Collector’s Library — Knigausa Bookstore: Russian Books

Alices Adventures in Wonderland &Through the Look’

Aleksandr Malyshev — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 07:42:03 +0000

It’s a warm summer’s afternoon when young Alice first tumbles down the rabbit hole and into the adventures in Wonderland that have kept readers spellbound for more than 150 years.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is brought to life by Sir John Tenniel’s legendary illustrations in colour, and with an afterword by Anna South.Collected here are Lewis Carroll’s two classics — Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass — in which Alice encounters the laconic Cheshire Cat, the anxious White Rabbit and the terrifying Red Queen, as well as a host of other outlandish and charming characters.

Songs of Innocence and of Experience (HB)

Sun, 26 May 2024 18:38:06 +0000

William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience includes some of the visionary poet’s finest and best-loved poems such as `The Lamb’, `The Chimney-Sweeper’ and `The Tiger’.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has a foreword by Peter Harness.Blake’s work is instantly recognizable by its flamboyance and inventiveness. This gorgeous edition contains stunning reproductions of the fifty-four plates of the poems and illustrations together, which Blake etched himself and coloured by hand. Each has the poem printed on the facing page. Whilst Songs of Innocence captures the innocence of childhood, Songs of Experience is its contrasting sequel.

Emma (HB)

Sat, 11 Mar 2023 09:22:52 +0000

Oft-copied but never bettered, Jane Austen’s Emma is a remarkable comedy of manners.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is illustrated by the celebrated Hugh Thomson and includes an afterword by David Pinching.Austen follows the charming but insensitive Emma Woodhouse as she sets out on an ill-fated career of match-making in the little town of Highbury. Taking the pretty but dreary Harriet Smith as her subject, Emma creates misunderstandings and chaos as she tries to find Harriet a suitor, until she begins to realize it isn’t the lives of others she must try to transform.

Wind in the Willows, the (HB, illustr.) Ned

Tue, 17 Nov 2020 08:21:20 +0000

Mole and Rat have a pleasant life by the river, where they talk, boat and wile away the days. The wise and private Mr Badger lives sedately in the Wild Woods, content in his solitude. Then there’s Mr Toad — wealthy, impulsive and utterly obsessed with motor cars, he’s always getting into scrapes and can’t survive without the help of his friends.One of the most celebrated works of classic literature for children, The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame remains a timeless tale of camaraderie, loyalty and bravery more than a hundred years after its first publication.With sixteen gorgeous colour illustrations by the celebrated Arthur Rackham, and an afterword by author David Stuart Davies.