Introduction by John Simpson (15 results)

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. new edition. 160 pages. 7.80x5.10x0.45 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 238 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hard. Condition: Fine in very good slip case. Illustrated with glossy plates. (illustrator). First printing thus. Fine in very good slipcase. RRP £24.95.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 112 pages. 4.50x3.75x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. 256 pp. Catalogue of the exhibition: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 30 June - 22 September 2002; Dallas Museum of Art, 13 October 2002 - 5 January 2003; Frick Collection, New York, 21 January - 23 March 2003. LCC: 2001059860 Very good condition; very light yellowing on extreme perimeters of pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Presumed first edition. "First published in 2007 by the Bodleian Library" stated. No additional dates, editions or printings indicated. Fine if not new hardback in fine, if not new dust jacket (￡12.99 $25.00) on rear panel.

Hardcover with dustjacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; 1st Printing. Book is a hardcover. Book and the dust jacket are in fine condition. This Book is a collection of Letters of General Frank Paxton. The Book is Published by Hill Junior College Press. 102 pages. ; 6 1/4"-9 1/4"; 102 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK Edition. First UK edition, first impression - translated from the French by John A. Spaulding and George Simpson. Originally published in French as "Le Suicide" in 1897. ***Near fine in dark-green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and publisher's device to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine just slightly creased. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Slight marks to the fore-edge of the page block. Internally also near fine, with two ownership names on the front free endpaper. Interior pages clean with no creases or tears. ***In a very good typographically printed dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped but has an additional publisher's 30/- net price sticker on the front flap. The dustwrapper is complete, with just slivers of loss at the head and tail of the spine and corner tips. Some slight creasing to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. No tears or chips. Dustwrapper nice and clean (please see scans). ***223mm x150mm. 404 pages including a detailed Index, plus a 16pp publisher's catalogue for The International Library of Sociology and Social Reconstruction at the back of the book. ***'David Émile Durkheim (15 Apr 1858 - 15 Nov 1917) was a French sociologist. Durkheim formally established the academic discipline of sociology and is commonly cited as one of the principal architects of modern social science, along with both Karl Marx and Max Weber. Much of Durkheim's work was concerned with how societies can maintain their integrity and coherence in modernity, an era in which traditional social and religious ties are much less universal, and in which new social institutions have come into being. Durkheim's conception of the scientific study of society laid the groundwork for modern sociology, and he used such scientific tools as statistics, surveys, and historical observation in his analysis of suicides in Catholic and Protestant groups. Durkheim's first major sociological work was "De la division du travail social" (The Division of Labour in Society) (1893); followed in 1895 by "Les Règles de la méthode sociologique" (The Rules of Sociological Method). Also in 1895 Durkheim set up the first European department of sociology and became France's first professor of sociology. Durkheim's seminal monograph, "Le Suicide" (1897), a study of suicide rates in Catholic and Protestant populations, pioneered modern social research, serving to distinguish social science from psychology and political philosophy.' (Wiki) ***'How can difference in the rate of suicide be explained? It was always possible to explain the incidence of suicide--why one person rather than another committed it--but the problem of why one country has a higher rate of suicide per thousand of the population than another, why one social class or religious group has a higher rate than another, was never adequately explained before Durkheim wrote his book. It was perhaps his most important work, serving for successive generations as a model in social theory. Its influence on the social sciences has increased with years.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper). ***First impression of the first UK edition - extremely hard to find now in the original dustwrapper. A scarce title in first edition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Condition: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original brick red cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 7½'' x 5ĵ''. Contains tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece, 90 pp. In Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. THEOLOGY & RELIGION.

1963, a numbered copy from a limited edition of no specified number. (4to in slipcase) Near fine, no dust jacket. 204pp. Grey leatherette stamped in gilt in a fine grey cloth slipcase. Signed by the publisher and editor. Plain blue endpapers, portrait frontispiece, appendix, 2 folding maps. There is a small crack on at the foot of the front hinge, and a tiny scuff at the top of the back hinge. Written by his brother and originally published in London in 1845. Book about Thomas Simpson. Edited with introduction by John Gellner. Publisher series: Canadian Heritage Series 3 . Identified on spine as Our Canadian Heritage Series Volume 3. (Arctic/Polar, Exploration--Arctic, Hudson's Bay Company, Voyages and Travels--Arctic).

Condition: Very Good. 8vo., pp.xiv,354, brown cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece and five further b/w plates; a very good copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket, which has chipping and several closed tears to extremities, most notably to ear upper margin.

Condition: Very Good. 8vo., pp.vii,444, brown cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece and one further b/w plate; a very good, clean copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly chipped and worn to edges.

Condition: Very Good. 8vo., pp.xix,479, brown cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece and 2 further b/w plates; light foxing to top edges, a very good, clean copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly chipped and worn to edges, with light surface soil to the pale paper, and a couple of small closed tears to the upper edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. xxii, 85pp. Small abrasion on rear pastedown, moderate foxing on the cover with a small tear along the joint, very good, lacking the unprinted glassine dust jacket. Contains the first book appearance of five poems by Louis Simpson (as Louis Marantz Simpson) [1923-2012], who eventually earned a Ph.D. at Columbia University and was awarded the Medal for Excellence from Columbia University; his first collection of poems was The Arrivistes: Poems, 19401949 (published in 1949 by Fine Editions Press).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. xxii, 85pp. Spine and edges sunned, very good being poet Daniel Hoffman's copy with his name penned on the front fly, lacking the unprinted glassine dust jacket. Contains the first book appearance of five poems by Louis Simpson (as Louis Marantz Simpson) [1923-2012], who eventually earned a Ph.D. at Columbia University and was awarded the Medal for Excellence from Columbia University; his first collection of poems was The Arrivistes: Poems, 19401949 (published in 1949 by Fine Editions Press).