January 14, 2015

Happy 2015 to all!  Here is a list of our latest acquisitions.  If you can't make it downtown to see our beautiful building and room, as seen below, you can easily "place a hold" on any of the non-reference titles in this list and have them sent to your favorite SLPL branch.



Reference
American Art Directory, 69th ed., 2015
Antique Trader Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide, 2015
Extraordinary British Transferware, 1780—1840  by Rosemary Halliday
Graphis Poster Annual, 2015

 Art History / Art Theory / Art World
Adam Silverman: Ceramics
The Front Room: Artists’ Projects at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, 2008-2013.
Rethinking Andrew Wyeth  edited by David Cateforis
33 Artists in 3 Acts  by Sarah Thornton
Yaka; Visions of Africa  by Arthur P. Bourgeois

Architecture / Landscape Design
Saint John’s Abbey Church; Marcel Breuer and the Creation of a Modern Sacred Space  by Victoria M. Young

Design / Fashion / Interior Decoration / Graphics
Arts & Crafts: Living with the Arts & Crafts Style  by Judith Miller
Hijacking the Runway; How Celebrities are Stealing the Spotlight from Fashion Designers  by Teri Agins
Foundations in Comic Book Art  by John Paul Lowe
Glittering World; Navajo Jewelry of the Yazzie Family, exhibit catalog of the National Museum of the American Indian
How to Create Your Own Gig Posters, Band T-Shirts, Album Covers, & Stickers  by Ruthann Godollei

Photography
Constructing Worlds; Photography and Architecture in the Modern Age, exhibit catalog of the Barbican Art Gallery
New Fashion Photography
The Street Photographer’s Manual  by David Gibson
Wildlife Photographer of the Year; 50 Years, edited by Rosamund Kidman Cox

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to
Easter Eggs; 40 Fabulouis Projects for the Whole Family  by Matthew Mead
The Encyclopedia of Drawing Techniques  by Hazel Harrison
Natural Glazes; Collecting and Making  by Miranda Forrest
Paper Quilling for the First Time  by Alli Bartkowski
Sixty Quick Luxury Knits…Venezia Collection from Cascade Yarns
The Venetian Glass Bead; 24 Colorful Jewelry Projects  by Kathy Fox

Antiques / Collectibles
100 Greatest U. S. Coins, 4th edition  by Jeff Garrett
Dollhouses from the V & A Museum of Childhood  by Halina Pasierbska
Step Right Up! Classic American Target and Arcade Forms  by Richard Tucker