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THE SCARLET LETTER. A ROMANCE. LITERALLY REPRINTED FROM THE FIRST EDITION by (BINDINGS - A. LAUNDER FOR BRADSTREET'S). HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts

Title: THE SCARLET LETTER. A ROMANCE. LITERALLY REPRINTED FROM THE FIRST EDITION
Author: (BINDINGS - A. LAUNDER FOR BRADSTREET'S). HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: New York: Privately Printed, 1904. UNIQUE EDITION, ONE OF 125 COPIES on Japan Imperial paper (and one on vellum). 265 x 180 mm. (10 1/2 x 7"). 6 p.l., 333 pp. SUPERB CONTEMPORARY BLACK CRUSHED MOROCCO, INLAID AND GILT, BY BRADSTREET'S, FINISHED BY ALFRED WILLIAM LAUNDER (stamp-signed in gilt: Bradstreet's on front doublure, A. Launder on rear doublure), covers with inlaid Art Nouveau-style frame in taupe and ivory crushed morocco, the former semé with gilt dots, central panel of upper cover with large initial "A" formed by inlaid scarlet morocco acanthus leaves, that of lower cover with the final line of the book "ON A FIELD SABLE THE LETTER A GULES" tooled in gilt majuscules, the bold, flourished "A" inlaid in scarlet morocco; raised bands, spine compartments similarly framed, one compartment with inlaid scarlet morocco "A" tooled with gilt circlets, gilt titling, SPLENDID RED MOROCCO DOUBLURES bordered by inlaid ivory morocco swag-and-trefoil frame, central panel semé with rows of tiny floral sprigs, inlaid ivory morocco oval centerpiece with collar of inlaid ivory morocco lace, leather hinges, ivory watered silk endleaves, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Original printed paper wrapper bound in. Housed in the original dark brown morocco pull-off case lined with maroon calf. With 15 color plates by A. Robaudi and C. Graham, each in a second black & white state, all with original tissue guards. A Large Paper Copy. Front flyleaf with morocco bookplate of Henry William Poor. Catalogue of the Library of Henry W. Poor . . . sold . . . 1908. New York: [Douglas Taylor & Co.] (1908), Lot 614 (this copy). AN IMMACULATE COPY. This is a memorable volume comprising a luxurious illustrated edition of a great American classic in a binding by a leading American artisan, and from an outstanding private library. Alfred William Launder was born in England and trained in his craft by his father. He then worked in the Mansell bindery before emigrating to New York in the late 19th century, where he first worked at the firm his brother operated with fellow emigré James MacDonald. Finding the pressures of a busy commercial firm less congenial than a small hand bindery, he accepted a job as finisher at Bradstreet's, which bound rare books and manuscripts for collectors including J. Pierpont Morgan and Henry W. Poor. In 1929, Launder became the first bookbinder to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he rebound and restored rare volumes in the museum's Thomas J. Watson Library. An article on the Met's website by Museum Librarian Mindell Dubansky pays tribute to Launder as "one of the finest binders in New York" and someone who had "achieved the highest level in his trade. As a finisher, he was exclusively responsible for the design and decoration of bindings [at the Museum], including the decorative leather onlays, inlays, and gold tooling." For this volume, he designed inlays as flamboyant as the "A" Hawthorne's defiant heroine Hester Prynne embroidered on her bodices. And the condition here manifests the belief expressed in the binding manual Launder created for the Met: "A well-bound book mocks at Time." Former owner Henry William Poor (1844-1915) was a financier and publisher whose firm was a forerunner of Standard and Poor's. He was a patron of the arts as well as a bibliophile whose collection was noted for its holdings in illuminated manuscripts, early printing, fine bindings, private press books, and American imprints. Unfortunate investments led to Poor's financial ruin, causing his impressive library to be sold at auction in 1908-09. His sales at Anderson Galleries brought in more than $200,000, a record at the time for an American collection. This volume was lot 164, praised in the sale catalogue, with the resounding emphasis engendered by majuscules, as "AN EXCEEDINGLY HANDSOME COPY.".

In Defence of War by Biggar, Nigel

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Title: In Defence of War
Author: Biggar, Nigel
Seller: Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780199672615
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". xi, 361pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Very gentle bump to head of spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Pacifism is popular. Many hold that war is unnecessary, since peaceful means of resolving conflict are always available, if only we had the will to look for them. Or they believe that war is wicked, essentially involving hatred of the enemy and carelessness of human life. Or they posit the absolute right of innocent individuals not to be deliberately killed, making it impossible to justify war in practice. Peace, however, is not simple. Peace for some can leave others at peace to perpetrate mass atrocity. What was peace for the West in 1994 was not peace for the Tutsis of Rwanda. Therefore, against the virus of wishful thinking, anti-military caricature, and the domination of moral deliberation by rights-talk In Defence of War asserts that belligerency can be morally justified, even though tragic and morally flawed. Recovering the Christian tradition of reflection running from Augustine to Grotius, this book affirms aggressive war in punishment of grave injustice. Morally realistic in adhering to universal moral principles, it recognises that morality can trump legality, justifying military intervention even in transgression of positive international law-as in the case of Kosovo. Less cynical and more empirically realistic about human nature than Hobbes, it holds that nations desire to be morally virtuous and right, and not only to be safe and fat. And aspiring to practical realism, it argues that love and the doctrine of double effect can survive combat; and that the constraints of proportionality, while real, are nevertheless sufficiently permissive to encompass Britain's belligerency in 1914-18. Finally, in a painstaking analysis of the Iraq invasion of 2003, In Defence of War culminates in an account of how the various criteria of just war should be thought together. It also concludes that, all things considered, the invasion was justified. (Publisher).

Hope of Earth. by Anthony, Piers.

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Title: Hope of Earth.
Author: Anthony, Piers.
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: New York: A Tom Doherty Associates Book, TOR, 1997. First Edition. Signed by the Author. Octavo, gold boards (hardcover), 416 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: ...In the first two volumes, Isle of Woman and Shame of Man, Anthony showed us the triumphs and tragedies of two remarkable families, each reborn again and again in some of the most turbulent eras of human history. Now, with Hope of Earth, Anthony adds a new dimension to that story, exploring the ancient origins of our humanity, the traits which make us what we are -- war, passion, love, and art. In a stirring, captivating saga that ranges from our ancient beginnings in Africa’s Great Rift Valley to the windswent Andes a century from now, Hope of Earth tells the inspiring story of a group of heroic men and women, bound by ties of passion, honor, and bold, who struggle to transcend our violent past to make a new and shining future.

Oeuvres Completes. by Beranger, P. J. de.

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Title: Oeuvres Completes.
Author: Beranger, P. J. de.
Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition: Handsome 2 vol.set in marbled boards and Moroccan spine . Minor foxing. Otherwise V G.
Description: Paris: Perrotin, 1847. Handsome 2 vol.set in half morocco over marbled boards. Minor foxing. Otherwise V G.. 2 vols. 23.5 cm. Vol 1 XL pp. 411 pp. Vol 2 401 pp. 52 b/w engravings and frontispieces. Multi volume set. Postage at cost.

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