Green Gables, Radical Printmaking, and the Pre-Modern Manuscript Trade: July Books Roundup
Becoming Green Gables: The Diary of Myrtle Webb and Her Famous Farmhouse by Alan MacEachern
Our regular look at the new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors this month.
Becoming Green Gables: The Diary of Myrtle Webb and Her Famous Farmhouse by Alan MacEachern
In 1909 Myrtle and Ernest Webb took over the farm in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island which was the inspiration for Anne of Green Gables, the novel written by Myrtle’s cousin Lucy Maud Montgomery. This book reproduces parts of Myrtle's diary as the farm became a major tourist destination over the following decades. Published by McGill-Queen's University Press
The Radical Print by Esther Chadwick
From Yale University Press, an account of printmaking in 18th century Britain that explores how it went hand in hand with radical politics and public discourse. Featuring the work of Thomas Bewick, William Blake, and James Gillray.
Teaching a Dark Chapter: History Books and the Holocaust in Italy and the Germanys by Daniela R.P. Weiner
Weiner look at the importance of textbooks in Italy, East Germany, and West Germany and how they were important tools used to influence public memory about Nazi/Fascist atrocities. Published by Cornell University Press.
Will Write Soon by Luce Lebart, edited by David Thomson
A collection of American real photographic postcards capturing day-to-day life in the towns and countryside of North America at the turn of the 20th century.
The Pre-Modern Manuscript Trade and its Consequences, ca. 1890–1945 edited by Laura Cleaver, Danielle Magnusson, Hannah Morcos and Angéline Rais
The latest in Arc Humanities Press's Collection Development, Cultural Heritage, and Digital Humanities does exactly what it says on the tin, looking at collectors, dealers, and scholars who engaged with pre-modern books. Among the chapters are
Pierre-Louis Pinault on Bernard Quaritch Ltd., Bibliophilic Clubs and the Trade in Medieval Manuscripts ca. 1878–1939, A. S. G. Edwards on Selling Middle English Manuscripts to North America up to 1945, Danielle Magnusson on Early English Plays and the American Book Trade 1906–1926, Natalia Fantetti on The Book Collecting of Isabella Stewart Gardner and Toby Burrows on Women Owners and Collectors in de Ricci’s Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada.
Islamic Bookbinding : revealed through the lens of the Montefiascone Conservation Project, edited by Julia Miller
14 essays from The Legacy Press on Islamic bookbinding by specialists on the subject who have taught at the Montefiascone Conservation Project, with 220 full-color illustrations. All royalties go to support the Montefiascone Conservation Project.
British Writers, Popular Literature and New Media Innovation, 1820–45 edited by Alexis Easley
An essay collection focusing on innovators and innovations in the mass-market press during this period, including ‘Mirth' and 'Fun': The Comic Annual and the New Graphic Humour of the 1830s by Brian Maidment. Published by Edinburgh University Press.
