Weller Embler (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1966, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, ex Library book, binding and text in very good condition, gray cloth pictorial front panel with title in black, binding tight and square no DJ, front hinge cracked but connected, text clean and unmarked, standard library making and short givers notation on reverse ffep.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Everett/Edwards Inc., 1966 Hardcover. Good. No Jacket. Blue design on tan cover, black text title front and spine. Apparent impact damage at Botton edge of both boards, appears to have been an abrupt scrap (otherwise VG) Book free of writing. Binding Square and Tight, text block clear and free from marking. ix, 166p., illustrated cloth boards, lacking dj if issued, 5.75x8.75 inches; Signed and inscribed by the author to Harold Gustin and his wife. Gustin is the forestry student mention on page 118, and Embler's former roommate. Embler explains levels of meaning (metaphors) that other semanticists have yet explored. He offers chapters on Literature as Metaphor; Design as Metaphor; Rhetoric of the Absurd; Metaphor and Beyond. Notes, Index, 166 pp. Forward by General Semanticist, S.I. Hayakawa then an academic but later to serve one term in the U.S. Senate repressing California. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Original Cloth. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition.

Hardcover. ix, 166p., illustrated cloth boards, lacking dj if issued, 5.75x8.75 inches; corners lightly bumped, else in very good condition. Signed and inscribed by the author to former U.S. Senator and General Semanticist, S.I. Hayakawa thanking him for his contributions.