Book from the American Folk-Lore Society compiling Navaho myths and legends and including also a lengthy introduction on the history, beliefs and customs of the Nav…more
Books
A History of Mourning (1890)
A history of mourning, burial customs, and funerary rites….more
The First Six Books of The Elements of Euclid (1847)
Oliver Byrne’s version of ‘Euclid’s Elements’ which used coloured graphic explanations of each geometric principle, remarkable for its innovative graphic conception…more
Paradise Found: the Cradle of the Human Race at the North Pole (1885)
A book by William Fairfield, the first president of Boston University, placing Atlantis at the North Pole, as well as the Garden of Eden, Mount Meru, Avalon and Hyp…more
A Manual of Gesture (1875)
A book exploring the art of hand gestures, particularly in relation to effective public oratory – all complete with a system of notation and many practise examples …more
Shin-Bijutsukai – Japanese Design Magazine (1902)
Turn of the century Japanese design magazine, gifted to the Smithsonian Museum by Robert W. Chanler….more
The Whole Booke of Psalmes collected into Englishe Metre (1584)
The first book printed in British North America, commonly known as the Bay Psalm book….more
The Faerie Queene (1596)
Original 1596 first edition of the second part to Edmund Spenser’s epic poem The Faerie Queene – disposed into twelue bookes, fashioning XII. morall vertues – a bo…more
The Practical Magician and Ventriloquist’s Guide (1876)
A Practical Manual of Fireside Magic and Conjuring Illusions, also Containing Complete Instructions for Acquiring & Practising the Art of Ventriloquism….more
How to Become a Magician (1882)
A grand assortment of various tricks, illusions, conjurings, deceptions and slights of hand…more
A Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden (1899)
A classic from Walter Crane, considered to be the most prolific and influential children’s book creator of his generation and one of the strongest contributors to…more
The Memoirs of Count Boruwlaski (1820)
Józef Boruwłaski (1739–1837) was a Polish-born dwarf who toured in European and Turkish courts….more
