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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. XI, [1], 222pp. Original illustrated wrappers over black cloth with gold lettering on spine. Printer's device on title page. This captivating work explores the burgeoning 18th-century fascination with the human body as an eloquent, expressive object. This wide-ranging study examines the role of the body within a number of cultural arenas - particularly oratory, the theatre, and the novel - and charts the efforts of projectors and reformers who sought to exploit the textual potential of the body for the public assertion of modern politeness. Paul Goring shows how diverse writers and performers, including David Garrick, James Fordyce, Samuel Richardson, Sarah Fielding and Laurence Sterne, were involved in the construction of new ideals of physical eloquence - bourgeois, sentimental ideals which stood in contrast to more patrician, classical bodily modes. Through innovative readings of fiction and contemporary manuals on… Read More

London: Blackie & Son, Ltd, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Oblong quarto (9 x 11 1/2"). Original olive cloth pictorially stamped in green, black, orange and gilt, with gold lettering to spine and black lettering to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Title in red and black lettering within illustrated frame. Published in 1907, "The Rhyme of a Run and Other Verse" is Florence Harrison's second work after "Rhymes and Reasons," which she published in 1905. The ten short stories written in verse are accompanied with a total of 21 pasted color illustrations, 5 in-text and 10 full-page woodcuts, of which all are in a striking Art Nouveau style. Moderate shelf wear. Front corners slightly frayed and bumped (not affecting pages). Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed. Closed tear, and minor chipping to the sixth color plate. Closed tear and slight creasing to upper margin of the following (seventh) color plate. Pages slightly age-toned along margin. Binding in good to good+, interior in good to… Read More

New York: Garden City Publishing Co, 1939. Hardcover. g. Everett Shinn. 4to. Unpaginated. Green cloth spine over illustrated boards. Small tear to head of spine. Tail of spine rubbed. Corners worn. Illustrated endpapers. Bookplate of previous owner to endpaper. A wonderful children's story beautifully illustrated with full page color, and in-text drawings in green by Everett Shinn. In good condition.