/ en /unique-and-distinctive-acquisitions-new-college-library-2023 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2023-12/New%20College%20Rowing%20IV%2C%20Cloisters%2C%20New%20College%20%281909%29%E2%80%94showing%20Ernest%20Victor%20Culme-Seymour%20%28second%20from%20left%29.jpg.webp?itok=kQxoOdvy" width="655" height="435" alt="°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Rowing IV, Cloisters, °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ (1909)—showing Ernest Victor Culme-Seymour (second from left), NCA JCR/R/Culme-Seymour/23" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Unique and Distinctive Acquisitions to °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library in 2023 </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Christopher Skelton-Foord</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2023): 20</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/80" hreflang="en">Library Antiquarian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Archives</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/536" hreflang="en">Thomas Harding</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/537" hreflang="en">George Bate</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/79" hreflang="en">Edward Young</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/538" hreflang="en">Thomas Ken</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/539" hreflang="en">Walter Montagu</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/540" hreflang="en">Sir Joseph Miles Clay</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/541" hreflang="en">Ernest Victor Culme-Seymour</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/300" hreflang="en">William Leonard Courtney</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/529" hreflang="en">John Fowles</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/542" hreflang="en">D. M. Thomas</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/543" hreflang="en">Owen Sheers</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/230" hreflang="en">Kate Mosse</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/544" hreflang="en">Duff Cooper</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/545" hreflang="en">John Julius Norwich</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>Ongoing collection development activity ensures we do not rest on our laurels, and 2023 saw us procure important antiquarian items that speak to times of religious and political conflict. Chief among them are: a rare copy of <em>An Answere to Maister Juelles Chalenge</em> (1564) by °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Jesuit theologian Thomas Harding (1516–1572), who fled to Louvain for refuge following the accession of Elizabeth I; a donation by a generous alumnus of <em>Miscellanea Spiritualia: or, Devout Essaies</em> (1648) by Benedictine abbot Walter Montagu (1603?–1677), who as a recusant was banished, then later imprisoned in the Tower of London; a copy of a defence of Charles I during the Civil War period, <em>Elenchus Motuum nuperorum in Anglia</em> (1649), by °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ man George Bate (1608–1668), who extraordinarily was chief physician successively to Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, and Charles II; and four books (at auction) by college fellow Thomas Ken (1637–1711), who refused to comply with the attempts of James II to grant the realm religious freedom and suspend enforced conformity to the Church of England.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Rowing IV, Cloisters, °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ (1909)—showing Ernest Victor Culme-Seymour (second from left)<br>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Archives, Oxford, NCA JCR/R/Culme-Seymour/23</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2023-12/20NCN10%20%282023%29%20Skelton-Foord%20on%20Acquisitions%20in%202023.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1730828" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">20NCN10 (2023) Skelton-Foord on Acquisitions in 2023.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">1.65 MB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Fri, 29 Dec 2023 02:09:49 +0000 Christopher 2928 at /collecting <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2023-12/John%20Fowles%2C%20The%20Collector%20%281963%29%2C%20dustjacket%2C%20New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20NC-FOW.jpg.webp?itok=U12njtZw" width="655" height="435" alt="John Fowles, The Collector (1963), dustjacket, °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, NC/FOW" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Collecting </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Christopher Skelton-Foord</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2023): 20</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/529" hreflang="en">John Fowles</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/277" hreflang="en">Exhibitions</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/530" hreflang="en">The Collector, 1963</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/531" hreflang="en">Book collecting</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/104" hreflang="en">20thC history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/80" hreflang="en">Library Antiquarian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/532" hreflang="en">BT3.275.1</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>Recently I acquired for °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library’s collections a first edition copy of <em>The Collector</em>, the debut novel by °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ alumnus John Fowles (1926–2005), which sixty years ago in 1963 launched his spectacular career as a writer. First published in May 1963 by Jonathan Cape of London, the copy I acquired bears the iconic original dustjacket with a <em>trompe-l’œil</em> design by Tom Adams (1926–2019), who also created the artwork for paperback editions of Agatha Christie’s novels. Moreover, this particular copy was signed by Fowles.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>John Fowles, <em>The Collector</em> (London: Jonathan Cape, 1963), dustjacket<br>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, NC/FOW</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2023-12/20NCN8%20%282023%29%20Skelton-Foord%20on%20Collecting%20%28Fowles%29.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=970716" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">20NCN8 (2023) Skelton-Foord on Collecting (Fowles).pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">947.96 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Fri, 29 Dec 2023 00:59:16 +0000 Christopher 2926 at