Robynson Ralph (18 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. As pictured. Light wear. in a Good slipcase. Good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. no dustjacket as issued. Very Good in a worn slipcase. Clean, unmarked copy. 2x1 inch abrasion on front free endpaper. The paper backed slipcase light overall shelf wear with rubbing and chipping, a small paper tear to rear panel.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Reissue. Reissue. Includes publisher's slipcase and Sandglass insert. Slipcase edges slightly faded, two small blemishes on one slipcase panel, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1963 Hard Cover. [x], 164, [2] pp. Translated into English from the original Latin by Ralph Robynson, with an introduction by H.G. Wells. "Utopia is a fictional work by Thomas More published in 1516. English translations of the title include A Truly Golden Little Book, No Less Beneficial Than Entertaining, of the Best State of a Republic, and of the New Island Utopia (literal) and A Fruitful and Pleasant Work of the Best State of a Public Weal, and of the New Isle Called Utopia (traditional). The book, written in Latin, is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. Despite modern connotations of the word "utopia," it is widely accepted that the society More describes in this work was not actually his own "perfect society." Rather he wished to use the contrast between the imaginary land's unusual political ideas and the chaotic politics of his own day as a platform from which to discuss social issues in Europe. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Small tear to rear gutter. Corners chipped. Pages unmarked. The Heritage Press operated from 1937 - 1982 and was created by George Macy. Heritage reprinted the lovely volumes of the Limited Editions Club. Heritage was established to give these works a wider audience by making them more affordable and widely available. Every book was selected by Heritage's editors as a classic in its field, chosen from the world's best-known and most enduring literature.…

Hard Cover -. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket As Issued. Edition and Printing Not Stated. Edition and Printing Not Stated. Very good in good slipcase. Book : bookplate on front endpaper. Slipcase : slight wear along edges, minor soiling. 17.5 x 26. hard cover. 3351A Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: As New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Medium green full leather with bright gilt lettering and decoration. A few tiny nicks to edges, and corners are sharp. All edges gilt, with minor scuffing. Binding sound, interior clean. Satin ribbon bookmarker bound in. No prev owner names, bookplates or stamps. 165 pp.…

hard cover. Condition: Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDGood, hard cover book with no dust jacket in slipcase, sunned, bumped edges, 4to.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Copyright © 1977. 457 pp. Text in English and Spanish. Bi-Lingual-Book. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Creased front cover.

Condition: Very Good. *THIS IS THE BROWN GILT-STAMPED LEATHER PRINTING with an image of a mountain on the cover* 166 pp., gilt-stamped full brown leather (hardcover), moire endpapers and pastedowns, a.e.g., some minor, faint wear to cover edges else near fine. Includes Notes from the Archives laid in. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. A Book Club edition in Near Fine condition with little wear to the corners of the decorative boards housed in a Very Good slipcase that is rubbed and soiled; The novel, Utopia, was written by Sir Thomas More. The story follows the life of a man named Raphael Hythloday, who travels to Utopia, an imaginary land that is perfect in every way. Hythloday is amazed by the life he experiences and the people he meets, and he eventually decides to return to the real world.; Book Club Edition; 8vo; 164 pages; FSA.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Numbered edition 4to published in the series The Chiswick Library of Noble Writers, number 73 of and edition of 200. pale brown with stone-grey spine, tipped in title to front and spine,minor corner wear, paled lower corners, sound binding, excellent internal condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with no DJ. Tan patterned paper over boards with gold lettering on white paper over spine. Title page dated 1934. Copyright page dated 1935. Translated into English by Ralph Robynson. 1500 copies of this book have been printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club at the Rudge Press under supervision. This copy is number 914. 164 paes. Minor shelf wear along edges of boards. Tan pattern on boards remains tidy. Gilt top fore edge. Gold lettering on spine is faded but still legible. Spine has dark toning and rubbing along it. Boards are firmly attached to binding. Deckle edge pages. Bookplate from previous owner "M. Robert Guggenheim" on front attached endpaper. Small spots of toning on rear attached endpaper at top edge. Pages have been well maintained. Text is clean and legible. Binding secure with no missing pages. Very Good condition. Please contact us with questions or if you would like to see photographs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Folio edition, limited to 200 copies of which this i number 73., Fawn with grey to spine, tipped in title to front and to spine, minor abraded wear, incipient tear top of spine, slightest forward lean, small marks, sound binding, excellent internal condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardback Book Condition: Very Good considering its age. Good binding and clean, unmarked pages. 164 pages. There is age spotting on outside page edges and wear n tear shown on covers but a very solid book. Illustrations ; 26 cm. The Heritage Press operated from 1937 - 1982 and was created by George Macy. Heritage reprinted the lovely volumes of the Limited Editions Club. Heritage was established to give these works a wider audience by making them more affordable and widely available. Every book was selected by Heritage's editors as a classic in its field, chosen from the world's best-known and most enduring literature. The 500th anniversary of the first publication of Thomas More's Utopia invites a reappraisal of its significance, not just as an ironic and playful fiction, but as a serious contribution to social and political thought. More delivers a searing critique of the injustices of his time and imagines a radical alternative based on common ownership and representative government. In this new interpretation, Wilde surveys the context from which Utopia emerged and analyses its key themes politics, economics, social relations, crime and punishment, war and religion. Although the society of the Utopians is created as a remedy to the ailments of the old world, there are restrictions on individual freedom which reflect More's suspicion of human nature's innate fragility. Wilde argues that this should not detract from the power of the book in challenging the root causes of inequality and oppression. The true legacy of Utopia lies in its plea for social justice in the face of a world driven by greed and the lust for power. A compelling case is made for the continued relevance of this masterpiece, a legacy that should not be diminished by attempts to discredit More's character, which are dealt with here in the epilogue. Offering a new perspective on this important historical text, this book is essential reading for students and scholars working in radical politics, the history of social thought and literature, as well as anyone interested in learning more about this fascinating work.…

Condition: Gut. 164 Seiten; 25,5 cm; fadengeh., farb. illustr. Orig.-Halbleinenband. Gutes Exemplar; Einband etwas berieben u. gering fleckig; innen Seiten minimal nachgedunkelt. - Mit kl. Beilage. - Englisch. - "The special contents of this edition are copyright, 1935, by the Limited Editions Club, Inc. from whom special Permission has been obtained for this edition" (Impressum). - Vorwort von H. G. Wells. - Utopia - Erstdruck 1516 unter dem Titel: Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, De optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia ("Ein wahrhaft goldenes Büchlein, nicht minder heilsam als unterhaltsam, Von der besten Verfassung des Staates und von der neuen Insel Utopia") - ist ein von Thomas Morus (1478-1535) in lateinischer Sprache verfasster philosophischer Dialog, der Anfang des 16. Jahrhunderts zunächst in Belgien erschien. Der Londoner Bürger und Undersheriff, spätere Speaker und Lordkanzler stellt darin die Schilderung einer fernen idealen Gesellschaft vor und gab damit den Anstoß zum Genre der Sozialutopie. Rahmenhandlung ist ein Aufenthalt Morus' in Antwerpen, wo er seinem geschätzten Freund Peter Ägidius und einem Fremden begegnet, der als belesener, weitgereister Portugiese und angeblicher Reisegefährte Vespuccis vorgestellt wird. Morus erinnert sich an ihr Gespräch und gibt Erzählungen und Berichte des Weltreisenden wieder, der eine Zeit lang auf einer Insel namens Utopia bei den dortigen Utopiern gelebt haben will. Die beschriebene Gesellschaft mit demokratischen Grundzügen basiert auf rationalen Entscheidungen, Gleichheitsgrundsätzen, Arbeitsamkeit und dem Streben nach Bildung. In dieser Republik ist aller Besitz gemeinschaftlich, Anwälte sind unbekannt, und unabwendbare Kriege werden bevorzugt mit ausländischen Söldnern geführt. (wiki) // " . It would seem that he began and ended his career in the orthodox religion and a general acquiescence in the ideas and customs of his time, and he played an honourable and acceptable part in that time; but his permanent interest lies not in his general conformity but in his incidental scepticism, in the fact that underlying the observances and recognised rules and limitations that give the texture of his life were the profoundest doubts, and that, stirred and disturbed by Plato, he saw fit to write them down. One may doubt if such scepticism is in itself unusual, whether any large proportion of great statesmen, great ecclesiastics, and administrators have escaped phases of destructive self-criticism, of destructive criticism of the principles upon which their general careers were framed. But few have made so public an admission as Sir Thomas More. A good Catholic undoubtedly he was, and yet we find him capable of conceiving a non-Christian community excelling all Christendom in wisdom and virtue; in practice his sense of conformity and orthodoxy was manifest enough, but in his Utopia he ventures to contemplate, and that not merely wistfully but with some confidence, the possibility of an absolute religious toleration. The Utopia is none the less interesting because it is one of the most profoundly inconsistent of books. Never were the forms of Socialism and Communism animated by so entirely an Individualist soul. The hands are the hands of Plato, the wide-thinking Greek, but the voice is the voice of a humane, public-spirited but limited and very practical English gentleman who takes the inferiority of his inferiors for granted, dislikes friars and tramps and loafers and all undisciplined and unproductive people, and is ruler in his own household. " (H.G. Wells) Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 750. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 164+ pages. Number 1025 of a limited edition of 1500 copies signed by Bruce Rogers of the Rudge Press where this volume was printed. Top edge is gilded. Volume shows just a little very light scattered edge wear. Otherwise, volume remains tight and clean and is housed in original slipcase that remains solid but in about Good condition. Lacking publisher's newsletter.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Bookplate on front end leaf as issued. Cover is crisp and inside is clean and unmarked.