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1965ref. 47629New York: Columbia University Press 1965. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. A few small tears to jacket.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Columbia University Press hardcover
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2005ref. Q-1560257334Basic Books 2005-09-21. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Basic Books paperback
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1999ref. G0873374975I3N00Nolo 1999. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Nolo paperback
1899ref. 38647n.p.: n.p. 1899. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy with toned edges. 14 pp. 8vo. American essayist and novelist Charles Dudley Warner Twain's coauthor on The Gilded Age was a lawyer by training and wrote this article against the backdrop of criminal reform in Connecticut. In it he gives attention to the rules and regulations of parole and parole violations in particular defense of the Indeterminate Sentence which Warner describes as a scientific a disciplinary a really humanitarian method. "We have tried all other means of protecting society of lessening the criminal class of reforming the criminal. The proposed Indeterminate Sentence with reformatory discipline is the only one that promises to relieve society of the insolent domination and the terrorism of the criminal class; is the only one that can deter men from making a career of crime; is the only one that offers a fair prospect for the reformation of the criminal offender. Why not try it Why not put the whole system of criminal jurisprudence and procedure for the suppression of crime upon a sensible and scientific basis" Quite uncommon. It would be quoted in full in The Connecticut Magazine Vol. 5 in support of a bill on prison reform and later be republished in his "Fashions in Literature" 1902. OCLC locates three copies: Columbia Law Trinity College and Yale Law. n.p. unknown
1899ref. 38647n.p.: n.p. 1899. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy with toned edges. 14 pp. 8vo. American essayist and novelist Charles Dudley Warner Twain's coauthor on The Gilded Age was a lawyer by training and wrote this article against the backdrop of criminal reform in Connecticut. In it he gives attention to the rules and regulations of parole and parole violations in particular defense of the Indeterminate Sentence which Warner describes as a scientific a disciplinary a really humanitarian method. "We have tried all other means of protecting society of lessening the criminal class of reforming the criminal. The proposed Indeterminate Sentence with reformatory discipline is the only one that promises to relieve society of the insolent domination and the terrorism of the criminal class; is the only one that can deter men from making a career of crime; is the only one that offers a fair prospect for the reformation of the criminal offender. Why not try it Why not put the whole system of criminal jurisprudence and procedure for the suppression of crime upon a sensible and scientific basis" Quite uncommon. It would be quoted in full in The Connecticut Magazine Vol. 5 in support of a bill on prison reform and later be republished in his "Fashions in Literature" 1902. OCLC locates three copies: Columbia Law Trinity College and Yale Law. n.p. unknown books
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1997ref. Q-1853321559Distributed Art Pub Inc 1997-02-02. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Distributed Art Pub Inc paperback
1996ref. 76114Centre. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 96 pp. With 58 ills. 21 col. . 21 x 15 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1996. 1853321559 . Centre paperback
1996ref. 141399London: National Touring Exhibitions Hayward Gallery 1996. Softcover. VG. Lilac & illus. wraps 95 pp. color & BW illus. Issued in conjunction with several 1996-1997 exhibitions assembled to the theme by Marina Warner. With an essay by her and many examples from a variety of artists. National Touring Exhibitions, Hayward Gallery paperback books
1871ref. 1015F42Hartford Conn.: The American Publishing Comapany 1871-1899 . Cloth. Good Only. 9.5" by 6.5". Hoppin Stephens Williams White. Impressively illustrated throughout this is a bright collection of three late 19th century editions of popular works by Mark Twain including a satirical novel and two travel narratives. Later printings of three classic works from American writer humorist and essayist Mark Twain. Present here are: An 1871 printing of 'The Innocents Abroad'. First published in 1869 it humorously chronicles Twain's trip on board the chartered steamship Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land with a group of American travelers. With full page and vignette illustrations throughout two frontispieces and advertisements to the rear. An 1898 printing of 'The Gilded Age'. First published in 1873 the novel satirizes greed and political corruption in post-Civil War America. With a frontispiece and vignette and full page illustrations throughout. An 1899 printing of 'A Tramp Abroad'. First published in 1880 the work details a journey by the author with his friend Harris through central and southern Europe. With a frontispiece and vignette and full page illustrations throughout. In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt detailing. Rear board of Innocents detached but present. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Front hinge of Tramp strained but firmly held. Front hinge of Innocents strained and somewhat tender with inscription to a front blank of this volume. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good Only The American Publishing Comapany hardcover
1971ref. 3254New York: The Viking Press 1971. Cloth. Very Good. FIRST US EDITION INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. Half oatmeal cloth spine lettered in blue upper board decorated in red red paper boards. Top edge red. Spine and tops of boards darkened. Inscribed in blue ink and a jerky hand to ffep: "Keith and Helen with love from Sylvia. 1971" amended copyright details pasted to limitation page not called for. Else clean and tight. Very good. A fondly inscribed copy of the first US edition of Warner's final collection of non-Elfin short stories gifted in the year of publication to: "Keith and Helen with love from Sylvia". A bittersweet collection for the author who had received the proofs a few days after the first anniversary of VA's death writing in her diary: "I sat at them increasingly aware that I was alone that she would never hold the book – and remembering the circumstances when they were written more carefree for all are of that decade; some like the Green Torso embodying our sad lot. And the Norfolk Children began long ago finished after her death" Harmon 1994. Keith and Helen remain unidentified. Russell & Lawrence Mitchell 33b; HARMON Claire ed.; 1994 The Diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner London: Chatto & Windus The Viking Press hardcover
1971ref. 2872London: Chatto & Windus 1971. Cloth. Very Good. FIRST EDITION ROGER PEERS' COPY. 8vo. Original salmon cloth spine lettered in gilt. Pushing to spine ends. Dints to bottom board edges faint spotting to edges. Fawn book label of "Roger Neville Russ Peers" to front pastedown inscribed in the curator's elegant hand in brown ink to ffep: "Roger Peers September 1974 Norfolk Broads." Else clean tight and tidy. In the original chartreuse typographical dust jacket: faint sunning to spine edgewear and related fine bands of darkening. Very good/ very good A rather lovely association copy of Warner's final collection of non-Elfin short stories written during the years preceding her partner Valentine Ackland's death in November 1969 from the collection of Roger Peers Curator of the Dorset County Museum 1959-1992 late friend of STW and saviour of her personal library and papers many items of which were transferred to the Museum; in establishing its STW collection he played a crucial role in ensuring her cultural legacy. A prominent curator Roger Peers 1932-2023 was also Secretary of the Dorset Natural History & Archaeological Society DNHAS through which he met STW. The elderly author granted Peers "the chance to choose for the collection of DNHAS which owns the Dorset County Museum any books from the library in her house at Frome Vauchurch and also for myself" Peers 2017. In 1986 with the house needing to be cleared Peers worked with bookseller John Ruston to "put aside all the copies of STW's and VA's books all the presentation copies of other authors and a great many books of significance and reference as well as shopping lists and drafts of poems". Peers also retrieved manuscripts of STW's musical compositions from rubbish bags. Russell & Lawrence Mitchell 33a; Roger Peers 2017 'A Dilemma and a Narrow Escape.' The Journal of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society 172. Chatto & Windus hardcover
ref. 3370326-6Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Penguin Publishing Group unknown
