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1710ST19567-052Cantabrigiae Cambridge: Cornelius Crownfield 1710. THE DEDICATION COPY ONE OF 150 ON LARGE PAPER per Mackenzie. 248 x 192 mm. 9 3/4 x 7 1/2". 4 p.l. xxiv 532 2 318 283-304 pp. 84 leaves.Edited by Rev. Joseph Wasse. <br/> FINE CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO GILT covers panelled with gilt fillets accented with fleuron acorn and scallop tools raised bands spine compartments densely gilt with similar tools red morocco label marbled endpapers all edges gilt probably with some very facile repairs to top and bottom of joints and spine. Front pastedown with the armorial bookplate of the dedicatee Henry Grey Duke of Kent dated 1713 and with the armorial ex-libris of Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes Marquess of Crewe; front free endpaper with engraved armorial bookplate of Thomas Philip Earl de Grey see below for all. Dibdin II 385; Mackenzie "The Cambridge University Press 1696-1712" I 273-76. ◆Front joint with thin crack at head and tail covers with darkish splotches obvious but somehow not overly offending with antique morocco like this other very minor signs of use but the binding still extremely pleasing as a grand specimen for an important dedicatee. A MOST ATTRACTIVE COPY INTERNALLY especially clean and fresh with only negligible imperfections.<br/> <br/> This is the stately dedication copy of Wasse's monumental edition of Sallust in its original handsome unrestored binding. Described by Dibdin as "an excellent edition . . . the merits of which have long been acknowledged by the literary world" our version was prepared by Wasse after consulting nearly 80 manuscripts including "some very ancient editions." A huge undertaking it spent five years in the press. Oxford Antiquary Thomas Hearne mentioned it in his "Remarks" amazed that "Mr. Wasse . . . has so swell'd his Salust sic . . . with Notes" that "his Index will be upwards of 20 sheets"; in fact the Index consumes 84 leaves 21 quires. The text of the present volume contains the only two extant historical works of Sallust 86-34 B.C. which are his history of the conspiracy of Catiline against the senate in the year Cicero was consul and his history of the Roman war against the Numidian Algerian chieftain Jugurtha brought to its conclusion by the great soldier and populist politician Marius. As a stylist Sallust has enjoyed great fame for his artistic and epigrammatic speeches with their vividly delineated characters. A fellow of Queen's College Cambridge Joseph Wasse 1672-1738 served as chaplain to the Marquess later Duke of Kent Henry Grey 1671-1740 to whom he dedicated this work. The handsome binding is of very high quality and is decorated in the Cambridge style by an unknown binder of that city. Grey was a courtier who held a number of prominent positions: under Queen Anne he served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household and Knight of the Garter and as one of the Lords Justices Regents of the Realm upon her death; under George I he was Lord of the Bedchamber Lord Steward of the Household and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal. Our volume was passed down in his family through the line of his granddaughter Jemima Campbell Marchioness Grey to Thomas Philip de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey 1781-1859 an amateur architect who rebuilt the family seat Wrest Park in Bedfordshire. He became the first president of the Royal Institute of British Architects. It was later in the 24000-volume library of the politician Robert Crewe-Milnes 1858-1945 Marquess of Crewe. Cornelius Crownfield unknown
1714ST20995Naples: Bernardo-Michele Raillard 1714. 343 x 223 mm. 13 1/2 x 8 3/4". 6 p.l. CCLXIX 15 pp. <br/> IMPOSING CONTEMPORARY BROWN MOROCCO EXUBERANTLY GILT covers with painted and gilt frames of floral rolls central panel with elaborate volute cornerpieces large central lozenge formed by myriad leafy gilt vines enclosing a coat of arms containing a three-turreted castle topped by a crown held up by two putti raised bands spine compartments framed by floral roll painted and gilt daisy centerpiece tulip cornerpieces all edges gilt. The Academy's engraved device on title page and 75 ENGRAVED PLATES of scientific instruments and experiments. DSB 9:3; Dibner Herald of Science 82 first edition. Joints with modern wear one short crack at top of rear joint head of spine a bit wormed corners and extremities somewhat rubbed gilt a bit rubbed in spots difficult to tell if some of the decoration is dark because painted or is now missing gilt a couple of leaves slightly browned in the text bed occasional minor foxing more pronounced on a couple of quires other trivial imperfections but an excellent copy--quite clean and fresh internally--in a solid binding still bright with gilt.<br/> <br/> Given its binding and provenance this is a uniquely desirable copy of a significant scientific work: our stately Neapolitan edition of the "Essays on Natural Experiments" is offered here in very animated morocco bearing the arms of the man who paid for its printing and to whom the book is dedicated. That remarkable patron Caesare Michelangelo d'Avalos Marquis of Pescara and Vasto prince of Isernia and Francavilla 1667-1729 was a true Renaissance man who took Machiavelli's "The Prince" as inspiration. He was both a wily political conspirator and a generous patron of the arts and sciences. His palace at Vasto was renowned for the beauty of its furnishings for its splendid art gallery and for its impressive library overseen by the humanist scholar Alessandro Berti. The present volume was a worthy addition to that library with its glowing dedication and its regal binding extravagantly gilt but so tastefully composed that it never crosses the line into ostentatious. <br /> First printed in 1666 "Essays" was produced by the Accademia del Cimento the most significant expression of post-Galilean scientific progress in Italy. Founded in 1657 as the first organization formed for the sole purpose of making scientific experiments the Accademia occupies a singular position in the history of the development of science. Prince Leopold of Tuscany the last exceptional member of the Medici family and his brother Ferdinand who followed the Medici family tradition of patronizing the arts and sciences provided the support free-thinking direction and financial patronage for the Academy. A well-equipped laboratory and an apparently inexhaustible supply of apparatus and materials helped to make the work of the 10 scientists associated with the Academy more sustained and broader in scope than anything that had come before it. W. E. K. Middleton "The Experimenters" According to Thorndike among many other subjects the experiments described here "were concerned with air pressure and freezing; or they aimed to prove that water was incapable of compression and that there was no such thing as lightness or positive levity. Some experiments were magnetic and others electric the latter being chiefly performed with amber. Other subjects investigated were the change of colors in fluids the motion of sound and projectiles." Although no author is given by name the title page of the 1666 first edition indicated that this account was written by the secretary to the academy Lorenzo Magalotti 1637-1712. A pupil of Viviani and a friend of Boyle Magalotti was celebrated for his highly finished colorful almost dramatic descriptions of experiments. DSB notes "He has the distinction . . . of having written the best scientific prose in Italian after that of Galileo.". Bernardo-Michele Raillard unknown
195013039Berkeley California: Kroeber Anthropological Society 1950. The RARE PREMIERE ISSUE of this important monograph created by the students of famed anthropologists A.L. Kroeber and R.H. Lowie. Large format blue stiff card covers with black cloth spine strip. Created to cover the general field of anthropology descriptive studies putting factual information on record bibliographies linguistic texts and vocabulariesand historical documents of ethnological interest. Number 1 is dedicated to the recently retired Lowie and has his photograph frontispiece. Contents include PRE-COLUMBIAN TRADE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA; OBSERVATIONS ON EARLY MAN IN CALIFORNIA; THE IDABAEZ: UNKNOWN INDIANS OF THE CHOCO COAST; A RECONSTRUCTION OF ABORIGINAL DELAWARE CULTURE FROM CONTEMPORARY SOURCES; BLACK MARKET IN PREROGATIVES AMONG THE NORTHERN KWAKIUTL; NEPENTHE IN ABORIGINAL AMERICA. Very good. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Kroeber Anthropological Society Paperback
18524248OLDEST COPY ON BOOKFINDER HARTFORD hardcover
18758449Montreal: no publisher given - Diocese of Montreal 1875. Hardcover. Fair - good. 16mo 648pp. A fair to good copy in contemporary red cloth with the backstrip replaced with old buckram. Page block split in the middle with just a couple loose pages but all present apart from rear free endpaper. Contents generally clean. Much-faded contemporary inscription on the front free endpaper. A scarce English language edition of this devotional volume by a Catholic priest in Montreal. OCLC notes just a handful pf physical holdings mostly in Quebec. [no publisher given - Diocese of Montreal?] hardcover
0243255187.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1971300000305Editions Littéraires et Artistiques à Luçon 85 1971. 1971. Editions Littéraires et Artistiques à Luçon (85) unknown
1334732671.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
190351567Milano Ulrico Hoepli 1903. Royal8vo. Orig. full cloth gilt. A small paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. A stamp on htitle. Frontispiece and portrait heliogravure. XII592 pp. maps textillustr. and plates in heliogravure. Fine and clean. With dedication from the author on halftitle but the name of receiver cut out. <br/><br/><em>First edition. </em> hardcover
1642016944London: Printed for Michael Sparke Robert Milbourne Richard Cotes and Andrew Crooke 1642. Book. Very Good-. Full Leather. 4to. A clean and solid copy in original leather binding with five raised bands and original printer's red stain to all edges. Covers well worn with corners curling inward and leather rubbed from one corner. Hinges split but joints still intact. Eps clipped. Owner's name on front pastedown. Text clean. Binding tight. As is. Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair . Printed for Michael Sparke, Robert Milbourne, Richard Cotes, and Andrew Crooke Hardcover
175343705Neapoli Naples Italy: Excudebat Joseph Raymundi. 1753. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to; 12 335 1 errata pp pages; Mid-eighteenth century sprinkled brown calf raised bands and decorative gilt stamped decoration in spine panels with red title label edges of the text block stained red. The dedication copy of the Latin edition of Dr. John Arbuthnot's last book -- An essay concerning the effects of air on human bodies London printed for J. Tonson in the Strand 1733. With the bookplate of the dedicatee of this 1753 first Latin edition -- Niccolò Fraggianni. A full page engraved portrait of Fraggianni is included facing the text of the dedication of this edition to him. The binding displays some insect damage along portions of the outer gutter margins and at the red leather titling slip on the spine. Internally there is some minor damage which gets progressively less apparent to the front endpapers the half title and title page. At the rear there is similar damage to the endpapers but just a tiny hole in the gutter margin of the errata leaf. There is also a modest damp tide mark to the blank bottom margins of the final twenty pages. Dr. Arbuthnot was born in Scotland and in early life by training and habit of mind thought of himself as a mathematician. He came to London in 1691 the year his father a non-conforming Scottish minister had died. In London the following year Arbuthnot published 'Of the Laws of Chance' -- more or less a translation from the Latin text of Christiaan Huygens's 'De ratiociniis in ludo aleae.' This is widely thought to have been the first work on probability published in English. Arbuthnot became the tutor to a well-born son of a member of Parliament follwed his charge to Oxford where he met many eminent figures of the time -- including Isaac Newton and Samuel Pepys. Arbuthnot felt that he would benefit in life by the formal possession of an advanced degree but did not have the necessary financial backing to spend years as a student. Thus impelled by circumstances he set what I believe must be an all-time speed record for obtaining an earned doctoral degree. He returned to his native Scotland entrolled as a doctoral student in medicine at the University of St. Andrews on 11 September 1696. On that busy day Arbuthnot defended seven theses dealing with medical subjects -- and was awarded his doctorate before that same day had come to a close. Arbuthnot used this new medical degree along with what must have been a vast repertoire of conversation and helpful advice to take advantage of a chance meeting to become physician to Prince George and then to his wife Queen Anne. For ten years he moved in higher and higher circles eventually becoming a member of the Royal household. And even after Queen Anne died without arranging for the continuing support of Dr. Arbuthnot and her other inner staff he never strayed far from the various London circles of power and high achievement. Today he is probably best remembered as a founder of the "Scriblerus Club" -- with his friends Pope Gay Swift Thomas Parnell Harley and Bolingbroke. Because Arbuthnot became famous among these friends for ducking credit as author of a number of poems and satires and his numerous contributions to the works of others. Certainly few would dispute that Arbuthnot had a major influence on Swift's "Gulliver's Travels -- which he saw in various manuscript drafts -- during which he almost certainly influenced its satirical portrayal of the Royal Society the real version of which Arbuthnot had been made a member in 1704. The traditional notion is that this book was not particularly important in the history of medicine since while the idea of "fresh air" is both pleasant and beneficial -- the air could hardly manage to carry pathogens responsible for spreading major disease. When Fielding Garrison wrote his pioneering American history of medicine in 1913 he mentions Dr. John Arbuthnot in his survey of the English Eighteenth century and treats him as the creator of "John Bull" -- friend to Swift and Pope and incidentally physician to Queen Anne. And it was not until four years after Garrison's death that scientists first were able to "see" a virus using the newly developed electron microscope. Naples became a center for publication of medical books in Latin during the eighteenth century. The translator of this text into Latin Fortunatus del Felic held the chair of experimental physics and mathematics at Naples University. He expanded his Lain text on a local point of interest. Dr. Arbuthnot's 1733 English text -- Section XVII of the first chapter -- refers to the "mortiferous Stream in the Grotto del Cane near Naples." The 1753 Latin text contains 8 full double columns of notes on four pages devoted to the nature and literature of this unusual place ranging from classical times forward. Moreover since the grotto represents one of earth's most unusually concentrated exhalations of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere there is more potential interest in Dr. Arbuthnot's fascination for this location and what it might meanfor the earth and life on the planet in the twenty-first century than might have been the case a century ago when this eighteenth century book was usually dismissed by historians of medicine and science as a relatively minor work. Through this Latin translation Fortunato Bartolomeo de Felice 1723 – 1789 also known as the second Comte de Panzutt attracted the attention of Albrecht von Haller -- who influenced Felice to move to Swizerland where he eventually became one of the most important publishers of his time. More about the status of this copy as "the" dedication copy. While it sometimes occurs that the dedicatee of a book has many copies to distribute to friends and colleagues it really does appear that this copy has a unique status. We can find no other copies in library catalogues of copies in which the distinctive bookplate of Niccolò Fraggianni is reported. Moreover there is an ink inscription about the history of our copy following the death of Fraggianni in February of 1763. "Quondam / Nunc Aloysii Ranatila Scarpacci / Philosophiae et Medicinae Doctoris / 1768." . Excudebat Joseph Raymundi hardcover
19962080202105101342Not Available 1996. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
177130605Paris: Le Bas 1771. Nouvelle edition. Hardcover. Good. Four volumes 12mo. 3 130 235 85 71 leafs. Decorative paper covered boards spines worn. Remarkable narrative of Sacred History first published between 1760 and 1762. Illustrated mostly by Le Maire but also by Masquelier du Clos Gauché and many others. These volumes consist of an unascribed bilingual text Latin and French to accompany plates illustrating Biblical scenes along with short interspersed series of scenes drawn from Homer and Virgil and a gallery of Muses by way of conclusion with captions derived from Ausonius; the plates owe much to Goltzius Diepenbeeck and Le Temple des Muses and anticipate some of Le Mire-Basan's "Métamorphoses Gravées" Paris 1770. Bindings rubbed along joints and edges. Corners bumped not affecting pages throughout. Rear cover of second volume glued. Lacks the first leaf of Le Maire's dedication to the Duke of Burgundy. Otherwise this work is complete! Sporadic and very minor age toning throughout. Text in French and Latin. A good set. Le Bas hardcover
159639771Romae Rome: Apud Iacobum Lunam. Impensis Leonardi Parasoli & Sociorum 1596. First edition. Hardcover. poor to vg. Folio 15 1/4 x 10 3/4". 8 705 1pp. Contemporary gilt-stamped calf with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Raised bands. Dentelles. Striking floral design painting to paper edges with head of Christ on fore-edge. Engraved title by Francesco Villamena. Title page in red and black lettering and highlighted in gold. Decorative initials and tailpiece. Dedication to Pope Clement VIII by M. Vestrius Barbianus the Papal secretary. Printer's device on last page. <br /> <br /> Illustrated with no less than 156 magnificent hand-colored in-text engravings this monumental work is the official and complete liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church. It contains the offices for sacramental and other sacred acts and ceremonies such as baptism communion confirmation ordination matrimony dedication of churches altars bells benediction of crosses sacred vestures burials coronations etc. Also includes numerous liturgical motets in Latin for Masses Te Deum and other religious ceremonies. All the engravings as well as the decorative initials and the printer's device at rear have been splendidly handcolored by a contemporary previous owner.<br /> <br /> Binding rubbed along edges. Covers detached but present. Title page repaired and re-laid. The first 24 leaves are disbound. Pages 15 to 30 heavily sunned with sporadic holes thus partly affecting text and some illustrations. Minor to moderate age-toning along paper margin for the remaining pages. Text in Latin. Binding in overall poor pages 15-30 in poor to fair the remaining pages in good to very good condition. Apud Iacobum Lunam. Impensis Leonardi Parasoli & Sociorum hardcover
19806603Privately Printed Tabula Rasa Press Pasadena California Only Those awarded a Scholarship will Receive a Copy 1980. HB NODJ Issued August 1980 1st editionBeige Cloth Brown spine Lettered in Gold Gilt small stain residue endpaper VG/VG AS-IS NODJ. First Edition. Hard Cover. Privately Printed, Tabula Rasa Press, Pasadena, California Only Those awarded a Scholarship will Receive a Copy hardcover
19264454London : John Lane The Bodley Head Limited ; London ; Aylesbury : Made and Printed in Great Britain by Hazell Watson & Viney 1926. 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. xv 312 pp. ; 19 cm. ; OCLC: 3363061 ; LC: PS3505.A153 ; grey cloth with decorative embossed designs with dark grey lettering ; top edge in faded purple ; includes a poetic dedication to Carl Van Doren ; a picaresque medieval novel by one of the mo st underrated fantasy writers in a British edition and fantastically claiming to be based on "Poictesme en Chanson et Légende by G. J. Bülg Strasburg 1785" a wholly fictitious work and author ; Extract from the extended subtitle: "Herewith beg ins the history of the birth and of the triumphing of the great legend about Manuel the Redeemer whom Gonfal repudiated as blown dust and Miramon as an imposter and whom Coth repudiated out of honest love.and hereinafter is recorded the manner of the great legend's engulfment of these persons." ; slight foxing slight marks on bottom of textblock else VG <br/> <br/> London : John Lane, The Bodley Head Limited ; [London ; Aylesbury : Made and Printed in Great Britain by Hazell, Watson & Viney] hardcover
1983151j1825Canada: Self-Published. Fine in Good dust jacket. 1983. Second Printing. Hardcover. "Progress over the past four decades has altered and improved living and working conditions throughout our northern frontier and this book gives a true and interesting look at one man's participation. Any reader with an adventurous spirit will appreciate the problems and excitement of growing with and being part of development in the northwest during this time. Whether he was running dogs a river boat aircraft or helicopter Pat always completed his task many times under adverse conditions." - Gordon Cameron. 222 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Book in excellent condition clean bright tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Average wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A quality example of this adventurous life story. ; 8vo; Pack Dogs to Helicopters: Pat Callison's Story . Self-Published hardcover
63053Circe. 1999 316pp. Paperback. With dedication and signed in tibetan by the author. Also signed by Gilles van Grasdorff. In good condition. Text in Spanish. Circe paperback
63061Sperling Kupfer Milano. 2000 XVIII282pp. Hardcover with dustjacket. With dedication and signed in tibetan by the author. Also signed by Gilles van Grasdorff. Browned. In good condition. Text in Italian. Sperling Kupfer, Milano hardcover
19592092902137703419private version 1959. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. private version paperback
1956008199London: Phoenix House Ltd. 1956. The DEDICATION COPY of this historical tale of the 14th century. Near Fine condition. Clean square and tight. Inner hinges are perfect. The binding is the original blue boards stamped in shiny silver on the spine. In addition to her considerable talents as a biographer and literary historian the author was a gifted artist who attended the Minneapolis School of Art. She has handsomely illustrated this book with endpaper maps and decorated head and tail pieces at the start and end of each chapter. This is the DEDICATION COPY probably one of two -- one per sister. The book's printed dedication is "To My Sisters." On the same page the author has sketched a delightful winged gargoyle. Next to that the author has written: "for my darling Joy signed Marrie." Joy was B. J. Beatrice Joy Chute the author's sister and fellow-author. Among B. J. Chute's books are: GREENWILLOW; THE FIELDS ARE WHITE; THE BLUE CUP; SHATTUCK CADET; THE END OF LOVING; KATIE AN IMPERTINENT FAIRY TALE; and THE GOOD WOMAN. Born in Wayzata Minnesota in 1909 Marchette "Marrie" Chute moved to New York City with her mother and two sisters in the early 1940s. Both sisters Beatrice Joy Chute and Mary Grace Chute later Mary Chute Smith of Morristown N.J. were also gifted writers. Marchette Chute wrote some 13 books and served as president of the American Center of P.E.N. from 1955-57. She was elected to the American Academy of the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1975. Among her other books are: SHAKESPEARE OF LONDON; BEN JONSON OF WESTMINSTER; JESUS OF ISRAEL; THE TWO GENTLE MEN THE LIVES OF GEORGE HERBERT AND ROBERT HERRICK. This is the first UK edition with "First published 1956" so stated on the copyright page. . INSCRIBED / SIGNED to the AUTHOR'S SISTER. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket. 191pp. Phoenix House Ltd. Hardcover
133390939X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
19366413<p>John Lane The Bodley Head.London.1936. FIRST EDITION. 1st impression. 8vo. THE DEDICATION COPY. Inscribed by Crankshaw to his wife Clare on the half title. ---- For Clare. The first copy of the first of all our books. April 17th 1936. Teddy. ----- Pages affected by small damp stain to the fore edge at the bottom 1.5 inches but not spreading onto the page surface. Some foxing mostly to the first and last few pages. Overall a near to very good copy in a poor dustwrapper with loss to both the top and bottom of spine and with several chips to the panel edges. ---- Bought by me direct from the estate of Crankshaw's widow Clare.:</p> John Lane The Bodley Head. London.,1936 hardcover
1967024057UK: Methuen 1967. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good /Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1967. The dedication copy. Presentation inscription and postcard from his friend the author to Edgell Rickword. From the library of John Edgell Rickword his wife Beatrix and finally by decent to their daughter Dr Jane Grubb. Small bookplate detailing the provenance attached to each volume. Most of the his books went to institutions after his death so this book is rare thus. John Edgell Rickword MC 1898-1982 was an English poet critic journalist and literary editor. He became one of the leading communist intellectuals active in the 1930s. After joining the army he saw front-line action in France as a subaltern in the Royal Berkshire Regiment. He was wounded twice-losing the sight of one eye-and he won the Military Cross for distinguished service. After the armistice Rickword was invalided out of the army. The following year he went up to Pembroke College Oxford to read French literature. His first collection of verse Behind the Eyes 1921 contains similar styles poetry to be found in Sassoon's war verse. Additionally these poems including the much-anthologized "Trench Poets" "Winter Warfare" and "The Soldier addresses his Body" were part of Rickword's already distinctive style. In the 1930's he took up literary work in London. He reviewed for the Times Literary Supplement which led to his celebrated review of T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land. He joined the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1934 and became increasingly active in political work during the period of the Spanish Civil War; while still writing poetry. During the second world war years Rickword wrote some superb social and literary criticism including studies of the war poets of World War I John Milton and English radical thinkers of the 19th century. By the end of the war he become editor of Our Time a literary review that tried to create bridges between the arts and common people. After this he became Editor of Our Time the Communist review from 1944 to 1947 working with David Holbrook. Rickword had an upbeat view at the time on the possibilities of popular culture and radical politics and the circulation rose as he broadened the publication's scope from popular political poetry. Rickword's eyesight failed completely in his last years though he was working on his memoirs up to his death. He died on March 15 1982. Rickword's actual contribution to the development of English poetry is undervalued even now in spite of the fact that several selections from and collections of his poems have appeared at regular intervals since the end of World War II.The reputation of Rickword as a poet has been overshadowed to some extent by his better-known achievements as critic and editor. And yet Rickword the poet-as much as Rickword the brilliant literary and social critic or Rickword the outstanding editor-has been one of the models of creative intelligence in British culture since the end of World War I. Rickword's work stands foursquare in English tradition but it is in that tradition revolutionized by the same shaping forces of modernism that transformed Eliot's poetry. Rickword with an intelligence and sensibility fully responsive to both French poetry and to English opened up new paths for English poetry during the decade after World War I. According to Rickword "to himself the poet should be in the first place a man not an author." He certainly followed his own advice. As David Holbrook wrote about Rickword's most caustic poetry of the late 1920s: "It strikes home because underlying it is the tragic acceptance of man's situation and the governed urbanity civilisation and joy of a sensitive responsible poet." The bulk of Edgells's archive resides at Manchester University library but the main part of the collection which was deposited by his friend David Holbrook is at Downing College Cambridge Archive. Book is very good and bright. Contents good. Wrapper is very good and bright. Light age toning. Ref16865 <br/> <br/> Methuen hardcover
20032091502135401901Gakuen Publishing House Beijing 2003. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Gakuen Publishing House (Beijing) paperback
