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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
1678ref. 824241678. Important Study of Roman and Old Dutch Law Van Leeuwen Simon 1626-1682. Censura Forensis Theoretico-Practica Id est Totius Juris Civilis Romani Usuque Recepti & Practici Methodica Collatio Qua non Tantum Ipsa Juris Romani Fundamenta Ad Rationis & Veritatis Censuram Methodice Reducuntur; Sed & ad Usum Practicum Transferuntur Interjectis Constitutionibus Decisionibus Moribus & Statutis Non Tantum Generalioribus Verum Etiam Particularibus Cujusque Fere Christianorum Gentis Regionis & Provinciae. Leiden: Apud Johannem a Gelder & Amsterdam: Apud Henricum & Theodorum Boom 1678. Two volumes bound as one each with title page. Two copperplate engravings in Vol. I. xxxvi 558 34; xii 218 22 pp. Folio 12-1/4" x 7-1/2"; 31 x 19 cm. Contemporary laced vellum hand-lettered title and small early paper shelf label to spine edges rouged. Light rubbing and soiling to boards which are slightly bowed spine ends and corners bumped vellum just beginning to crack through pastedowns. Attractive woodcut printer device to title pages head and tail-pieces. Light toning to interior more moderate toning and light foxing in a few places internally clean. $450. Third edition. Van Leeuwen was a Dutch attorney active in the Hague and Leiden who became the assistant registrar of the Supreme Court at the Hague in 1681. His reputation derives from his studies Paratitula Iuris Novissimi 1652 Het Rooms-Hollands-Regt 1664 and the present work. First published in 1662 it is an important study of Roman law and old Dutch law with an emphasis on practical use. It was published soon after Holland achieved its independence from Spain. During this period Dutch law was a complicated mixture of local and Spanish sources which often conflicted. In this work van Leeuwen restated Dutch law by removing Spanish elements and grounding it on principles derived from Roman law. It also has interesting comparisons between Dutch law Roman law and the laws of other nations. Though never highly regarded in Holland this work was translated into the principal European languages and issued in numerous editions during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It was especially influential in South Africa where it was cited extensively and given a statutory place as a subsidiary authority in the South African Republic. unknown books
2011ref. 206723New York: Nan A. Talese Doubleday 2011. First edition. Softcover. 363 pages. Uncorrected proof. A biography of this important British artist. A very good plus copy in wrappers with some wear to the base of the spine. Internally a clean copy. Nan A. Talese, Doubleday unknown books
2012ref. 206749New York: Aperture 2012. First edition. Softcover. 88 pages. Features a look at the images created by Alec Soth and Brad Zellar on a road trip through the U.S. images by Taryn Simon and an interview of her by Roxana Marocci images by Sylvia Plachy of two women from Maine Rick Moody writing on Bruce McBroom's iconic image of Farrah Fawcett. A near fine copy in wrappers. A terrific issue. Aperture unknown books
2006ref. 166575London: Jonathan Cape 2006. First UK Edition. The second volume of Simon Callow's legendary biography of Orson Welles. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket. Jonathan Cape unknown books
ref. 203871Los Angeles CA: Gemini nd. Presumed first edition. Softcover. 26 pages. Features texts by Joan Simon and James Reid. Includes color illustrations and black and white photographs of Ann Hamilton. A very near fine copy in French style wrappers. Uncommon. Gemini unknown books
1682ref. 788471682. Impotence And Other Sexual Topics in Roman and Canon Law Simon Johann Georg 1636-1696. Brevis Delineatio Impotentiae Conjugalis. Diu Hactenus Desiderate Nunc Vero Denuo Revisa et Opposita Spuriis Exemplaribus Quae Vulgo Circumferuntur. Cum Indice Locupleto. Jena: Impensis Joh. Theodori Fleischeri 1682. 209 i.e. 208 40 pp. Without the portrait frontispiece or additional title page present in some copies. Quarto 7-3/4" x 5-3/4"; 20 x 14.5 cm. Later nineteenth-century vellum from a manuscript leaf hand-lettered title to spine endpapers renewed. Light soiling to exterior boards somewhat bowed spine ends bumped chip to foot of spine rear joint just starting at head. Title page printed in red and black. Moderate toning to interior light foxing faint dampstaining and light soiling in a few places small ink letter to upper right corner of title page. $250. First published as a dissertation in 1665 and expanded in 1672 this interesting treatise discusses impotence of a husband and related sexual topics including sodomy adultery incest and abortion in the canonical texts of Roman and canon law. The final edition appeared in 1718. Some copies of the 1682 edition have a portrait frontispiece of the author and a smaller number have an additional title page dated 1680. All copies we have seen lack this frontispiece suggesting that some were issued that way. Simon was a jurist from Halle who earned his doctorate from the University of Jena and later taught there. OCLC locates 7 copies of the 1682 edition in North America 1 in a law library Harvard. Verzeichnis der im Deutschen Sprachraum Erschienenen Drucke des 17. Jahrhunderts 3:010301K. unknown books
1973ref. 157613New York: Random House 1973. First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine and unread in a Very Good plus price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket with light toning to the extremities. Random House unknown books
1681ref. 783291681. London: Richard and Edward Atkins 1681. 3rd ed. London: Richard and Edward Atkins 1681. 3rd ed. A Working 17th-Century Law Library Copy: Degge's Parson's Counsellor 1681 with Continuous Adlington Family Provenance Degge Sir Simon 1612-1704. The Parson's Counsellor With the Law of Tithes or Tithing. In Two Books. London: Printed by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires 1681. Octavo 6-1/2" x 4"; 165 x 101 mm xxxii 421 35 pp. Two parts each with title page. Pagination continuous. Contemporary calf boards ruled in blind with corner fleurons spine with raised bands and blind fillets gilt-edged boards. Rubbing to boards and extremities; spine ends chipped and corners worn. Rear joint starting; hinges cracked but holding. Ownership inscriptions of Thomas Adlington dated 1765 and 1795 to endpapers and leaf Ee2v. Interior with light toning and occasional soiling; minor dampstaining and foxing. Small tears to fore-edges of first few leaves; larger tear to A5 no loss. Small holes to bottom margin of A8. Partial crack to text block between Ee8 and Ff; binding remains secure. Brief later annotation to p. 227. A very good copy. $450. Third Edition. First published in 1676 Degge's Counsellor remained the preeminent practical manual for the English clergy and their legal advisors for nearly 150 years. Written by a prominent barrister and Royalist judge rather than a theologian the work is celebrated for its pragmatic secular approach to church law. It was instrumental in redefining tithes-originally a religious offering-as a strictly enforceable legal property right under common and statute law. This 1681 edition was published during a period of intense legal refinement following the Restoration. It includes substantial additions over the first edition reflecting the evolving court precedents that sought to stabilize the Church of England's financial footing. A critical feature of this edition is the "Catalogue of Dissolved Monasteries" which identified lands exempt from tithe payments-a vital reference tool for 17th and 18th-century land disputes. This copy features a notable generational provenance within a documented London legal family. The rear endleaf contains the inscription of Thomas Adlington fl. 1765 an attorney active in the mid-18th century. The front free endpaper and leaf Ee2v bear the signatures of his successor Thomas Adlington fl. 1795 a partner in the prom. unknown books
1995ref. 160500Los Angeles: The Fountain Theatre 1995. Vintage program for the 1995 play. Simon Levy's adaptation of Fitzgerald's 1934 novel which premiered at The Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles on March 2 1995 directed by Heidi Helen Davis and starring Larry Poindexter and Tracy Middendorf. Previously made as the 1962 film directed by Henry King starring Jason Robards and Jennifer Jones and the 1985 television mini-series produced by Twentieth Century Fox Television directed by Robert Knights and starring Peter Strauss Mary Steenburgen and Sean Young. Tri-fold 5.75 x 11 inches. Near Fine. The Fountain Theatre unknown books
1973ref. 157277London: Jarrolds 1973. First UK Edition preceding all others. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Book has a few faint splashes on the bottom page edges. Jacket rear panel lightly rubbed with a short closed tear on the bottom right corner. Jarrolds unknown books
1837ref. 759991837. 1837 Treatise on the Power and Privileges of the House of Commons Ferrall Simon Ansley d.1844. An Exposition of the Law of Parliament As It Relates to the Power and Privileges of the Commons' House. To Which are Added The Proceedings of the Principal Questions of Privilege Which Have Arisen in Parliament And Those Cases Involving the Jurisdiction of the House &c. Which Were Argued and Determined in the Courts of Westminster Hall. London: S. Sweet 1837. iv 446 2 pp. Final leaf is a 2 pp. publisher advertisement. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Later cloth gilt title fillets and library name to spine. Light fading to portions of boards light rubbing to extremities library bookplate and shelf label to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior light foxing and faint dampstaining in a few places library stamps to title page and a few other leaves. $250. Only edition. "Books of Parliamentary precedents have been published containing valuable collections of proceedings on cases of Privilege but these are in general too elaborate and in some instances the reasons not sufficiently defined to fix the attention of the practical politician. Scattered through the old law treatises and the works of constitutional writers are also to be found remarks tending to illustrate the Law of Parliament. It has been my object in compiling this work to collect the principles of the law in a condensed and intelligible shape from these sources as well as from the Rolls and Journals; and thus strengthened by the great legal authorities to point out the power and privileges of the House of Commons" 3-4. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 2:120. unknown books
ref. 156588London: 4AD 1989. Three early never-issued alternate artwork proof designs for the classic 1989 album. Developed by British graphic designer Vaughan Oliver with photography by Simon Larbalestier. Unique. In 1980 Oliver and photographer Nigel Grierson formed the graphic design partnership 23 Envelope. In 1982 the duo were invited to create sleeve art for the 4AD record label by co-founder Ivo Watts-Russell. Under 23 Envelope and v23 Oliver would give 4AD one of the most acclaimed and distinguished visual identities of any record label of the 1980s and 1990s designing album art for the Cocteau Twins This Mortal Coil Dead Can Dance Colourbox and the Pixies among many others. Oliver managed the graphic design for the Pixies' entire discography during his lifetime with "Doolittle" being the most celebrated. Photographer Simon Larbalestier is best known for his collaborative work with Oliver under 23 Envelope and v23 and provided photography for all the Pixies albums helping to give the band their distinctive and opulent visual style. "Doolittle" was the first Pixies album for which Oliver and Larbalestier had access to the lyrics which "made a fundamental difference" according to Larbalestier and helped determined the photography layout and graphic style. While each of the experimental proofs presented here retain the general overall layout of the released cover each contains both stark and subtle differences. The first proof the most dramatically divergent is printed in a sharp copper with the photograph a pale yellow and the rear cover text a deep blue. The other two proofs experimenting with metallic copper and gold are both notably lighter in tone than the final art but the photograph printed in a gray green is close to Oliver's final design with the rear cover text also in gray-green as opposed to the white of the final design. The layout of the typography is also notably different in all three proofs with the band name much smaller and its accompanying grid nearly indiscernible as is the title placed discreetly above the band's name. Three extraordinary experimental proofs documenting Oliver's process in creating the exceptional art of one of the most celebrated and influential rock albums of all time. 25.25 x 13.75 inches on heavy card stock. Near Fine overall. 4AD unknown books
1962ref. 157223London: Jarrolds 1962. First UK Edition preceding all others. The second book in the Heron Murmer series. Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket has a small chip at the heel and a lightly rubbed rear panel. Jarrolds unknown books
1966ref. 157217London: Jarrolds 1966. First UK Edition preceding all others. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket lightly edgeworn and rubbed with a short closed tear on the top edge. Jarrolds unknown books
1991ref. 155669New York: Random House 1991. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Random House unknown books
1998ref. 60933Amherst NY: Prometheus Books 1998. First edition in this format. Hardcover. Very good /very good. 256pp. Octavo 23.5 cm Black paper over boards with only gentle bumping to the spine ends. In a dust jacket with rubbing to the rear panel. Foreword by Arthur C. Clarke. A book which confronts the following issues: Is it possible that there are monsters in the ocean Do certain people have the apparently effortless ability to endure intense pain Is time travel possible Could the Parthians have invented the first battery in 240 B.C.E. Can you will someone to die How did the ancient South Americans draw massive land pictures that can only be viewed from a great height Prometheus Books hardcover books
1830ref. 729131830. Edinburgh: Printed for Daniel Lizars 1830. Edinburgh: Printed for Daniel Lizars 1830. A Notable Scottish Estate Case Trial. Roy Robert Defendant. MacGregor Simon Reporter. Dundonnell Cause. Report of the Trial by Jury Thomas Mackenzie Esq. Against Robert Roy Esq. W.S. Reported by Simon MacGregor. May 11 1830. Edinburgh: Printed for Daniel Lizars by Ballantyne and Co. 1830. 84 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent period-style three-quarter calf over marbled boards raised bands and lettering piece to spine. Light rubbing to board edges. Light toning to interior light foxing and soiling in a few places. $250. Only edition. Roy a Scottish lawyer was accused of swindling an estate from his client Kenneth Mackenzie of Dundonnell by Mackenzie's son Thomas. The trial attracted several notable legal names among them Henry Cockburn who had secured an acquittal for Helen McDougal in the famous Burke and Hare murder trial the year before. His jury address and the exchanges between counsel are well-documented in our account. The jury was split and a second trial was held in January 1831 which resulted in Roy's conviction. OCLC locates 10 copies of this title 4 in North America Library of Congress University of Minnesota Law Harvard Law Los Angeles County Law. unknown 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
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
1967ref. 440772New York: The Macmillan Company 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book club edition. 537pp. Black-and-white photographic illustrations. Foreword by Frank Sinatra. Owner's name penned on front pastedown light foxing on page edges near fine in a very good dust jacket with owner's name on front flap spine ends and corners chipped. The Macmillan Company hardcover 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
ref. 14431Hong Kong: Pressroom Printer & Designer no year. Softcover. VG. Black wraps. 43 pp. 30 color plates. Two-page biographical introduction catalogue of 30 annotated and illustrated works. Pressroom Printer & Designer paperback books
1933ref. 131892Munich / Paris: UFA / L'Alliance Cinematographique Europeenne 1933. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the original French release of the 1933 film. With the UFA logo at the lower left corner of each. Each still mounted on UFA / ACE boards as issued with credit for both studios and text in French. A late attempt by UFA to reach a broader European market this joint production was filmed in French shot in Spain and Germany and released to the French market. Featuring an early supporting appearance by Simone Simon shown in a still here with Jean Gabin with whom she would go on to co-star in Jean Renoir's classic "La Bete Humaine." Both photographs 10.5 x 8.5 inches Near Fine with some faint scratching. Boards 15.75 x 13.25 inches Very Good condition with multiple pinholes a few brief dampstains and minor chipping. UFA / L'Alliance Cinematographique Europeenne unknown books
