{"title":"Firsts 2026","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"fidel-y-la-religion-conversaciones-con-frei-betto","title":"Fidel y la Religion. Conversaciones con Frei Betto","description":"\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCASTRO, Fidel; Frei BETTO  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFidel y la Religion. Conversaciones con Frei Betto \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\u003eHavana: Oficina de Publicaciones del Consejo de Estado, 1985\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., paperback; card wraps with a photograph of Castro to the upper cover; pp. [viii], 9-379, [v]; a good to very good copy, covers rubbed with colour lost in places and some scratch marks causing abrasion to the upper cover; spine a little rolled and beginning to come away at spine, with 4cm split to foot, but holding; some light spots and water marks to the outer edge of text block; first few pages slightly out of line with the rest of the text block; even toning throughout; previous owner’s inscription to the title page referring to the P.C.C. (Partido Comunista de Cuba\/the Communist Party of Cuba); a scarce survival. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback edition of a fascinating discussion between the Cuban revolutionary and Dominican friar Frei Betto on issues of religion. This copy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e inscribed by Fidel Castro “A Asela de los Santos \/ por su formidable obra revolucionaria” and signed beneath. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe text is provided in the original Spanish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAsela de los Santos Tamayo was born in Santiago de Cuba and studied at the University of Oriente. It was while she was a student that she became politically active, and took a stance against the U.S. aligned Fulgencio Batista dictatorship. In 1953, following the attack on the Moncada Barracks, she joined the Cuban Revolutionary Army and four years later, alongside fellow revolutionaries Celia Sánchez and Vilma Espín, she transported fighters to join Fidel Castro in the Sierra Maestra mountain range. After the victory of the Cuban Revolution, she became the Director of Education for the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, and in 1965 she helped to found the Communist Party of Cuba, serving for three terms between 1975 and 1991. She was also appointed by Fidel’s brother Raúl to serve as deputy minister (and later Minister) of Education, and during this time she played a key role in the literacy programme which aimed to improve Cuban teaching methods. In 1960 she was one of the founding members of the Federation of Cuban Women who, shortly before the Bay of Pigs invasion, helped to mobilise women against counter-revolution. After Fidel Castro’s death in 1960, Raúl Castro appointed her as the Honorary Chair for the Study of the Thought and Work of Fidel Castro, which aimed to promote the legacy of the former Cuban leader. It is perhaps unsurprising, therefore, that the inscription should highlight her ‘formidable revolutionary work’. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrei Betto was born in 1944, and became a student activist at the age of just 13. In 1964, and as a journalism student, he was imprisoned under the military dictatorship, and the following year entered the Dominican Order. As a journalist, he participated in the resistance to the Brazilian military regime and was arrested again in 1969, this time serving four years in prison. 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After receiving his PhD from Leiden University he travelled to California, where he worked at numerous observatories and eventually became a professor at the University of Chicago, where he was at one point the doctoral advisor to Carl Sagan. In 1958, two years before this publication was released, he worked together with Sagan on the classified military Project A119, a secret Air Force plan to detonate a nuclear warhead on the moon. He was also responsible for numerous discoveries including the finding of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere of Mars. Later into the 1960s, he helped identify a series of landing sites on the Moon for the Apollo program.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlans for this atlas were initiated in 1957, when over 1200 prints of the lunar surface were selected by Kuiper while at the Yerkes Observatory in a contribution to the national space effort of the US Government. 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Ci-Devant Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America, Inspector-General of the Standing Armies Thereof, Counsellor at Law. \u0026amp;c. \u0026amp;c. \u0026amp;c. 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Keys to Miss Isabel K. Williamson in ink to ffep, and Keys’ bookplate affixed to the front paste-down; corner tape repair to the verso of ffep; as well as the rear endpaper and board; prelims a touch browned and spotted; but internally a very fresh and clean example of a scarce work; a few very small spots to the plates, and occasionally annotated throughout in neat pencil, but otherwise seldom found in this condition; the author’s name now incorrectly spelt ‘Hutgens’ to the spine. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond edition in English\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, corrected and enlarged. The first had appeared in Latin in 1698, with the first English in the same year. This, the second, followed nearly 25 years later. The present example includes the gift inscription of David A. Keys to the front free endpaper: \"From David A. Keys, Sept. 1\/32\/ Cambridge. to Miss Isabel K. Williamson in appreciation of her 23 years as editor of “Skyward”, the monthly Newsletter of the Montreal centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. May 30th 1971.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA fascinating work postulating the existence of extra-terrestrial life on other planets, taking as its basis the Copernican theory of the universe. Christiaan Huygens (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1629 - 1695)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was a Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer who was responsible for discovering (and determining the nature of) the rings of Saturn. In his role as an engineer and inventor, he furthermore created the first pendulum clock in 1657, which allowed for more accurate equations of time, thereby influencing planetary theory \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was shortly before his death in 1695 that Huygens compiled this speculative work entitled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCosmotheoros, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhich was later published posthumously by his brother. Treatises such as these had been published before, but because of his scientific background, Huygens could expound his theories in greater detail. These revolve around the need for (and evidence of) water on other planets, with the dark and light spots on Mars and Jupiter suggesting evidence of water and ice. He goes on to discuss the nature of other beings - what they may look like, and whether those beings may be similarly rational. The included plates show the Copernican system of the universe (with his heliocentric model placing the sun at the centre), pleasing diagrams showing the rings of Saturn and the trajectories of various orbits; as well as the various moons surrounding the planets. Huygens also goes on to suggest the approximate size of the solar system, as well as his methods for calculating stellar differences. Though based on scientific theory, the work was still likely regarded at the time as a Utopian fiction in a similar vein to other writers of the day including Cyrano de Bergerac, although it undoubtedly inspired a shift in attitude towards the possibility of life on planets other than our own. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIsabel Williamson was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edirector of observations of the Royal Astronomical Society at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe Montreal Centre from 1942 to 1971, and has been credited as being the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edriving force behind the observing programs at the centre during the 1940s to 60s. She was a frequent observer of auroras and meteors, and built her own 15 cm reflector in 1947. From 1948 to 1971, she was the first Editor of the Centre's newsletter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSkyward\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which was published alongside ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Asteroid Club\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’ for junior members. In 1948 she received the Chant Medal and in 1981 she was given the Service Award, making her the only person to be doubly honoured in this way. In 1987, the centre named an observatory in her honour. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The Earth holds no privileged position among the other planets”, Huygens writes, “It would therefore be unreasonable to suppose that life should be restricted to the Earth alone\". \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScarce in this edition, and with the text block so clean. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56704275415364,"sku":null,"price":2500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/20260409_145455.jpg?v=1777361014"},{"product_id":"the-principles-of-critical-philosophy","title":"The Principles of Critical Philosophy","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE SECOND WORK OF KANTIAN PHILOSOPHY TO BE TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e KANT, Emmanuel; James Sigismund BECK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Principles of Critical Philosophy \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLondon: Sold by J. 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Hoffman, 1797\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8vo., recently rebound in half black cloth over marbled paper-covered boards; two contrasting green cloth labels lettered and lined in gilt to spine; new textured endpapers; lower edges untrimmed; pp. [vii], viii-lxxx, [iii], 4-454, [ii]; with a few small diagrams printed in text; the binding fine; internal pages lightly and evenly browned, some creases to pages and occasional small dampstains to edges; text a little rubbed in places, with occasional spots and some early manuscript corrections throughout, in an unknown hand; library stamp of the Public Library of Cincinnati to verso of title (sold with their knowledge, and with confirmation from the library that this title is no longer listed in the Cincinnati \u0026amp; Hamilton County Public Library catalogue), along with some pencil shelving notes; repeated to page XXI and 454; else a very good example of a very rare work. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst English edition \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof a work which had previously appeared in German the previous year. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJames [Jakob] Sigismund Beck (1761–1840) was born in Poland, and was the son of a priest who practiced in their home village of Liessau. It was when he enrolled at the University of Königsberg that he first became a student of Immanuel Kant and later devoted his academic career to studying his teacher’s writings. He became professor at the University of Halle, and at Kant’s insistence, he began to publish what would later become a three-volume set of ‘Explanatory Abstracts’ of Kant’s major writings. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eErläuternder Auszug aus den kritischen Schriften des Herrn Prof. Kant, auf Anrathen desselben \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eappeared between 1793 and 1796, and is still used today as a compendium of Kantian doctrine. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe present volume therefore represents the first English edition of Beck’s insightful criticism, and as such is a very early translation of Kant’s philosophy into the English language. Kant’s three famous ‘critiques’; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCritique of Pure Reason\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1781), the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCritique of Practical Reason\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1788), and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCritique of the Power of Judgment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1790) are each based around the central concept of human autonomy, in which “human reason gives itself the moral law, which is our basis for belief in God, freedom, and immortality” (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). In Beck’s exposition, he argues that Kant’s philosophy is primarily geared towards idealism - that knowledge of objects cannot exist outside the realm of human consciousness, and that the idea of God is a symbolic representation of the voice of conscience guiding from within. Beck’s seminal contribution is his ‘Doctrine of Standpoint’ which advocates for “a ‘reversal’ of the method of the Critique of Pure Reason and the elimination of the ‘thing-in-itself’ from Kant’s theoretical philosophy” (Forster). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn fact, it was the work of Beck, along with his contemporaries such as Karl Leonhard Reinhold and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, which later led to the emergence of German Idealism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn important early introduction to Kantian thought. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eESTC T123243.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56704283541828,"sku":null,"price":3000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/60602361.jpg?v=1777361673"},{"product_id":"the-idiocy-of-idealism","title":"The Idiocy of Idealism","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO JEWISH SCHOLAR DR ROBERT EISLER \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLEVY, Oscar \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Idiocy of Idealism \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLondon: William Hodge and Company, Ltd., 1940 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8vo., pale yellow cloth, lettered in red to spine; upper edge stained red; housed in the original blue, white and black printed dustwrapper (unclipped, 5s. net to front flap) featuring a wraparound quote from Bernard Shaw; pp. [viii], 9-152; a very good to near-fine copy, with slight shelf lean and one small black smudge to the edge of upper board; a couple of splash marks to the upper edge of the text block; mild pushing to spine tips with a couple of tiny spots to the prelims; otherwise very clean internally; the good dustwrapper with some rubbing and darkening along  folds and spine; heavier chipping and a few holes sometime restored, with two near-contemporary newspaper articles pasted to the front flap; another, loosely laid in, includes a statement, circled in red pencil, in which an English Reverend writes that the ensuing rain may act as an antidote to the poisonous bombs poured upon British soil. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst UK edition, this copy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ewarmly inscribed by Levy to the front free endpaper: “To Robert Eisler, the well-known author of “ΙΗΣΟϒΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕϒΣ” and many other interesting books, with the author’s compliments, Oscar Levy, Oxford, April 1941”. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOscar Levy (1867-1946) was a German Jewish Philosopher who studied medicine at Freiburg University and later settled in London, his magnum opus being a monumental authorised English translation of the works of Nietzsche, which appeared in 18 volumes between 1909 and 1913. 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. George Bernard Shaw, who had previously argued against Idealism as a dangerous illusion and hindrance to human progress, fervently endorsed Levy’s claims, hailing the book as “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecritique of Dictators and Saviours”. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis copy is particularly notable for including an inscription by Levy to the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Austrian Jewish polymath\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Robert Eisler (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1882 - 1949). Eisler studied Economics and Art History at the University of Vienna, and served in WWI as an officer in the 59th Erzherzog Rainer Infantry Regiment. In 1929, after studying the  Slavonic Josephus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e manuscript, he published \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eΙΗΣΟϒΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕϒΣ (Jesus, the King Who Did Not Reign), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereferenced here by Levy, which argued for a new narrative of Jesus’s ministry and death and depicted him as a revolutionary rising up against the Roman government. In 1938 Eisler was due to take up a post at the University of Oxford, but was subsequently arrested and sent to Dachau concentration camp. He was later transferred to  Buchenwald\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, where he suffered solitary confinement and developed heart disease. 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. The images show a series of predominantly unidentified women (and the occasional man) engaged in many aspects of farm work; the largest showing a woman riding a horse with the penned name ‘Pam Salter’ and the date (1943) in blue ink to the lower right hand corner. 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. 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Written from a training farm in Mulgrave, New South Wales, Harold writes that he enjoys his life on the farm very much, but that “I miss my home comforts \u0026amp; you”. The booklet is also annotated throughout with his notes showing bush work, ploughs, and the locations of the dormitories, dining house, offices etc.\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 collection of 17 letters in stamped addressed envelopes. 6 of these are addressed to O. Reader during her time at the Barracks in Ashtead, Surrey and date mainly from the year 1942. These are penned from her actively-serving brother Dennis, beginning in Kintyre, Scotland, moving to Chelsea, London, and latterly written from H. M. S. Vernon. 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’. There is also a tongue-in-cheek pencil sketch of a figure sitting in a trench with shells flying overhead and the inscription ‘Touchy-aren’t they?’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe remaining eleven letters date to after the war during the 1950s, when Olive had married and become Mrs Olive Hughes, and appear to be from friends made in the Land Army, with one having moved to Ontario, Canada, and another to Australia. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGeneral wear and tear, mostly affecting the envelopes and the leaflet, with some creases, browning and spotting in accordance with age, but generally all in excellent condition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA charming collection of material belonging to a Land Girl during the Second World War. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56704315556164,"sku":null,"price":395.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/75102653.jpg?v=1777362869"},{"product_id":"a-series-of-russian-publications-on-extraterrestrial-life-medicine-space-spacecraft-and-the-planets","title":"A Series of Russian publications on Extraterrestrial Life, Medicine, Space, Spacecraft and the Planets.","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[NASA TECHNICAL TRANSLATION]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Series of Russian publications on Extraterrestrial Life, Medicine, Space, Spacecraft and the Planets.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWashington D. C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1972-3\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLarge 8vos., 13 vols; orange stapled\/glued card wraps lettered to both covers with NASA’s logo to the upper covers; many of the publications containing tables, charts, diagrams, illustrations, and black and white photographs (some folding); the occasional scuff or spot, but otherwise excellent, near-fine examples all. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNASA Technical Translations (NASA TT) were a series of foreign-language documents which related to the study of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eaerospace, space science, and aeronautics. Beginning in 1959, the year after NASA was founded, the publications ran until 1988, with the aim of disseminating scientific and technical knowledge in line with the National Aeronautics and Space Act. Subjects ranged from Cybernetics to Space Mechanics and Rocket Technology, as well as the study of Radiation, Cosmic Rays, Geo and Plasma physics and Extraterrestrial Life. Representing the efforts of those who were set on expanding global research - especially Soviet - these 13 volumes range from May 1970, less than a year after the moon landings, to June 1973. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe publications comprise: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eR. G. Perel’man : Goals and Means in the Conquest of Space (May 1970) \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\u003eYu. I. Yefremov : The First Panoramic Views of the Lunar Surface. Volume 2 (February 1971)\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\u003eN. S. Boganik : Toward and Understanding of the Laws Governing the Development of the Earth’s Crust and the Geothermal Fields of the Lithosphere (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\u003eU. I. Moisayenko, L. S. Sokolova, and V. Ye. 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. Skuridin : Space Physics and Spacecraft (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\u003eA. A. Lavnikov : Fundamentals of Aviation Medicine (July 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\u003eN. A. Agadzhanyan : Medicine and Space (February 1973) \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\u003eYu. K. Khodarev et al. [Ed.] : Mathematical Methods of Modeling in Space Research (February 1973) \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. Skuridin : Study of the Moon and Planets by Spacecraft (April 1973) \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. I. Men’shov : Space Ergonomics (June 1973) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA series of fascinating scientific Russian documents, published in America, representing scientific and astronomical research during the Cold War. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome of the volumes appear to be \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eunrecorded\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in NASA’s archive, others are completely unrepresented institutionally. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56704357105988,"sku":null,"price":500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/75602659.jpg?v=1777363334"},{"product_id":"la-colonie-animale","title":"La colonie animale","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFROM SARTRE’S PERSONAL LIBRARY, INSCRIBED TO HIM FROM THE AUTHOR, HIS SECRETARY \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePUIG, André\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLa colonie animale \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eParis: René Julliard, 1963\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8vo., original cream card wraps, lettered and decorated in green and black to upper cover and spine; together in the original publisher’s glassine wrapper; outer edges untrimmed; pp. [xi], 12-346, [ii]; an excellent, near-fine example, many of the pages entirely unopened, occasional light creases to the text block, but otherwise clean and bright with a couple of tiny nicks to the edges of covers and just beginning to pull at internal gutters. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eService de Presse copy\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith ‘S.P’ printed in black to the lower cover. This a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003epresentation copy from the author, inscribed and signed\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto the half title: “à Sartre en témoignage de mon entière reconnaissance - André Puig”. Together with the publisher’s original advertisement slip, dated 1st September 1963, also loosely laid in. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in 1939, Puig was perhaps destined to become something of a rebel. His father, latterly a postman, had in his younger years helped Spanish Republican refugees cross the border and escape from French camps, and from a young age Puig showed a resistance to authority. He was expelled from school for insubordination and poor work, and even spent a short time in prison. Called up for military service in Algeria, it was while he was still in the army that he sent a manuscript to Sartre who, after reading it, suggested that the young Puig come and see him when he was discharged. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePuig arrived in Paris in 1962, and became friends with Arlette Elkaïm, Sartre’s close confidant and sometime lover. “We saw a frail young man arrive, wearing an old black imitation leather jacket, with slightly hunched shoulders”, Elkaïm later recalled. “ He had read ‘Situations I’, the first volume of Sartre’s literary criticism, and had been curious enough to read the novels Sartre had discussed. He had been captivated by those of Faulkner and Dos Passos...” Elkaïm and Puig both published works in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLes Temps modernes, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe journal which had been founded by Sartre together with  Simone de Beauvoir and Maurice Merleau-Ponty in 1945. The following year this, Puig’s first novel, was published with Sartre’s influence and guidance. The book tells a fictionalised account of the author’s early life and association with other ‘leather-jacketed youths’, rejected by the society which birthed them, and about to commit a robbery. Immediately after reading it, Sartre gave the work its present title, ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Animal Colony\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’, inspired by the sense of animalistic belonging of a group of dispirited youths disillusioned with the world around them. Sartre then offered Puig the position of his personal secretary, a role which Puig held until Sartre passed away in 1980. He also wrote the introduction to Puig’s second, and perhaps best-known novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eL'Inachevé\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  (The Unfinished), which was published by Gallimard in 1970. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA fabulous association copy, in which Puig writes of his “complete gratitude” to the man who helped to launch his career.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn fact, when Sartre died, Puig refused to publish another work under any other imprint, effectively ending his literary occupation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGenuinely \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e thus. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56704367001924,"sku":null,"price":800.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/619a02562.jpg?v=1777363617"},{"product_id":"english-botany-or-coloured-figures-of-british-plants-with-the-essential-characters-synonyms-and-places-of-growth","title":"English Botany: or, coloured Figures of British Plants, with the essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth.","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE MOST COMPREHENSIVE ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF GREAT BRITAIN \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSMITH, Sir James Edward; James SOWERBY [Illus.]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnglish Botany: or, coloured Figures of British Plants, with the essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLondon: Printed by Richard Taylor for the Proprietor, C. E. Sowerby, [1832]-1846\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8vos., 12 volumes; rebound by S. Clutton in February 1935 (with her name in black ink to the ffeps) in half black morocco over marbled paper-covered boards [rebacked, and with new endpapers\/paste downs], single ruled in gilt along edges and spine, the latter additionally titled in second compartment and with volume number to fourth; fully collated, each volume with title page, text and index followed by a grand total of a whopping \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2744 individually hand coloured copper-plate engravings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eof British flowers, ferns, fruit trees, grasses, mosses, orchids, and a multitude of all other British plants, printed both horizontally and vertically, several folding; some plates showing cross sections of stem and\/or floral parts, as well as berries and fruiting bodies (full collation and condition report available upon request); a little scattered foxing throughout, occasionally affecting plates, mostly confined to the earlier volumes, which become increasingly cleaner as the set progresses; some minor marking and scratches, printed on different paper stocks, affecting quality of print and colouring, occasional short closed or finger tears, not affecting images, and occasional offsetting from plates; some of the hand colouring to Vol XII a little crude, but very good to near-fine copies all, contained in four matching slipcases comprised of three volumes per slipcase. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvenance: directly from the Clutton family. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, ‘arranged according to the Linnaean method, with the descriptions shortened, and occasional remarks added’. The second edition became known as the ‘small edition’, and here contains all of the additional supplementary plates as called for, as well as one or two duplicates. A previous owner has taken the liberty of adding notes on the work of the colourist, and there are also a number of contemporary handwritten notes of Latin names now bound in, as well as several pressed samples (see full collation). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA stunning compendium of British plants, which range from the humblest grass to the majestic orchid, each treated with delicacy, intricacy and care. All of the familiar daffodils, snowdrops, poppies, and other hedgerow flowers are of course included, as well as the more obscure flora which cover the UK, and several volumes are devoted to the study of the differing mosses, lichens and algae, together with details of the fruiting and seeding bodies and root systems, which are cross-sectioned in many of the plates in minute detail. 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Although initially reluctant to associate his name with the work due to Sowerby’s ‘low social status’, Smith later insisted on being credited as the author, and indeed his name appears here ahead of Sowerby’s, and in larger letters. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘English Botany’ proved an overwhelming success, and became famous as the most comprehensive illustrated flora of Great Britain. Many of the included plants received their debut in print, including a number of mosses and lichens, described and illustrated here for the very first time. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGiven the fact that this publication was issued in 267 monthly parts between 1790 and 1814, first edition sets are a genuine rarity, with only four known to exist in private collections. This, the second edition, contains a further 168 additional plates, and was published on higher-quality paper stock, as well as with improved print quality due to the use of acid-free inks. The second edition was further arranged by the botanist Charles Johnson (1791-1880), lecturer on Botany at Guy’s Hospital, whose name first appears on the title page of volume eight. Second editions are not hen’s teeth, but are still \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003erare complete\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein commerce, with the exact print run unknown. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*Please note that this is an extremely large and heavy publication, and as such additional shipping costs will be required*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56704828178756,"sku":null,"price":3000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/661a02483.jpg?v=1777376889"},{"product_id":"the-seasons-autumn-winter-spring-summer-and-companion-piece","title":"The Seasons: [Autumn; Winter; Spring; Summer] and Companion Piece","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSMITH, Ali\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Seasons: [Autumn; Winter; Spring; Summer] and Companion Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLondon: Hamish Hamilton, 2016-2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8vos., 5 vols; teal, ochre, rust, grey and bright purple cloth, respectively; lettered in silver, gilt and orange to spines and upper boards; coloured endpapers; with wraparound wrapper bands illustrated by David Hockney; essentially fine copies all. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst editions, first printings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, complete with the wraparounds. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll five volumes signed by the author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ein a variety of different coloured inks beneath her name to titles. A series of newspaper clippings have also been loosely inserted, including reviews of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSummer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein the Sunday Times, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAutumn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein the Sunday Times and Daily Telegraph, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinter \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein the Daily Telegraph. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAli Smith was born in Inverness, Scotland in 1962. Completing an English Literature and Language degree at the University of Aberdeen, she went on to study American and Irish modernism at Newnham College, Cambridge, but instead began to write plays and as such did not complete the course. 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As a polymath, Spencer contributed to many subjects, though he is perhaps best known today for his all-embracing concept of evolution, in which he expounded upon the progressive development of the physical world, biological organisms, the human mind, and human culture. Influenced from a young age by pre-Darwinian concepts of biological evolution, Spencer became acquainted with such figures as John Stuart Mill, Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot), and Thomas Henry Huxley, the latter with whom he would become a lifelong friend. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpencer first began writing about Evolutionary Biology in the 1850s, shortly before the publication of Darwin’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrigin. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis in itself was not unusual, as the discussion concerning Evolution was certainly rife at the time. Spencer’s initial theory, however, was radically different to Darwin’s, expanding outward into the universe and postulating firstly that all structures in existence developed from a simple, undifferentiated homogeneity to a complex, differentiated heterogeneity, and secondly that this law could be applied to the stars and galaxies as much as biological organisms. After reading Darwin’s interpretation (which appeared two years later), Spencer coined the term ‘survival of the fittest’ to describe the Darwinian concept, though he only begrudgingly accepted Darwin’s theories. 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The eventual plot came to him in the form of a nightmare, which his wife later recalled thus: “I was awakened by cries of horror from Louis. Thinking he had a nightmare, I awakened him. He said angrily: \"Why did you wake me? I was dreaming a fine bogey tale.\" That ‘bogey tale’ later became Jekyll and Hyde. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow an enduring classic of gothic fiction, Stevenson’s story follows the life of the mild-mannered Dr Jekyll who, under the influence of a powerful drug, gradually loses his grip on his psyche with the appearance of Hyde, a twisted, malignant persona who eventually consumes his very being. Part fantasy, part psychological horror, it was initially released to great sensation, and remains today one of the most popular works of late Victorian literature, which suggests to the reader the poignant question: to what extent are we as human beings capable of true atrocity? 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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. 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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. 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This copy one of just 150 reserved for the illustrator, hand signed and numbered, with an additional tipped-in etching of Ratty and Mole rowing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, this copy no. 7 with publisher’s original ‘#7’ slip, and the illustrator’s notecard addressed to the original recipient in van Sandwyk’s hand loosely inserted. The text follows the original 1908 first edition of Grahame’s classic children’s book. Typeset in Founders Caslon and printed on Modigliani Paper in Italy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe story of The Wind in the Willows was first told in parts by Grahame to his son Alistair (nicknamed ‘Mouse’ by his parents). Often plagued with health problems, Grahame would make up bedtime stories for the boy, revolving around the character of a toad, and when Grahame traveled on solo boating holidays abroad, he would write them down, and post them back to his family at home. Although the completed work was rejected by several publishers and eventually appeared to negative reviews, the tale of Mole, Ratty, Badger and the troublesome Toad was immediately loved by the public, and is still one of the most popular children’s works today, frequently told to a new generation of children who can delight in their riverbank antics.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis particular edition is all the more elevated with the pairing of Charles van Sandwyk’s evocative and charming illustrations, which show the characters, among other exploits, swimming (‘Please refrain from tickling the ducks’); picnicking; motor racing; and walking arm-in-arm down snowy streets. It was much praised, upon initial release in 2005, by the author Michael Morpurgo who wrote that: “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn almost 100 years since its first publication, I doubt there has been a finer edition.” The book also won the Grand Prix Award at the Printing World Awards.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScarce.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56710616777028,"sku":null,"price":2950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/762a02505.jpg?v=1777532975"},{"product_id":"alice-s-adventures-in-wonderland","title":"Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFROM VAN SANDWYK’S PERSONAL COLLECTION \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCARROLL, Lewis; Charles VAN SANDWYK [Illus.]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLondon: The Folio Society, 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFolio, quarter vellum over red paper-covered boards with vellum tips, spine lettered typographically in gilt, upper board with the iconic image of the white rabbit and his pocket watch surrounded by a highly decorative border showing roses, crowns, hedgehogs, spider webs lettered ‘who are you?’ and more, printed in black, white, gold and metallic red; highly decorative endpapers showing vignettes from the book; pp. [vi], 5-160, [viii]; with decorative frontis showing a portrait of Alice as well as an additional 10 tipped-in plates in full colour, nine onlaid colour illustrations, and numerous others in black and white throughout, including full and double page, as well as decorative initials and borders in gold; a fine, unread copy, until recently kept unopened, contained in the original glassine wrapper, the custom-made red cloth slipcase with paper label to spine, the publisher’s brown paper wrapping and in the original publisher’s cardboard box, with printed label to one edge. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecial, limited sesquincentenary edition, limited to one thousand copies each containing an original copperplate engraving signed and numbered by the artist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ein December 2015. This copy numbered ‘XI\/XXX’, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ethe artist’s own personal copy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with an additional manuscript note from van Sandwyk ascertaining the fact loosely tipped-in. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautifully-produced edition of Carroll’s children’s classic, one of the best-known stories of the Victorian period. Inspired by a ‘golden afternoon’ boating on the river in Oxfordshire, in which Carroll passed the time telling stories to the daughters of his friend Henry Liddell (Alice, Lorina and Edith), the tale follows the titular character as she travels down a rabbit hole to a dream-like world, where she meets a hookah-smoking caterpillar, a grinning cheshire cat, a mad hatter and many other characters which have now been embedded in the consciousness of popular culture. The book has never been out of print, and has been translated into 174 languages worldwide.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith the original first edition of 1865 featuring wood engravings by John Tenniel, this edition was published to celebrate 150 years since the original publication. Here, Van Sandwyk has taken great pains to preserve the integrity of the original Alice, whilst adding his own interpretations. Illustrations include the caterpillar puffing on a shisha pipe; frog footmen in curly judges wigs delivering letters from a royal mail parcel (hanging from a snail); a gryphon dozing under a tree with a book entitled ‘Croquet: The Queen’s Rules’ and a plate of Battenberg by his side, and of course the classic scenes of the Mad Hatter’s tea party, playing cards painting the roses red, and others. “This is Wonderland as it was meant to be seen”, the publishers write, “with eccentric charm and dreamlike detail”. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sumptuous publication, possibly the most beautiful edition of this work ever to be printed. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56710640533828,"sku":null,"price":5950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/76102479.jpg?v=1777534928"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/collections\/544_Foldthecornerbooks_02121.jpg?v=1777390405","url":"https:\/\/foldthecornerbooks.co.uk\/collections\/firsts-2026.oembed?page=2","provider":"Fold the Corner Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}