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THE ETHICS OF THE DUST: TEN LECTURES TO LITTLE HOUSEWIVES ON THE ELEMENTS OF CRYSTALLISATION by (BINDINGS - DOVES BINDERY). RUSKIN, JOHN

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Title: THE ETHICS OF THE DUST: TEN LECTURES TO LITTLE HOUSEWIVES ON THE ELEMENTS OF CRYSTALLISATION
Author: (BINDINGS - DOVES BINDERY). RUSKIN, JOHN
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Sunnyside, Orpington: George Allen, 1898. Tenth Edition. 189 x 125 mm. (7 1/2 x 5"). xv, [5], 269, [1] pp. ATTRACTIVE WALNUT BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT BY THE DOVES BINDERY (stamp-signed and with "19 C-S 01" on rear turn-in), covers with gilt-rule border punctuated with gilt dots, raised bands, spine compartments with central Tudor rose, trefoil cornerpieces, gilt titling, multiple gilt ruled turn-ins with three trefoils at corners, all edges gilt, and gauffered with two rows of tiny dots. With engraved calling card of American bibliophile and collector Julia Parker Wightman, inscribed with a gift presentation, laid in. For the binding: see Tidcombe, Appendix II, tools 2a and 6l-m. Spine sunned to a pleasing honey brown, but A LOVELY COPY, clean and fresh internally with no signs of use, in a lustrous binding. Previously owned by an eminent female bibliophile, this is a lovely example of the work of the leading Arts & Crafts movement bindery covering a copy of a curious and charming work by a man who helped inspire that movement. A distinguished critic of art and social issues, John Ruskin (1819-1900) had a considerable influence on the Pre-Raphaelites and the Arts & Crafts movement, as well as on social welfare policy. The present book is intended to awaken in young ladies a strong interest in some area of inquiry, and to encourage an earnest and systematic approach to study. Although the title and much of the content relate to the field of crystallography, the work has the broader goal of inculcating precepts about the conduct of one's life. It is told in the form of dialogue involving imaginary females, ages nine to 20, the characters being based on real persons to whom Ruskin lectured at a country girls' school. Although the content here is important, the binding is likely to be a greater source of interest to us. A leading figure in the Arts & Crafts movement and the renaissance of the private press, T. J. Cobden-Sanderson (1840-1922) took up bookbinding in the 1880s at the suggestion of William Morris' wife, Jane. Between July of 1884 and March of 1893, he bound 167 books (according to Tidcombe's exhaustive catalogue). Through this small corpus of work, Cobden-Sanderson "rejuvenated English binding" with his theories of design "and set it on a new course of development." (Morgan Library Exhibition catalogue) When his health prevented him from binding with his own hands, he established the Doves Bindery (named for a nearby pub) and hired Charles McLeish from Riviere and Charles Wilkinson from Zaehnsdorf as finishers, Bessie Hooley (also from Riviere) as sewer, and Douglas Cockerell as apprentice. Although at that point he relinquished the handwork, he continued to do all the binding designs himself. A previous owner of this work was the remarkable Julia Parker Wightman (1909-1994), a prominent New York book collector, trustee of the Morgan Library, longstanding member and president of the Hroswitha Club (established in 1944 for women bibliophiles in light of their exclusion from men-only groups), and one of the first women elected to the Grolier Club. Wightman put together one of the nation's finest collections of miniature books (which is now housed at the Morgan), amassed an impressive collection of bindings, and owned a number of incunabula, herbals, and Medieval manuscripts. Taking a page right out of Ruskin's book (so to speak), Wightman took a special interest in fine binding and studied the craft with American bookbinder Edith Diehl. She later converted the top floor of her townhouse into a studio where she created bindings and cases for some of her own books..

Let It Come Down by Bowles, Paul

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Title: Let It Come Down
Author: Bowles, Paul
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: London: John Lehmann, 1952. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First British edition, first printing. Signed by Paul Bowles and inscribed to a former owner on the half-title page, "For Gregory Stephenson [,] inscribed in Tangier on the occasion of his first visit there. 15/VIII/79 [signed] Paul Bowles". Bound in publisher's original pale blue cloth with spine decorated in red. Near Fine with some light fading and discoloration to cloth, light bumping to corners, small vintage bookseller ticket to front pastedown, pages toned, pp. 31 roughly cut. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with toning and light edge wear. A beautiful copy, signed by the ex-pat while in Tangier.

Michael Harrington Handwrites Famous Quote From His Book, The Other America by MICHAEL HARRINGTON

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Title: Michael Harrington Handwrites Famous Quote From His Book, The Other America
Author: MICHAEL HARRINGTON
Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description: MICHAEL HARRINGTON (1928-1989). Harrington was an author, political activist, theorist, professor of political science, and a founding member of the Democratic Socialists of America.AQS. 1 pg. 4 x 6. N.d. N.p. An autograph quotation signed Michael Harrington: The millions who are poor in the United States tend to become increasingly invisibleIt takes an effort of the intellect and will even to see them. This quote was taken from his 1962 book, The Other America: Poverty in the United States, which argued that up to 25% of Americans were living in poverty and many believe was responsible for President Lyndon Johnsons War on Poverty. With the books success (over a million copies were initially sold), Harrington became a leading figure and spokesman for the New Left. The quote is written on a yellow index card in blue ink and is in excellent condition.

Billy & The Kids - 2023 - 08/18 - August 18, 2023 at The Rooftop at Pier 17

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Title: Billy & The Kids - 2023 - 08/18 - August 18, 2023 at The Rooftop at Pier 17
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition: New
Description: Half Hazard press, 2023. Paperback. New. Vivid colors on paper, measures 18" x 24" Purchased new at the venue before the show. Signed edition of 350 posters. There is also a foil variant of an edition of 70 copies and a timed edition on Velvet TBD. A vivid and striking poster from Half Hazard Press.

Sangregorio (12 December 1972-12 January 1973) by (SANGREGORIO, Giancarlo)

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Title: Sangregorio (12 December 1972-12 January 1973)
Author: (SANGREGORIO, Giancarlo)
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Black & white illus. Unpaginated. 12mo, silver printed softcover. Torino: Galleria Narciso, 1972. Rare Giancarlo Sangregorio (1925-2013) exhibition catalogue, we locate no copy in North America. Essay by Luigi Carluccio, biography, list of exhibitions, plates, and exhibition check-list. Near fine copy. Galleria Narciso Catalogue no. 111.

Jews in the Province of Posen: Studies in the Communal Records of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries [INSCRIBED] by Zarchin, Michael M.

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Title: Jews in the Province of Posen: Studies in the Communal Records of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries [INSCRIBED]
Author: Zarchin, Michael M.
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition: g+ to vg
Description: Philadelphia: The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Inscribed "With best wishes to Michael Preston from Michael M. Zarchin" on front free endpaper. Quarto. VII, 115pp. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Publisher's device on title page. The basis of the present study was a collection of manuscripts in the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, consisting of 42 manuscripts dealing with the socio-economic internal political organization, legal and religious aspects of 14 Jewish communities in the Province of Posen during the 18th and 19th centuries. This work sheds light on the life, customs and ceremonies of the German Jews in the Province of Posen. Very light wear of binding. Lettering on spine slightly faded. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition.

Whitethorn Wood and Other Magicks by YOLEN, Jane

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Title: Whitethorn Wood and Other Magicks
Author: YOLEN, Jane
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780969023173
Condition: Fine
Description: Ottawa: Triskell Press. Fine. 1984. Paperback. 0969023170 . Introduction by John Crowley. Illustrations by Donna Gordon. Afterword by Charles de Lint. A limited edition of 250 copies - this copy is number 40 (paperback). SIGNED by the author. Fine in stapled, illustrated wraps. ; 32 pages .

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