2000, ISBN: 9780871135209

Taschenbuch, Gebundene Ausgabe

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 16th-17th November, 2000. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 196 pp in double-column format, plates, ills. 1017 lo… Mehr…

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 16th-17th November, 2000. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 196 pp in double-column format, plates, ills. 1017 lots. Among the highlights noted were the following: Private press books, Kelmscott Press, Vale Press, Essex House Press, Eragny Press, Doves Press, Ashendene Press, Nonesuch Press, Golden Cockerel Press, Officina Bodini; English illustrated books; children's books; miniature books; juvenilia; watercolours; continental illustrated books; art reference; architecture; classical civilization; early printed books; continental literature after 1700; English literature and history 1600-1875; English literature and history after 1875; sporting motoring; science and medicine, phrenological collection of Dr. Donald Law; mathematics; travel books, atlases, British Isles, roadbooks, rest of world, geographies, Europe, Russia, Near and Middle East, North America, Central, South America and the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Central Asia, falconry; natural history. From the introduction: "This sale offers an extensive range of printed books, manuscripts and letters, original drawings and printed maps, from the sixteenth Century to proof copies of the 1997 publishing phenomenon, J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The first session of the sale is devoted to Private Press and Illustrated and Related Drawings and Watercolours. There is a good selection of Kelmscott and Ashendene Presses being particularly well represented, including a copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer. There are good books illustrated by Arthur Rackham, including a copy of The Ingoldsby Legends with an inscription and a fine watercolour drawing by the artist; a copy of Kay Nielsen's Andersen Fairy Tales in the dust jacket, and a selection of books and portfolios with evocative etchings of Scotland and the North by Norman Ackroyd. Children's books range from a fine archive of correspondence from Beatrix Potter to one of her shepherds, Joseph Moscrop, to letters by the Reverend W. Awdry on Thomas the Tank Engine. There is a huge collection of Lewis Carroll material including letters, a large working bibliographical collection of editions of his works, and a good collection of biographies and bibliographies; A.A. Milne is represented by vellum copies of Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, various editions of J.K. Rowling's books, signed and proof copies included in the sale; an unrecorded issue of Thomas Boreman's great miniature book Curiosities in the Tower of London and a rare edition of Krylov's Russian fables, published in I855. The drawings arid watercolours include a unique oil painting of Winnie-the-Pooh by E.H. Shepard, a fine album of drawings by Kate Greenaway, watercolours by Arthur Rackham for Rip van Winkle, The Tempest and other books, a group of watercolours and ink drawings by Lancelot Speed illustrating King Arthur and a small group of illustrations from the George Harrap Archive. . [There is] a selection of continental illustrated books featuring the work of artists such as Joan Miró, Salvador Dali, Marc Chagall and Franz Marc, to name but a few. Two seminal books are featured in the session that over time have become almost cult objects: André Breton;s Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme, Lot 194, with its irreverent wrappers by Marcel Duchamp, inviting the reader into the body of the text and an inscribed copy of Kandinsky's Artists Text, Lot 205, published in 1918 at the height of his powers as an abstract artist. The sale is also notable for its wonderfully rich array of fine bindings, featuring the work of master craftsmen such as Paul Bonet, Pierre Lucien Martin and Bozerian jeune. The bindings range from early armorial exampîes to striking modern compositions such as Lots 206 and 384. The third session begins with a strong scientific section, featuring a rare collection of phrenological material, Lot 615. Lots 621-740 are devoted to Mathematics. Highlights include the first edition of Tartaglia's Trattato, Lot 732, possibly the most important Italian mathematical work of the sixteenth Century. This session culminates with a variety of maps, travel and natural history books. Lots 741-768 provide a good selection of English road books and atlases. Lots 855-876 are devoted to Russia and feature a rare first edition of the earliest book in English on the country, presenting Giles Fletcher's somewhat unflattering description of the place and its inhabitants, Lot 859. The sale concludes with a private collection of books on Central Asia, the Middle East and Falconry. Of particular interest are Pierre Harmont's Le Miroir de fauconnerie, (Lot 992) and Salvin's Falconry in the British Isles, (Lot 997) with its striking hand-coloured plates of these majestic birds. A few notes and marks to text, 1 or 2 corners folded, otherwise Very Good., Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 16th-17th November, 2000, 2000, 3, Thames and Hudson, London, 1978 reprint of 1977 first edition. Cloth, gilt cover device, large 8vo, 32 cm,. 192 pp, 89 illustrations, 72 in colour, facs. From the blurb: "Of all the precious illuminated manuscripts that survive from the later Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Books of Hours form the largest single category: the personal prayerbooks of a devout and status-conscious society. Their content come from the official service books of the Church, but they were not made under priestly control, and they therefore reveal a unique combination of sacred and secular imagery. No two are alike; every one, modest or magnificent, has something individual to tell us. John Harthan begins with a fresh and wide-ranging study of the background to Books of Hours, their making, their content, their decoration and their social and devotional meaning. There follows an anthology of over ninety manuscript pages, reproduced in full colour from thirty-four Books of Hours, with the author's descriptive, explanatory and historical notes on the books themselves and their owners. The examples represent a wide range of styles, dates and countries, and include little-known as well as famous examples. A final section describes and illustrates the development of the printed Book of Hours; for this 'late medieval best-seller' was as important to the early printers as it was to the scribes and illuminators. Books of Hours are not only works of art but cultural documents of their time. Throughout this book, emphasis has been placed on their personal and religious aspects. The Books of Hours considered here are so closely involved with the lives of notable individuals and families that they amount to a selective review of an age of European history, seen from an unusual and intimate viewpoint. Among the books illustrated are sequences of examples which reflect the lives and personalities of members of the great houses of Brittany, Burgundy and Anjou, as well as the long career of John, Duke of Berry, as a patron of the arts. Keeper until 1976 of the Library of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, John Harthan brings to his subject an imaginative concern with the people who owned and who created Books of Hours, and a deep familiarity with many of the superb manuscripts which he illustrates and describes. Slightly agetoned, otherwise Near Very Good in slightly chipped dustwrapper., Thames and Hudson, London, 1978 reprint of 1977 first edition, 1978 reprint of 1977 first edit, 3, Atlantic Monthly Pr. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 0871135205 . White / grey hard covers, gilt titles to the spine. Stated First Printing. In Near Fine condition, tightly bound with a bright, unmarked text. Previous owner's name written on the front free end paper, light bottom spine bumping. The DJ is clipped and in Very Good+ condition with very light wear. "Opening with an introduction entitled "Hunting the Virtuous - and How to Clean and Skin Them", the author provides his own comments on the people, places and events behind the newspaper headlines, before launching into an account of the Gulf War. Beginning with a concise history of the Middle East, he delivers an day-to-day chronicle of the tedium of waiting for war in the Saudi desert, signing off with an eyewitness account of the victory march into Kuwait city. "; 9.10 X 5.90 X 1.20 inches; 233 pages ., Atlantic Monthly Pr, 1992, 4<

1992, ISBN: 0871135205

Gebundene Ausgabe, Erstausgabe

[EAN: 9780871135209], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Atlantic Monthly Press, New York], GORBACHEV, DEMOCRACY, COMMUNISM, DRUG TEST, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, KUWAIT, DR. RUTH, LEE IOCOCC… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780871135209], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Atlantic Monthly Press, New York], GORBACHEV, DEMOCRACY, COMMUNISM, DRUG TEST, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, KUWAIT, DR. RUTH, LEE IOCOCCA, JIMMY CARTER, ROSALYN BLACKLIST, IRELAND, MIDDLE EAST, AUTOMOBILES, PEDESTRIANS, SEX, PERSIAN GULF WAR, JORDAN, SAUDI ARABIA, RIYADH, MISSILE AT, Jacket, xxii, 233, [1] pages. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Inscribed by author and dated on fep. Patrick Jake O'Rourke (born November 14, 1947), known as P. J. O'Rourke, is an American political satirist and journalist. O'Rourke is the H. L. Mencken Research Fellow at the Cato Institute and is a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, The American Spectator, and The Weekly Standard, and a panelist on National Public Radio's game show Wait Wait. Don't Tell Me! He has been a columnist at The Daily Beast. He is the author of 20 books, including Holidays in Hell, a compilation of O'Rourke's articles as a free-lance foreign correspondent and All the Trouble in the World, an examination of current political concerns such as global warming and famine from a libertarian perspective. The Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994 states: O'Rourke's original reporting, irreverent humor, and crackerjack writing makes for delectable reading. He never minces words or pulls his punches, whatever the subject. Derived from a Kirkus review: O'Rourke finds a certain purpose in his ongoing fight against evil, which he defines loosely as communism, Iraq, and liberals. These essays take no prisoners. At his best when goofing off across the globe, O'Rourke reminds us that most of the world isn't worth visiting. Not East Berlin after the Wall came down; not Russia before and after the failed coup; and certainly not Northern Ireland. ' In Nicaragua, O'Rourke celebrates the defeat of Ortega and his North American sympathizers. In Paraguay, during their elections, he discovers an unlikely outbreak of democracy and freedom. And in the Persian Gulf throughout the war, he notices that it's the first conflict ever covered by sober journalists. The domestic enemies here include: politically correct rock-and-rollers; Lee Iacocca); Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter; and the Kennedys. O'Rourke treats Dr. Ruth rather gently. Other essays chart his turn from the radicalism of his youth; celebrate cars over people; condemn drug testing; and call for a new, improved McCarthyism. O'Rourke is an antitourist of revolution, a capitalist John Reed who delights in breaking every ``rule'' of journalism, especially staying sober. You don't have to share his politics to love his prose., Books<

1994, ISBN: 9780871135209

Gebundene Ausgabe

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1992. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xxii, 233, [1] pages. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Inscribed by author and dated on… Mehr…

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1992. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xxii, 233, [1] pages. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Inscribed by author and dated on fep. Patrick Jake O'Rourke (born November 14, 1947), known as P. J. O'Rourke, is an American political satirist and journalist. O'Rourke is the H. L. Mencken Research Fellow at the Cato Institute and is a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, The American Spectator, and The Weekly Standard, and a panelist on National Public Radio's game show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!. He has been a columnist at The Daily Beast. He is the author of 20 books, including Holidays in Hell, a compilation of O'Rourke's articles as a free-lance foreign correspondent and All the Trouble in the World, an examination of current political concerns such as global warming and famine from a libertarian perspective. The Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994 states: O'Rourke's original reporting, irreverent humor, and crackerjack writing makes for delectable reading. He never minces words or pulls his punches, whatever the subject. Derived from a Kirkus review: O'Rourke finds a certain purpose in his ongoing fight against evil, which he defines loosely as communism, Iraq, and liberals. These essays take no prisoners. At his best when goofing off across the globe, O'Rourke reminds us that most of the world isn't worth visiting. Not East Berlin after the Wall came down; not Russia before and after the failed coup; and certainly not Northern Ireland. ' In Nicaragua, O'Rourke celebrates the defeat of Ortega and his North American sympathizers. In Paraguay, during their elections, he discovers an unlikely outbreak of democracy and freedom. And in the Persian Gulf throughout the war, he notices that it's the first conflict ever covered by sober journalists. The domestic enemies here include: politically correct rock-and-rollers; Lee Iacocca); Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter; and the Kennedys. O'Rourke treats Dr. Ruth rather gently. Other essays chart his turn from the radicalism of his youth; celebrate cars over people; condemn drug testing; and call for a new, improved McCarthyism. O'Rourke is an antitourist of revolution, a capitalist John Reed who delights in breaking every ``rule'' of journalism, especially staying sober. You don't have to share his politics to love his prose., Atlantic Monthly Press, 1992, 3<

1992, ISBN: 0871135205

Taschenbuch

[EAN: 9780871135209], Near Fine, [PU: Atlantic Monthly Pr], UNITED STATES 20TH CENTURY MIDDLE EAST PERSIAN GULF WAR (1991) POLITICAL PROCESS, Jacket, White / grey hard covers, gilt titles… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780871135209], Near Fine, [PU: Atlantic Monthly Pr], UNITED STATES 20TH CENTURY MIDDLE EAST PERSIAN GULF WAR (1991) POLITICAL PROCESS, Jacket, White / grey hard covers, gilt titles to the spine. Stated First Printing. In Near Fine condition, tightly bound with a bright, unmarked text. Previous owner's name written on the front free end paper, light bottom spine bumping. The DJ is clipped and in Very Good+ condition with very light wear. "Opening with an introduction entitled "Hunting the Virtuous - and How to Clean and Skin Them", the author provides his own comments on the people, places and events behind the newspaper headlines, before launching into an account of the Gulf War. Beginning with a concise history of the Middle East, he delivers an day-to-day chronicle of the tedium of waiting for war in the Saudi desert, signing off with an eyewitness account of the victory march into Kuwait city. "; 9.10 X 5.90 X 1.20 inches; 233 pages, Books<

2004, ISBN: 9780871135209

Gebundene Ausgabe

Hardcover, Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or … Mehr…

Hardcover, Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover., [ED: 1], [PU: Atlantic Monthly Pr]<