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Edited and Introduced by Nicolas Barker
This book is an autobiographical account of the early years of James McBey, the self-taught boy from a humble north-east village who became one of Scotland's most successful and celebrated artists. Writing with charismatic frankness and realism, McBey describes his passionate desire to be an artist, from his first etchings (printed with the help of an old mangle) to the moment when he left a stultifying job to strike out for Holland to create a life of his own.
McBey's journey was not an easy one. Poverty, ignorance, his family's indifference, the petty routines of an Aberdeen bank, his mother's suicide, all these are evoked with gravity, clarity and a lightness of touch – like the etchings themselves – which will long remain in the reader's mind.
Introduced by Nicolas Barker, who edited the original manuscripts, this book offers a real-life portrait of the artist as a young man and establishes James McBey as a gifted prose stylist in his own right.

Полный вариант заголовка: «Life of James Crichton of Cluny, commonly called the Admirable Crichton : With an app. of orig. papers / By Patrick Fraser Tytler».

Полный вариант заголовка: «Specimens of early English metrical romances : Vol. 1 : chiefly written during the early part of the 14 century : to which is prefixed an historical introduction, intended to illustrate the rise and progress of romantic composition in France and England : in 3 volumes / by George Ellis».

Полный вариант заголовка: «Specimens of early English metrical romances : Vol. 2 : chiefly written during the early part of the 14 century : to which is prefixed an historical introduction, intended to illustrate the rise and progress of romantic composition in France and England : in 3 volumes / by George Ellis».

Полный вариант заголовка: «Specimens of early English metrical romances : Vol. 3 : chiefly written during the early part of the 14 century : to which is prefixed an historical introduction, intended to illustrate the rise and progress of romantic composition in France and England : in 3 volumes / by George Ellis».

Полный вариант заголовка: «Interesting account of the early voyages : made by the Portuguese, Spaniards, &. : to Affrica, East and West-Indies : the discovery of numerous Islands : with particulars of the Lives of those eminent navigators : including the life and voyages of Columbus : to which is perpixed the life of that great circumnavigator Captain Cook : with particulars of his death / extracted from Dr. Kipps's».