Modern Collections: Notable Recent Accessions 1997-98

• Wayne Rethford. The Scots of Chicago: quiet immigrants and their new society. Dubuque, IA: 1997.
  • Published on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Illinois Saint Andrew Society.
• Pascal Fouché, ed. L'Edition française depuis 1945. Paris: 1998.
  • A study of French publishing since 1945, considering various sections of the industry and key aspects such as the success of the livre de poche format or censorship issues.
• Magnificenza alla corte dei Medici: arte a Firenze alla fine del cinquecento. Milan: 1997.
  • Catalogue of an exhibition on the splendours of the Medici court, held at the Palazzo Pitti, Museo degli argenti, Sept. 1997-Jan. 1998.
• Bernd Henningsen et al., eds. Wahlverwandtschaft: Skandinavien und Deutschland 1800 bis 1914. Berlin: 1997.
  • Richly illustrated volume accompanying an exhibition held at the Deutsches Historisches Museum, the Nationalmuseum (Sweden) and the Norsk Folkemuseum. It illuminates the extensive cultural contacts between Germany and Scandinavia.
• William N. Hosley. Colt: the making of an American legend. Amherst, MA: 1996.
  • Published in association with the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT. A detailed examination of the Colt revolver, its inventor, its production and its place in American society.
• Nadar: les années créatrices, 1854-1860. Paris: 1994.
  • Catalogue of an exhibition of French photographer, caricaturist and writer Nadar, held at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Jun.-Sept. 1994 and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Apr.-July 1995.
• Margaret Scott, ed. The Katherine Mansfield notebooks. Wellington, NZ: 1997.
  • The first publication of Mansfield's private notebooks, in two volumes.
• Ivan Bunin. Cursed days: a diary of the Revolution. Chicago, IL: 1998.
  • Translated from the Russian, with an introduction and notes, by Thomas Galton Marullo. First publication in English of the Nobel Prize-winning author's caustic account of his experiences during the Russian Revolution.
• Isella Dante, ed. Eusebio e Trabucco: carteggio di Eugenio Montale e Gianfranco Contini. Milan: 1997.
  • Correspondence between two key Italian literary figures.
• N.F. Gulianitskii, ed. Moskva i slozhivshiesia russkie goroda XVIII-pervoi poloviny XIX vekov. Moscow: 1998.
  • The fourth lavishly illustrated volume in a series on the development of town planning and urban architecture in Russia.
• Jean Johnstone. The eagle sings. Gilstonbrig, Upper Largo: 1998.
  • Made in an edition of seven copies by Fife artist Jean Johnstone in association with poet Harvey Holton. One of four works purchased by the Library from the artist, each consisting of an original poem and etchings on hand-made paper.
• William S. Powell, ed. Dictionary of North Carolina biography. Chapel Hill, NC: 1979-1996.
  • A detailed six-volume reference work published by the University of North Carolina Press and dealing with an area of great importance in the history of Scottish emigration.
• Squatters and saints: Scotland and the making of Australia. Edinburgh: 1996.
  • Computer laser optical disk (CD-ROM) produced by Dunedin Multimedia Ltd. Containing accounts from emigrants' journals, biographies of explorers, articles on Gaelic speakers, bibliographies and other material relating to Scots in Australia.
• Edwin S. Grosvenor and Morgan Wesson. Alexander Graham Bell: the life and times of the man who invented the telephone. New York: 1997.
  • A new biography of the Scottish-born inventor.
• George Hamilton. A voyage round the world in His Majesty's frigate Pandora. Potts Point, NSW: 1998.
  • First published in Berwick in 1793. Reissued with a foreword by Alex Allen and an essay by Peter Gesner. Published by Hordern House for the Australian National Maritime Museum (Australian Maritime Series No. 4). Limited edition. Hand bound in quarter cherry Scottish calf with marbled papered sides.
• Pierre Péan. Vies et morts de Jean Moulin. Paris: 1998.
  • One of several recent works focusing on the Jean Moulin legacy. Péan discusses a number of controversies that have arisen regarding the murdered French Resistance leader, including his betrayal and the claim that he was a Soviet spy.
• Michel Duchein. Histoire de l'Ecosse. Paris: 1998.
  • An eminent French Scotophile's history of Scotland.
• Le assemblee elettive nella evoluzione della democrazia italiana, 1978-1998: giornate in memoria Aldo Moro. Rome: 1998.
  • Proceedings of a conference in memory of murdered former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro on elected assemblies and their role in the developments in Italian democracy during the twenty years since Moro's death.
• Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901. Munich: 1992-93.
  • A ninety-two-volume reference work compiled from the databases of the Research Libraries Group and the American Antiquarian Society. A pioneering and detailed record of American publishing from its inception up to and including 1900, comprising a title sequence and name, date, place and subject indexes.

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