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Rare Scott books in online sale
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ONE of the most comprehensive biographies ever written about Sir
Walter Scott is to be sold at an auction on the internet.
The limited edition Life of Sir Walter Scott, dating from 1902,
contains ten volumes and is expected to fetch more than 1000 pounds
when it goes under the hammer in 12 days' time.
The books were written by Sir Walter's son-in-law and friend John
Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854), a novelist, satirist and biographer.
Marsha Malinowski, senior vice president of Books and Manuscripts
for Sotheby's New York, said there were only 1040 copies made.
"This set of Lockhart's Life of ...
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John James Audubon: The Making of an American.(BOOKSHELF)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: OnEarth
; JOHN JAMES AUDUBON The Making of an American BY RICHARD...published her landmark biography of John James Audubon, a few dusky seaside sparrows were...rain, but as Rhodes makes clear in John James Audubon: The Making of an American, this...
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World Premiere of John James Audubon Documentary to Be Presented on October 21st in Rensselaerville, NY.
PR Newswire
; ...NY by paying tribute to "John James Audubon and His America Revisited in...Series documentary film, "John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature," followed...Rensselaerville Post Office for 30 days. John James Audubon John James Audubon (1785...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Birds on a wire; John James Audubon.(Biographies of John James Audubon, bird artist extraordinaire)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; ...then, for the perseverance of John James Audubon, the bastard son of a French...the woods. Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of "The Birds of America". By William Souder. John James Audubon: The Making of an American...
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Portraits of a legend: John James Audubon's life was as dramatic as the birds he rendered on canvas. Three new biographies flesh out the man, the artist, and the lore.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Audubon
; John James Audubon: The Making of an American By Richard...pages, $28.95 Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of The Birds of America...Henry Holt, 288 pages, $27.50 John James Audubon whose legacy is enshrined in the name...
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JOHN JAMES AUDUBON MUSEUM TO DISPLAY RARE COPPER PLATE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...plate used to produce a book of John James Audubon's art work will go on display Sept. 25 at John James Audubon State Park in Henderson. The...the unveiling of the plate. John James Audubon State Park has a museum, nature...
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The Eccentric Naturalist, John James Audubon in Key West
Newspaper article from: Solares Hill
; John James Audubon arrived in the Florida Keys with a great...It was during his Tortugas trip that Audubon painted the sooty tern, noddy tern...wanted to commemorate the legacy of what John James Audubon accomplished here. The Geiger house...
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Where it all began: on a farm in rural Pennsylvania, John James Audubon first glimpsed the curious birds of the New World that would become his lifelong passion. Now the Audubon Center at Mill Grove shares his home and his artistry with the conservation movement he continues to inspire.(Audubon Center)
Magazine article from: Audubon
; ...Schuylkill River. Here a young John James Audubon settled upon his arrival from...Mill Grove's collection of John James Audubon's prints--the most valuable...The boy became known later as John James Audubon. "Slave revolts threatened...
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 "Talk of the Nation (NPR)")
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Profile: Life and legacy of John James Audubon
Transcript from: Talk of the Nation (NPR)
; ...Profile: Life and legacy of John James Audubon Host: LYNN NEARY Time: 3...hobby: bird-watching. But John James Audubon was a bird-watcher like no...Today on TALK OF THE NATION, John James Audubon and the making of "The Birds...
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In the steps of John James Audubon.(THE HOME FORUM)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor
; ...part of my work on a film about John James Audubon, I recently rose before dawn...small Louisiana community where Audubon once found many of the birds for...the day early for the same reason Audubon did when he trekked through the...
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The naturalist's art. (John James Audubon, National Gallery, Washington, D.C.)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; ...have known all along: that John James Audubon was not only a great naturalist...trodden by a white man. Yet Audubon's illustrations might never...Jean-Jacques (the change to John James came later) Audubon was the illegitimate son of...
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