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The Manhattan Rare Book Company
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Добавлен 16 фев 2022
The Manhattan Rare Book Co. has been the home of rare books, manuscripts, letters, photographs and more in the heart of New York since 1999.
Here, we'll show you some of our collection through our Catalogue videos which provide an overview of specific items, as well as our Insight videos which reveal some of the stories that our rare books and manuscripts can tell.
Here, we'll show you some of our collection through our Catalogue videos which provide an overview of specific items, as well as our Insight videos which reveal some of the stories that our rare books and manuscripts can tell.
ROBOTS! Hear about KAREL ČAPEK'S 1920 R.U.R.: Rossum's Universal Robots. A science fiction classic!
Karel Čapek's "R.U.R.: Rossum's Universal Robots" introduced the word "robot" to the world. A race of robots that gradually became more human-like? What could possibly go wrong! Hear about the history of this extremely influential science fiction classic. Presented by The Manhattan Rare Book Company.
Video created by Myles DiRuggiero.
Credits for robot videos:
vekeezy.com
ANASTASIA GHIREA
Kinwun
Kayode Fashola
Keatanan Viya
Video created by Myles DiRuggiero.
Credits for robot videos:
vekeezy.com
ANASTASIA GHIREA
Kinwun
Kayode Fashola
Keatanan Viya
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Leonardo Da Vinci and Marcel Duchamp: The story of the Mona Lisa and L.H.O.O.Q.
Просмотров 41521 день назад
Hear the story about how simple doodling by Marcel Duchamp on an image of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa became one of the most important works of 20th-century art. Presented by The Manhattan Rare Book Company. Credits: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz) for Mona Lisa in Louvre image.
CHARLES DICKENS - The Christmas Carol. Hear about the rare first edition of Dickens' classic.
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.2 месяца назад
Learn about an interesting set of Charles Dickens's Christmas Books including two different versions of The Christmas Carol - a "regular" first edition, first issue, and a very rare and unusual "trial" issue. Presented by The Manhattan Rare Book Company. Please visit our website for details.
ALBERT EINSTEIN: Philosopher-Scientist. Einstein's birthday gift - a signed limited first edition.
Просмотров 923 месяца назад
When you have a milestone birthday, it is customary, of course, for people to give you gifts. When you are Albert Einstein - in 1949 perhaps the most famous person in the world - and you are turning seventy, that gift had better be something special. Hear the story behind the wonderful signed limited first edition of "Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist", a book created in honor of Einstein'...
WILLIAM BLAKE: Hear about the heroic effort to create a colored edition of Blake's long poem Milton
Просмотров 4075 месяцев назад
What does it take to get a book printed? In the case of William Blake, a lot of time, effort, and cost. That's because Blake illustrated his own works, inventing a printing process he called “illuminated printing” which allowed him to print both the text and the images on the same copper plate. And then he hand-colored them! With only four copies of his long imaginative poem "Milton" in existen...
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: For Whom the Bell Tolls - hear the fascinating story behind this very special copy
Просмотров 2,1 тыс.5 месяцев назад
Offered here is the first edition of For Whom the Bell Tolls, arguably Hemingway's masterpiece, inscribed by Hemingway to George Brown. The inscription reads: "To George Brown / best luck always from / his pal / Ernie Hemingway". Brown was one of Hemingway's closest friends who was with him in his last days. Hear the story of their relationship in our video... For more information on this and o...
A WAY OF SEEING: Helen Levitt's new way of examining poverty.
Просмотров 356 месяцев назад
Do portrayals of poverty have to be depressing? Do we have to strip the subjects of their identities and make them just "types"? In Helen Levitt's remarkable photobook she sees the human beings behind the poverty and tries to give them their own voices. For more information on this and other books, please visit our website.
NIKOLA TESLA predicts the future in his famous 1892 speech!
Просмотров 5506 месяцев назад
In 1892 Tesla gave a speech that predicted so much of modern life. For example, information zipping around without wires? Crazy, no? But not to Tesla... Hear all about his legendary speech and demonstration, "Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency". Presented by The Manhattan Rare Book Company.
FLATLAND by Edwin Abbott. 1884 First Edition. A science fiction book clearly ahead of its time!
Просмотров 2258 месяцев назад
What would it be like to live in a world of two dimensions? Or one dimension? Or no dimensions? Hear about Flatland - a strange book that is mathematical, political, philosophical, and so much more. This is the very rare first edition, currently offered by The Manhattan Rare Book Company. For more information, please visit our website.
ALBERT EINSTEIN - Beautiful, expressive signed photograph by Frederick Plaut
Просмотров 459 месяцев назад
Hear the story behind this evocative photograph of Albert Einstein by Frederick Plaut. Presented and offered by The Manhattan Rare Book Company. Please contact us for more information.
Air Pollution - it was a problem in 1661 too! Hear about Fumifugium, the first book on air pollution
Просмотров 629 месяцев назад
"…the City of London resembles the face rather of Mount Aetna, the Court of Vulcan, Stromboli, or the Suburbs of Hell…For when in all other places the Aer is most Serene and Pure, it is here Ecclipsed with such a Cloud of Sulphure, as the Sun itself, which gives day to all the World besides, is hardly able to penetrate and impart it here; and the weary Traveller, at many Miles distance, sooner ...
F. Scott Fitzgerald writes about his literary influences! Fascinating letter signed by Fitzgerald.
Просмотров 11710 месяцев назад
Important and revealing letter signed by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Hear about his literary influences in his own words. Offered by The Manhattan Rare Book Company. For more information, please reach out to us or take a look at our website.
Emily Dickinson, Poems 1890. First edition, a stunning copy.
Просмотров 28210 месяцев назад
Here’s the type of book I particularly love… Where without the existence of the book, the first edition, the writer would have been lost to history... Hear the backstory of Emily Dickinson's Poems - one of the most important first editions in American Literature.
ED RUSCHA - Dutch Details: First edition of Ruscha's rarest and one of his most unusual photobooks.
Просмотров 10311 месяцев назад
ED RUSCHA - Dutch Details: First edition of Ruscha's rarest and one of his most unusual photobooks.
J.R.R. Tolkien - Signed Letter Introducing the Lord of the Rings
Просмотров 210Год назад
J.R.R. Tolkien - Signed Letter Introducing the Lord of the Rings
The CIVIL WAR DIARIES of Charles E Smith, a remarkable account of a Union Soldier's war experience.
Просмотров 229Год назад
The CIVIL WAR DIARIES of Charles E Smith, a remarkable account of a Union Soldier's war experience.
An extraordinary illuminated manuscript Book of Hours from c1490: Every page is illustrated!
Просмотров 506Год назад
An extraordinary illuminated manuscript Book of Hours from c1490: Every page is illustrated!
THE BEATLES: Images from The Beatles last concert, Candlestick Park, August 29, 1966.
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THE BEATLES: Images from The Beatles last concert, Candlestick Park, August 29, 1966.
ALBERT EINSTEIN through the years: an archive of media photographs shows the creation of a celebrity
Просмотров 90Год назад
ALBERT EINSTEIN through the years: an archive of media photographs shows the creation of a celebrity
Ernest Hemingway - Collection of press photos showing the creation of the Hemingway mystique.
Просмотров 161Год назад
Ernest Hemingway - Collection of press photos showing the creation of the Hemingway mystique.
The Council of Trent, 1564 First Edition, the most influential book in Catholic Church history.
Просмотров 756Год назад
The Council of Trent, 1564 First Edition, the most influential book in Catholic Church history.
BOOK OF MORMON - 1830 First Edition. Hear about this newly unearthed copy of the sacred text.
Просмотров 1,6 тыс.Год назад
BOOK OF MORMON - 1830 First Edition. Hear about this newly unearthed copy of the sacred text.
Irma Boom: The wild and wonderful SHV Think Book, a masterpiece of book design.
Просмотров 551Год назад
Irma Boom: The wild and wonderful SHV Think Book, a masterpiece of book design.
George Orwell: Animal Farm in Ukrainian - Orwell's classic finds its perfect audience.
Просмотров 119Год назад
George Orwell: Animal Farm in Ukrainian - Orwell's classic finds its perfect audience.
Virginia Woolf - A Room of One's Own: Signed Limited First Edition Presented by Manhattan Rare Books
Просмотров 91Год назад
Virginia Woolf - A Room of One's Own: Signed Limited First Edition Presented by Manhattan Rare Books
Charles Dickens: First Edition of The Pickwick Papers, A Very Special Copy
Просмотров 214Год назад
Charles Dickens: First Edition of The Pickwick Papers, A Very Special Copy
Albert Einstein Letter - Taking a Student's Side Against His Teacher!
Просмотров 281Год назад
Albert Einstein Letter - Taking a Student's Side Against His Teacher!
TRUMAN CAPOTE - autograph letter signed giving advice to an aspiring writer.
Просмотров 150Год назад
TRUMAN CAPOTE - autograph letter signed giving advice to an aspiring writer.
The Battle Hymn of the Republic by Julia Ward Howe, First Edition
Просмотров 99Год назад
The Battle Hymn of the Republic by Julia Ward Howe, First Edition
SHERLOCK HOLMES: The Adventures and Memoirs in The Strand Magazine, by Arthur Conan Doyle
Просмотров 744Год назад
SHERLOCK HOLMES: The Adventures and Memoirs in The Strand Magazine, by Arthur Conan Doyle