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Description of the Retreat, an Institution Near York by [Social Activism] [Mental Health] [Neuro Diversity] Tuke, Samuel - 1813

by [Social Activism] [Mental Health] [Neuro Diversity] Tuke, Samuel

Description of the Retreat, an Institution Near York by [Social Activism] [Mental Health] [Neuro Diversity] Tuke, Samuel - 1813

Description of the Retreat, an Institution Near York

by [Social Activism] [Mental Health] [Neuro Diversity] Tuke, Samuel

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York: W. Alexander, 1813. First edition. Contemporary calf rebacked to style with gilt and five raised bands to spine. Generally a bit shelfworn and rubbed, but a tight, square copy. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Original owner's notes on recto and verso of title page in ink: "Purchased at...8 Sept 1821. Visited the Retreat Saturday aftern., 8 September 1821...with cleanly appearance & admirable arrangement of buildings, the Inmates looked far happier than could have been expected. The Matron & her husband have the most benevolent countenances that we had ever beheld." Light scattered foxing throughout, else unmarked. Complete, including three folding plates. An account of the groundbreaking work of the Tuke family and the Society of Friends for improving the care and dignity with which mental illness was treated.

At a time when the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness was often inhumane, William Tuke stepped forward in 1796 to found The Retreat. Its goal was to create safe, pleasing, and dignified conditions for those being institutionalized; and from its inauguration, The Retreat kept its doors open to public visitors who may want to witness and document the conditions of its campus and patients. In the present work, William's grandson Samuel Tuke publicizes the institution's "internal economy of management" as well as its "mild system of treatment." Transparency is key to continued progress, Tuke asserts; and he wants the Retreat's successes to assist in further advances in the field. "The interests of humanity and science alike call upon us to communicate freely the discoveries we make or the failures which happen to us...If persons engaged in the management of the insane were more generally to publish the results of their observation, we might reasonably hope that the causes of this obscure and affecting disorder would receive some illustration." While William Tuke's work remains revolutionary in improving method of caring for the mentally ill, Samuel Tuke's book "helped popularise the approach...to use the moral treatment method for restoring self-esteem and self-control in individuals" suffering from a range of ailments (Quaker World). As awareness of the model spread, so too did institutions build on its principles, with hospitals emerging in the UK and US.
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  • Publisher W. Alexander
  • Place of Publication York
  • Date Published 1813
Les Aventures d'Antoine Doinel

Les Aventures d'Antoine Doinel

by FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT (Inscribed)

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Les Aventures dAntoine Doinel. Les Quatre Cents Coups. LAmour à Vingt Ans. Baisers Volés. Domicile Conjugal.Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. Original paper wrappers, in dust wrapper. Paris Mercure de France 1970. First Edition of Truffauts second book. Presentation copy inscribed by Truffaut, "Pour Mrs Ingrid Hjerting avec les hommages de François Truffaut."The book contains screenplays for the first four Antoine Doinel movies. Antoine Doinel, realized onscreen over a number of years by Jean-Pierre Leaud, was Truffauts autobiographical double. The Doinel films compiled here begin in Doinel's childhood with The 400 Blows and continue through adolescence and early manhood with Antoine and Colette, Stolen Kisses, and Bed and Board. A very nice copy. Scarce in dust wrapper.
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The Arts of Beauty; or, Secrets of a Lady's Toilet. With Hints to Gentlemen on the Art of...
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The Arts of Beauty; or, Secrets of a Lady's Toilet. With Hints to Gentlemen on the Art of Fascinating

by [Sex Work] Montez, Madame Lola [Countess of Landsfeld]

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New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1858. First edition. Near Fine. Original publisher's cloth binding stamped in gilt and blind. Brown coated endpapers. Several small spots to front board. Lower corners gently bumped. Bookplate of Jane des Grange to front endpaper. Collates xvii, [1], 19-132, [12]: complete with half title and adverts. Light scattered foxing, else clean and unmarked. In all, a pleasing copy. Scarce in trade and institutionally, OCLC locates 8 copies worldwide, of which 6 are in the U.S. The infamous Lola Montez managed to fit multiple lives into one: actress and dancer, courtesan, mistress to King Ludwig I of Bavaria, Countess of Landsfeld, and finally revolution-era emigree to California. In each of these roles, she relied on a finely honed sense of social diplomacy and wit to accomplish her ends; and The Arts of Beauty is the perfect textual product to encapsulate these skills. Engaging with classical satirical texts like Ovid's Ars Amatoria as well as contemporary conduct guides… Read More
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Selection of poetry and original artwork by young women in Dresden and London
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Selection of poetry and original artwork by young women in Dresden and London

by [Commonplace]

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Dresden, London, 1903. Comprised of 20 handwritten pages, 13 original sketches and watercolors, 3 musical notations and 3 loose photos of young women. A truly lovely example, bound in recently rebacked quarter cloth over sheep with gilt floral endpapers. All edges brightly gilt. A reminder of how easily women's stories and lives can be lost to history, the present album carries no ownership signature or explanation of what drew its young women contributors together from across major cities in the U.K. and Europe. What the notebook does preserve, however, are the names of a group of women including Adelaide Smollets, Hilda May Sides, Eileen Shea, Winifred and Edith Maude Tweedie, Margaret Monnypenny, Nina Barken, Cissie Daice, Kathleen McArthur, Mabel Weir, Violet Henley, and Dorothy Dudgeon who were drawn together on these pages through their literary and artistic contributions. Beautifully copied quotations from William Shakespeare, Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Adelaide Proctor mingle with tributes… Read More
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Memoirs of Celebrated Female Characters, who have Distinguished Themselves by their Talents and Virtues in Every Age and Nation...Embellished with Portraits

by Pilkington, Mrs. [Mary Susanna]

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London: Albion Press, 1804. First edition. Contemporary calf with black morocco label to spine, and embossed in gilt. Front joint starting but firm; upper front corner rubbed. Early ownership signature of E. Griffith to front pastedown, else unmarked. Front and rear endpapers a bit loose but holding well. Measuring 102 x 92mm and collating [10], 346: complete, including all 12 engraved portraits inserted in the order called for by the instructions to the binder (though with Mrs. Cowley's used as a frontis rather than facing page 126). OCLC reports only 14 copies at U.S. institutions, with this being the only complete copy on the market. A prolific author, Mary Pilkington drew on her firsthand experiences as an orphan and a governess to create her most important work. While the majority of her writing centered on fiction (she produced over 40 novels leading up to 1825), she was also deeply invested in the education of girls. Early works such as A Mirror for the Female Sex (1798) addressed the… Read More
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Ludwig Kozma als Buchkünstler von Emerich Kner Buchdrucker in Gyoma (Ungarn)
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Ludwig Kozma als Buchkünstler von Emerich Kner Buchdrucker in Gyoma (Ungarn)

by Kner, Emerich [Imre]; Kozma, Lajos [Ludwig]

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Used - Rear cover slightly scratched. In fine condition.
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First edition. With 12 full-page and numerous other illustration
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Sonderabdruck aus dem Gutenberg-Jahrbuch, 1930. First edition. With 12 full-page and numerous other illustrations of Lajos Kozma's works. In publisher's half-cloth binding. Rear cover slightly scratched. In fine condition.. First edition. With 12 full-page and numerous other illustrations of Lajos Kozma's works. In publisher's half-cloth binding. 32 p. Scarce publication of Kozma's work by Kner Press. With Kozma's bookplate and book cover designs and book illustrations. Lajos Kozma (1884-1948) besides being one of the chief Hungarian architects and interior designers of the first half of the 20th century was also a graphic artist and book illustrator. His architectural early works were created in Art Nouveau style but later, through Art Deco, he found his way to the International Modernism..
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Les Aventures d'Antoine Doinel

Les Aventures d'Antoine Doinel

by FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT (Inscribed)

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Les Aventures dAntoine Doinel. Les Quatre Cents Coups. LAmour à Vingt Ans. Baisers Volés. Domicile Conjugal.Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. Original paper wrappers, in dust wrapper. Paris Mercure de France 1970. First Edition of Truffauts second book. Presentation copy inscribed by Truffaut, "Pour Mrs Ingrid Hjerting avec les hommages de François Truffaut."The book contains screenplays for the first four Antoine Doinel movies. Antoine Doinel, realized onscreen over a number of years by Jean-Pierre Leaud, was Truffauts autobiographical double. The Doinel films compiled here begin in Doinel's childhood with The 400 Blows and continue through adolescence and early manhood with Antoine and Colette, Stolen Kisses, and Bed and Board. A very nice copy. Scarce in dust wrapper.
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$1,500.00
The Arts of Beauty; or, Secrets of a Lady's Toilet. With Hints to Gentlemen on the Art of...
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The Arts of Beauty; or, Secrets of a Lady's Toilet. With Hints to Gentlemen on the Art of Fascinating

by [Sex Work] Montez, Madame Lola [Countess of Landsfeld]

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Used - Near Fine
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First edition
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Pasadena, California, United States
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New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1858. First edition. Near Fine. Original publisher's cloth binding stamped in gilt and blind. Brown coated endpapers. Several small spots to front board. Lower corners gently bumped. Bookplate of Jane des Grange to front endpaper. Collates xvii, [1], 19-132, [12]: complete with half title and adverts. Light scattered foxing, else clean and unmarked. In all, a pleasing copy. Scarce in trade and institutionally, OCLC locates 8 copies worldwide, of which 6 are in the U.S. The infamous Lola Montez managed to fit multiple lives into one: actress and dancer, courtesan, mistress to King Ludwig I of Bavaria, Countess of Landsfeld, and finally revolution-era emigree to California. In each of these roles, she relied on a finely honed sense of social diplomacy and wit to accomplish her ends; and The Arts of Beauty is the perfect textual product to encapsulate these skills. Engaging with classical satirical texts like Ovid's Ars Amatoria as well as contemporary conduct guides… Read More
Item Price
$1,950.00
Selection of poetry and original artwork by young women in Dresden and London
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Selection of poetry and original artwork by young women in Dresden and London

by [Commonplace]

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Used
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Unknown
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Pasadena, California, United States
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Dresden, London, 1903. Comprised of 20 handwritten pages, 13 original sketches and watercolors, 3 musical notations and 3 loose photos of young women. A truly lovely example, bound in recently rebacked quarter cloth over sheep with gilt floral endpapers. All edges brightly gilt. A reminder of how easily women's stories and lives can be lost to history, the present album carries no ownership signature or explanation of what drew its young women contributors together from across major cities in the U.K. and Europe. What the notebook does preserve, however, are the names of a group of women including Adelaide Smollets, Hilda May Sides, Eileen Shea, Winifred and Edith Maude Tweedie, Margaret Monnypenny, Nina Barken, Cissie Daice, Kathleen McArthur, Mabel Weir, Violet Henley, and Dorothy Dudgeon who were drawn together on these pages through their literary and artistic contributions. Beautifully copied quotations from William Shakespeare, Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Adelaide Proctor mingle with tributes… Read More
Item Price
$750.00
Memoirs of Celebrated Female Characters, who have Distinguished Themselves by their Talents and...
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Memoirs of Celebrated Female Characters, who have Distinguished Themselves by their Talents and Virtues in Every Age and Nation...Embellished with Portraits

by Pilkington, Mrs. [Mary Susanna]

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First edition
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Pasadena, California, United States
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London: Albion Press, 1804. First edition. Contemporary calf with black morocco label to spine, and embossed in gilt. Front joint starting but firm; upper front corner rubbed. Early ownership signature of E. Griffith to front pastedown, else unmarked. Front and rear endpapers a bit loose but holding well. Measuring 102 x 92mm and collating [10], 346: complete, including all 12 engraved portraits inserted in the order called for by the instructions to the binder (though with Mrs. Cowley's used as a frontis rather than facing page 126). OCLC reports only 14 copies at U.S. institutions, with this being the only complete copy on the market. A prolific author, Mary Pilkington drew on her firsthand experiences as an orphan and a governess to create her most important work. While the majority of her writing centered on fiction (she produced over 40 novels leading up to 1825), she was also deeply invested in the education of girls. Early works such as A Mirror for the Female Sex (1798) addressed the… Read More
Item Price
$1,850.00
Ludwig Kozma als Buchkünstler von Emerich Kner Buchdrucker in Gyoma (Ungarn)
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Ludwig Kozma als Buchkünstler von Emerich Kner Buchdrucker in Gyoma (Ungarn)

by Kner, Emerich [Imre]; Kozma, Lajos [Ludwig]

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Used - Rear cover slightly scratched. In fine condition.
Edition
First edition. With 12 full-page and numerous other illustration
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Budapest, Hungary
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$1,951.20

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Sonderabdruck aus dem Gutenberg-Jahrbuch, 1930. First edition. With 12 full-page and numerous other illustrations of Lajos Kozma's works. In publisher's half-cloth binding. Rear cover slightly scratched. In fine condition.. First edition. With 12 full-page and numerous other illustrations of Lajos Kozma's works. In publisher's half-cloth binding. 32 p. Scarce publication of Kozma's work by Kner Press. With Kozma's bookplate and book cover designs and book illustrations. Lajos Kozma (1884-1948) besides being one of the chief Hungarian architects and interior designers of the first half of the 20th century was also a graphic artist and book illustrator. His architectural early works were created in Art Nouveau style but later, through Art Deco, he found his way to the International Modernism..
Item Price
$1,951.20