hotson leslie john (8 risultati)

Condizione: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Second printing (first published September 1964). [6], 28 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 15cm. Tan dust jacket soiled with nicks and tears at edges, patches of surface abrasion and several chips. Handsome green cloth, spine's gilt stamping remains vibrant. Brown top edge; deckle fore-edge. Past owner's pencil notes mostly erased from rear pastedown. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy in a good+ dust jacket. Laid-in at the front endpapers is a typed order correction letter dated for May 1969 to Marboro Books from Mrs. Aaron L. Ford of Jackson, Mississippi who was the wife of Aaron Lane Ford (1903-1983), a four term U.S. Representative from Mississippi who served from 1935 to 1943.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. 210 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good Jacket. . Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: price-clipped. First edition. 8vo, ix, 133 pages, cloth Hotson was a dogged researcher of Elizabethan literary puzzles. Here he explains his revelation of what was meant by "motley" clothing. "The disclosure carries significant implications - the contemporary connotations of the dress, Shakespeare's view of his motley fools, his introduction and development of the role, the indispensable influence of the character and gifts of his fellow-player Armin - together with new light on Lear's Fool, on Hamlet's 'antic disposition,' and on Shakespeare himself as 'a motley to the view'." Illustrated.

Condizione: Very Good. THIS COLLECTION WEIGHS HALF A TON (UK). PLEASE TALK TO US TO DISCUSS IT & TRANSPORT BEFORE PLACING AN ORDER. See the "Contact Seller" link below. IT IS OFFERED AS A WHOLE AT THE REQUEST OF MAX REINHARDT, ITS COLLECTOR, BECAUSE OF THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SO COMPLETE A COLLECTION WITH HIS SPECIAL PROVENANCE OF BEING ITS LAST PUBLISHER. ALSO AS IT CONTAINS THE DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF FRANCIS MEYNELL'S AND HIS DETERMINATION TO PRODUCE BOOKS AT A FINE LEVEL OF THE BOOKMAKER'S ART, AT LOWER COST, YET HIGHER QUALITY OF MATERIALS, TYPOGRAPHY & LEGIBILITY FOR READERS HOLDING THE BOOKS IN THE HAND. A DELIGHT OF 20TH CENTURY BOOKMAKING. PROCEEDS FROM THIS SALE WILL BENEFIT MAXLITERACY, WHICH INSPIRES CREATIVE WRITING IN YOUNG PEOPLE, SET UP IN MEMORY OF MAX AND HIS AUTHORS. NB. Large collections of Nonesuch are too scarce to expect a search. So we have used the Author and Title fields in cryptic form as they have character limits. By cutting duplicated words in names and titles more searches for single books will find this collection, assisting awareness. Eg. instead of "William Beckford, William Blake, William Harvey," we enter "William Beckford Blake Harvey". A complete list of authors and titles is in the photos. The condition of the books is very good (many fine, only a few poor). NONESUCH PRESS COLLECTION. In 1923 Nonesuch was founded by Francis Meynell - its 1st publisher/designer. In 1952 he invited Max Reinhardt to be managing director and publisher. After Meynell's death in 1975, Max continued that role till 1986 when he bought the Press, publishing till 1990 - its last owner/publisher. Already owner of The Bodley Head that he revolutionised, he was an able successor of Meynell's desire to produce fine, readable, books at more affordable prices than most private presses. So, this is the personal collection of Max Reinhardt, begun many years before he joined the Press. By his own death in 2002, it held all titles published for sale in the UK from 1923-1990, the most complete assembled, I believe. Using the catalogue in John Dreyfus's History of the Nonesuch Press, I count 182 books and 26 Prospectuses. Some of the small number of privately published and US titles are present but not complete. We can supply a list identifying items present. The scarcest is the 1953 Coronation Shakespeare (no 119, Dreyfus). A remarkable edition of Shakespeare both for best scholarship and production. Its primary issue was only 1/4 copies bound in limp vellum - one presented to the Queen; one for Francis, whereabouts unknown; two for Max, one of which is here; and one elsewhere. Only Meynell's copy of this tiny issue could have previously appeared for sale. The unlimited trade edition is present here too. The most magisterial is the controversial 1937 Nonesuch Dickens (no 108, Dreyfus), nonetheless considered the finest of Dickens Works produced. With the books are 50 linear cms of at times spirited letters between Reinhardt, Meynell & trade members from 1952-1975 and with Alix, Francis's wife, to 1990 discussing all matters to do with their craft, promotion, production, distribution, sales & legal. The body language of aesthetic choice. Given the international reputation of the Press, it forms an unusually extended and detailed picture of quality book production and publishing in the 2nd half of the 20thC - for this press particularly, as all its earlier records were destroyed at the start of WW2. There are near 700 signed items from Meynell, many more from Reinhardt in copy, many from Brooke Crutchley of Cambridge UP; Vivian Ridler from OUP; some to and from Geoffrey Keynes; Stephen Potter, etc. And with Alix Meynell. There is biographical material on Francis & his publishing life including Pelican Press which he ran with Stanley Morrison; several of his own books and articles, and FM's annotated typescript of his autobiography, My Lives, addressed to Max, who published it.

Two Air Mail letters, both in fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Both letters are addressed to Beloe (author of the 1960 Beloe Report - education at The Hill House, Queen's Road, Richmond, Surrey. The subject of the two letters is a letter from George Washington to Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie, Belvoir, 7 March 1754, beginning ''Honble. Sir | If the Vessel you Honour hir'd of Colo. Eyre has not left York'. The letter is now at Mount Vernon. ONE: Hotson's letter, signed 'Leslie Hotson'. 29 January 1955. 1p., 12mo. Begins: 'You will have thought your note about the Washington letter went astray, but I have been waiting my chance to do something about it. And I have now enlisted my friend Prof. Norman H. Pearson of Yale as the very man who is in touch with the knowledgeable dealers in autographs in New York. I have also taken the liberty of copying out for him your description of the letter and given him your name and address, so that you may hear from him, I hope before long.' He continues by giving the British Museum shelfmark of a catalogue he suggests Beloe consults, adding, that 'there must be a more recent catalogue of known letters I should think - & at least a hand-list at the National Archives in Washington or at Mount Vernon'. He regrets that he does not 'know more about the subject, for I found the taste of the letter you have most alluring'. He ends with the news that he is setting sail that day, will spend February in Holland, and be 'back at King's Cambridge from March 1'. TWO: Pearson's letter, signed 'Norman Holmes Pearson'. 1 February 1955. 1p, 8vo. The letter begins: 'My friend Leslie Hotson, just before he left New Haven to return to his Fellowship at King's, gave me a brief description of a letter from George Washington to Gov. Dinwiddie, which you had and which you perhaps wished to sell'. Having been asked for 'some idea of what it might be worth', Pearson has 'forwarded the description to a dealer in New York who I know to be honest and generous in his dealings', Charles Hamilton of 515 Madison Avenue. After describing what would be necessary to gain a more accurate estimate he quotes from Hamilton's response: 'The letter of Washington Gov. Dinwiddie sounds like an interesting idea. Offhand, and without seeing the letter, I should estimate the value at around $300. It could be worth more, tho it is unlikely that it would be worth much less.' Hamilton always prefers to make 'a conservative estimate' rather than 'extravagant promises', and finds that 'the owner is often delighted to realize more than he anticipated'. He will pay postage should 'Mr. Hotson's friend' wish to send the item to him by registered post, and the 'entire transaction could be completed within a week or ten days!' Pearson encourage Beloe to do as Hamilton suggests, offering to 'straighten it out on this side', if 'anything goes amiss'. With Signed Autograph annotation by Beloe: 'Thanked, said I'd written to Hamilton & wd. Wte to Pearson again. | RB ? 10/2/55'. Also present are three 4to photostats: one of the front page of Beloe's letter; another carries a facsimile of Washington's signature with the date of the letter; a third reproduces a letter from Benjamin Franklin, 'London, Oct. 14 67 - | Cravenstreet' ('Dear Friend | I found here on my Return from France').