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1935131704London: Chambers 1935. First UK Edition preceding all others. <br/><br/>A phenomenally popular novel in the UK and Ireland upon publication and basis for the iconic 1952 John Ford film "The Quiet Man" starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. The UK edition went well into multiple printings the small first printing having always been extremely scarce particularly in jacket. <br/><br/>Very Good plus in an about Very Good dust jacket. Neat contemporary owner name on the front endpaper. Slight lean with a strip of fading along the bottom edge of the boards light foxing to the page edges. Jacket has a few chips and short closed tears at the extremities the largest being at the crown affecting a portion of the title "EEN" in "GREEN". A very presentable copy overall. Chambers unknown books
1796284281796. Small quarto. 8pp. Loose sheets. Contemporary manuscript notations. Moderately soiled and worn. Final page loose torn in center of text with minor loss. Early imprint from the colonial press at the French colony of Mauritius also known as the Ile de France. The text deals with the Governor's reserve powers; it is signed in type by Governor Magallon. The Dutch were the first Europeans to become interested in the island taking possession in 1598. After exploiting the island's dense forests for a century and introducing the cultivation of sugar cane and cotton the Dutch abandoned the colony in 1710. The French soon claimed it as "Ile de France" and the island remained under the control of the French East India Company until 1767. During the long war between France and England at the beginning of the 19th century Mauritius proved to be an important strategic naval base and as a result the British took charge of the island in 1810 and the Treaty of Paris confirmed official British possession in 1814. It remained an important sugar producing colony and in the 20th century agricultural production was expanded to include tea rice and other produce. Printing began on Mauritius in 1768. During the French period until 1810 only about 400 imprints were produced mostly in the form of official documents and newspapers though there are also almanacs and a few other items. All are quite rare. No copies located in OCLC; Toussaint locates a copy at the Mauritius Archives.<br/> <br/>Toussaint A298. unknown books
1796WRCAM48594Port Nord-Ouest: Chez F.N. Bolle 1796. 8pp. Small quarto. Loose sheets. Contemporary manuscript notations. Moderately soiled and worn. Final page loose torn in center of text with minor loss. About good. Early imprint from the colonial press at the French colony of Mauritius also known as the Ile de France. The text deals with the Governor's reserve powers; it is signed in type by Governor Magallon. <br> <br> The Dutch were the first Europeans to become interested in the island taking possession in 1598. After exploiting the island's dense forests for a century and introducing the cultivation of sugar cane and cotton in 1710 the Dutch abandoned the colony. The French soon claimed it as "Ile de France" and the island remained under the control of the French East India Company until 1767. During the long war between France and England at the beginning of the 19th century Mauritius proved to be an important strategic naval base and as a result the British took charge of the island in 1810 and the Treaty of Paris confirmed official British possession in 1814. It remained an important sugar producing colony and in the 20th century agricultural production was expanded to include tea rice and other produce. <br> <br> Printing began on Mauritius in 1768. During the French period until 1810 only about 400 imprints were produced mostly in the form of official documents and newspapers though there are also almanacs and a few other items. All are quite rare. No copies located in OCLC; Toussaint locates a copy at the Mauritius Archives. TOUSSAINT A298. Chez F.N. Bolle unknown books
1981307875New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1981. First edition. Color illustrations by the author. Oblong 4to. Publisher's red cloth. Fine in pictorial dust-jacket light edgewear. First edition. Color illustrations by the author. Oblong 4to. Inscribed with a Drawing. First edition inscribed with a drawing of a goblin offering a flower "To Sylvia with all my love! Maurice. July '81." The recipient is Sylvia Milgram d. 2000 museum coordinator at MOMA and Sendak's close friend. Hanrahan A110 (Harper & Row, Publishers unknown books
1985WRCLIT64742New York: Vincent Fitzgerald & Co. 1985. Folio 44.5 x 35.5 cm. Loose sheets and folded bifolia laid into publisher's cloth clamshell case. Illustrated with full-page lithographs. Bookplate on front pastedown of case small label residue in corner of upper panel of case else about fine. First edition. One of 120 copies printed on handmade Crisbrook paper by Wild Carrot signed by the author and the artist. Music rendered in facsimile of Thomson's manuscript printed by John Hutcheson and calligraphy by Jerry Kelly. The lithographs were editioned by the Printmaking Workshop of Paul Blackburn and each is numbered and initialed in the margin by Grosser. A collaboration by two long-time friends with Thomson's musical portraits accompanied by Grosser's lithographic portraits of the same subjects including themselves Jane Bowles the singer Theodate Johnson Mark Beard et al. The dates of composition of Thomson's portraits range from 1929 to the year of publication with many of the earlier works being newly rewritten for piano for this edition. Vincent Fitzgerald & Co. hardcover books
1953140940055New York: Ace Books 1953. First Edition. Very Good. Ace Double D-15 published dos-a-dos Maurice Helbrant's Narcotic Agent. First edition first printing of William S. Burrough's first published book published under the name William Lee. Signed by Burroughs on the title page. Very Good or better with light wear to covers toning to pages and small ink notation to first page on Junkie. A lovely copy. Ace Books unknown books
19121001451Paris: Henri Laurens Editeur 1912. First edition of Maurice Denis's iconic modernist coloring book Premiers Paysages First Landscapes. A founding member of the group of French painters known as Les Nabis Denis was invited by editor Henri Laurens to contribute to a popular children's art series Les Leçons de Choses du Petit Coloriste. In response during the summer of 1911 Denis produced a series of dreamlike French landscapes. "Petits coloristes" can lose themselves in painting scenes of villages and mountains countryside and seashore with captions by Denis that provide a wry running commentary on his creative process: "Ce n'est pas difficile de faire des maisons quand on ne fait pas toutes les fenêtres." Denis even reminds his young readers to keep their paints separate and their brushes clean. The quality of these vibrant landscapes which exemplify Denis's famous definition of painting as "a flat surface covered with colors assembled in a certain order" was immediately recognized. In 1912 the bibliophilic society "Les XX" commissioned a deluxe edition of twenty signed copies featuring an extra plate and multiple impressions of each image. This first edition of Premiers Paysages while less lavishly produced reflects the book's original identity as an inexpensive ephemeral activity book: surviving examples are typically found with plates colored by early owners. From the stock of legendary book scout Martin Stone 1946-2016 with his penciled note: "of the utmost rarity." We locate copies of this trade issue at BNF Getty Yale and the Smithsonian: this copy like the Yale copy is staple-bound. A near-fine unused example. Side-stapled volume measuring 10.5 x 8.5 inches: 16. Original color pictorial paper boards. Seven color plates and seven matching uncolored plates with two additional uncolored plates reproducing the color images printed on the boards. Lightest general foxing and toning. Henri Laurens, Editeur unknown books
1927006395Paris: Librairie Lemercier 1927. Limited Edition. First Edition thus. Three Quarter Morocco. Wooden boards. Fine. No. 54 of 255 copies in limitation on velin pur fil Lafuma. Beautiful 3/4 morocco binding with unusual wood or wood veneer boards and matching wood veneer endpapers. And leather painted "onlay" illustration mounted onto spine! 4to. 28 by 22 cm. 208 pp. with 18 color plates and twelve vignettes and a second suite of all the illustrations in just outline form bound in at the end along with the spine to the wraps. The wrap cover serves as one of the three title pages. In its original title "Raharu" this is the novel that put Loti on the map in 1880 and it served as the inspiration for Leo Delibes' once popular opera "Lakmé" which premiered just three years later. Essentially Loti was the authorial counterpart to Gauguin in plunging whole into Tahitian society and his pen-name "Loti" followed from this novel. Without question one of Loti's greatest strengths as a writer was the color he brought to his descriptions and exotic subject matter and these pochoirs most definitely honor and capture that mastery. The bright plates and vignettes could be mistaken for actual painting and they are a feast to the eye. Apparently scarce with the only copy we could locate at the BNF -- no copies of this edition were found at all on OCLC or in commerce. Light rubbing of front joint. <br /><br /> Librairie Lemercier hardcover books
1927004618Paris: Librairie Lemercier 1927. Limited Edition. First Edition thus. Three Quarter Morocco. Marbled Boards. Near Fine. 1 of 12 copies to the limitation this being a presentation copy to Madame de Becque the wife of the illustrator. Beautiful 3/4 morocco binding by Saulnier. 4to. 28 by 22 cm. 208 pp. with 18 color plates and twelve vignettes and a second suite of all the illustrations in just outline form bound in at the end along with the spine to the wraps. The wrap cover serves as one of the three title pages. In its original title "Raharu" this is the novel that put Loti on the map in 1880 and it served as the inspiration for Leo Delibes' once popular opera "Lakmé" which premiered just three years later. Essentially Loti was the authorial counterpart to Gauguin in plunging whole into Tahitian society and his pen-name "Loti" followed from this novel. Without question one of Loti's greatest strengths as a writer was the color he brought to his descriptions and exotic subject matter and these pochoirs most definitely honor and capture that mastery. The bright plates and vignettes could be mistaken for actual painting and they are a feast to the eye. Apparently scarce with the only copy we could locate at the BNF -- no copies of this edition were found at all on OCLC or in commerce. A few tiny specks of discoloration on the spine and very light edgewear. Otherwise clean and pristine inside. <br /><br /> Librairie Lemercier hardcover books
1898253096New York: Dodd Mead & Co 1898. hardcover. fine. 19 volumes title-pages with decorative red borders. 8vo. Publisher's deluxe binding gold-decorated full blue crushed morocco ornately gilt spines and covers full finely tooled burgundy leather inside all covers top edge gilt deckled fore - and bottom edges. New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1898-1918. Near Fine.<br/><br/> Autograph Edition limited to 150 copies. Volume 1 signed by Maeterlinck on blank leaf. Previous owners bookplates<br/><br/> Dodd, Mead & Co unknown books
191013796Paris: Durand & Cie 1910. First. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Piano score to Ravel's ballet in three scenes signed and inscribed opposite the title page by Pierre Monteux who conducted the work's premiere in 1912. He has boldly signed and inscribed to his sister-in-law Hilda Davis wife of bandleader Meyer Davis: "As the creator of this score whose name has been omited sic -- I do not know why!! I am going to dedicate that copy to my dear sister in law Hilda Emery Davis with my love." Indeed although the names of the original dancers including Nijinksy as Daphnis choreographer Michel Fokine and scenery designer Léon Bakst are all listed on the title page Monteux's name does not appear. A lovely inscription showing Monteux's characteristic good humor and charm! From the estate of Monteux's daughter Nancie Monteux Barendse.  <br>Upright folio. 10 x 13 inches 25 x 32.5 cm. 114 pp. PN D&F 7748. Softcover with light brown textured paper slipcovers printed in red and black in an elegant box bound in blue cloth. Some light wear to the edges of the box and slipcovers but the score itself in fine condition. Orenstein Ravel: Man and Musician p. 177. <br style="">Ravel began work on the score in 1909 after a commission from Sergei Diaghilev. It was premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris by his Ballets Russes on 8 June 1912. At almost an hour long Daphnis et Chloé is Ravel's longest work. In spite of the ballet's duration four discernible leitmotifs give musical unity to the score. The music some of the composer's most passionate is widely regarded as some of Ravel's best with extraordinarily lush harmonies typical of the impressionist movement in music. Even during the composer's lifetime contemporary commentators described this ballet as his masterpiece for orchestra with Stravinsky hailing it as "one of the most beautiful products in all of French music." Monteux recorded the work later on with the London Symphony in 1959. Durand & Cie hardcover books
1862006327Paris: A. Lévy Fils 1862. Half Morocco. Very Good. Sand Maurice. All the plates are here rendered in three states -- full hand-colored black and white and sepia and white! 2 volumes 4to. 28 by 20 cm. viii 356 2 384 pp. 50 hand-colored plates and 100 additional in the two other formats featuring the stock characters of the improvisational Theatre Italienne such as Harlequino Arlechino Pulcinella Colombine Pagliaccio Pierrot Pantalon L'Apothicaire Le Notaire Scaramuccia Pasquariello etc. Nowadays these characters are most familiar to opera-goers thanks to the comical works of Donizetti Mascagni Busoni Mozart etc. Most of these characters grew out of the roaming theatrical troupes that originated in Italy of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The costume and basic personality of the character remained stable from one performance to the next but within those parameters the characters in a troupe usually following the broad contours of a story line would improvise bringing in buffonery perhaps relating to the events of the day the specific venue where they were appearing or whatever else might spring into their mind on the spur of the moment. In the eighteenth century the free form went into decline replaced by more scripted plays but its influence is very evident in the plays of Goldoni Moliere who worked well before the form vanished and besides the opera buffa early twentieth century Vaudeville ballet and more current comedy. Also the costume from the Theatre Italienne has never failed to excite enthusiasm and thus it is often celebrated in the decorative arts as perhaps most magnificently in porcelain beginning in the eighteenth century with Meissen Nymphenburg and many other makes. Today the style of Harlequin or Arlecchino continue to be emulated in clothes design with some regularity. This two volume celebration of the costume and characters of this theater was written by Maurice Sand who was the son of the novelist George Sand who wrote the preface. Maurice Sand 1823 -1889 was an accomplished illustrator and writer in his own right. Provenance: this copy comes from the heirs of John James Audobon. The initials "V.A." are stamped on both front boards; these initials probably refer to Victor Gifford Audubon Jr. 1847-1915 the artist's grandson. Condition: some minor scuffs and abrasions on the leather spine shelfwear on the edges. A few some light soil spots here and there but overall quite clean and bright. <br /><br /> A. Lévy Fils books
1982240516New York 1982. First. unbound. near fine. New York 1982. Limited Edition. This striking over-sized poster 68 1/2 x 47 1/2 inches was printed in an edition of about 50 copies to be used as advertising for the New York City Opera in bus shelters. It depicts three typical Sendak figures including a "Wild Thing" striking a pose in costume on a stage. Repaired 1 inch tear near bottom right corner. Not in Hanrahan. Very scarce.<br/><br/> unknown books
1963140937985New York: Harper & Row 1963. First Edition. About Very Good. First edition first printing with Library of Congress card number 63-21253 on title page. Signed on half title inscribed to the late antiquarian bookseller Sam Hessel "For Sam Hessel- GRRRRR! / Maurice Sendak / OCT. '78." Illustrated paper-covered boards with gray cloth backstrip. About Very Good with toning slight soiling and a few yellow marks to boards exposed tips a few small stains in text. Lacking dust jacket. The beloved Caldecott-winning illustrated children's book which inspired the 2009 film directed by Spike Jonze. Harper & Row unknown books
1933211411Half-Way House / Steyning Road Rottingdean 1933. 2 pp in ink on personal letterhead. 1 vols. 4to. Very good. 2 pp in ink on personal letterhead. 1 vols. 4to. A Plea to TE Lawrence re the Memory of Albert Ball. Baring discusses the recent appearance of and furor over a new book on the WW I flying ace Albert Ball CAPTAIN ALBERT BALL VC DS by RH Kiernan which Baring considers "a noble tribute to a great boy. His father Sir Albert Ball Mayor of Nottingham misreading it has seen red & considers it a slander on his son and an insult to the RAF."<br/><br/>Baring continues "To me this is as if the Spartan fathers had considered Simonides' epitaph on the fallen Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae . a slur . " Noting that Ball had spoken critically to the press about the book Baring asks Lawrence if he might consider reading it and giving his opinion. unknown books
19064501New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1906. First edition. First edition. An elegant and sumptuous full green crushed levant binding by McDonald signed in gilt pallet at rear dentelle "Bound by MacDonald" consisting of griple fillet gold framing and the spine very ornately detailed in four compartments with title and author in the author two. Ornate gilt dentelles attractive marbled endsheet. TEG. Very fine example of James McDonald's work the fine Scottish bookbinder who came to the US and set up shop in NYC in 1880 very quickly becoming one of the preeminent bookbinders in America. WITH A FULL-PAGE INSCRIPTION BY MAETERLINCK in French on the verso of the frontispiece and signed by Maeterlinck in fountain pen. Dodd, Mead and Company unknown books
296705Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts. Folio with title-page 49 of 50 color loose collotype plates after photographs. In original cloth-backed illustrated boards with stains chips and wear three green cloth ties present but worn. Some light scuffs to plates corner of plate 8 is chipped lower left. Plate 36 missing.<br/><br/> Beautiful arrangements of flowers leaves vines and grasses printed in unusual colors. Chrysanthemums begonias poppies ferns and many more flowers are depicted. The floral designs include ornamental friezes carpets among other creative designs. The dossier is attributed to Verneuil in pencil but no date or name printed on the folio. Maurice Pillard Verneuil 1869-1942 was a designer who is known for his influential textile book on the subject of Art Deco design; 'Etoffes et Tapis Etrangers' which was produced for the Paris Art Deco exhibition in 1925. Le Decor Floral is hard to find and special.<br/><br/> Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts unknown books
1862003597Paris: A. Levy Fils 1862. Quarter Morocco pebbled cloth boards. Very Good. Sand Maurice. 2 volumes 4to. 28 by 19 cm. viii 356 2 384 pp. 50 hand-colored plates featuring the stock characters of the improvisational Theatre Italienne such as Harlequino Arlechino Pulcinella Colombine Pagliaccio Pierrot Pantalon L'Apothicaire Le Notaire Scaramuccia Pasquariello etc. Nowadays these characters are most familiar to opera-goers thanks to the comical works of Donizetti Mascagni Busoni Mozart etc. Most of these characters grew out of the roaming theatrical troupes that originated in Italy of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The costume and basic personality of the character remained stable from one performance to the next but within those parameters the characters in a troupe usually following the broad contours of a story line would improvise bringing in buffonery perhaps relating to the events of the day the specific venue where they were appearing or whatever else might spring into their mind on the spur of the moment. In the eighteenth century the free form went into decline replaced by more scripted plays but its influence is very evident in the plays of Goldoni Moliere who worked well before the form vanished and besides the opera buffa early twentieth century Vaudeville ballet and more current comedy. Also the costume from the Theatre Italienne has never failed to excite enthusiasm and thus it is often celebrated in the decorative arts as perhaps most magnificently in porcelain beginning in the eighteenth century with Meissen Nymphenburg and many other makes. Today the style of Harlequin or Arlecchino continue to be emulated in clothes design with some regularity. This two volume celebration of the costume and characters of this theater was written by Maurice Sand who was the son of the novelist George Sand who wrote the preface. Maurice Sand 1823 -1889 was an accomplished illustrator and writer in his own right. Occasional soiling sometimes toning around perimeter outside of tissue guards which have survived remarkably well. Rubbing along joints and moderate wear of boards. Very handsome marbled painting of edges. <br/><br/> A. Levy Fils hardcover books
2101005Harper & Row. early. hardcover. very good/very good. Early printing. Inscribed and signed with a drawing by the author on the verso of the front free end paper. Book in very good condition. Dust jacket very good front flap clipped at bottom but not price-clipped with a couple of tears on front and back. Housed in custom-made slipcase. Harper & Row unknown books
1787710321787. A Set of Manuscript Notes on an Eighteenth-Century Textbook on French Law Manuscript. Deloche Maurice Clement d.1842. Serres Claude 1695-1753. Notes sur les Institutes de Justinien Redigees dans l'Ordre des Institutes au Droit Francois de Serres par M. XXX. Grenoble 1787. viii 523 22 pp. Quarto 10-1/4" x 7". Contemporary mottled calf gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece reading Notes Sur Serres edges rouged. Light rubbing and a few shallow scuffs to boards moderate rubbing to extremities a few minor worm holes to spine ends and rear board hinges cracked. Light toning text in neat hand within ruled borders a few notes in same hand laid in. $1950. A note in a later hand identifies the author as "Monsieur Mce Maurice Clement Deloche who died 18 May 1842." Apparently a fair copy this manuscript is a comprehensive set of notes on each section of Les Institutions du Droit Francois: Suivant l'Ordre de Celles de Justinien 1750 final edition 1778 by Serres. We were unable to identify which edition. Each note has a reference to the appropriate section. The manuscript is dated 1787 but it has additional notes from the Revolutionary era: three pages of notes at the beginning of the manuscript dated 1789 and 1793 and notes to the margins of a few leaves dated 1793 and 1794. As indicated by its title Serres's book is an elementary study of French law organized in the manner of Justinian's Institutes the classic textbook on Roman law from the Corpus Juris Civilis. unknown books
183433774London: Richard Bentley New Burlington Street 1834. 1st edition NCBEL III 1392; Sadleir 1672. Not in Wolff. 19th C. maroon morocco-style half-leather binding by Budden with marbled paper boards. Elaborate gilt-decorated spines. Marbled paper eps. AEG. Joints professionally strengthened. Bookplate. Townshend's signature at base of t.p. in each volume. A VG set. 3 volumes 4 300; 4 311 1 blank; 2 288 pp. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 4-5/8" <br/><br/>Author's first book and apparently only published novel issued anonymously. Maurice named the villian of his novel "Captain Marryatt" which was as Sadleir termed it "an error of judgement which brought Maurice a challenge to a duel." Uncommon on the commercial market. Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street hardcover books
192957165New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1929. First American edition with the bookplate of the translator on the front pastedown and his signed manuscript note on the front endpaper "Two copies uncut and bound by hand of which this is No. I / Paris 1929 / A Little Gift for the Shining Lady". 8vo. 6 213 1 pp. Correspondence in French and English on facing pages; "The Centaur" is in English. Guerin's "death-bed letter" he actually died several years later dictated to his friend Barbey d'Aurevilly and signed by Guerin is affixed to an internal page in its chronological sequence. Maurice de Guerin 1810-1839 was a French Romantic poet who achieved cultish admiration as one of the earliest practitioners of the poem in prose; with his friend Barbey d'Aurevilly 1808-1889 he would have a decisive impact on the later "Decadent" writers. Very good untrimmed copy. Three-quarter black morocco marbled boards and endpapers gilt spine title top edge gilt. #6162. <br/><br/> Covici, Friede, Publishers hardcover books
175825960La Haye: Pierre Gosse Junior 1758. Folio pp. xii 228 2 errata and binder's directions 2; 40 engraved plates 16 double page and 4 folding and 41 engraved vignettes; bound with: Bonneville Supplement aux Reveries ou Mémoires sur l'art de la guerre de Maurice Comte de Saxe La Haye Chez Pierre Gosse 1758 pp. 15 1; 21 engraved plates 4 double page and one folding; contemporary red morocco-backed boards spine in 7 compartments black morocco label in 1 gilt ornaments in the rest; the boards with an overlay of 20th century pastepaper endpapers renewed. A standard work on warfare by Maurice Comte de Saxe 1696-1750 marshal of France son of the king of Poland conqueror of the English pretender to the dukedom of Kurland and universal lover here printed under the editorship of Zacharie de Pazzi de Bonneville. It is a remarkable work on the art of war. Though described by Carlyle as 'a strange military farrago dictated as I should think under opium' it is in fact a classic. It was published posthumously in 1757. This is the only folio edition. <br/><br/> Pierre Gosse Junior hardcover books
197715085ENew York: Putnam 1977. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the great motion picture director Billy Wilder: “This is a pretty dull book - but then again so is the subject. Best wishes Billy Wilder ‘85.†Illustrated. Near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a few tiny tears. A candid and revealing portrait of the life and work of Billy Wilder and the most important biographical book published on Wilder in his lifetime. Wilder was one of Hollywood’s most accomplished directors whose films include such classics as Double Indemnity The Lost Weekend Sunset Boulevard Stalag 17 Sabrina The Apartment etc. Putnam unknown books
19554696Oxford: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1955. First edition. Octavo original cloth. Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen's copy with his name "A.K. Sen Trinity College Cambridge" on the half title page. Inscribed on the front free endpaper to Sen "For Amartiya With the confidence that he will plan the dynamic economy of a socialist and peaceful India. With best wishes Arif Cambridge 8 May 1955." In very good condition. In 1953 Sen entered Trinity College Cambridge where he earned a second B.A. in Economics in 1955 with a first class topping the list. He was elected President of the Cambridge Majlis. While Sen was officially a Ph.D. student at Cambridge though he had finished his research in 1955-6 he was offered the position of Professor and Head of the Economics Department of the newly created Jadavpur University in Calcutta and he became the youngest chairman to head the Department of Economics. He served in that position starting the new Economics Department during 1956 to 1958. Meanwhile Sen was elected to a Prize Fellowship at Trinity College which gave him four years of freedom to do anything he liked; he made the radical decision to study philosophy. Sen explained: "The broadening of my studies into philosophy was important for me not just because some of my main areas of interest in economics relate quite closely to philosophical disciplines for example social choice theory makes intense use of mathematical logic and also draws on moral philosophy and so does the study of inequality and deprivation but also because I found philosophical studies very rewarding on their own". His interest in philosophy however dates back to his college days at Presidency where he read books on philosophy and debated philosophical themes. In Cambridge there were major debates between supporters of Keynesian economics on the one hand and the "neo-classical" economists skeptical of Keynes on the other. However because of a lack of enthusiasm for social choice theory in both Trinity and Cambridge Sen had to choose a different subject for his Ph.D. thesis which was on "The Choice of Techniques" in 1959 though the work had been completed much earlier except for some valuable advice from his adjunct supervisor in India Professor A.K. Dasgupta given to Sen while teaching and revising his work at Jadavpur under the supervision of the "brilliant but vigorously intolerant" post-Keynesian Joan Robinson. Sen has went on to become one of the leading international voices on issues of famine welfare economics and human development theory as well as the social issues and inequalities that underlie those problems. Routledge and Kegan Paul hardcover books
