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New York in the 1900s. A young girl fascinated by rare books defies all odds and becomes the director of one of the country’s most prestigious private libraries. It belongs to the magnate J. P. Morgan, darling of the international aristocracy and one of the city’s richest men. Flamboyant, brilliant, beautiful, Belle is among New York society’s most sought after intellectuals. She also hides a secret. Although she looks white, she is African...
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"The remarkable, little-known story of Belle da Costa Greene, J. P. Morgan's personal librarian-who became one of the most powerful women in New York despite the dangerous secret she kept in order to make her dreams come true, from New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict and acclaimed author Victoria Christopher Murray. In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. Pierpont Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books,...
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Berkley
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[2021]
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English
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"The remarkable, little-known story of Belle da Costa Greene, J. P. Morgan's personal librarian-who became one of the most powerful women in New York despite the dangerous secret she kept in order to make her dreams come true, from New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict and acclaimed author Victoria Christopher Murray. In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. Pierpont Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books,...
9) Mediaeval & Renaissance manuscripts: major acquisitions of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1924-1974
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[1974]
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English
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W.W. Norton & Company
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[2017]
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English
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"A first-ever trade edition of the original manuscript of the beloved Christmas classic. Every year at the holidays, the historic Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan displays one of the crown jewels of its extraordinary collection: the original manuscript of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, with its detailed emendations, deletions, and insertions in Dickens's own hand. Here, for the first time in a beautiful trade edition, A Christmas Carol:...
16) Gifts in honor of the fiftieth anniversary: an exhibition, 3 September-3 November 1974, New York
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The Library
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[1974]
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English
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Moody Publishers
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[2024]
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English
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"Dickens' beloved masterpiece now imagined within an enchanting woodland realm. In 1843, Charles Dickens penned a classic Christmas tale full of ghosts and the endearing humbug Ebenezer Scrooge. This beautifully illustrated edition brings alive the timeless classic of greed, regret, loneliness, reflection, compassion, hope, and a joyfully changed life"--
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