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2021ref. 8146New York: HarperCollins 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiii 446pp. First edition with full number line indicating first printing. Very mild wear to unclipped dust jacket with light creasing to top edges and bumping to head of spine. Yellow paper over boards with spine lettered in guilt. Bumps to head and tail of spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. A very presentable first edition from the author of The Professor and the Madman. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The author of The Professor and the Madman The Map That Changed the World and The Perfectionists explores the notion of property-bought earned or received; in Europe Africa North America or the South Pacific-through human history how it has shaped us and what it will mean for our future. Land-whether meadow or mountainside desert or peat bog parkland or pasture suburb or city-is central to our existence. It quite literally underlies and underpins everything. Employing the keen intellect insatiable curiosity and narrative verve that are the foundations of his previous bestselling works Simon Winchester examines what we human beings are doing-and have done-with the billions of acres that together make up the solid surface of our planet. Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World examines in depth how we acquire land how we steward it how and why we fight over it and finally how we can and on occasion do come to share it. Ultimately Winchester confronts the essential question: who actually owns the world's land-and why does it matterPublisher. HarperCollins hardcover books
1984ref. 419693Boston: South End Press 1984. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Thick octavo. 604pp. Wrappers. Page number in table of contents circled and underlining on page 68 with red ink owner's name on front fly a few dog-eared page corners very good in edgeworn wrappers. A collection of essays on the politics of Nuclear disarmament written during the Cold War but unfortunately still relevant. South End Press unknown books
2008ref. 215166Torino Italy: Galleria Franco Noero 2008. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran March 28 through June 29 2008. Text in English and Italian. Includes numerous black and white illustrations A near fine copy in French style wrappers with some very minute wear. Internally a clean copy. Galleria Franco Noero unknown books
1677ref. 859541677. A Notable Maryland Association Copy of a Definitive Tithe Treatise Degge Sir Simon 1612-1704. The Parsons Counsellor With the Law of Tithes or Tithing. In Two Books. The First Sheweth The Order Every Parson Vicar &c. Ought to Observe in Obtaining a Spiritual Preferment And What Duties are Incumbent upon Him After the Taking the Same And Many Other Things Necessary for Every Clergy-Man to Know and Observe. The Second Shews In What Manner All Sorts of Tythes Offerings Mortuaries and Other Church-Duties are to be Paid As Well in London as Elsewhere And as Well by the Canon as Common and Statute-Laws And in What Courts and Manner They May be Recovered What Charges They are Subject to And Many Other Things Concerning the Same Necessary for Clergy-Men and All Others to Know. Corrected And Several New Chapters and Other Matters Inserted Through the Whole Book With a Table &c. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires For Henry Twyford in Vine-Court Middle-Temple 1685. xxxii 384 383-408 38 pp. Two parts each with title page. Text complete. Pagination continuous. Octavo 6-3/4" x 4-1/4"; 17.14 x 10.8 cm. Contemporary sheep raised bands to spine. Moderate rubbing and some light scuffing front joint starting chipping to head of spine small hole near center of spine corners bumped pastedowns front endleaves and most rear endleaves lacking. Light toning to interior light soiling edgewear small worm track and early owner signature of William Harbin to title page manuscript annotations in Harbin's hand to rear endleaves. A very good copy with a Notable maryland Provenance. $650. Second edition. This copy bears the distinct marks of William Harbin c.1675-1733 a Somerset-born emigrant who became a prominent yeoman in Prince George's County Maryland in the early 18th century. The annotations within are particularly significant discussing a tract of land owned by his father Christopher Harbin. Such provenance provides a tangible link between English ecclesiastical law and the land-owning class of the early Maryland colony. First published in 1676 Degge's Parsons Counsellor remained a primary authority on the legalities of the church for nearly 150 years. It is divided into two comprehensive parts: the first detailing the duties and preferments of the clergy a. unknown books
1972ref. 149278Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1972. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1972 film. Based on the 1930 autobiography "My Early Life" by Winston Churchill. Richard Attenborough's star-studded historical drama depicting the childhood and early life of Winston Churchill Simon Ward from his schooldays service as a cavalry officer in India and Sudan his years as a war correspondent in the Second Boer War to his first election to Parliament. Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Screenplay. Shot on location in Wales England and Morocco. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with some rubbing at folds and faint creasing. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1971ref. 149170Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1971. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1971 film. Based on the 1966 play by Neil Simon. All American Southern girl Amy Cooper Sandy Duncan moves to San Francisco to train as an Olympic swimmer and catches the eyes of two struggling hippies living in the bungalow next door. Set in San Francisco California. 27 x 41 inches. Very Good plus with a 1 x .5 inch chip to right margin. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1996ref. 217162Long Island City NY: The Institute for Contemporary Art ./ P.S. 1 Museum 1996. First edition. Oblong softcover. 79 pages. Published in conjunction a traveling exhibition. Features the text of Alanna Heiss' interview of Katz along with essays by Simon Schama and Dave Hickey. Includes numerous illustrations a checklist biographical information and a selected bibliography. A very good copy in French style wrappers with some wear to the fore edge of the pages but otherwise a pleasing copy. The Institute for Contemporary Art ./ P.S. 1 Museum unknown books
1899ref. 862921899. Boston: Little Brown & Co. 1899. Boston: Little Brown & Co. 1899. Final Edition Revised Enlarged and Annotated Greenleaf Simon 1783-1853. Wigmore John Henry. Edward Avery Harriman Editors. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence Sixteenth edition. Boston: Little Brown and Company 1899. 3 volumes. Octavo 6" x 9". Volumes one and two contemporary law sheep with gilt red and black lettering pieces to spine. Worn and scuffed. Later previous owner's address inscriptions to front pastedowns. Some penciling in volume two otherwise internally clean. Volume three publisher's tan buckram with gilt red and black lettering pieces to spine. Worn soiled and rubbed. Card pocket to front pastedown. Bookplate of United States Court of Military Appeals to front free endpaper. Property stamps to rear pastedown and front endleaves otherwise internally clean. A good set. $600. Sixteenth and final edition revised enlarged and annotated and historically significant because it represents the transition from Greenleaf's seminal work which was the standard for American evidence law for half a century to the new era of evidence scholarship dominated by its editor John Henry Wigmore. Wigmore who would become one of the most influential legal scholars in American history edited the first volume of this edition just before publishing his own monumental work A Treatise on the Anglo-American System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law which began publication in 1904. Edward Avery Harriman edited volumes 2 and 3 of the edition further contributing to its status as a thoroughly revised and updated version of Greenleaf's work at the turn of the century. The 1899 edition marks a pivotal moment in the history of American legal literature on evidence where the established authority passed the torch to the scholar who would define the field for the next generation. unknown books
2018ref. 169815Athens: The George Economou Collection 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Text in English. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at The George Economou Collection in Athens from June 18 2018 through April of 2019. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket. The George Economou Collection unknown books
1993ref. 210790Chicago IL: The Arts Club of Chicago 1993. First edition. Softcover. Retrospective exhibition on Fluxus. Features an introduction and essay by Hannah B. Higgins and with additional essays by Simon Anderson Karen Moss Eric Anderson and Ina Blom. Includes some black and white illustrations. A clean near fine copy in wrappers. The Arts Club of Chicago unknown books
1899ref. 842461899. Boston: Little Brown & Co. 1899. Boston: Little Brown & Co. 1899. Final Edition Revised Enlarged and Annotated Greenleaf Simon 1783-1853. Wigmore John Henry. Edward Avery Harriman Editors. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence Sixteenth edition. Boston: Little Brown and Company 1899. 3 volumes. Octavo 6" x 9". Publisher's tan buckram with red and black gilt lettering pieces. Light wear owner's signature on front pastedown of the first volume "Elias B. Hartle/ Hagerstown Md." stamps foot of spines and front free endpapers internally clean. A very good set. $750. Sixteenth and final edition revised enlarged and annotated and historically significant because it represents the transition from Greenleaf's seminal work which was the standard for American evidence law for half a century to the new era of evidence scholarship dominated by its editor John Henry Wigmore. Wigmore who would become one of the most influential legal scholars in American history edited the first volume of this edition just before publishing his own monumental work A Treatise on the Anglo-American System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law which began publication in 1904. Edward Avery Harriman edited volumes 2 and 3 of the edition further contributing to its status as a thoroughly revised and updated version of Greenleaf's work at the turn of the century. The 1899 edition marks a pivotal moment in the history of American legal literature on evidence where the established authority passed the torch to the scholar who would define the field for the next generation. The former owner of this set Elias B. Hartle graduated from law school in 1897 and was a prominent attorney in Hagerstown MD and established the firm of Hartle & Wolfinger. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 I:827. Marke A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University 1953 526. unknown books
1979ref. 211270New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1979. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 346 pages. The correspondence of Nabokov and Wilson between 1940 to 1971 edited annotated and with an introductory essay by Simon Karlinsky. A tight near fine copy in blue cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with a small tape shadow to the verso of the spine from an old dust jacket protector. Harper & Row, Publishers unknown books
2001ref. 843542001. Simon John Ivan 1925-2019. Dreamers of Dreams: Essays on Poets and Poetry. Chicago : Ivan R. Dee 2001. xxi 265 pp. Hardcover fine in fine dust jacket. Author's signature to title page. Internally clean. $45. John Ivan Simon 1925-2019 was a notable Serbian born American writer and literary theater and film critic. "In his criticism over the years Mr. Simon has consistently paid attention to the books of poets and has written occasional verse and translated foreign poetry. In Dreamers of Dreams readers will find essays on the great pathfinders and innovators: Rimbaud Mallarme Rilke Verlaine Eliot Anna Akhmatova Paul Celan and yes Oscar Wilde. But there is also rich criticism of poets nearer to us: James Merrill Robert Graves Joseph Brodsky John Ashbery and Philip Larkin - not always in admiration. The book also includes Mr. Simon's thoughts on the best English poem about physical love on the translation of poetry and on some forgotten minor poets whose only sin was accessibility and who cry out for rediscovery" Jacket. unknown books
2001ref. 843982001. Simon John. Dreamers of Dreams: Essays on Poets and Poetry. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee 2001. xxi 265 1 pp. Cloth in dust jacket author signature to title page. A fine copy. $10. A collection of critical essays on major and minor figures in modern poetry. Known as an acerbic film and theater critic Simon returned to his "first love" of poetry in this 2001 work which includes both new and previously published pieces. The essays showcase Simon's extensive knowledge of literature and languages. He covers a diverse group of poets including both revered innovators and accessible sometimes-overlooked writers. His criticism is praised for its clarity insight and sharp wit. unknown books
2002ref. 169801London: Headline 2002. First UK Edition. SIGNED by the author in the year of publication on the title page: "Brittania delenda est! / Simon Scarrow / 5th August 2002." As New. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Headline unknown books
2003ref. 212486Madrid Spain: Galeria Metta 2003. First edition. Softcover. 46 pages. Text in English and Spanish. Features an essay by Francisco Calvo Serraller. Includes color and black and white illustrations list of previous exhibitions list of public collection and a selected bibliography. A very near fine copy in French style wrappers. Galeria Metta unknown books
1825ref. 851851825. Fit to Practice in the High Court of Chancery Lawyers. Great Britain. Beck Simon Adams 1803-1883. Certificate Admitting Simon Adams Beck to Practice as a Solicitor in the High Court Of Chancery. London 1825. Single 9-3/4" x 13-1/4" 34 x 25 cm vellum sheet part-printed in italic type and completed in manuscript in neat clerical hand autograph signatures of Robert Gifford and John Bentall at foot. Horizontal and vertical fold lines light soiling. Very good. $250. This document admits Simon Adams Beck to practice as a solicitor before the High Court of Chancery. It is signed by Robert Gifford 1st Baron Gifford 1779-1826 as Master of the Rolls and John Bentall 1782-1852 a clerk of the Petty Bag office. Beck went on to a distinguished career as an attorney and businessman. He became solicitor to the Ironmongers Company and governor of the Gas Light and Coke Company in London. His son Ralph married the novelist and traveller Elizabeth Louisa Moresby. unknown books
2009ref. 213663North Adams MA: MASS MOCA 2009. First edition. Oblong softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran December 13 2008 through October 31 2009. Features texts by Anthony W. Lee Susan Cross and an afterword by Joseph C. Thompson. Includes numerous illustrations list of previous exhibitions and a selected bibliography. A clean very near fine copy in die-cut wrappers. MASS MOCA unknown 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
2008ref. 208906Madison WI: Madison Museum of Contemporary Art 2008. First edition. Small softcover. 8 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran May 17 through August 17 2008. Features acknowledgements by Stephen Fleischman and an essay by Jane Simon. Includes 10 color illustrations. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Uncommon. Madison Museum of Contemporary Art unknown books
2006ref. 209287New Haven CT: Yale University Press 2006. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 415 pages. Published in conjunction with an exhibition that ran July 12 through October 15 2006 at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts Design and Culture in New York. Foreword by Susan Weber Soros. Features an introduction by Nina Stritzler-Levine along with essays by Arthur C. Danto Joan Simon and Nina Stritzler-Levine. Includes numerous color illustrations chronology list of previous exhibitions selected bibliography and checklist. A clean very near fine copy in white boards. No dust jacket as issued. A lovely copy of this book that is surprisingly uncommon in the first printing. Yale University Press unknown books
2001ref. 204736Durham NC: Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University 2001. First edition. Softcover. 120 pages. Special issue published in the wake of the September 11 2000 attacks. Features poetry by Billy Collins Stuart Dybek James Hart and others. Includes images by Joel Sternfeld Taryn Simon Doug and Mike Starn Mary Ellen Mark and others. A near fine copy in wrappers with some very minor wear. Internally a clean copy. Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University unknown books
1685ref. 816541685. An Influential English Treatise on Tithes Degge Sir Simon 1612-1704. The Parson's Counsellor With the Law of Tythes or Tything. In Two Books. The First Sheweth the Order Every Parson Vicar &c. Ought to Observe in Obtaining a Spiritual Preferment And What Duties are Incumbent upon Him After the Taking the Same And Many Other Things Necessary for Every Clergy-Man to Know and Observe. The Second Shews in What Manner all Sorts of Tythes Offerings Mortuaries And Other Church Duties are to be Paid As Well in London as Elsewhere And as Well by the Canon as Common and Statute-Laws And in What Courts and Manner they May be Recovered What Charges They are Subject to And Many Other Things Concerning the Same Necessary for Clergy-Men and All Others to Know. Corrected And Inlarged in Many Particulars Through the Whole Book With a Table: &c. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires For Henry Twyford 1685. xxxii 341 27 pp. Two parts each with title page. Pagination continuous. Octavo 7" x 4-1/2". Contemporary calf rebacked blind rules to boards blind fillets along joints raised bands and lettering piece to spine upper outside hinge of rear board repaired gilt tooling to board edges hinges mended. Light rubbing and a few minor nicks scratches and fine cracks to boards moderate rubbing to board edges with some wear around corners and bottom edges hinges partially cracked. Moderate toning to interior light foxing in a few places spark burns and light soiling to a few leaves. $200. Fourth edition one of two issues from 1685. This influential and oft-cited treatise was first published in 1676. Its final edition the seventh was published in 1820. It is divided into two books. The first addresses the procedures parson and vicars must follow to obtain a preferment the duties imposed by a preferment and various regulations clergymen must observe. The second outlines various tithes offerings mortuaries and other church duties relevant canon common and statute laws and courts and suits involving tithes. English Short-Title Catalogue R1607. unknown books
1978ref. 820501978. New York: Praeger Publishers 1978. New York: Praeger Publishers 1978. Kennedy Tom. Simon Charles E. An Examination of Questionable Payments and Practices. New York: Praeger Publishers 1978. xiii 416 pp. Publisher's cloth hardcover with gilt lettered spine and front cover. Moderate shelfwear. Internally clean. $25. Based on investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC the book explores a time when more than 400 U.S. companies admitted to making hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal or "questionable" payments. This widespread problem tarnished corporate reputations and eroded public trust in American business. The questionable payments which ran the gamut from outright bribery to smaller "facilitating payments" were made primarily to foreign government officials politicians and political parties. Payments were often designed to secure favorable actions obtain business contracts or influence foreign government policies. The scandals revealed a significant breakdown in corporate accountability systems and led to a re-examination of accounting practices. Many companies were caught using slush funds often disguised in their accounting records to make these payments. The authors' examination provides historical context for the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 which made it illegal for U.S. companies and individuals to bribe foreign government officials. The book explores the ethical and business implications of this behavior in the years leading up to the groundbreaking legislation. unknown books
1969ref. 206417New York: Random House 1969. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Another successful play from the author of "The Odd Couple." When it appeared on Broadway it was directed by Mike Nichols and starred Maureen Stapleton Georce C. Scott and Bob Balaban. The basis for Arthur Hiller directed movie with Maureen Stapleton Walter Matthau and Lee Grant. A near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with some slight toning to the endpapers and in a very good dust jacket with some edge tears light rubbing and some other minor wear. Random House unknown books
