Well, here is another book ad. Again, comments on the appropriateness of posting these ads to the list can be sent to [log in to unmask] thanks, mary ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Dear ARLIS Member, For Pre-Raphaelite and Book Art Historians, Oak Knoll Press, a scholarly publisher, has published - @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ CHARLES FAIRFAX MURRAY The Unknown Pre-Raphaelite by David B. Elliott Foreword by John Christian @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ This long-awaited biography of Charles Fairfax Murray, the least known of all the Pre-Raphaelites, will reveal that he was a painter, dealer, connoisseur, collector and benefactor, as well as the friend of William Morris, of the Rossettis, friend and studio assistant to Edward Burne-Jones, and protege of John Ruskin. Murray made himself invaluable to his masters. He was the great enabler, the indispensable second fiddle for Rossetti and Burne-Jones as well as the trusted adjutant to Morris. Whether painting stained glass windows or adding miniatures to Morris's illuminated manuscripts or being Ruskin's "heaven-born copyist," Murray was ideally suited to these tasks and more. An excessively secret man in both his private and professional life, he deliberately courted anonymity. Perhaps why he left no memoir and that his dairies reveal little about himself was because Murray had a "dark secret." After Murray moved out of the shadow of the Pre-Raphaelite heavyweights, his sphere of activity expanded to embrace collecting, dealing, museology and art-historical scholarship. Author and blood-relative grandson of Murray, David Elliot offers an incredible insight into Murray's world by having access to papers on both sides of the family and diligently researching treasured archives in Britain, Europe and America. Co-published with The Book Guild, Ltd. August 2000, hardcover, 6 x 9 inches, 260 pages, illustrated ISBN: 1-58456-030-4 / Order No. 59415-X / Price $45.00 Sales Rights: Worldwide outside the UK. Available in the U.K. from The Book Guild, Ltd. You can call, e-mail, fax or order this book at http://www.oakknoll.com/pressrel/murray.html Available from: Oak Knoll Press, 310 Delaware Street, New Castle DE 19720 USA Phone: (302) 328-7232 / Toll-free 1-800-996-2556 / Fax: (302) 328-7274 Email: [log in to unmask] / Web: www.oakknoll.com Michael Guessford Publicity & Marketing Director __________________________________________________________________ Oak Knoll Books (ABAA and ILAB) / Oak Knoll Press / St. Paul's Bibliographies 310 Delaware Street / New Castle DE 19720 Phone (302) 328-7232 / Toll-free 1-800-996-2556 / Fax (302) 328-7274 Email: [log in to unmask] / Web: http://www.oakknoll.com __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner at: [log in to unmask]