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THE ROOTS OF THE MOUNTAINS by (BINDINGS - MORRIS-DESIGNED LINEN). MORRIS, WILLIAM

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Title: THE ROOTS OF THE MOUNTAINS
Author: (BINDINGS - MORRIS-DESIGNED LINEN). MORRIS, WILLIAM
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: London: [Printed by C. Whittingham at the Chiswick Press for] Reeves and Turner, 1890. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 250 COPIES. 206 x 168 mm. (8 1/8 x 6 1/2"). 4 p.l., 424 pp. Bound (as usual) in Morris-designed floral-patterned linen, untrimmed edges. A Large Paper Copy. See: MacCarthy, "William Morris: A Life for Our Time," p. 608. Lower board just slightly warped, but the binding nevertheless extremely well preserved and retaining its unfaded colors. Rear hinge with multiple small tears, but the contents essentially pristine. Published just one year before the founding of the Kelmscott Press, this work highlights William Morris' talents as a writer and designer, and marks a critical point on his journey to become one of the most celebrated printers in history. "Roots of the Mountains" is a fantasy set in an imagined Medieval world, blending heroic romance with socialist ideals. It was highly influential in the development of modern fantasy literature, particularly inspiring writers like J. R. R. Tolkien. At least as important here is the patterned binding, a product of the Morris line of fine merchandise, which included textiles, furniture, and (after 1891) finely printed books at the Kelmscott Press. Morris had considerable input as to the design of this "Superior Edition," printed on specially-commissioned Whatman paper and bound in a linen pattern of Morris' own design. In her biography of Morris, MacCarthy quotes the author/designer as saying, "I am so pleased with my book, typography, binding, and I must say it, literary matter--that I am any day to be seen huggling it up, and becom[ing] a spectacle to Gods and men because of it." It was soon after this experience that, Morris initiated serious plans for "turning printer" himself, "in a small way." (This is a modest understatement.) The spines of copies of this work are notoriously prone to browning, and the fragile book as a whole typically appears dilapidated, so the present nearly fine copy is particularly desirable..

Loose Papers: Or Facts Gathered During Eight Years' Residence in Ireland, Scotland, England, France, and Germany by Nicholson, Asenath

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Title: Loose Papers: Or Facts Gathered During Eight Years' Residence in Ireland, Scotland, England, France, and Germany
Author: Nicholson, Asenath
Seller: Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
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Description: New York: Sold at the Anti-Slavery Office, 1858. Good. 7 3/8" x 5¼". Brown cloth over boards. Pp. 312. Good: front cover split at joint, nearly detached but holding; light to moderate wear, spotting and small stains to covers and throughout; owner name inked to front free endpaper and penciled in two spots. This is a travelogue written by an American woman who spent several years working as a missionary, humanitarian and writer in the United Kingdom and Europe, Asenath Nicholson. Asenath Hatch Nicholson was born in Vermont in 1792. She was trained as a teacher in her hometown before she married and moved to New York. She opened a boardinghouse based on the tenets of temperance and vegetarianism, and in 1835 penned what is believed to be the first American vegetarian cookbook, Nature's Own Book. Widowed in 1844, Nicholson left for Ireland and spent 15 months walking the country. She distributed bibles, lived among the poor and witnessed the early days of the potato blight. She returned to Ireland in 1847 where she ran a soup kitchen, organized relief efforts and published two accounts of her experiences during the Great Famine. Nicholson left Ireland in 1848 but continued to live in Europe until 1852. In 1850 she was an American delegate to the Peace Conference in Frankfurt. This book, Nicholson's last, was published after her return to the United States. It is a journal of her travels relayed in several short anecdotes, which in her preface she described as "simple facts, taken by personal observation." She explained, "long experience in travelling has shown me that the little things, the common things . . . are the under-currents which throw up and throw out all that is great, all that is needful, all that is to be valued." The majority of this work recounts Nicholson's travels through Ireland, Scotland and England. Topics include the natural beauty of regions like the Isle of Wight and the Kerry Mountains, with historical anecdotes about Empress Josephine, Queen Grana and her castles. Much of the text relates to the Great Famine and poverty, including one section on beggars in Ireland: "Numerous are the evils attendant on beggary, beside the annoyance to those who are solicited. The suffering of the beggar, by cold and hunger, the contemptuous manner in which he is treated, soon divest him of all self-respect." Fifteen pages were dedicated to Nicholson's experiences at the opening of the 1851 World's Fair in London. She described the palace, the grand events and excitement, with special note given to her observations of the different classes of people that were in attendance. She also expressed her admiration for England's departure from slavery: "Can she not write on her banner, 'All men are born free and equal,' with more propriety than can her wayward child, who has run away that she might be free, and set up a shop to forge bonds and thumbscrews that the black man may be a slave?" After the fair, she was invited to join a party of Londoners on a trip to Paris, where she commented on the charities and provisions made for the poor in that city, as well as her time with a Jewish family in Frankfurt, Germany. A scarce journal of an adventurous woman's humanitarian work and travels in Europe. OCLC shows 16 holdings.

Compiled And Edited By Prof. H. K. Frenzel With An Introduction By Dr. Walter F. Schubert. Translated By Herman George Scheffauer by Ludwig Hohlwein

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Title: Compiled And Edited By Prof. H. K. Frenzel With An Introduction By Dr. Walter F. Schubert. Translated By Herman George Scheffauer
Author: Ludwig Hohlwein
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Description: Lg. 4to. (11 7/8 x 9 inches), publisher's turquoise cloth with gilt titling, spine a little sunned, but a very good copy of a book that, because of its size and weight, is invariably disbound, or altogether rebound. First edition of this bi-lingual edition devoted to the art of this innovative genius who "masters the language of the poster like no other, and whose designs for book jackets …are all derived from the same rich soil that nourishes the garden of his posters." If the prose that introduces the artist is a bit over the top, the more than 220 plates (in color and in sepia tone), some with multiple images to the page, absolutely convince the reader of just how good a graphic artist Hohlwein was. From tobacco to travel, from automobiles to accessories, his posters, calendars, cigarette packs and sheet music are as fresh today as they were when they first made their appearance. An important work about an important artist, difficult to find in original condition.

Jersey Midlands by BECK, HENRY CHARLTON

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Title: Jersey Midlands
Author: BECK, HENRY CHARLTON
Seller: Joseph J. Felcone Inc. (United States)
Description: 1962. BECK, HENRY CHARLTON. The Jersey Midlands. New Brunswick, [1962]. 460 p. Illus. Cloth. A reissue of Beck's Fare to Midlands (1939).

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