors and permitted to stay behind in the ghetto while his parents and sister are sent to the concentration camps. As he struggles for survial in the ghetto, Yossel first bears witness to and chronicles the horrors of the Holocaust in his drawings, and finally joins the Ghetto Uprising of 1943.

Kubert's raw pencil renderings provide an incredible emotional impact as they depict the anguish of the residents of the Warsaw ghetto, the inhumanity of the concentration camps, and the courage of the Warsaw ghetto resistance fighters. This story is amazingly personal, since Kubert bases it on letters his parents received from war survivors and since he places himself in the story. It is a moving account of a very painful period in history, but it is a story that needs to be told and retold because its events must never be forgotten.

Eileen Rieback

an amazing tale of heroism and sadness in the Warsaw Ghetto.......2003-12-12

Basically, Joe Kubert, the author and artist of this graphic, is doing a "what-if" story based on if his family did not make it to America when they originally left Poland. It works well as a historical peice because all of the things that happen in the story are based on interpretations of what COULD have happened to a young man in the Warsaw Ghetto. Additionally, the author makes the story very believable because Kubert looks at it from a VERY personal perspective in that it's a first person narrative. The graphics in this book are absolutely beautiful in their rough form. The pictures are reproduced to appear as pencil drawings, and the unfinished look and rough style of 50+ year comic veteran, Kubert, do nothing but enhance this already impressive story. His sketches are amazing. They're rough, but very detailed. They have such a human characteristic in their rendering, in that they're very detailed but also very 'flawed.' It makes them perfect for the story. They reflect the narrator's emotions and feelings throughout the story and also manage to change as the story goes on, as the narrator's views and beliefs change throughout the story.

This is basically what a graphic novel is SUPPOSED to be. A great story told through both pictures and words. It's also a heart-wrenching view into a very sad time and place in our history. Normally, I'd say that being a comic book fan would create a bias towards a graphic novel. This is not your average comic book/graphic novel. This is an amazing tale of heroism and sadness told through words and images. If you care at all about good, heartfelt storytelling, then you should purchase this Graphic Novel. It will not disappoint...

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A rollicking ride through the Sixties with legendary editor Harold Hayes and the writers and photographers he sent out to record America in uproar. Immense talent poured through the pages of Hayes's Esquire-Tom Wolfe, Gay Talese, Diane Arbus, Garry Wills, Michael Herr, Raymond Carver, John Sack and more. Carol Polsgrove takes us behind the scenes in what Molly Ivins has called "a wonderful book."

It Wasn't Pretty, Folks, but Didn't We Have Fun?: Surviving the '60s With Esquire's Harold Hayes

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The book I've been looking for, finally

It Wasn't Pretty, Folks, but Didn't We Have Fun?: Surviving the '60s With Esquire's Harold Hayes
Carol Polsgrove
Manufacturer: RDR Books
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Binding: Paperback

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The book I've been looking for, finally.......2002-08-24

After trying to find any book that could give me an in-depth look at what it's like to edit a great magazine, I finally found this. I can't reccomend this book to everyone, but if you LOVE magazines, or are just a fan of 60s Esquire, you'll be very happy with this book.

It Wasn't Pretty Folks, But Didn't We Have Fun? Esquire in the Sixties.: An article from: American Journalism Review

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It Wasn't Pretty Folks, But Didn't We Have Fun? Esquire in the Sixties.: An article from: American Journalism Review
Carl Sessions Stepp
Manufacturer: University of Maryland
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Binding: Digital

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Title: It Wasn't Pretty Folks, But Didn't We Have Fun? Esquire in the Sixties.
Author: Carl Sessions Stepp
Publication: American Journalism Review (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 1995
Publisher: University of Maryland
Volume: v17 Issue: n8 Page: p65(1)

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It Wasn't Pretty, Folks, But Didn't We Have Fun?: An article from: Columbia Journalism Review

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It Wasn't Pretty, Folks, But Didn't We Have Fun?: An article from: Columbia Journalism Review
Robert Smith
Manufacturer: Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00093N7ZI
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Columbia Journalism Review, published by Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism on July 1, 1995. The length of the article is 1576 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: It Wasn't Pretty, Folks, But Didn't We Have Fun?
Author: Robert Smith
Publication: Columbia Journalism Review (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 1995
Publisher: Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism
Volume: v34 Issue: n2 Page: p55(3)

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The William Makepeace Thackeray Library. 6 volumes. [Contains] Early Fiction and Journalism by Thackeray; Early Travel Writings by Thackeray; Thackeray by Anthony Trollope (1869); The Early Writings of William Makepeace Thackeray by Chalres Plumptre Johnson (1888) [and] Thackeray: A Study by Adolphus Alfred Jack (1895); With Thackeray in America by Eyre Crowe (1893); The Life of William Makepeace
William Makepeace. Richard Pearson, ed. Thackeray
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With Thackeray In America
Crowe Eyre
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With Thackeray in America
Eyre Crowe
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An anecdotal travelogue of literary figures and others encountered by Thackeray during his travels in the United States, illustrated by Crowe's lively b/w drawings.

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With THACKERAY In AMERICA.
William Makepeace. 1811 - 1863]. Crowe, Eyre. [Thackeray
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With Thackeray in America.
Eyre. Crowe
Manufacturer: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1894.
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