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THE ETHICS OF THE DUST: TEN LECTURES TO LITTLE HOUSEWIVES ON THE ELEMENTS OF CRYSTALLISATION

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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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
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

Let It Come Down by Bowles, Paul

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Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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.
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Billy & The Kids - 2023 - 08/18 - August 18, 2023 at The Rooftop at Pier 17

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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.

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