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John Ashbery
John Ashbery (1927-2017)

poet, journalist, art critic, translator

  • Harvard University, Columbia University

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The Phoenix Book Shop
Chinese whispers
Reported sightings
Planisphere
A nest of ninnies
A nest of ninnies
Collected French Translations: Poetry
Quick Question: New Poems
Collected French Translations
Breezeway: New Poems
John Ashbery, Lee Harwood, Tom Raworth
Light, from Aten to Laser
Quick Question: New Poems
Commotion of the Birds
The academy
Not a first
Flow chart
Sidney Janis presents an exhibition of factual paintings & sculpture from France, England, Italy, Sweden and the United States
Brainard-Freeman notebooks
Breezeway
Selected poems
Faster than birds can fly
If I don't hear from you again I shall wonder
Hotel Lautréamont
Turandot and other poems
Haibun
Narrative art
Peter de Mendelssohn
Peter de Mendelssohn (1908-1982)

translator, historian, journalist, essayist

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Der Zauberer
Der Zauberer
Unterwegs
The age of Churchill
S. Fischer und sein Verlag
The age of Churchill
Das Buch in der Gegenwart
Japan's political warfare
Die Frankfurter Ausgabe der Gesammelten Werke Thomas Manns
Unterwegs mit Reiseschatten
Zeitungsstadt Berlin
Across the dark river
Die Frankfurter Ausgabe der gesammelten Werke Thomas Manns
S. Fischer und sein Verlag
Der Zauberer. Das Leben des deutschen Schriftstellers Thomas Mann
Die Geburt des Parlaments
Inselschicksal England; Schrittsteine der Geschichte
The age of Churchill. Vol.1 Heritage and adventure. 1874-1911
Hellerau
Zeitungsstadt Berlin
Von deutscher Repräsentanz
Nachbemerkungen zu Thomas Mann
Design for aggression
Der Geist in der Despotie
Das Gewissen und die Macht
Von deutscher Repra sentanz
Thomas Mann
All that matters
Fertig mit Berlin?
Schmerzliches Arkadien
The Nuremberg documents
Japan's political warfare
Von deutscher Repräsentanz
Fortress in the skies
Die Nürnberger Dokumente
The House of Cosinsky
Die Kathedrale
Die Nürnberger Dokumente
Das Gedächtnis der Zeit
Heritage and adventure, 1874-1911
The Nuremburg documents
Design for aggression
Schmerzliches Arkadien
Der Geist in der Despotie
S. Fischer und sein Verlag
The hours and the centuries
The hours and the centuries
Überlegungen
Fertig mit Berlin?
Thomas Mann, 1875-1975
The age of Churchill
Von deutscher Repräsentanz
Henry Wheaton
Henry Wheaton (1785-1848)

lawyer, diplomat, journalist, judge

  • Brown University, Harvard Law School

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Lives of William Pinkney, William Ellery, and Cotton Mather
Elements of international law
Enquiry into the validity of the British claim to a right of visitation and search of American vessels suspected to be engaged in the African slave-trade
Wheaton's Elements of international law
History of the Northmen: Or, Danes and Normans, from the Earliest Times to the Conquest of ..
Histoire des progrès du droit des gens en Europe et en Amérique depuis la paix de Westphalie jusqu'à nos jours
Report of the copy-right case of Wheaton v. Peters
Éléments du droit international
Eléments du droit international
History of the law of nations in Europe and America
A digest of the law of maritime captures and prizes
History of the law of nations in Europe and America, from the earliest times to the Treaty of Washington, 1842
A discourse, intended to have been delivered before the New-York Law Institute, on its anniversary celebration, May 14, 1834
History of the Northmen
An anniversary discourse, delivered before the New York historical society
An oration delivered before the different Republican societies
History of the law of nations in Europe and America
Historia de los progresos del derecho de gentes, en Europa y en América, desde la paz de Westfalia hasta nuestros dias ..
Histoire des peuples du Nord: ou Danois et des Normands, depuis les temps ..
Manʼguk kongpŏp
An oration delivered before the Tammany Society or Columbian Order, and the Republican citizens of Providence and its vicinity, at the town house on the anniversary of American independence July 4th 1810
An address, pronounced at the opening of the New-York Athenaeum, December 14, 1824
History of the Northmen
An oration delivered before the different Republican societies at the theatre, Anthony-St., New York, on the anniversary of American independence, July 4, 1814
An oration delivered before the Tammany Society, or Columbian Order, and the Republican citizens of Providence and its vicinity
An Address Pronounced at the Opening of the New-York Athenaeum, December 14, 1824
Enquiry Into the Validity of the British Claim to a Right of Visitation & Search of American ..
Wheaton's International law
Wan guo gong fa
Elements of International Law
History Of The Northmen; Or Danes And Normans
In equity
Elementos del derecho internacional
A digest of the law of maritime captures and prizes
Affaire de Mac-Leod, considérée sous le point de vue du droit des gens
Elements of international law
Wan guo gong fa
Wan guo gong fa /c[translated into Chinese by Ding Weiliang]
Henry Wheaton correspondence
Histoire des progrès du droit des gens en Europe et en Amérique depuis la paix de Westphalie jusqu'à nos jours
An anniversary discourse delivered before the New York Historical Society
The progress and prospects of Germany
Elementi di diritto internazionale
Bankoku kōhō yakugi
Enquiry into the validity of the British claim to a right of visitation & search of American vessels suspected to be engaged in the African slave-trade
Yvor Winters
Yvor Winters (1900-1968)

poet, literary critic, journalist

  • University of Chicago, Stanford University

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Edwin Arlington Robinson
On modern poets
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories
In defense of reason
The function of criticism
The collected poems of Yvor Winters
The selected poems of Yvor Winters
Selected poems
Yvor Winters
The collected poems of Yvor Winters ; with an introduction by Donald Davie
The selected letters of Yvor Winters
Collected poems
Primitivism and decadence
Maule's curse
Forms of discovery
The magpie's shadow
Quest for reality
The giant weapon
In Defense Of Reason
The poetry of W.B. Yeats
The early poems of Yvor Winters, 1920-28
The Poetry Of Yvor Winters
The anatomy of nonsense
Uncollected poems of Yvor Winters, 1919-1928
Before disaster
The immobile wind
Uncollected Poems, 1929-1957
The bare hills
Poems
Uncollected Poems 1919-1928
Yvor Winters: uncollected essays and reviews
The brink of darkness
The poetry of J.V. Cunningham
Poets of the Pacific
In defense of reason. Primitivism and decadence
Twelve poets of the Pacific
Three poems
The journey and other poems
Quest for reality
The uncollected poems of Yvor Winters, 1929-1957
Aspects de la littérature américaine
A House
Uncollected essays and reviews
The proof
Edwin Arlington Robinson
The function of criticism
The function of criticism
The function of criticism
Poets of the Pacific
Collected poem
Collected poems
The brink of darkness
In defense of reason. Primitivism and decadence : a study of American experimental poetry. Maule's curse : seven studies in the history of American obscurantism. The anatomy of nonsense. The significance of The bridge by Hart-Crane, or What are we to think of Professor X?
In defense of reason
Laurel, archaic, rude
In defense of reason. Primitivism and decadence
Jacques Laurent
Jacques Laurent (1919-2000)

journalist, essayist

  • Lycée Condorcet

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Stendhal comme Stendhal, ou, Le mensonge ambigu
Moments particuliers
Histoire égoïste
Le nu vêtu et dévêtu
Vivre Paris
Les petites filles et les guerriers
Année 40 [i.e. quarante]
Paul et Jean-Paul
Neuf perles de culture
A history of ladies underwear
Du mensonge
Discours de réception de Jacques Laurent à l'Académie franc̜aise et réponse de Michel Déon
Caroline chérie
L' histoire imprévue des dessous féminins
Les années 50
Roman du roman
Conversation avec Jacques Laurent
Une affaire est une affaire
Les amours enragées
Le français en cage
Dix perles de culture
Un sacrée salade
Quand Napoléon occupait l'Europe 1796-1814, Italie, Allemagne et Autriche, Portugal et Espagne, Pologne et Russie
Les corps tranquilles
L' esprit des lettres
Un panier de souris
Le dormeur debout
Roman du roman
Au contraire
Les passagers pour Alger [par] Cécil Saint-Laurent [pseud.]
L' erreur
Francais En Cage, Le
Quand la France occupait l'Europe
Hortense 14-18
Le Nu français
Histoire égoiste
L' Espagne et Juan [par] Cécil Saint Laurent [pseud.]
Le regard trahi
Le miroir aux tiroirs
Offenses au chef de l'État, audiences des 8 et 9 octobre 1965
Perverse Guillemette, roman [par] Cécil Saint Laurent [pseud.]
Quand Napoléon occupait l'Europe, 1796-1814
Les sous-ensembles flous
L' inconnu du temps qui passe
Croire à Noël [par] Cécil Saint-Laurent [pseud.]
Ici Clotilde [par] Cécil Saint-Laurent [pseud.]
Napoléon et Juan [par] Cécil Saint-Laurent [pseud.]
Les caprices de Caroline [par] Cécil Saint Laurent [pseud.]
Lola Montès
Le Petit Canard
France (#07323)
Le nu ve tu et de ve tu
Chefs-d'œuvre des photographes anonymes au XIXe siècle
Les corps tranquilles
Les dimanches de Mademoiselle Beaunon
Ja et la fin de tout
Les bêtises
Les Sous-ensembles flous
Les bêtises
Marc Lambron
Marc Lambron (born 1957)

official, literary critic, journalist

  • École nationale d'administration, École Normale Supérieure

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Mignonne, allons voir--
Une saison sur la terre
Tu n'as pas tellement changé
Discours de réception à l'Académie française et réponse d'Erik Orsenna
1941
Carnet de bal
LOeil du silence
L' Œil du silence
La nuit des masques
Carnets de bal 2
L Oeil De Silence
Lee Miller
1941
Les menteurs
L' impromptu de Madrid
Vous êtes formidables!
Trésors du quai d'Orsay
Eh bien, dansez maintenant--
Etrangers dans la nuit
Théorie du chiffon
Quarante ans
Étrangers dans la nuit
Théorie du chiffon
Abraham Hayward
Abraham Hayward (1801-1884)

journalist, barrister, translator, jurist, literary critic

  • Blundell's School

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Biographical and critical essays
Sketches of eminent statesmen and writers, with other essays
Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and Corrections : a New ..
Sketches of eminent statesmen and writers
A selection from the correspondence of Abraham Hayward, Q.C., from 1834 to 1884
Steel detailers' manual
Selected Essays
Faust: A Dramatic Poem
Juridical Tracts: Part I. Containing 1. Historical Sketch of the Law of Real Property in England ..
A selection from the correspondence of Abraham Hayward, Q.C., from 1834 to 1884
A Selection From The Correspondence Of Abraham Hayward From 1834 To 1884 V1
Mr. Kinglake and the Quarterlys
A selection from the correspondence of Abraham Hayward, Q.C., from 1834 to 1884
Oltre le Alpi
Goethe
Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and Corrections
The art of dining
A selection from the correspondence from 1834 to 1884
Juridical tracts
Sketches of eminent statesmen and writers, with other essays
A selection from the correspondence from 1834 to 1884
Biographical And Critical Essays V2
Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and Corrections : Third ..
Verses of other days
The art of dining
The art of dining; or, Gastronomy and gastronomers [by A. Hayward]
A selection from the correspondence of Abraham Hayward
Goethe
A selection from the correspondence from 1834 to 1884
Mr. Kinglake and the Quarterlys
The art of dining and of attaining high health
Sketches Of Eminent Statesmen And Writers V1
Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews
Selected essays
Selected Essays By A Hayward V2
More about Junius
Report of the proceedings before the judges, as visitors of the Inns of Court, on the appeal of A. Hayward
Summary of objections to the doctrine that a marriage with the sister of a deceased wife is contrary to law, religion, or morality
The art of dining
Selected essays
Report on the Dublin Improvement Bill
The art of dining, or, Gastronomy and gastronomers
The art of dining, or, Gastronomy and gastronomers
The art of dining
Edward Walford
Edward Walford (1823-1897)

priest, editor, genealogist, journalist

  • University of Oxford

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In memoriam
Portraits of men of eminence in literature, science, and art : with biographical memoirs
London Recollected
A series of progressive exercises in Latin elegiac verse
Chapters from family chests
Village London
Juvenal
Life of the prince consort
Greater London
Hardwicke's Annual Biography
Patient Griselda
Pleasant days in pleasant places
The Ecclesiastical History Of Sozomen
Old London
The county families of the United Kingdom
Tales Of Our Great Families V2
Londoniana
Tales Of Our Great Families V1
Tales of our great families
Old London
Walford's County families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
The Antiquary V7, January-June
London Recollected (London Library)
Progressive exercises in Latin prose
The Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius (Christian Roman Empire Series)
The county families of the United Kingdom
Juvenal
Frost fairs on the Thames
Walford's History of Clapham
The county families of the United Kingdom, or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland
The county families of the United Kingdom, or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland
A hand-book of the Greek drama
A hand-book of the Greek drama
Walford's History of Putney
Walford's History of Camberwell
Walford's History of the Whitgift Hospital and Other Croydon Charities
Walford's History of Wandsworth
Hardwicke's Shilling Peerage for 1855 ...
Walford's History of Southwark Bankside
Walford's History of St Saviour's Southwark
Veneteiæ. Carmen Lat. in theatro Sheldoniano recitatum
Walford's History of Southwark Inns
A hand-book of the Greek drama
Walford's History of Croydon Parish
Walford's History of Croydon Town and Suburbs
The shilling peerage for 1881
Juvenal: Plautus and Terence
Tourist's guide to Berkshire
Walford's History of Dulwich
Walford's History of Tooting
Chemistry in the lab
Walford's History of Sutton
Village London PT. 1
Walford's County families of the UnitedKingdom
Walford's History of Lambeth
Walford's History of Norwood and Streatham
The shilling baronetage for 1877 [microform]
Walford's History of Rotherhithe
Walford's History of Croydon Palace
Tales of our great families
Walford's History of Crystal Palace
Londoniana
Representative men in literature, science, and art
The jubilee memoir of Her Majesty Queen Victoria
Walford's History of Sydenham and the Crystal Palace
Holidays in home counties
Walford's History of Woolwich
Walford's History of Stockwell and Kennington
Walford's History of Chislehurst
Walford's History of Newington and Walworth
William Pitt: a biography