Dover Publications

World War I posters used to promote the American war effort are today highly prized collectibles. This card collection reproduces 24 of those works, among them James Montgomery Flagg's classic depiction of Uncle Sam proclaiming I Want YOU for U.S. Army.

This complete collection of Marlowe's poetry includes his translations of Ovid's Elegies and the First Book from Lucan's Civil Hero. The celebrated Hero and Leander, left unfinished at Marlowe's death, is also featured (the poem was later completed by George Chapman), as is the poet's most famous creation, The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.

Set against a backdrop of frozen canals in a winter wonderland, the year's most exciting event in a little Dutch village is about to take place. But will Hans Brinker and his sister Gretel, with their hand-carved wooden skates, be able to compete against their well-trained young friends who own fine steel blades?

This is a reprint of a 1974 work published by Richard Sadler (Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire). It depicts European headgear through the ages using 800 of the author's black-and-white sketches based on paintings, sculptures, and illustrations. Covering nearly 2000 years from Danish caps of 70 BC.

Delightful learning aid contains 15 scenes of home, school, farm, beach, park, classroom, and other common environments — with more than 500 objects labeled in Russian. Complete list of Russian words and English translations included at back of book. Fun-filled, effective way for students of Russian to build and strengthen their vocabulary skills.

Contains over 1,000 useful sentences and phrases for travel or everyday living abroad: food, shopping, medical aid, courtesy, hotels, travel, and other situations. Gives the English phrase, the foreign equivalent, and a transliteration that can be read right off. Also includes many supplementary lists, signs, and aids. All words are indexed.

Forty-six characters comprising the Japanese «alphabet» allow English-speaking children (or Japanese youngsters beginning to read and write) to jot down simple words in Japanese — from ahiru (duck) to yubi (finger). 336 ready-to-color illustrations accompany Japanese characters and their English transliteration.

This exciting collection contains more than thirty richly imaginative stories from a variety of Native American sources — Cherokee to Zuni, Pawnee to Midu — covering a broad spectrum of subjects, as well as tales of little people, giants, and monsters, and of magic, enchantment, sorcery, and the spirit world. Readers will find stories telling how the earth, people, and bison were created and how fire was discovered, while others introduce the hero Glooscap and the Maiden of the Yellow Rocks. Still other traditional tales tell of the troubles Rabbit's boastfulness got him into, and about the clever ways Little Blue Fox managed to escape from Coyote. Among the stories in this collection are «The White Stone Canoe» (Chippewa), «Raven Pretends to Build a Canoe» (Tsimshian), «The Theft from the Sun» (Blackfoot), «The Loon's Necklace» (Iroquois), «The Rabbit Goes Duck Hunting» (Cherokee), «The Coyote» (Pueblo), and «The Origin of the Buffalo and of Corn» (Cheyenne). Young people will delight in these tales, as will any reader interested in Native American stories or folklore in general.

A stranger arrives in a Russian backwater community with a bizarre proposition for the local landowners: cash for their «dead souls», the serfs who have died in their service. Gogol's comic masterpiece offers a vast and satirical painting of 19th-century Russia. A work of great symbolism, it continues to inspire 21st-century authors and readers.

This treasury of dazzling geometrical designs includes prismatic configurations that recede and advance, optical illusions that confound the eyes, intricate kaleidoscopic images, and more. Illustrators, designers, and craftspeople will find this collection of designs indispensable for art and craft use, as wallpaper and textile designs, and a host of other projects.

Twelve powerful works of fiction, including Pushkin's The Queen of Spades, Gogol's The Overcoat, Turgenev's The District Doctor, Dostoyevsky's White Nights, Tolstoy's How Much Land Does a Man Need?, plus The Clothes Mender by Leskov, The Lady with the Toy Dog by Chekhov, Twenty-Six Men and a Girl by Gorky, Lazarus by Andreyev, and more.

Six selections from the famed Russian showcase his natural aptitude for detail, dialogue, humor, and compassion. Includes The Darling, a poignant piece supporting the claim that life has no meaning without love; as well as The Kiss, Anna on the Neck, The Man in a Case, The Malefactor, and the title story.

Featuring 19 of the finest works in the American short-story tradition, this compilation includes: The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, Bartleby by Herman Melville, To Build a Fire by Jack London, Bernice Bobs Her Hair by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Killers by Ernest Hemingway, plus stories by Hawthorne, Twain, Cather, and others.

What does a self-portrait tell us about the artist? Readers are invited to find out in this unique addition to Dover's popular Art Library Series. Drawings in pen, ink, and charcoal, as well as etchings and engravings, encompass 44 splendid self-portraits. Subjects range from such 15th-century artists as Gentile Bellini, Leonardo da Vinci, and Albrecht Durer to a host of 19th-century masters: James Whistler, Auguste Rodin, Vincent van Gogh, Berthe Morisot, Aubrey Beardsley, and many more. Among the other artists depicted here are the avid self-portraitist Rembrandt van Rijn, in one of his trademark hats, along with Peter Paul Rubens, Francisco de Goya, William Blake, and Camille Pissarro. Artists, art historians and art lovers will enjoy discovering the emotions, character traits, and nuances of personality revealed in these masterly self-portraits.

Reprint of rare catalog advertising elegant hand-hammered bowls, vases, bookends, candlesticks, match-holders, serving trays, and lamps of copper and bronze; beautifully tooled and carved leather handbags, memo books, wallets, card cases, billfolds, photo albums, and desk sets, as well as finely printed, leather-bound books. Captions include price and dimensions. 260 photographs.

The oldest at a dreary home for foundlings, Judy Abbott finds her life completely changed when, with the help of a mysterious benefactor, she is granted her wish to be able to go to college. A meeting with the rich, handsome uncle of her snobbish roommate sets Judy on the road to discovering her secret friend.

Here are the best-loved legends of the Round Table, recounted by one of the world's great storytellers: how the young Arthur pulled the sword from the stone to become king, how he acquired the sword Excalibur, the beginnings of the Round Table, the passing of Merlin, and many more.

Paintings by 6 of the best-known Pre-Raphaelites, including Rossetti's Lucretia Borgia, La Donna della Finestra, My Lady Greensleeves, and The Blessed Damozel; Millais's The Huguenot; Hunt's Miracle of the Holy Fire; Burne-Jones's The Depths of the Sea, Pan and Psyche, and Flamma Vistalis; Watts's Sir Galahad; and La Rose de L'Infante by Brown.

This less-well-known tale of Tom's exploits is narrated by Huck Finn, who recounts their trip by river steamer to visit Aunt Sally in Arkansaw. When the boys encounter an acquaintance who's being pursued by a dangerous pair of thugs, Tom breaks out the mail-order detective kit he's been itching to put to use.

Superb collection of 55 lovely plates, reproduced from rare, early editions, includes a rich selection of fairy tale images by one of England's leading illustrators of the early 20th century. Includes scenes from Irish Fairy Tales, English Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel, Snowdrop and Other Tales, Little Brother & Little Sister, and more.

Six enchanting tales, told by an Arabian princess to delay her execution, teem with giants, magnificent palaces, and beautiful princesses. Includes «Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman», «Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp», «Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves», «The Fisherman and the Jinni», «Judar and His Brethren» and «Khalifah the Fisherman of Baghdad».

From prehistory to the mid-20th century, this informative book describes and illustrates the development of Western dress. The text — enhanced by nearly 500 illustrations — appears in outline form, permitting easy cross-referencing of material. Details of distinctive features for each era include footwear, headgear, accessories, and typical colors and materials. 491 black-and-white illustrations.

A practical guide to recognizing, identifying, and appreciating the finest American silverwork. Photographs and drawings of masterworks from leading collections show some of the finest work by Jacob Hurd, Jeremiah Dummer, Peter van Dyck, Edward Winslow, John Coney, Paul Revere, and other renowned silversmiths. 52 halftones, 14 black-and-white line illustrations.

Invaluable source of information for art historians, craftspeople, dealers, collectors, and preservationists includes hundreds of finely detailed illustrations of garden seats, candelabras, moldings, gates, balcony grilles, vases, crosses, funerary ornaments and monuments, finials, doorknobs and many other ornamental features. A rich source of inspiration and copyright-free graphics, as well, for commercial artists and designers.