Simson Von Appendix Ernst Levy (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Printed in the U.S.A. [Date from the copyright page.] First Printing. Frontispiece, Preface, List of Plates, List of Text Figures, Introduction, Footnotes, Appendix, List of Works Cited, Index; xxiii, 307 pages. Chart in Pocket at rear: West Façade of Chartres Cathedral. The Appendix on the Proportions of the South Tower of Chartres Cathedral has its own introduction, conclusion and a list of tables and diagrams. The original blue-gray cloth, with black cloth spine, has a bumped corner and a touch of toning to the edges; gilt lettering on spine and Bollingen design on upper board are still bright. The interior is bright, crisp and clean; however, a number of pages are bumped at the top corner. Top-edge is blue-gray. The folding chart in rear pocket is fine. The original unclipped ($6.50) dust jacket is downgraded because of its sunned spine and much discoloration---mostly to the inside. [Please see my five images of the actual book.] "According to the Platonizing metaphysics of the Middle Ages, light is the most noble of natural phenomena, the least material, the closest approximation to pure form. For a thinker like Grosseteste, light is actually the mediator between bodiless and bodily substances, a spiritual body, an embodied spirit, as he calls it." (Page 51.) As with every book from my father's collection, tipped-in at the front is the small, attractive, acid-free bookplate pictured on my homepage. All books are wrapped with special care and are shipped promptly with tracking; international sales sent via global priority, also with tracking.

Hardcover. Octavo, 397 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine light yellow with black and green lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$6.50." Sunning to spine. Mild tearing along edges of dust jacket. Scuffing and foxing to dust jacket. Bumping to top edge of front board. Spine cocked. Foxing to edges of textblock, endpapers, and title pages. Light scattered staining throughout interior. With a loose folded diagram stored in rear pocket. Shelved in World Architecture. Bollingen Series XLVIII. 1398161. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.