Item #6056 Words and Their Meanings. Aldous HUXLEY.
Words and Their Meanings
Words and Their Meanings
Words and Their Meanings

Words and Their Meanings

Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, 1940. Alvin Lustig (dust jacket). Second Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 36. Light gray laid paper covered boards, titles stamped in black on the cover and spine: bookplate of Dr. Elmer Belt, edges very lightly spotted/soiled. In the Alvin Lustig illustrated dust jacket printed red and black on light gray laid paper that has three short, closed tears. Please see photos. A fresh copy. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #6056

Former owner Elmer Belt was an renowned urologist perhaps best known today for his a pioneering work in sex-change surgery. Addressed to educators, an essay on the moral discipline of language use. Lustig's design evoking facets or folds was created with letterpress decorations. In Purity of Aim: The Book Jacket Designs of Alvin Lustig, authors Ned Drew and Paul Sternberger cite the "abstract configuration of shapes, referring to the inherent complexities found in systems of writing and their organizational syntax."

Referenced on pp. 36 and 40 in Born Modern The Life and Design of Alvin Lustig by Heller and Cohen-Lustig. Dust jacket preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

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Price: $275.00

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