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2002ref. 1419316London UK: The Folio Society 2002. First Edition Thus Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Large Octavo xxii 490 pages. In Very Good condition. Housed in publisher's Very Good red slip case. Mild rubbing to slipcase interior. Bound in cloth spine red with gilt lettering. Mild general shelf wear. Slightly discolored along a narrow near-horizontal line in upper center of spine. Top of textblock dyed red. Shelved in Folio Society. 1419316. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Folio Society hardcover books
2014ref. 211768New York: The Morgan Library & Museum 2014. Hardcover. As new. Quarto. Hardcover. Green cloth boards in illustrated jacket. 163 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm. "With Camille Corot and Jean-François Millet Théodore Rousseau 1812–67 ranks as one of the preeminent masters of the Barbizon School a group of nineteenth-century French artists whose preferred subject was the primeval Forest of Fontainebleau. The Barbizon School painters were greatly influenced by the Romantic movement producing works inspired by the powerful forces of nature. Surprisingly despite his pivotal role in French art and his profound impact on the development of landscape painting Rousseau has never before been the subject of a monographic exhibition in the United States. Composed of seventy works from private and public collections including the Morgan Library & Museum this exhibition considers the artist's wide-ranging achievements as a draftsman and his particular approach to the open-air oil sketch. It traces Rousseau's path to Barbizon from his early oil sketches in the Ile-de-France Auvergne and Normandy to his mature works in the Forest of Fontainebleau. Rousseau's works—some bucolic and evocative of a simpler pre-industrial age others brooding moody and redolent of Romanticism or testaments to the haunting majesty of the natural world—are both appealing and instructive. Collectively this selection chronicles Rousseau's artistic practice and highlights his contribution to the shifting conception of landscape in the wake of the Industrial Revolution. The show explores the range of techniques and handling of media as well as the sense of poetic melancholy that permeates Rousseau's art. "--. The Morgan Library & Museum hardcover books
1956ref. 41235Baltimore: Simon Kuznets 1956. First edition. Softcover. g. Quarto. 140pp. Gray half cloth wraps with mimeographed block. Preliminary draft of a paper prepared at the request of Professor Louis Finkelstein Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary for possible inclusion in a new edition of a two volume reference work "The Jews" of which Professor Finckelstein is the editor. Simon Kuznets was Professor of Political Economy at the John Hopkins University. Treatise on the economic characteristics in Jewish communities worldwide investigating Jewish participation in traits e.g. agriculture industry sector public service etc. The treatise gives an overview of the dispersion of Jews specifics relating to their minority status as well as the trends among and displacement of Jews during the last century. Wraps with creasing at right corner and sunned along edges. Handwritten name on title page twice and block slightly age-toned along edges. Wraps and interior in overall good condition. Simon Kuznets unknown books
2022ref. 212219Chichester / New Haven: Pallant House Gallery Trust / Yale University Press 2022. Softcover. VG. As new besides a small stamp inside stating withdrawn from a research library. Quarto. Softcover. Illustrated wraps. 132 pages : illustrations black and white and color ; 27 cm. A beautifully illustrated look at how the Sussex landscape has inspired creativity across the centuries reassessing the rich artistic lives and work of British artists and writers connected with the area. Sussex is a county defined by its iconic chalk-cliff coastline and the rolling expanse of the South Downs to the North. This enduring landscape has inspired artists and writers across the centuries most notably in the twentieth century when Sussex was home to leading artists and writers of the day. While some artists found solace and reflection in the landscape for others it provided the vital space to explore different ways of living and artistic innovation. Following in the footsteps of these artists this book tells a fascinating story of an area that continues to inspire. Reassessing the rich artistic lives and work of British artists connected with the area the book features work by leading artists including J. M. W. Turner William Nicholson Vanessa Bell Duncan Grant Ivon Hitchens Eric Ravilious and Edward Burra alongside new work by contemporary artists. As a commitment to understanding the landscape is being discussed with increasing urgency this book offers a moment to consider the work of those who have gone before and have captured a changing world. Exhibition: Pallant House Gallery Chichester UK 12.11.2022 - 23.04.2023. Pallant House Gallery Trust / Yale University Press paperback books
2021ref. 724292021. Talbot Publishing September 2021. xvii 241 pp. Talbot Publishing September 2021. xvii 241 pp. Palmer Simon Editor. Xiaobo Zhai Editor. Bentham Around the World. Clark New Jersey: Talbot Publishing September 2021. xvii 241 pp. ISBN-13: 9781616196561. ISBN-10: 1616196564. Hardcover. New. $95. A title in the JCL Studies in Comparative Law Second Series. This collection of essays covers the reception of Jeremy Bentham's legal and political thought in a variety of different countries and historical periods. Authors from around the world explore how Bentham's utilitarian program of legal and political reform was disseminated and sometimes distorted in the United States France Germany Japan Russia China Italy Spain and Australia. Themes or issues shared amongst the essays include the prominent role Etienne Dumont's famous redactions of Bentham's texts played in the early international reception of Bentham's thought the ways in which Bentham's theories of law and government both succeeded and failed to penetrate political cultures that possessed natural law leanings and relatedly the apparent philosophical plasticity of Bentham's thinking from which both liberal and authoritarian traditions have tried to profit. Together the essays offer a fresh perspective on the relationship between Bentham's legal and political thought and the global history of utilitarianism. Simon Palmer is a research student at the University of Leuphana Luneburg. His research interests include both contemporary legal philosophy as well as its history with a particular interest in Bentham's views on language morality and law. He has taught at University College London and at the University of Oxford. Zhai Xiaobo is Associate Professor at the University of Macau. His research interests include legal philosophy constitutional theory and Bentham studies. His publications in English have appeared in Law and Philosophy The Journal of Legal History and International Journal of Constitutional Law. His coedited volume Bentham's Theory of Law and Public Opinion was published by Cambridge University Press in 2014. unknown books
1978ref. 158774Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1978. Collection of nine vintage reference photographs and one vintage color studio still photograph from the 1978 film. One photograph with a mimeo snipe on the verso. A satirical comedy and spoof of the 1940s detective genre about a San Francisco private detective who attempts to prove his innocence in the murder of his partner's wife as well as search for a lost treasure. Robert Moore and Neil Simon's follow-up to their 1976 film "Murder by Death." Set in San Francisco CA shot on location in Los Angeles CA. Five photographs 8 x 10 inches five photographs 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1954ref. 16265London et. al: Ararat 1954. Hardcover. vg/fair. Quarto. 682 pp. In original white dj with red lettering on front back cover and spine. Blue cloth binding with gold lettering to boards and spine. Contains essays on Jewish life in the Diaspora both the West and the Middle East and Israel Jewish Religion and Philosophy as well as Jewish Literature. Contributions by Klausner Tatakower Ben-Zvi et. al. Edited by the acclaimed Professor of Hebrew Literature and Jewish Philosophy Brandeis Simon Rawidowicz. In Hebrew with English title page and table of contents. Dust jacket in fair condition with fading and staining to spine. Chipping and closed tears to front back and spine of dj. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped and rubbed with closed tear to head of spine. Boards slightly scuffed and rubbed. In overall very good condition. Ararat hardcover books
1967ref. 211643Paris: Galerie Jean Fournier et Cie 1967. Staplebound. VG-. Small square twelvemo. Staplebound exhibition catalogue. Illustrated wraps. 9 unnumbered pages color illustrations 16 cm. Galerie Jean Fournier et Cie unknown books
ref. 26000140Boston MA Aug-29. Two whimsical letters from a mother to one of her two daughters Elizabeth Simon nicknamed Betty. The first letter mentions a visit to their cousin Ruth who has two cats on her roof. The missive continues on asking her how here hay fever is doing and if she has had anytime to play with the kitten next door. Lastly it mentions the mother has been so busy that morning that even though it is 11 AM she still hasn't had time to fix her hair.The letter is embellished with four pen and ink drawing- two cats on a roof of house little girl playing with cats four children riding on a horse and two children playing in the water. The second letter is longer than the first. It starts with the mother telling Betty that she has been feeling better lately though her hip is hurting her pretty badly so she will most likely stop riding soon. It discusses a visit from their Aunt and a picnic lunch she had a Lake Waldon. There she watched several children on a water slide. She then inquires after what Betty has been doing in her spare time and if she has any stories to share such as a stubbed toe perhaps or a bee landed on her nose It ends with the hope that Betty will borrow her sister's Barbara's water wings to help her float. In-text drawings of a water slide a child landing in the water and presumably Betty with a bee on her nose. Measures 5 1/4" x 3 1/4" folded card. The envelope is toned due to age and the letters themselves some minor soiling otherwise fine. unknown books
1945ref. 45784Paris: Published by the author 1945. First edition. Softcover. g. Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 1/4". 78pp. Original printed wrappers with red and black lettering to front cover. This work is one of the earliest documentation on the extermination camps of Auschwitz Birkenau and Majdanek. It contains the detailed testimony of a Polish officer interned at Auschwitz and a detailed testimony by two inmates in the camps of Auschwitz Birkenau and Majdanek. The book contains 5 plans of the various death camps. Wrappers slightly age-toned. Pages evenly age-toned throughout. Previous owner's signature dated Dec. 1945 at upper margin of front free endpaper. Text in French. Wrappers and interior in overall good condition. Published by the author unknown books
ref. 111858.5 x 11 inch black & white publicity photo. Simon standing on a balcony of the Beverly Hills Hotel one of the locations of his screenplay for "California Suite." Signed in ink. Also a signed holograph note on his personalized 3.5 x 7 inch notecard thanking his correspondent for his "kind note" and begging off making self-comparisons but admitting "I wish I had written Wilde's "The Importance of Being Ernest" and of course anything that Chekhov ever wrote." Aprx 40 words. Both in Fine condition. Signed by Author. Unbound. Fine. paperback books
1987ref. 575311Berkeley: Black Lizard Books 1987. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition thus. Originally published in 1985 by Lieu Commun. Translated from the French by Marlene Raderman. Mass market paperback. 195pp. Pages lightly age-toned spine ends and corners lightly rubbed near fine. Presumably Inscribed by Njami Simon on the half-title: "For Bob Njami San Diego 93." Author's first novel. Black Lizard Books unknown books
1992ref. 214655Paris: Documentation Francaise 1992. Softcover. VG. Light shelfwear. Octavo. Hardcover. White paper illustrated wraps. 635 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Documentation Francaise paperback books
1967ref. 329098Madison Wisconsin: Quixote Magazine 1967. Softcover. Near Fine. Magazine "The Potluck Issue." Quarto. 11113pp. About fine in lightly rubbed wrappers. Magazine with a 55-page transcription from a symposium featuring James Dickey Howard Nemerov Gregory Corso Jack Gilbert John Simon and Theodore Weiss held at the YMHA Poetry Center in New York on February 2 1964. Additional contributions from Norbert Blei Edward Ben Elson Robert Chute Stanley Cooperman Douglas Blazek Linda Chown Ray Crabtree Harvey Feinberg A.A. Fox Richard Grossinger Joan White Hugh Know Loren Loverde Joan Michelson Sol Newman Bernie Pyron Rock Proktos Ed Ochesier and Clayton Bailey. Quixote Magazine unknown books
1952ref. 24481New York: Harcourt Brace and Co 1952. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A gorgeous copy of the 1952 stated 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp very sharp easily Near Fine dustjacket. Thick octavo with decorations complementing the text by John Leigh-Pemberton. Truly a collector's copy. Harcourt, Brace and Co unknown books
1934ref. 22987London: Constable and Co 1934. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good . A sharp very presentable copy of the 1934 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a crisp price-clipped VG dustjacket with light chipping and one tiny closed tear along the spine crown and one tiny chip the size of a pinhead and mild soiling to the rear panel. Part of Constable's Wine Library which was edited by this title's author the great Andre L. Simon. Constable and Co unknown books
1992ref. 53191London: Faber and Faber 1992. First printing. Fine. Warmly inscribed first edition of the UK poet laureate's Forward Prize-winning poetry collection - from the library of noted book collector Rolland Comstock with an additional note to Comstock from the author laid in. This collection includes "Looking for Weldon Kees" and the following related remarks in Armitage's attached note to Comstock: "P.S. Did I tell you I was in the U.S.A. in January making a film for the BBC about American poet Weldon Kees Well - I was. Also did I tell you I was a prosecuting probation officer working in court all day every day Well - I am. Maybe that's the connection." Bright and sharp. 7.75'' x 5''. Original orange and white wrappers. 88 pages. Signed by Armitage on title page and inscribed "For Rolland L. Comstock / Signed with great pleasure and wishing health and happiness to you and yours. Bon Voyage to this book on its third trans-Atlantic crossing making it more widely travelled than its author. Regards / Simon." Additional handwritten post-it note from Armitage attached to first leaf. Faber and Faber unknown books
2011ref. 386417Prague: Divus 2011. Hardcover. Fine. First edition hardcover issue. Quarto. Glossy photographic boards with applied title sticker as issued. Fine. Barker's simple but striking photographs documenting the early days of the British punk movement as a member of the Bromley Contingent with images of Siouxsie Sioux Steven Severin Jordan Bertie Berlin Marshall Tracie OKeefe and Billy Idol as well as Adam Ant Derek Jarman Malcolm Mclaren Nico and others. Divus hardcover books
2013ref. 108730Bellevue:: Privateer Press. Fine. 2013. Hardcover. 1933362901 . Color illustrations throughout. Stated first printing. Fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. ; 384 pages . Privateer Press, hardcover books
1940ref. 14395New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Good with no dj. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket moderately worn copy spine turned spine cloth faded and white spine lettering rubbed; attractive small label like a miniature bookplate on front pastedown. line drawings One of this writing team's scarcer works a satirical novel about a young Englishman who falls in with a group of down-and-out White Russian emigres in Paris who have banded together in a kind of anti-socialist social club known as the White Elephants. Its philosophy is explained by one of its members: "We serve no useful purpose. We have no place in the struggle for existence. We refuse to contribute to the evolution of the Superman. We are here on this earth entirely as spectators. It is unfortunate that in order to watch we have to eat. It is thus impossible for us to attain one hundred per cent efficiency in indolence. But we do our best. We live untidily and straggle through our days." Filmed in England in 1944 as "Give Us the Moon." . c.1940. Farrar & Rinehart hardcover books
2011ref. 207173London: Dewi Lewis Publishing 2011. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 168 pages. Features texts by David Campbell and a conversation betwen Paul Lowe and Simon Norfolk. This book features images taken by Norfolk in 2010 as he followed in the "footsteps of the 19th century Irish photographer John Burke." A collection of 100 color and duotone images. A fine copy in boards. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Norfolk on the half title page. Dewi Lewis Publishing unknown books
2001ref. 62666Stockport: Dewi Lewis Publishing 2001. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. 184pp. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. Dewi Lewis Publishing hardcover books
2000ref. 48440Stanford CA: Stanford University Press 2000. Very Good/Very Good. Stanford CA: Stanford University Press 2000. First Edition First Printing. Quarto; publisher's boards in glossy pictorial dust jacket; xix3281pp. Light shelf wear faint foxing to top edge of dust jacket else Very Good and sound. Stanford University Press unknown books
2016ref. 104156London:: Sternberg Press. As New. 2016. Hardcover. 395679219X . First edition. As new in printed boards. No dust jacket as issued. Still in original shrinkwrap.; 154 pages . Sternberg Press, hardcover books
1971ref. 591063London: Methuen 1971. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition hardcover issue. Fine in lightly worn and faintly spine-tanned near fine dust jacket. Briefly Inscribed by Gray on the front fly. Methuen hardcover books
