Books by Barry Moser
The Holy Bible: King James Version
by Anonymous, Barry Moser
An accessible paperback edition of the illustrated King James version features a hand-crafted design, simple and accented black type, and lavish engraving illustrations. Reprint.
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The Holy Bible: King James Version
by Anonymous, Barry Moser
Here, in easy-to-read, self-pronouncing type, is the King James Version of The Holy Bible. A favorite for almost four centuries, this translation brings the extraordinary power and poetry of Scripture to vivid life. As literature, it is one of the supreme achievements of our language; as Scripture, it is simply incomparable. The text contains, in addition to the complete Old and New Testaments, a summary of each book of the Bible, an outline of New Testament history, a cross-referencing of the major events of Christ’s life, a convenient explanation of ancient money, weights, and measures, a glossary of frequently used terms in Biblical scholarship, and other aids to reading, study, and prayer. The words of Christ, as quoted in the New Testament, are printed in red for easy distinction.
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Wood Engraving: The Art of Wood Engraving and Relief Engraving
by Barry Moser
This primer on the art of wood engraving is filled with valuable knowledge including how to prepare a printing block, how to think in the medium's properties of line, shape, and ink, and how to transfer a drawing onto a block. It also has practical advice on which tools to use and which ink works best.
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Hummingbird Nest: A Journal of Poems
by Barry Moser, Kristine O'Connell George
When a mother hummingbird begins to build a nest on their back patio, a family delights in the events that transpire over the next three months as the eggs are hatched, the chicks are born, and their first attempt at flight is made.
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Voices of Ancient Egypt
Beautiful full-color illustrations and poems tell the stories of different occupations in ancient Egypt, from the farmer to the pyramid builder, from the goldsmith to the embalmer. Based on the latest historical research, Voices of Ancient Egypt conveys a dramatic sense of everyday life in this multicultural civilization.
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Voices of Ancient Egypt
Beautiful full-color illustrations and poems tell the stories of different occupations in ancient Egypt, from the farmer to the pyramid builder, from the goldsmith to the embalmer. Based on the latest historical research, Voices of Ancient Egypt conveys a dramatic sense of everyday life in this multicultural civilization.
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Shut Up You're Fine: Instructive Poetry for Very, Very Bad Children
by Barry Moser, Andrew Hudgins
Andrew Hudgins, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-nominated author of the critically acclaimed Ecstatic in the Poison, brings us this new collection of laugh-out-loud tongue-in-cheek nursery rhymes that do for poetry what Edward Gorey did for cartooning. Illustrated by the distinguished artist and graphic designer Barry Moser, Shut Up, You're Fine! includes such heart-warming titles as "Playing Houth," "The Thumping of the Bed," "Two Starving Kids in Africa," and "Daddy, Are We Meat?
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Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind
by Barry Moser, Robert D. Richardson Jr.
The two years Thoreau spent at Walden Pond and the night he spent in the Concord jail are among the most familiar features of the American intellectual landscape. In this new biography, based on a reexamination of Thoreau's manuscripts and on a retracing of his trips, Robert Richardson offers a view of Thoreau's life and achievement in their full nineteenth century context.
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One Hundred Portraits: Artists, Architects, Writers, Composers, and Friends
by Barry Moser
Portraits by a master illustrator and engraver, Barry Moser.
Renowned for having illustrated over 200 books for children and adults, Barry Moser, a member of the National Academy of Design, has created a number of new engravings for this collection of greatest portraits.
Represented are poets (John Keats, William Wordsworth, Sylvia Plath, William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman), authors (Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Virginia Hamilton), composers (Frédéric Chopin, George Frideric Handel, Richard Wagner, Jean Sibelius), activists (Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Martin Luther King), politicans and statesmen (Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and artists (Jean Cocteau, Winslow Homer, William Blake, Rembrandt van Rijn), as well as Moser’s immediate family.
In the brief afterword, Moser discusses the sources for his portraits, including subjects of whom no accurate depictions exist, such as Chaucer. In those cases Moser utilized death masks, old photographs, and even ancient busts.
Printed on heavy matte paper, with spare titles including name, dates of birth and death, and occupation, One Hundred Portraits is a pleasure to study. The highly detailed engravings result in portraits of very expressive faces, and giving readers, according to Ann Patchett in the book's preface, “the chance to visit the people we were sure of and learn something more.”
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