Winter Reading • • •
QUINLAN'S ILLUSTRATED DIRECTORY OF FILM S'L\RS (NEW EDITION) David Quinlan
Last revised in 1986 and now estabHshed as the essential filmgoer 's comparuon, this thoroughly updated edition consists of the complete career histories of over 1,700 British and American international ftlm actors. Each entry contains a photograph, a filmography and a succinct ca reer summary written in Quinlan's own uruque and witty style.
THE BATSFORD COMPANION TO LOCAL HISTORY Stephen Friar
With over 2,000 entries, this guide is th e most comprehensive single-volume source yet published on Britain's history, arc haeology, architecture and landscape. There are entries on traditional c rafts and trades, heraldry, place names, and many other topi cs. The book is fully illustrated throughout with photographs, maps and drawings.
0 7134 6181 0 HARDBACK £19.95
THE FEMINIST COMPANION TO LITERATURE IN ENGLISH Virgi rlia Blain, Patricia C lemmts, Isobel G nmdy
Based on ex tensive new researc h into o riginal sources, 'The Femirust Comparuon' is th e definitive study of women writers in EngHsh worldwide. Including both biograp hi ca l and general entries, each subject is set in a chronological, generic and ideological framework . Over 2,700 women poets, novelists and dramatists, as well as important diari sts, translators and autobiographers, are featur ed .
'~ . . it will redraw th e literary map."
J O H N SUTHERLAND, LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS
"Quintan's tour de force will rarely, i f eve r, leave my side."
JAM ES C AMERON-WILSON, FILM REVIEW
0 7134 6324 4 HARDBACK £19.99
THE VISUAL HISTORY OF COSTUME Aileen Ribeiro and Va lerie Gumming
Accomparued by detailed commentaries, this book presents over 200 stunrung contemporary illustrations of dress, including paintings, drawings, photographs, advertisements, stone effigies and brass rubbings. The detailed introduction sets out the broad movements in fashion from the fourteenth century to the present day. With a detailed glossary acting as a dictionary of costume in itself, this is a unique visual reference.
0 7134 69!6 I PAPERBACK £15.99
THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF FREEMASONRY jmnes Stevens Cu rl
This introductory study examines the origins, development and iconography of Freemasonry, casting l ight on its important role in European and American cultural development. Professor Curl traces the motifs and legends from antiquity that h ave influenced freemasonry, explaining th e sigruficance of recurring th em es and identifying its influence in a diverse range of works, from the l i terature of Ancient Egypt to the Hbretto and stage-designs for Mozart's 'The Magic Flute'.
'~ .. it is of value to us all ... for here is most of ht1man experience writ without fuss, squeezed in between rock ing th e cradle and taking on the (patriarchal) world."
JANE DUNN, THE LITERARY REVIEW
" This is a highly en tertaining book ."
BUILDING DESIGN
'~ .. a bea utifully produced study."
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0 7134 5848 8 HARDBACK £40.00
0 7134 5827 5 HARDBACK £45.00
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