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The Joslin Hall Rare Books Newsletter
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September 21st, 2004
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"Just Catalogued" Pages Updated!
Our Just Catalogued pages have just been updated, with a good selection of books about glass, furniture, silver, ceramics, textiles and other decorative arts and a smattering of Americana and other matters.
Highlights include-
* A nice set of the first seven issues of the noted journal "The Glass Circle".
* Cole's 1899 study "Ornament in European Silks"
* A nice copy of the 1914 history of the Dietz Ligthing Company
* The rather uncommon 1922 study of English china fragments- "Analysed Specimens of English Porcelain" by Eccles & Rackham.
* O'Doherty's elegant tribute to Maxim Karolik.
* A scarce study of American Kasten (what the heck, you ask, is a "Kasten"? well, go over and find out!)
* Charles Montgomery's limited-edition essay on American silver collections & collectors.
* An uncommon and interesting undertaker's memoir published in 1900.
* The fine tribute "Israel Sack, A Record of Service", inscribed by Israel to a collector.
* An 1838 book about "Pennsylvania Hall" in Philadelphia which was burned just four days after its opening by a rabid pro-slavery mob. Illustrated with a beautiful colored plate of the Hall after completion, and a dramatic plate of the Hall in flames.
* An interesting 1916 pamphlet on the effectiveness of German Zeppelin raids on London.
and much more!
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"Wine Journeys" by Stuart
Oliver (Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949) "is a record of journeys in search of fine
wines, of wine-gathering not as a business but as a hobby... What, it may be asked,
is more human than a great wine? The first few twelvemonths they froth as uselessley as
cradled babies; then come early youth and the glow of rich promise; full maturity follows;
then a slow advance to middle span, a deeper rich texture the while; finally, old age and
soft, velvety reminiscent charm... The finest wines are nice people".
Hardcover, moderate wear, some soil, lacks the front endpaper. If you would like this, send us an email at office@joslinhall.com with the subject line "Wine". We only have one copy, so we will randomly draw the name of one of you on Thursday and send it out to the lucky winner! |
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"Military Errors of World War
Two" by Kenneth Mackseyis a scholarly examination of the errors made by commanders
and politicians in some of the epic campaigns of the Second World War, from the North
Atlantic to the skies over Europe, to the North African Desert and the waters of Leyte
Gulf. From the Cassell Military Paperback series (2002). Softcover, some wear. If you would like this, send us an email at office@joslinhall.com with the subject line "Errors". We only have one copy, so we will randomly draw the name of one of you on Thursday and send it out to the lucky winner! |
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It's the last day of Summer, time to put away the beach chairs and get out the jackets and sweaters. Time for canoeing down rivers with the red and gold leaves shining on each bank. For some reason that mental picture made me think of my old fishing friend, "Cap'n Bob". Bob isn't into canoeing, but he does have a power boat that he likes to use for fishing off Cape Cod. A few years ago I was visiting Bob and he showed me a new fishing lure he had bought- it looked like some sort of deranged Addams-family chandelier, with several "levels", and huge, sharp hooks and little rubber fish sticking out everywhere. When I expressed, ever so gently, the opinion that he had lost his mind, he explained that it was a Bluefish lure.
| Oh, I said... "Ok". I knew about Bluefish. Smoked Bluefish, broiled Bluefish... I knew all about Bluefish. But I'd never caught a Bluefish, so we went out on his boat in Cape Cod Bay off the shores of Truro and Provincetown. Bluefish are, the experts say, "voracious" feeders, meaning they will bite at anything in the water, including careless fingers (we'll skip that particular story today). |
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I caught several, and they are, indeed, "voracious", and have very sharp teeth. And there is no better eating than freshly caught blues. "But", you say "I have never eaten Bluefish". Well, you have missed a treat. Bluefish are "fishy", which is to say they have a strong, oily flesh and taste like, well... fish. Go figure. Bluefish are best cooked simply. A little olive oil, a few garlic cloves, a pat or two of butter, and not too much time under the broiler, and you have a real feast. Smoked Blue is also a great treat, though not easy to find away from the coast.
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While searching for a few new Bluefish
recipes on the 'net (I found a few, but none to beat the simple one above) I found the
website of the Atlantic League baseball team, the Bridgeport Bluefish. You gotta love their logo. It captures the True Bluefish Spirit. Though it won't completely replace my Red Sox sweatshirt, I think I'll probably break down and buy a Bluefish one to match. And maybe a cap, too... Go Bluefish! |
That's going to do it for today. Thanks to our readers we got some very nice recipes for zucchini over the last few days which we'll be testing a few in the kitchen and posting here in a week or two. Until then, please take a look at our Just Catalogued pages, and have a great first day of Fall!
-Forrest
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