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1958ref. 71797London: Cassell & Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1958. Hardcover With Jacket. Nowell-Smith Simon. THE HOUSE OF CASSELL 1848-1958. London: Cassell & Company 1958. 299 pages a few small pencil markings in the margins. Inscribed by the author to Richard Altick: From the library of Richard Daniel Altick 1915 - 2008 American literary scholar of the Victorian Age and Regents Professor of English at Ohio State University from 1945 - 1982. "He was a scholar and historian who brought the Victorian Age back to life." Michael Slater in the Guardian April 5 2008. Bright and complete. . Cassell & Co. hardcover books
1987ref. 55881Minneapolis: Coffee House Press 1987. Edition limited to 400 copies signed by the author and artist 7½" x 4½" pp. 23 1; fine copy in blue printed wrappers; 8 woodcut illustrations by Toby Gordon one of which is repeated on the front cover. Designed by Allan Kornblum handset by Margery Cantor printed by Kent Aldrich. Coffee House Press unknown books
1956ref. 16429London: Faber and Faber 1956. First edition 8vo pp. xiii 3 156; portrait frontis & illus. throughout; fine copy in the jacket. Illustrated with typographical examples letters and the works of various artists of the inter-war period. Simon was the editor of The Fleuron and was long associated with the Curwen Press. Faber and Faber unknown books
1928ref. 22161London & New York: Peter Davies & Harper and Brothers 1928. First edition 4to pp. xix 1 83; plates with 122 illustrations showing examples of typography; original blue cloth with large patterned paper label on upper cover paper label on spine glassine wrapper; some spotting to cloth wrapper darkened and chipped internally fine. Printed at The Curwen Press. The specimens were selected to indicate the general trend of design of the printed book in Europe and the United States. The name of the book author printer publisher and artist are given along with the particular type whenever possible. Peter Davies & Harper and Brothers unknown books
1930ref. 72078Berlen & Leipzig: Walter de Gruyter & Co 1930. 8vo pp. 2 72; printed paper wrappers; fine. A comparative word list of Tibetan and Middle Chinese. Walter de Gruyter & Co unknown books
2019ref. 133470New Castle Delaware: Oak Knoll Press 2019. hardcover dust jacket. 7.125 x 9.25 inches. hardcover dust jacket. 216 pages. "This new study offers an insight into his work the personality that drove his long career and the fascinating highly-charged social and political backgrounds against which that career was played out." - William Morris Society Magazine Spring 2020 "Correspondence forms forms the backbone of Loxley's recent book Emery Walker: Arts crafts and a world in motion and builds a picture of Walker and the world he lived in." - Hugh Hobbs Lecture Review The William Morris Society Magazine Spring 2021 "Simon Loxley invites the reader to get to know Emery Walker through letters to and from family and friends political comrades artists poets authors and fellow businessmen. In full colour and illustrated with photos and other reproductions on nearly every page the book represents an accessible account of the short-lived but vibrant private press era of Emery Walker and its social and political context." - David Farey Forum: the Journal of Letter Exchange ".as Simon Loxley says Walker himself seems submerged in the catalogue of his achievements. Loxley's aim is to rediscover the man as well as to situate him in the political and cultural world he inhabited. Loxley is responsible for the visual style of the Hammersmith Terrace houses publicity as well as the design of his revealing and well-illustrated book on its previous owner." - Sebastian Carter Journal of the Printing Historical Society This book is an attempt to give a comprehensive sense of Emery Walker as a person along with his career and achievements in part through correspondence with important people in his life. The letters are accompanied by brief biographies of the correspondents and essays that examine some of the key stages and achievements of Walker's career. Walker was a key figure in the world of design typography and printing in the teaching and dissemination of those crafts and in the cultural landscape of late nineteenth and early twentieth century Britain. But the effects of his contributions also spread to the United States and mainland Europe and the ripple of their influence helped determine the design ethos of the twentieth century and beyond. He was called the "Universal Samaritan" his help and advice likened to a vital amenity like water and free of charge. In spite of his enormous influence Walker himself has largely remained in the shadows low-key even in the most notorious dispute in typographic history over the rights to the Doves Press type-the pronouncements and self-justifications of his former partner Thomas Cobden-Sanderson dominated the affair. Simon Loxley's category-defying and highly accessible curation of Walker's life presents him in all his dimensions. His creative and inspirational career is highlighted in separate features: the Kelmscott Press the Doves Press the Ashendene and Cranach Presses and his collaborations with Bruce Rogers: the short-lived Mall Press and the aesthetic triumph of The Odyssey of Homer. His contributions to the design and use of two Greek typeface designs Selwyn Image's Macmillan Greek and Robert Proctor's Otter Type are also examined. Interwoven with these is a selection of 143 letters spanning 60 years most never previously published that gives us a picture of Walker the man in both his professional and personal life. He seemed to "know everyone" and short biographies of the principal correspondents help contextualize the letters. The result is a fascinating picture of Emery Walker his family and friends the people he knew and the times he lived in: times of aesthetic vision social revolution dreamed and actual and world war culminating in a symbolic poignant valediction to Arts and Crafts as the shadow of another conflict loomed. The texts are accompanied by over 140 images many of them once again never before published. Simon Loxley is a graphic designer and a writer on design typography and design history. In addition to this book he is the author of Type is Beautiful: The Story of Fifty Remarkable Fonts Bodleian Library 2016 Printers Devil: The Life and Work of Frederic Warde Godine 2013 and Type: The Secret History of Letters I.B. Tauris 2004. He designed the Emery Walker's House logo and he designed and edited 2006-2016 Ultrabold the Journal of St. Bride Library. He is also the designer of this book. Interested in learning about the research behind Emery Walker: Arts. Crafts & A World in Motion Read author Simon Loxley's article in the What is Research series on the Harry Ransom Center website here: https://sites.utexas.edu/ransomcentermagazine/2021/03/18/slowly-and-then-round-again/. Oak Knoll Press unknown books
1973ref. 14483London: Ernest Benn Ltd 1973. cloth dust jacket. 4to. cloth dust jacket. xvi 400 pages. First edition. Prospectus loosely inserted. Fine in near fine jacket. Articles by Morison Jackson Smith Updike Dwiggins Warde and many others. Illustrated. A gathering of the most important articles from this scarce periodical. Ernest Benn Ltd unknown books
1989ref. 130221New Rochelle NY: James L. Weil 1989. stiff paper wrappers. Kelly Winterton. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 6 pages. Limited to 50 copies. Printed by the Kelly/Winterton Press New York. Publisher's mark by Jacques Hnizdovsky. Note on business card from Weil to Michael Peich laid in. James L. Weil unknown books
1958ref. 1403112New York: George Braziller Inc 1958. First US Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 216 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering clipped front flap. Spine pictorial pink and orange with black and beige lettering. Exterior has modest wear including slight soiling slight sunning and minor chips to the head/tail edges. Boards have very slight wear including mild cocking to the spine. Text block has slight wear including slight age toning to the fore/tail edges with head edge colored red. Minor soiling to the edges and slight offsetting to the end papers and slight wear to the gutter at the half title page. First US edition first printing. Signed by the translator. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column U ND-U. 1403112. FP New Rockville Stock. George Braziller, Inc hardcover books
2010ref. 565472010. ISBN-13: 9781616190552; ISBN-10: 1616190558. "One of the Most Valuable Contributions to the History of International Law." Butler Sir Geoffrey and Simon Maccoby. The Development of International Law. Originally published: London: Longmans Green and Co. 1928. xxxv 566 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190552; ISBN-10: 1616190558. Paperback. New. $49.95 Writing in the Yale Law Review J.P. Bullington observes that "the most striking feature about this work is the method of treatment--quite the most effective which has yet been employed in dealing with the subject. Believing that the changes in international law have been the reflection of changes in the political theory and practice of states the author has divided his work into three major periods--the Age of the Prince the Age of the Judge and the Age of the Concert. Based on a wide knowledge of history filtered through an objective and realistic brain this book must take its place as one of the most valuable contributions to the history of international law." Yale Law Review 38:843 quoted in Marke A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University 1953 566. unknown books
1979ref. 45883New York: Harper & Row 1979. Very good plus in very good plus jacket. First edition of the selected correspondence between two major midcentury literary figures whose long-standing friendship became public over their "embittered 1965 debate" on Nabokov's translation of a Pushkin novel. 9'' x 6.25''. Original blue cloth spine lettered in gilt. In original unclipped $15.00 brown typographic dust jacket designed by Paul Bacon. Gold endpapers fore-edge machine deckle. xii 346 pages. Spine of book and jacket sunned else clean and sound. Harper & Row unknown books
1933ref. 002481The Limited Editions Club 1933. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Simon Howard. Tan cloth boards with leather spine label housed in cloth & paper slipcase; glassine included probably original. Signed by Howard Simon at colophon. Some offsetting from pictures to text pages light wear to slipcase. Additional postage required for international or priority shipping. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
2013ref. 172084Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz 2013. Hardcover. New in shrinkwrap. Tan boards with black and red lettering. 318 pp. Illustrations. Published on the occasion of an international symposium held at Museum Tinguely Basel Sept. 27-29 2012. Text in German Russian and English. Hatje Cantz hardcover books
2024ref. 17698London: Simon & Schuster 2024. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Cindy Lee Wright. Cindy Lee Wright. First Edition. Hardcover. 8.75" x 5.5". 276pp. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards gilt lettering to spine. Jacket presents nicely in protective archival sleeve. Signed by the author on the title page. First UK edition first printing with full number line present. Sprayed edges matching dust jacket design. From the publisher: Can you tell a tomato from a grape Lawn from an oak tree Then congratulations - you are a botanist.Self-confessed bad birdwatcher Simon Barnes thought he knew nothing about plants. He didn't object to trees are interesting because birds perch in them; plants are useful as they create habitats and birds live in habitats. But while admiring the tenacity of some sea kale and yellow-horned poppy to thrive on an inhospitable shingle beach he was struck by a truth - it all begins with plants.In this funny and inspiring book Simon Barnes tells the story of a lifelong relationship with plants and the realisation of the fact. Taking us from thinking ourselves ignorant about plants to gently starting to observe seasons patterns and places Barnes guides us on a journey to better observing the beauty and diversity of the natural world.Both a primer on how to appreciate the plants around us and an exploration on how they make our external and interior worlds How to be a Bad Botanist opens our eyes to the wonders around us. Plants are everywhere in every part of your life and you know more than you think. 8.75" x 5.5". 276pp. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards gilt lettering to spine. Jacket presents nicely in protective archival sleeve. Signed by the author on the title page. First UK edition first printing with full number line present. Sprayed edges matching dust jacket design. From the publisher: Can you tell a tomato from a grape Lawn from an oak tree Then congratulations - you are a botanist.Self-confessed bad birdwatcher Simon Barnes thought he knew nothing about plants. He didn't object to trees are interesting because birds perch in them; plants are useful as they create habitats and birds live in habitats. But while admiring the tenacity of some sea kale and yellow-horned poppy to thrive on an inhospitable shingle beach he was struck by a truth - it all begins with plants.In this funny and inspiring book Simon Barnes tells the story of a lifelong relationship with plants and the realisation of the fact. Taking us from thinking ourselves ignorant about plants to gently starting to observe seasons patterns and places Barnes guides us on a journey to better observing the beauty and diversity of the natural world.Both a primer on how to appreciate the plants around us and an exploration on how they make our external and interior worlds How to be a Bad Botanist opens our eyes to the wonders around us. Plants are everywhere in every part of your life and you know more than you think. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1924ref. PW1075New York:: Benziger Brothers 1924. 1924. Thick 8vo. 535 1 pp. Black-stamped purple cloth. Ownership signature of John E. Clement 1945. Very good clean copy. Rather scarce. With an introduction by the Right Rev. Joseph Schrembs. Selected contents: Spiritualism tainted in its origin Mediums Automatic Writing The Ouija-Board and the Preternatural Spurious Phenomena Theory of Telepathy Ectoplasmic Theory etc. Benziger Brothers, 1924. hardcover books
1958ref. M9245London:: Wm. Dawson & Sons 1958. 1958. 8vo. 465 pp. 19 plates illus. index. Green cloth gilt spine. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION. Garrison and Morton 145 Wm. Dawson & Sons, (1958). hardcover books
1951ref. 600564New York: The Colonial Press Inc. / Bolivarian Society of Venezuela 1951. Hardcover. Fine. Second edition. Complete in two volumes. Compiled by Vicente Lecuna. Edited by Harold A. Bierck Jr. Translated by Lewis Bertrand. Tall octavos. lii 822pp. Illustrated. A bright fine set in blue cloth with spines stamped in maroon and gilt. Covers the period from the beginning of Bolívar's military career in 1810 to his death in 1830. The Colonial Press, Inc. / Bolivarian Society of Venezuela hardcover books
2025ref. 108983Minneapolis:: Graphic Universe. Fine. 2025. Hardcover. Illustrated by the author. Translated from the French by Edward Gauvin. First American edition. Fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. . 9798765644317 . Graphic Universe, hardcover books
1978ref. 551844London: Victor Gollancz 1978. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof of first English edition. Printed wrappers. Splitting at the front spine fold creases on the spine very good. Victor Gollancz unknown books
1989ref. 136913New York: W. W. Norton & Co. for The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum 1989. Hardcover. VG. Blue cloth gilt letters on spine blue & illus. dust jacket in mylar cover 391 pp. BW illus. A collection of 12 essays that examine "the consumer way of life in America as it unfolded in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by exploring the visions that guided this spreading way of life and the figures evetns and institutions that projected these visions." dj Essays: Reading consumer culture / Simon J. Bronner -- The Victorian jeremiad : critics of accumulation and display / Michael Barton -- Beyond Veblen : rethinking consumer culture in America / Jackson Lears -- Strategists of display and the production of desire / William Leach -- A house of fiction : domestic interiors and the commodity aesthetic / Jean-Christophe Agnew -- From parlor to living room : domestic space interior decoration and the culture of personality / Karen Halttunen -- The culture of imperial abundance : world's fairs in the making of American culture / Robert W. Rydell -- Object lessons : the work of ethnological museums and collections / Simon J. Bronner -- The collecting self and American youth movements / Jay Mechling -- The evolution of public space in New York City : the commercial showcase of America / William R. Taylor -- Life literature and sociology in turn-of-the-century Chicago / Eugene Rochberg-Halton -- Country stores county fairs and mail-order catalogues : consumption in rural America / Thomas J. Schlereth. W. W. Norton & Co., for The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum hardcover books
2014ref. 432084Sharon Connecticut: The Granary 2014. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Quarto. 240pp. Gray cloth with illustrated label mounted on front board. Glue seeped through papers on hinges after binding else a fine copy without dustwrapper as issued. Contributions by Ryan Frank Steven Learner Joan Simon Caitlin Smith and Elisabeth Sussman. One of 1500 copies printed in conjunction with the exhibition at The Granary which opened on April 21 2013. The Granary hardcover books
1994ref. 298907Cambridge Massachusetts: Zoland Books 1994. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in pictorial wrappers. Zoland Books unknown books
2011ref. 002320Cemetary Dance 2011. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 9x6x1. Signed by Authors. Deluxe edition limited to 26 lettered copies this though is "PC". Black hardcover in pictorial dust jacket in felt-lined clamshell box. Plate illustration preceding limitation page. Cemetary Dance hardcover books
2025ref. 1408903New York New York: Cornell University Press 2025. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 353 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. Spine black with green lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Mild general shelf wear. Shelved in US History. 1408903. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Cornell University Press hardcover books
1986ref. 143841London: Institute of Contemporary Art 1986. First edition. Small softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran May 28 through June 29 1986 and then traveled for additional dates. Text by Simon Cutts and Stephen Bann. Includes some color and numerous black and white illustrations. A near fine copy in wrappers. Signed by Culbert on the title page in 1991. Uncommon signed. Institute of Contemporary Art unknown books
