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In it, Attenborough discusses the Natural History of the Med, as well as exploring mankind’s relationship to the natural world, from the earliest human settlements to modern cities, and from the North African shore to Southern Europe. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55917398229316,"sku":"SQ6980386","price":225.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/39a02409.jpg?v=1777235690"},{"product_id":"the-horse-whisperer","title":"The Horse Whisperer","description":"\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEVANS, Nicholas \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Horse Whisperer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLondon: Bantam Press, 1995 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8vo., maroon publisher’s boards, lettered in gilt to spine with publisher’s device to foot; together in the unclipped photographic dustwrapper (£14.99 to front flap) with a photograph of Montana by Jeff Foott; pp. [xii], 13-348, [iv]; a near-fine copy, spine ends lightly pushed and some faint spotting to the rear endpapers; in the near-fine wrapper just a touch sunned to spine with some light creasing to the head. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst edition of Evans’ debut novel, this copy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003einscribed by him to the title page\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: “To Glenys \/ with best wishes \/ Nicholas Evans”. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReleased to great international acclaim, ‘The Horse Whisperer’ was developed into a 1998 film starring Robert Redford and Scarlet Johansson, and centres around Grace and her horse Pilgrim, who suffer a traumatic accident and enlist the help of Tom Booker in order to repair their lives. Evans later wrote that the character was inspired by real-life horse whisperer Buck Brannaman, stating that “his skill, understanding and his gentle, loving heart have parted the clouds for countless troubled creatures. Buck is the Zen master of the horse world.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA lovely copy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55917398360388,"sku":"SQ6497639","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/529_Foldthecornerbooks_02083.webp?v=1762864019"},{"product_id":"the-invisible-landscape-mind-hallucinogens-and-the-i-ching","title":"The Invisible Landscape. 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Mind, Hallucinogens and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI Ching\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew York: The Seabury Press, 1975\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8vo., original blue publisher’s cloth, spine lettered in gilt; together in the neatly-clipped pictorial dustwrapper, featuring a jacket design by Susan Gebel, a cover photo by Glen Heller, and a photograph of both authors to the lower panel by Roberto Morrison; pp. [vi], vii-ix, [iv], 4-242; with numerous reproduced charts and tables throughout; a near-fine copy, lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, with some pencil markings now erased from ffep, but aside from the odd tiny spot otherwise clean; the very good dustwrapper lightly rubbed and nicked to spine tips and ends of folds; lower panel with some shelf darkening; retaining much of its original brightness; some brown stains to verso.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst edition of the psychonaut's first book, co-written with his brother Dennis. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis copy nicely \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003einscribed by McKenna \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto the title page, “Chris - \/ Navigation of the Invisible \/ world made easy. Happy trails! \/ Terence McKenna \/ Mar ‘91”. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was in 1970 that Terence and his brother Dennis first traveled into the Amazonian jungle to find \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoo-koo-hé\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the plant containing DMT. McKenna had been aware of the uses of magic mushrooms since his early teens, and had studied shamanism throughout his time at University. After graduation he traveled in Asia, seeking out shamans who could teach him more about the uses of visionary plants. It was after his mother died of cancer that he and Dennis began to explore the Columbian jungle, but instead of DMT they found fields full of hallucinogenic mushrooms, which then became their sole focus. In a series of tests undertaken in La Chorrera, the brothers ingested a series of psychedelics, predominantly psilocybin mushrooms and Ayahuasca, and this work chronicles their resulting findings, which combine subatomic theory with Jungian psychology and metaphysical speculation. Through the use of vocal techniques, they attempted to combine psychedelics with the atomic particles in the brain in an attempt to access the collective consciousness of the entirety of human history. While under the influence of these drugs, McKenna also encountered what he termed ‘Logos’ - a divine voice which he referred to as ‘the mushroom’. Upon returning to Berkeley, the McKenna brothers began to cultivate psilocybin mushrooms at home, and in 1976 they published another book explaining the process, entitled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMagic Mushroom Grower's Guide\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, under the pseudonyms ‘O.T. Oss’ and ‘O.N. 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In particular, he is remembered today for his ‘stoned ape’ theory, which postulated that it was the ingestion of magic mushrooms which led to the leap in human consciousness, and the evolutionary catalyst from which all of human culture sprang.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of the nicest examples this bookseller has seen, together with a lengthy inscription.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55917398393156,"sku":"SQ6811637","price":2000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/553_Foldthecornerbooks_02122.webp?v=1762864020"},{"product_id":"the-redress-of-poetry-oxford-lectures","title":"The Redress of Poetry. 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This copy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003einscribed by Heaney to the half title “For Audrey \/ ‘This is how poems \/ help us live’ \/ (p.37) \/ Seamus Heaney”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Loosely laid in are also a series of ephemeral items, including a ticket to the Éigse Carlow Poetry Reading by Seamus Heaney, which was held in St. Patrick’s College, Carlow on the 17th September in an unspecified year, a postcard from the National Library of Ireland with Heaney’s facsimile signature; and numerous newspaper clippings reviewing the book and commenting on his recent prize win, with extracts from the Independent and The Observer. 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His use of examples is diverse and eclectic; ranging from Dylan Thomas to Elizabeth Bishop, and Christopher Marlowe’s ‘Hero and Leander’ to Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Ballad of Reading Gaol’. He also discusses his own work, and together the lectures provide his attempts to discover the ‘purpose’ of poetry, and the place of Irish poetry, specifically, within that framework. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA lovely inscribed example.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55917399605572,"sku":"SQ8024068","price":600.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/537_Foldthecornerbooks_02129.webp?v=1762864023"},{"product_id":"the-spirit-level","title":"The Spirit Level","description":"\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHEANEY, Seamus \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Spirit Level \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLondon: Faber and Faber, 1996 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8vo., black cloth-backed blue paper-covered boards; printed paper label to spine; pp. [x], 70, [iv]; a fine copy, in the publisher’s matching slipcase. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLimited edition, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eone of just 350 numbered copies specially bound and signed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by the poet. This copy no. 142. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[together with] \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8vo., green boards lettered in gilt to spine with publisher’s device to head; together in the unclipped pictorial dustwrapper (£14.99 to front flap); pp. [x], 70; the book fine, the wrapper just a little scuffed and rubbed at spine tips, with some light shelf marking to the upper panel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst edition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[and]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA single-sided TLS, addressed to a ‘Andy Vaughan’ on Heaney’s addressed notepaper (14.5 x 18.5cm approx); folded once horizontally and signed by the poet; a little creased, some residue to verso from sometime being stuck down; very good. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGood ideas about the title for the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e” Heaney writes, “I’’m never sure until the last minute about these things. But, in fact, the manuscript i\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003es\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e [‘s’ corrected in ink pen] not quite settled yet, so there will be a long period of uncertainty ahead. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI have an inclination to call it \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Flaggy Shore,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhich is the name of a place in County Clare mentioned in one of the poems; but also it has a nice double meaning, I think, in that “Flaggy” can mean either stony or hung with flags. 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Donaldson was born and raised in Hampstead, and spent much of her early career as a playwright and songwriter in amateur theatre groups, radio, and for BBC Children's Television. She was 43 years old when she was approached by Methuen publishers, who asked whether they might be able to adapt her play ‘A Squash and a Squeeze’ (first aired on the BBC in 1975) into a children’s picture book. Published two years later, it launched her career in children’s books, and was her first collaboration with the German artist Axel Scheffler.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy 1995, Donaldson had first conceived of the idea of ‘The Gruffalo’. She had come across an old Chinese story in which a young girl convinces a tiger not to eat her by proclaiming herself to be the queen of the forest. Persuading the beast to walk behind her, the tiger, observing the fear in the eyes of the animals they meet and believing it to be for the girl, flees. The ‘Gruffalo’ was a name created by combining a ‘grr’ sound crossed with a buffalo. Four years later (and after many amendments suggested by the author’s son) the work was finally finished, and was published to immediate success. It won a swathe of awards and has since become one of the most popular children’s stories of all time. In 2025, Donaldson surpassed even the famous J. K. Rowling in terms of popularity, becoming the bestselling children’s author in the UK. It has been reported that over thirteen million copies of the book have been sold worldwide, and it has been translated into over 50 languages. The publication also cemented Donaldson’s professional relationship with Scheffler, and they have since collaborated on a further 31 titles, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRoom on the Broom \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2002); \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Snail and the Whale \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2003) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStick Man \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2008). In 2003, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Gruffalo's Child \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas released. A direct sequel, it tells the story of the Gruffalo’s daughter, who sets out into the forest to find the ‘big bad mouse’ that her father is so afraid of.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2009, the book was adapted into an award-winning film featuring Robbie Coltrane as the Gruffalo, James Corden as the mouse, Helena Bonham Carter as the mother squirrel, John Hurt as the Owl, and Rob Brydon as the Snake. 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Five Secret Exploits of James Bond.","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWARMLY INSCRIBED BY FLEMING “THE REST WILL HAVE TO WAIT” \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFLEMING, Ian \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor Your Eyes Only. Five Secret Exploits of James Bond. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York: The Viking Press, 1960 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLarge 8vo., two-tone green and yellow coloured cloth, with publisher’s Viking Longboat device printed in red to upper board; lettered in red to backstrip; contained in the original unclipped printed dustwrapper ($3.50 to front flap) designed by Richard Chopping; pp. [viii], 3-218; a near-fine copy, with boards a touch faded in places and some pushing to spine tips; a couple of small bumps to corners and one to upper edge of rear board, affecting a couple of the last few pages; otherwise a very clean example; the dustwrapper very good with some shelf wear, rubbing and darkening to folds; some nicks, chips and short closed tears to edges; the longest tear running 4cm along the rear flap fold; the largest chips to head and foot of spine, not affecting lettering; completely unrestored. The book now housed in a custom-made bright red clamshell case by Wyvern Bindery, with eye device to the upper cover in black, and lined in dove-grey suede.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst U.S. edition, first printing. This copy warmly inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper to an unknown recipient: “The rest will have to wait” x Ian”.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSimilar inscriptions have been noted in other copies. For this title, Fleming had recently moved from his previous U.S. publisher, Macmillan, to Viking after recommendations from his friends Graham Greene and Peter Quennell. The American edition was produced in a larger format to the U.K., and thus utilised slightly amended artwork for the wrapper. It was published just a few months after its counterpart in England. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA lovely example of the first U.S. edition of Fleming’s short story collection, which was his eighth to feature James Bond. The stories in order are:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom a View to a Kill \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(where Bond investigates the murder of a motorcycle dispatch rider and the theft of his top secret documents)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFleming sets the majority of the work in Paris, and mentions a series of cafes and restaurants with which he was intimately familiar in real life, along with the character of Mary Ann Russell, based on his former girlfriend Maud Russell. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor Your Eyes Only \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(where Bond is sent on a voluntary assignment to track down and kill the assassin of two of M’s friends)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFleming took the title for this story from the stamp which used to adorn secret papers in the early days of the war, thus leaning on his Naval Intelligence experience. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuantum of Solace \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(where Bond is told the story of his dinner companions and their failed relationship). A homage to his friend Somerset Maugham, it is the most personal of the stories, taking influence from his own marriage, which was at the time going through a particularly turbulent period. The title takes its name from the degree of comfort needed in a relationship for love to remain; when it reaches zero, love will fail.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRisico \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(where Bond travels to Italy in order to investigate the smuggling of narcotics to England)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Lido chase scene is a nod to one of Fleming’s heroes Thomas Mann, who used the same stretch of beach in Italy in his novella \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeath in Venice. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Hildebrand Rarity \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(set in the Seychelles, where Bond aids a millionaire in his search for a rare fish, the latter who is subsequently murdered)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFleming was a keen diver and bird watcher, and had initially travelled to the location in order to conduct a treasure hunt, searching for the hoard of French pirate Olivier Levasseur. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1954, following the success of the American television adaptation of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCasino Royale, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFleming was approached by CBS, who suggested that he write a series of 32 episodes for them. Due to air over a two year period, Fleming initially agreed to thirteen episodes based on seven new stories, plus recycled ideas from his already published novels. The proposed shows never made it into production and instead were adapted into this series of five short stories, Fleming’s first foray into the genre using the character of Bond.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-14a01e74-7fff-e1c7-6c59-f657f9940472\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA wonderful copy with a personal inscription. Scarce\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with these attributes.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56703604818244,"sku":null,"price":12000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/68502416.jpg?v=1777313921"},{"product_id":"goodbye-mr-chips","title":"Goodbye, Mr Chips","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHILTON, James\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGoodbye, Mr Chips\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLondon: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton, 1934\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCrown 8vo., original bright blue publisher’s boards, lettered typographically in gilt to upper cover and backstrip with publisher’s name and device to foot; decorative endpapers with banners featuring Latin phrases from the Aeneid (“O Mihi Praeteritos Referat si Jupiter Annos” and “Haec Olim Meminisse Juvabit”); together in the original publisher’s blue and black printed dustwrapper, priced 5\/- net to spine; pp. [vi], 7-127, [i]; featuring four full-page captioned illustrations as well as two vignettes in black and white; the boards clean and bright with a little pushing to spine tips; internal text block with some scattered foxing throughout, but mostly affecting the prelims and the outer edges of the text block; previous owner’s name in blue biro to ffep; the wrapper good, though darkened to the panels and folds; ‘S.S’ written in blue ink to front flap, and perhaps most significantly wear, tearing and chips to outer edges and along spine; reinforced internally with tape and stickers. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst UK edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, preceded by the U.S. edition the previous year which was unillustrated. This copy containing the clipped inscription to the half title: “For Mr[?] D. Rebbeck with good wishes from James Hilton Hollywood October 1947.” Hilton had moved to California in 1938, at which point his work became more connected with the Hollywood film industry. A laminated photograph from the 1969 film is also loosely laid in. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Lancashire in 1900, James Hilton completed his secondary school years at the Leys School in Cambridge, a private boarding and day school which later formed the basis for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGoodbye Mr. Chips!. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTogether with his father (who was a headmaster at a Chapel End School in Walthamstow), the inspiration for the titular character came in the form of William Henry Balgarnie, under whom Hilton studied between the years of 1915-1918. 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As a scholar of Nietzsche, he devoted much of his time to distancing the philosopher from National Socialism. The present work argues that it is religious values which have spawned conflicts for generations, culminating of course in the Second World War, which was at the time raging across Europe, and which he refers to as the “present era of fanaticism and intolerance”. He therefore offers a series of cautionary thoughts which take as their subjects a series of idealists throughout the generations, as well as commenting on ideologies and ideologists which have led to revolutions, upheavals, and ultimately wars, including Oliver Cromwell, Jean Jacques Rousseau, and Maximilien Robespierre. 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Upon his release he travelled to the UK, and it is during this time that the present book would have been gifted. 1941 would have been a difficult time for the two scholars, both in the later years of their life and Eisler suffering from illness and injury sustained during his time in the camps, but the familiarity in the inscription highlights the deep respect and the mutual interest which would have existed between these two intellectuals at the time of publication. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA fascinating association copy between two German\/Austrian Jewish émigré scholars, both living in England during the years of the Second World War. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56704298025284,"sku":null,"price":2000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/678a02442.jpg?v=1777362445"},{"product_id":"a-small-archive-of-material","title":"A Small Archive of Material","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[MISS OLIVE READER]; THE WOMEN’S LAND ARMY \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Small Archive of Material\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1938-59 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA small archive of material relating to the life and work of women in the Women’s Land Army during the Second World War, comprising: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e23 x black and white photographs, 12 measuring 8.5 x 6cm, one measuring 13.5 x 8cm. 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Others show women haymaking, harvesting vegetables, attending to goats or otherwise sitting atop cliffs or around camp fires. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn original WLA armband in green and red felt.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA letter of recommendation for Miss Olive Reader, dated January 6th 1938, recommending her for the position of Junior Assistant and Willesden Public Library. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA notification of training for Miss Reader, in the matter of poultry handling, on Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Women’s Land Army headed paper, with the lower portion of the form now contemporaneously excised. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA poster for Y.W.C.A. Services Hostel \u0026amp; Club (for women in the H.M. Forces), Liverpool.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo photo negatives in stamped addressed envelope for Mrs. A. Hughes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA letter signed from Cicely S Wyeth, dated 5th March 1943 on Women’s Land Army headed notepaper, recommending Miss Reader for a vacancy as part of the WLA at Horton Estate Farm, Epsom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA foot and mouth disease movement licence, completed in pencil for the movement of 8 cattle dated 20\/7\/45\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA leaflet entitled ‘How Boys May Become Farmers in New South Wales, the Mother State of Australia’ (front cover now detached); with the pen note ‘this describes the farms’ and a letter from a Harold to ‘mother’. 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Written on Liverpool Officer’s Club and Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth headed notepaper, they include endearing comments to his ‘Sweetest No 1 Sister’ and ‘Bright Green Light in my Darkness’ referring to her isolation amongst 3000 tomatoes (“O Queen of all the Tomatoes”) and other such farm-related subjects. He reminisces about their earlier years and states that ‘it certainly looks as if things can never be quite the same again’. 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Istomin : Electric and Thermal Properties of Rocks (February 1972)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eV. P. Dadykin : Growing Plants in Space (April 1972)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA. A. Imshenetskiy : Extraterrestrial Life and its Detection Methods (May 1972)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eM. S. Bobrov : The Rings of Saturn (June 1972)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eG. A. 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Kenny, Rome 1955\/Oxford 1958) written in ink to the front endpapers of Vols I and II. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA collection of the three major works in Wittgenstein’s canon of philosophical writings, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTractatus \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebeing a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003efirst edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, sixth impression, the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Philosophical Investigations \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebeing a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003efirst edition, first impression\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Blue and Brown Books \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebeing a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003efirst edition, first impression\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll three copies are taken directly from the working library of the philosopher Sir Anthony Kenny, with his numerous and extensive annotations throughout all three volumes \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein both pencil and ink. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLudwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) is best known today for his work on the philosophy of language, logic, mathematics and mind. Born in Vienna into a rich Austrian family, he initially studied engineering and aeronautics, and it was during this time that he began to develop an interest in mathematics, specifically the work of Bertrand Russell and Gottlob Frege, the latter who suggested that he attend Cambridge to study under Russell’s tutelage. Arriving at Trinity College unannounced, Russell later recalled: “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ean unknown German appeared, speaking very little English but refusing to speak German. He turned out to be a man who had learned engineering at Charlottenburg, but during this course had acquired, by himself, a passion for the philosophy of mathematics \u0026amp; has now come to Cambridge on purpose to hear me.” Russell first found Wittgenstein an annoyance, but in time considered him somewhat of a genius, and the pair became firm friends, Wittgenstein later writing that Russell had saved his life and given him a purpose in the pursuit of philosophy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter serving in the Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War, Wittgenstein spent some time at his family’s summer home in Vienna where, making use of numerous notebooks containing philosophical jottings which had accumulated during active service, he completed the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTractatus. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis work was to be the only one published in his lifetime, and contained an introduction by Russell, who noted that it would have been unlikely to have been accepted otherwise. Wittgenstein did not return to Cambridge until 1929, when he took up a fellowship and lectureship at Trinity, a post he held until 1947. After his death in 1951, two of his executors, his student Elizabeth Anscombe and the philosopher Rush Rhees, published his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlue and Brown Books, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea series of informal notes made for his lectures from 1933 to 1935. Later, these came together in a more defined form for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhilosophical Investigations. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnthony Kenny (1931-present) trained as a Roman Catholic priest, and was ordained in 1955, but was later excommunicated upon his marriage in 1965. Between 1963-4, he became a lecturer and fellow at a series of Oxford colleges, and in 1989, following the death and stepping back of the original members, he was appointed Wittgenstein’s literary executor, responsible for overseeing the unpublished writings and editorial legacy. In the 2000s, Kenny published his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew History of Western Philosophy, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea comprehensive and important work which is still used by philosophy students today. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKenny’s annotations are extensive, and make reference to Wittgenstein’s ‘two phases’ of philosophical writing, with copious marginal notes and annotations in his hand evidently attempting to compare, contrast, and ultimately establish continuity between the differing stages of Wittgenstein’s thought. In doing so, he attempts to draw parallels between the early, middle and late periods. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInvestigations, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efor example, appears to be his main resource. Here, there are hundreds of notes, some engaging directly with the text, others making corrections to the translation, and cross-references to other works including almost all of Wittgenstein’s other published titles as well as to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDescartes, Berkeley, Russell and Plato. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e These notes seemingly begin in 1955, two years after the book’s publication and the same year Kenny was ordained in Rome. In the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTractatus, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eacquired by Kenny in 1958, the final endpaper contains his own jottings on the philosophy of language, as well as a note correcting Wittgenstein’s quoting of Frege (‘**Frege never thought this’, Kenny writes). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTogether, Kenny’s annotations become a unique ‘skeleton key’ between the three texts. Many scholars have remarked on the great differences between Wittgenstein’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTractatus \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand the later published \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInvestigations, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith the first aiming for a perfect logical structure of language and the latter rejecting this assertion. 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Adlard’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn autograph of the English actor and stage manager Lewis Waller \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA self portrait cartoon and signature of the English comedian and singer George Robey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe calling card of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eField Marshal Lord Roberts VC, signed ‘Roberts’ and dated 25th May 1910 (Roberts was one of the foremost British military commanders of the Victorian period, and resided at Englemere House, Ascot until his death in 1914)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA note from Agnes Elizabeth Weston, responding to a request for a signature, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eon ‘Royal Sailors’ Rest, Devonport’ headed paper (Weston was a popular and well-liked philanthropist who established the ‘Sailor’s Rest’ in Devonport as a temperance house for sailors who were attempting to abstain from drinking. Upon her death, she became the first woman to be given a full ceremonial Royal Navy funeral). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe clipped signature of E. Pankhurst, on ‘Votes for Women’ \/ The National Women’s Social \u0026amp; Political Union letterhead paper\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePankhurst requires no introduction, being the suffragette and activist who was instrumental in helping women gain the right to vote in 1918.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe clipped signature of English actress Ada Reeve ‘Yours very truly’. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAutograph note signed ‘F B Mildmay’, with House of Commons embossed stamp. Mildmay was MP for Totnes from 1885-1922, and later became the 1st Baron Mildmay of Flete. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA typed note on Buckingham Palace headed paper, dated 1906, declining Miss Simkin’s request for a signature. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA very interesting collection of ephemeral material, including the Pankhurst signature which, even on its own, is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003escarce\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in commerce. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56705660191044,"sku":null,"price":550.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/652a02498.jpg?v=1777388552"},{"product_id":"the-adventures-of-oliver-twist","title":"The Adventures of Oliver Twist","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDICKENS, Charles; Barnett FREEDMAN [Illus.] \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Adventures of Oliver Twist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York: The Heritage Press, 1939 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8vo., original cream publisher’s cloth, decorated with author’s initials and borders in red to boards, spine fully decorated in red with contrasting gilt oval label to upper portion; upper edge stained red; contained, unusually, in the original publisher’s glassine wrapper; pp. [xiv], 15-431, [i]; with full colour frontis, title vignette, and 7 further full colour, full page portrait illustrations of characters, as well as numerous black and white in text; the book excellent, slightly nicked at head of spine, upper edge a trifle dust soiled; but aside from the odd spot a clean example; the glassine, seldom found at all, is here heavily torn along spine with significant loss to head and foot. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst edition thus, this copy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ewarmly inscribed by the illustrator Barnett Freedman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to a Frank Wyndham ‘with affection’, with their two handwritten name cards loosely tipped in. Frank Wyndham Goldie (1897-1957) was an English actor and fervent book collector who had served as a Royal Marine during the First World War and began acting at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1927. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautiful edition of one of Dicken’s most popular and enduring works, about a London orphan and the series of characters and criminals he meets while on the streets of the city. Here, these are portrayed by Freedman in full colour, with Mr Bumble’s austere side-eye, the artful dodger’s casual, wry smile, Fagin’s toothless, plotting grin, and Bill Sykes peeping from behind an open doorway. Freedman had already achieved some fame as a book illustrator with Sassoon’s ‘Memoirs of an Infantry Officer’ (published by Faber in 1931), and he would go on to produce artwork for works by the Brontë sisters, Walter de la Mare, Edith Sitwell, William Shakespeare and Leo Tolstoy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“However good a descriptive text might be”, he wrote at the time, “illustrations which go with the writings add reality and significance to our understanding of the scene, for all becomes more vivid to us, and we can, with ease, conjure up the exact environment – it all stands clearly before us.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA wonderful copy to find with these attributes. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56705696366916,"sku":null,"price":475.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/663a02509.jpg?v=1777389357"},{"product_id":"bailliere-s-popular-manikin","title":"Baillière’s Popular Manikin","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFURNEAUX., W. S. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBaillière’s Popular Manikin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLondon: Baillière, Tindall \u0026amp; Cox, [c.1900] \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTall thin folio., red cloth-backed illustrated boards, the upper board printed with text in black and showing the internal organs of a moustached man in full colour; pp. 3 pages of text followed by the folding body chart, chromolithographically printed in full colour, with 15 outwardly-folding parts showing the organs of the chest and abdomen; the anterior muscles; the circulatory system; the nervous system; the internal organs and the skeleton, respectively; containing, in total, 277 labelled parts; boards a little darkened with some marks and creases and some chipping and rubbing to edges, sometimes showing board beneath; first text page rather heavily browned; the others a little creased and spotted; figure offset onto facing page; the folding diagram itself in excellent bright condition, far superior to those often found; with just three loose parts; 101 (the bladder), 09 (trunk of the pulmonary artery), and intestines (85-91). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA wonderful example of this practical folding medical chart. Originally issued in the 1890s, editions such as these were reprinted well into the 1930s, and as they were intended for education use, to find an example with the parts so intact is unusual. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMillinikin \u0026amp; Lawley was a prominent 19th-century London-based supplier of medical, osteological, and scientific instruments\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, originally established by John Millikin in 1815. Having commissioned the plates, William S. Furneaux was hired to write the descriptions. Furneaux was a popular science teacher and writer of educational books which also included such titles as ‘The Outdoor World’ (1893) and ‘Life in Ponds and Streams’ (1896). “He had the knack of writing just the sort of succinct and well-illustrated practical book which stimulated the young collector to hunt for spoils and afterwards to pore over the naming of them”, one reviewer wrote in his obituary for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNature, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“and his publishers aided and abetted with that profusion of coloured plates which added attractiveness to utility.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOCLC lists just one copy of this particular edition in the UK, fittingly at the Wellcome.  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56705705181508,"sku":null,"price":225.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/66402602.jpg?v=1777389501"},{"product_id":"graf-zeppelin-d-lz127-nbsp","title":"Graf Zeppelin D-LZ127\u0026nbsp;","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“LIKE A GHOST SHIP FROM THE FAIRYTALE BOOK 'ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS', THIS AIR GIANT GLIDES ACROSS THE EARTH. A DREAM DREAMT DECADES AGO HAS THUS BECOME REALITY...\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[AIRSHIPS]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGraf Zeppelin D-LZ127 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[Nuremberg]: [c.1930] \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOblong shape book ( 20 x 40cm approx) showing full colour illustrations of the Graf Zeppelin D-LZ127 to both boards; backed in blue cloth; pp. [xii], with text and illustrations in black and white throughout, including to inside covers, as well as a further six wonderful illustrations in full colour, all by Curt Junghändel; boards ever-so-slightly warped, very minimal scuffing to edges; with some very tiny bubbles and scratches to the lower board, and a couple of red marks to the same; the internal pages lightly and evenly toned, as is common, but else exceptionally near-fine. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA wonderful, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003egenuinely rare\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003echildren’s shape book dating from the 1930s. Inside the illustrated boards are facts and figures about the ship’s construction (explaining that the ship is 236 metres in length, contains 10 cabins, etc.), and depictions of all of its parts, including the control room, the kitchen, the passenger compartment, travels over the ocean, and the evening landing approach at Lakehurst, near New York after a stormy journey over the ocean (and showing it, in several illustrations, sailing above the Capitol building, the White House, and the Woolworth building which was, at the time, the tallest building in the world). This publication would also have been used as a very limited, promotional publication to encourage travellers to purchase tickets for international travel. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Graf Zeppelin was the first commercial transatlantic passenger flight service, with its first flight being the 18th September 1928, after 21 months of construction. Printed just a few years before the outbreak of the Second World War, the publication heralds a machine which has “built a bridge from us to the people across the ocean, a bridge that contributes to the understanding and reconciliation between nations”. Sadly, that was not to be, and when the Nazis came to power, this machine was used as a propaganda tool. It was finally retired in 1937 and scrapped for military aircraft production after \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e590 flights totalling almost 1.7 million kilometres. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePredating this time, however, this c. 1930s publication represents a time of great excitement for the German people, and the book is greatly enhanced by the enigmatic illustrations carried out by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eC. Junghandel, a German illustrator and graphic artist who worked during the late Weimar Republic, a time of great momentum and change in the world of speed and modernity, specifically in regards to aviation technologies. His illustrations here are typical of his work, with flowing shapes, stylised landscapes and a sense of scale - showing the giant ship sailing above tiny towns, boats, and coastal scenes. Often commissioned to produce images of Zeppelins, this approach made the ships look heroic, as well as approachable and friendly - ideal for children growing up at the time in a country fascinated by the progression of technology.    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeldom found in commerce, especially so in this condition. This is only the second copy this bookseller has handled. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56705725464900,"sku":null,"price":1000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/67302644.jpg?v=1777389793"},{"product_id":"school-for-barbarians-education-under-the-nazis","title":"School for Barbarians: Education under the Nazis","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMANN, Erika; Thomas MANN [Intro.] \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSchool for Barbarians: Education under the Nazis \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York: Modern Age Books, 1938 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSmall square 8vo., original illustrative black and red wraps, lettered in black and white to both upper cover and spine, with publisher’s device to lower; pp. [iv], 5-159, [i]; a very good copy, overall, clean and square, with minimal darkening, rubbing, and creasing to edges of covers; spine evenly faded, as is common, with some rubbing to tips; internally also very good, evenly toned, with contemporary ownership name in black ink to the inside front cover. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst UK edition. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“This book damningly shows how far he [Hitler] has gone toward warping pliable young minds into the monstrous Nazi pattern”. Thus begins the synopsis for this political textbook on the subject of the indoctrination of German youth in schools, youth movements, and within the family setting during the 1930s. Published in the year in which Nazi power was nearing its zenith, the author here documents the alienation of children from their parents, the promotion of notions including racial superiority, and the developing of cult personality, among many other subjects. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMann (1905-1969) was well placed to discuss these issues. Born in Germany and educated as part of a generation of German youth, her father was the author Thomas Mann, a fervent and outspoken critic of Hitler and facism. Erika later became a pupil of Max Reinhardt, and in 1933 she founded the political cabaret, ‘Peppermill’, which ran for over 1000 performances in six countries. That same year, the Mann family fled to Switzerland, and in 1935 Erika married W. H. Auden. In 1936 the couple emigrated to America, where Erika continued to give lectures against National Socialism. In 1945-6 she also became the only woman to report on the Nuremberg war crimes trials.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe introduction is here given by Thomas Mann, who writes of his daughter’s work, who writes that it “enfolds the unlovely facts in a grace of style and a critical lucidity; and most consolingly opposes to the shocking and negative qualities of malice and falsity the positive and righteous force of a reason and human goodness”. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA very nice copy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56705738473796,"sku":null,"price":550.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/67702440.jpg?v=1777389938"},{"product_id":"the-spoilt-city","title":"The Spoilt City","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMANNING, Olivia \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Spoilt City\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLondon: Heinemann, 1962\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8vo., bright blue publisher’s boards, lettered in gilt to spine; together in the unclipped pictorial dustwrapper (18s net to front flap) featuring a vibrant design by John Raynes; pp. [xi], 4-319, [i]; the book very good, some splaying to the boards and sunning to backstrip with tips of spine a little darkened and pushed; sporadic spotting to the outer edges of the text block; occasionally encroaching onto prelims; the wrapper similarly very good, with upper panel almost entirely unfaded; a little darkened along folds, spine and edges with some marking to the lower panel and spotting mostly affecting the verso; some nicks and rubbing to spine ends. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The second title in Olivia Manning’s ‘Balkan trilogy’, a series of works based upon her experiences during the Second World War. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eManning married Reggie Smith in 1939, and her life was subsequently characterised by her travels in Europe and the Middle East. She journeyed between Bucharest, Romania, Greece, Egypt, and British Mandatory Palestine during the middle of the 20th century, as the Nazis overran Eastern Europe. The present work follows the 1960 publication of ‘The Great Fortune’, and picks up the thread in Romania, where protagonists Guy and Harriet Pringle (based on Manning and her husband) are surrounded by a host of characters including professors and princes, and the seriousness of war is juxtaposed with humour: “Bucharest is a capital of rumours, betrayals, arrests, a stage on which every human absurdity is magnified by the deadly seriousness of its context”, the dustwrapper states. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTogether with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Levant Trilogy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, The Balkan Trilogy became known as ‘The Fortunes of War’, and was praised by Anthony Burgess as \"the finest fictional record of the war produced by a British writer\". Manning did achieve some success during her lifetime, however her greatest fame was perhaps posthumous, when in 1987 her books were adapted for television starring Kenneth Branagh as Guy Pringle and Emma Thompson as Harriet.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA lovely copy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56709419499844,"sku":null,"price":500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/73202354.jpg?v=1777480047"},{"product_id":"how-to-see-fairies","title":"How to see Fairies","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVAN SANDWYK, Charles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow to see Fairies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York: SMITHMARK Publishers, 1999\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8vo., plain burgundy boards with decorative endpapers; in the matching dustwrapper priced $19.95 to the lower panel; unpaginated [pp. xxxii] with text printed caligraphically throughout, as well as numerous illustrations and endpapers in full colour, all by the author\/illustrator; the book near-fine, just slightly bumped at spine tips; the wrapper a little scuffed and scratched, particularly at extremities; otherwise very good. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst SMITHMARK edition\u003c\/strong\u003e, with full number line 1-10. This copy additionally comes with a printed bookmark, tied with a rainbow-coloured ribbon, which originally came from Van Sandwyk’s ‘After Glow’, and which reads: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf visions of Fairland dance in your head, \/ then tie this old tag to a post on your bed. \/ Your dreams will be rich and your heart \/ will feel light as you wake up refreshed from \/ THE COOL AUTUMN NIGHT.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA charming book describing the antics of various little people and fairy folk. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56782356316484,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/77502530.jpg?v=1779555825"},{"product_id":"als-die-vogel-das-paradies-suchten","title":"Als die Vogel das Paradies Suchten","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVAN SANDWYK, Charles; Wolfram SADOWSKI [Trans.]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAls die Vogel das Paradies Suchten\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMunich: Middelhauve Verlag, 1998\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8vo., laminated red boards lettered in various shades of green with image showing birds carrying fruit to the upper cover; lettered in green to spine and lower cover; bright green endpapers; [unpaginated]; containing numerous illustrations by Van Sandwyk; near-fine, just some light bumping to edges of boards. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst German edition thus. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book was originally published in English in 1992 by SummerWild Productions, Vancouver under the title ‘Parade to Paradise. 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