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Mitchell Starret Buck (1887-1959) worked as a heating engineer in Beverly New Jersey, but was also a "prominent American poet, translator, book collector, and classical scholar. His volumes of verse and prose poetry were deeply influenced by 1890s aestheticism as well as classical Greek and Roman Literature. His work Syrinx: Pastels of Hellas, which was published by his friend Donald Evans on his Claire Marie Press in 1914, was praised by H.L. Mencken who remarked that Syrinx contained "a series of Grecian rhapsodies in rhythmic prose, many of them of considerable beauty. Buck also published prose works and a biography of Casanova."
One of his best-known works is: Book Repair and Restoration: A Manual of Practical Suggestions for Bibliophiles (1918).
(Source: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_S._Buck)
Ayrshire work is a style of white-on-white embroidery developed in 19th century Scotland and traditionally used on christening gowns and handkerchiefs using satin stitch, eyelets and needle lace fillings. (Source: http://www.royal-needlework.org.uk/content/40/royal_school_of_needlework_whitework_explained)