full well that Bentham, if left to his own devices, would end in ‘writing a good-sized pamphlet if not a volume’, got in first with a short prospectus of twelve pages. Bentham therefore devoted himself to a commentary on the prospectus and, when subscriptions hung fire, seems, to judge from an advertisement in the book, to have agreed to publish what he had ready. Accordingly in 1815 there appeared without his name on the title page Chrestomathia . . . This consisted of two elaborate Instruction Tables on the advantages and principles of the system with notes and four appendices that were ready out of a projected ten. The next year (1816) the volume appeared [as here] with a cancel title now acknowledging Bentham’s authorship, and in the following year [ sic ] he published the fifth appendix – at least twice as long as the original volume!” (Muirhead). The title to part II is found dated both 1816 and 1817; the latter is present here (no priority given by Chuo). 2 parts in 1 volume, octavo (214 × 129 mm). Contemporary calf, with early reback and gilt supralibros of Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow to covers. With 5 large folding tables. Tips a little worn, contents a little browned and spotted, closed tear to last leaf of part I affecting a few words without loss. A very good copy. ¶ Chuo C1.2; Everett, p. 528; Goldsmiths’ 21357; Muirhead, pp. 19–21. £3,250 [157155] 11 BERRY, Burton Y. Teenage Styles and Trends 1967–71: A Retrospect. Lucerne: C. J. Bucher Ltd, 1972
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9 BECKETT, Samuel. En attendant Godot. Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1952 rien à faire
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remarkable and strangely moving First and sole edition, privately printed in an edition of 300 copies only, complete with the original plain brown wrapper. “One intriguing photobook from the early 1970s was made by an elderly US diplomat stationed in Zurich named Byron Y. Berry. Photographed on the streets of various cosmopolitan cities, [this work] is a series of street portraits of ‘young lads’, as Berry called them, focusing in particular on the youths’ long hair. The book is a recalling of the aged photographer’s own lost youth, a frank appreciation of beauty, and a valuable photo-document of 1960s’ street culture . . . The book moves us because it is so intimately connected with photography and time – youth and age . . . First and foremost, this is a celebration of beauty . . . a unique snapshot of an era when it was especially exciting to be young. The subtle but unmistakable erotic undertones, however, add a personal level that is both beguiling
and mysterious . . . the book is to be valued not only for its contribution to the gay photobook, but to the literature of youth fashion and street culture” (Parr & Badger). Quarto. Original photographic covers, title to front cover in white. With the original plain brown paper wrapper stamped “Tenage” [ sic ] at one edge. Housed in a black cloth flat-back box by the Chelsea Bindery. 63 full-page black and white illustrations from photographs. Book fine, brown wrapper creased with wear to corners. ¶ Parr & Badger III, pp. 77 & 80. £5,000 [151168]
First edition, trade issue, scarce in such nice condition. The play was originally written and published in French and first performed in full at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris on 5 January 1953. Its extraordinary success was largely responsible for Beckett’s rise to worldwide fame. Beckett’s own translation of the play into English as Waiting for Godot was published in New York by Grove Press in 1954. Octavo. Original white wrappers, spine and covers lettered in blue and black, blue rules to covers, small photographic illustration of author to rear cover, edges untrimmed, most uncut. Text in French. Occasional trivial spots of foxing and a few light creases, very slight toning to spine and text. A near-fine copy, fresh and bright. ¶ Federman & Fletcher 259. £2,500 [155616]
Jeremy. Chrestomathia; [together with] Chrestomathia Part II. Containing Appendix, No. V. Being an essay on Nomenclature and Classification. London: Printed for Messrs. Payne and Foss, and R. Hunter, by J. M’Creery, 1816–17 bentham’s main work on education First public edition of Bentham’s proposal of the reform of secondary education: a re-issue of the original sheets of the privately-issued part I with a cancel title page, together with the first edition of part II. “In 1814 Bentham became interested in a scheme, sponsored by Francis Place, James Mill, and others, to extend the Lancastrian scheme of instruction to Higher Education. He not only offered his garden as a site for the school, but characteristically sat down at once to write a ‘puff’ for it. But Place and Mill, knowing
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