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Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. ; jacket design, Louise Noble ; jacket drawing, J R R Tolkien ; colored by H.
The Silmarillion
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1977 1977. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st American edition 1st printing ; 365 pp. fold-out map ; in color pictorial dustjacket ; price on dust jacket ; tiny nick on lower back of dustjacket dig at front gutter of dustjacket ; LC: PZ3.T576 b Si3 a PR6039.O32 ; ISBN 0395257301 ; LCCN 77008025 ; OCLC: 2200253 ; "Tolkien considered THE SILMARILLION his most important work and though it was published last and posthumously this great collection of tales and legends clearly sets the stage for all his other writing. The story of the creation of the world and of the the First Age this is the ancient drama to which the characters in THE LORD OF THE RINGS look back and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The three Silmarils were jewels created by Feanor most gifted of the Elves. Within them was imprisoned the Light of the Two Trees of Valinor before the Trees themselves were destroyed by Morgoth the first Dark Lord. Thereafter the unsullied Light of Valinor lived on only in the Silmarils but they were seized by Morgoth and set in his crown which was guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. THE SILMARILLION is the history of the rebellion of Feanor and his kindred against the gods their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth and their war hopeless despite all their heroism against the great Enemy. This second edition features a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien describing his intentions for the book which serves as a brilliant exposition of his conception of the earlier Ages of Middle-earth." ; FINE/G. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977 Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007348 ISBN : 0395257301 9780395257302
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Lowrance, Robert S. ; Gary Duda, design ; foreward, John Ransom Lewis (Poet Laureate of Georgia), introduction, Frances Patton S
Dust-devils bestiary; cloudy day; Alendlux ubi ortlibertas; new birth; perturbation; Arachne; Art catalogue; Autobiography; Cat nap; Chauvinism; Did you ever; Dust-devils; Echoes; Fish bait; Flight 007; Hospital; How groes my love; It takes us all; Japanese cherry; Leaves; Love's hold; Mirages for sail; My old home; Nostalgia; One day; Ontogeny recapitulated; Peggy Mitchell and Boys' High Class of 1924; Phoenix; Please pass baby; Polyphemus; Remembered; Resurgens; Ships & seas; Superstitions; ceramic cherry-picker lamp; digs; flight of arrow; landing; least I could do; making of champion; quest of writer; relentless tide; search; seasons; Weavers of Weaverville; Times & tides; To very special friend; To sixth graders of Montgomery Elementa
Atlanta Ga. : Harvey Dan Abrams 1984 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 72 pages ; 22 cm ; LCCN: 84-70969 ; LC: PS3562.O899; Dewey: 081; OCLC: 12438221 ; textured brown cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; "Limited edition number 445" ; "Dust-devils is a collection of poetry both traditional and free verse from a poet of note. Robert S Lowrance Jr. had previously published a fine volume. The author's unique background both he and his wife are fine musicians should prepare us for the music which is in this collection of poems.There are pleasing surprises at the end of many of the poems building up to a nice climax with the final explanation or challenge and the concluding choice of words.Some of the poems are particularly touching reminiscences of childhood.Readers of the present volume will be greeted by an even more polished and varied group of poems which goes with the further developememt of this poet."--John Ransonm Lewis ; Contents: A bestiary -- A cloudy day -- Alenda lux ubi orta libertas -- A new birth -- A perturbation -- Arachne -- Art catalogue -- Autobiography -- Cat nap -- Chauvinism-- Did you ever -- Dust-devils -- Echoes -- Fish bait -- Flight 007 -- Hospital -- How groes my love -- It takes us all -- Japanese cherry -- Leaves -- Love's hold -- Mirages for sail -- My old home -- Nostalgia -- One day -- Ontogeny recapitulated -- Peggy Mitchell and Boys' High Class of 1924 -- Phoenix -- Please pass the baby -- Polyphemus -- Remembered -- Resurgens -- Ships and seas -- Superstitions -- The ceramic cherry-picker lamp -- The digs -- The flight of the arrow -- The landing -- The least I could do -- The making of a champion -- The quest of a writer -- The relentless tide -- The search -- The seasons -- The Weavers of Weaverville -- Times and tides -- To a very special friend -- To the sixth graders of Montgomery Elementary -- Travels -- Treblinka revisited -- Tricolor -- What did she say -- What is a poet -- Where does love end -- Whisperings of the rain forest ; SIGNED presentation by author on endpaper ; paper defect in front endpaper ; FINE/FINE. Atlanta, Ga. : Harvey Dan Abrams, 1984 Hardcover
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Satterthwait, Walter, 1946- [subject: Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 ] ; design, Glen M. Edelstein; editor, David Stanford Burr ; jack
Wilde west
New York : St. Martin's Press 1991 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st edition 1st printing ; 374 p. ; 22 cm. ; ISBN: 0312059973; 9780312059972 LCCN: 90-28738 ; "A Thomas Dunne book." ; LC: PS3569.A784; Dewey: 813/.54 ; OCLC: 22983512 ; "During his lecture tour of the American West English writer and personality Oscar Wilde discovers that someone in his entourage has been murdering prostitutes and after he is named a suspect he is determined to find the madman and clear his name" ; "A savage killer haunts the lecture tour of a vaunted Irish playwrightThough a world-renowned dandy Oscar Wilde is not too refined for Colorado. As he travels across America on the lecture circuit the famously witty playwright has found much to love about the western states. Whiskey saloons and friendly conversation with notables like John 'Doc' Holliday-Wilde loves it all. There is even in every town his entourage visits a sensational murder. In the nights after Wilde gives his talks a man with a knife goes lurking in the back alleys and red-light districts of these dusty western towns. Each morning the police find the remains of a savagely murdered prostitute. Booze-addled detective Earl Grigsby is tracking the killer and suspects Wilde may be the one with blood on his hands. If he ever wants to leave America Wilde will have to use his wit to unmask the savage killer." ; "Walter Satterthwait b. 1946 is an author of mysteries and historical fiction. A fan of mystery novels from a young age he spent high school immersed in the works of Dashiell Hammett and Mickey Spillane. While working as a bartender in New York in the late 1970s he wrote his first book: an adventure novel Cocaine Blues 1979 about a drug dealer on the run from a pair of killers. After his second thriller The Aegean Affair 1982 Satterthwait created his best-known character Santa Fe private detective Joshua Croft. Beginning with Wall of Glass 1988 Satterthwait wrote five Croft novels concluding the series with 1996's Accustomed to the Dark. In between Croft books he wrote mysteries starring historical figures including Miss Lizzie 1989 a novel about Lizzie Borden and Wilde West 1991 a western mystery starring Oscar Wilde. His most recent novel is Dead Horse 2007 an account of the mysterious death of Depression-era pulp writer Raoul Whitfield" ; FINE/FINE. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1991 Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007189 ISBN : 0312059973 9780312059972
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Hyde, H. Montgomery (Harford Montgomery), 1907-1989. ; [subject : Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. ] ; design, Janet Halverson
Oscar Wilde : a biography Success -- Ireland and Oxford -- London and America -- Marriage and The woman's world -- Prelude to disaster -- Part two: Nemesis -- The first trial -- The second trial -- The third trial -- The prisoner -- The exile Postscript: Full circle
New York : Farrar Straus and Giroux 1975 1975. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. xii 410 pages 12 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm ; ISBN: 0374227470; 9780374227470; National Library: 014833416 LCCN: 75-22439 ; Contents: Part one: Success -- Ireland and Oxford -- London and America -- Marriage and The woman's world -- Prelude to disaster -- Part two: Nemesis -- The first trial -- The second trial -- The third trial -- The prisoner -- The exile Postscript: Full circle. ; LC: PR5823; Dewey: 828/.8/09; B ; OCLC: 1531885 ; green boards in pictorial dustjacket ; slight wear to dustjacket ; illustrated ; well-received biography of Wilde ; VG/G. New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1975 Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007207 ISBN : 0374227470 9780374227470
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Aldrich, Richard Stoddard. [subject: Lawrence, Gertrude Alice Dagmar Klasen, 1898-1952] ; design, Sidney Feinberg
Gertrude Lawrence as Mrs. A : an intimate biography of the great star by her husband
New York Greystone Press 1954 1954. Book. Good. Hardcover. 414 p. 33 pages of illustrations ; 24 cm ; LCCN: 54-11970 ; LC: PN2598.L28; Dewey: 927.92 ; OCLC: 331277 ; decorated cloth in chipped dustjacket ; "Gertrude Lawrence was an English actress singer dancer and musical comedy performer known for her stage appearances in London's West End and on New York's Broadway. ; "most traces of Gertrude Lawrence . disappeared; she died before television had begun to immortalise its artists on videotape before radio shows were regularly recorded and though she made half a dozen films her appearances in them are mostly undistinguished and give no clear impression of a radiance which could hold theatre audiences spellbound"--Sheridan Morley ; G/FAIR. New York, Greystone Press, 1954 Hardcover
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Ellmann, Richard, 1918-1987. [subject: Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. ] ; book design, Sara Eisenman, Dorothy Schniderer ; Helen Potte
Oscar Wilde Beginnings -- Toil of growing up -- Wilde at Oxford -- Rome and Greece -- An incomplete aesthete -- Advances -- Setting sail -- Declaring his genius -- Indoctrinating America -- Countering the renaissance -- Two kinds of stage -- Mr. and Mrs. Wilde -- Exaltations -- Disciple to master -- The age of Dorian -- Hellenizing Paris -- A good woman and others -- A late victorian love affair -- Sailing into the wind -- Disgrace -- 'I am the prosecutorin this case' -- Doom deferred -- Pentonville Wandsworth and Reading -- Escape from Reading -- Exile -- Prisoner at large -- The leftover years.
New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House 1988 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st American edition 3rd printing ; xvii 680 pages 32 pages of plates : illustrations portraits ; 25 cm ; ISBN: 0394554841; 9780394554846 LCCN: 87-45354 ; LC: PR5823; Dewey: 828/.809; B ; OCLC: 16089096 ; brown cloth in photographic dustjacket ; Pulitzer Prize for Biography 1989.; Contents: Beginnings -- Toil of growing up -- Wilde at Oxford -- Rome and Greece -- An incomplete aesthete -- Advances -- Setting sail -- Declaring his genius -- Indoctrinating America -- Countering the renaissance -- Two kinds of stage -- Mr. and Mrs. Wilde -- Exaltations -- Disciple to master -- The age of Dorian -- Hellenizing Paris -- A good woman and others -- A late victorian love affair -- Sailing into the wind -- Disgrace -- 'I am the prosecutorin this case' -- Doom deferred -- Pentonville Wandsworth and Reading -- Escape from Reading -- Exile -- Prisoner at large -- The leftover years. ; "In this long-awaited biography Wilde the legendary Victorian--brilliant writer and conversationalist reckless flouter of social and sexual conventions--is brought to life. More astute and forbearing yet more fallible than legend has allowed Wilde is given here the dimensions of a modern hero. The author depicts Wilde's comet-like ascent on the Victorian scene and his equally dramatic sudden eclipse. He presents Wilde's Irish background the actresses to whom he paid court his unfortunate wife and lovers his clothes coiffures and the decor of his rooms. The saga of his 1882 American tour is recounted with a wealth of new details; also his later impact on the bastions of the French literary establishment. The London of the Nineties of Whistler and the Pre-Raphaelites Lillie Langtry and the Prince of Wales is evoked alongside Paris of the "belle époque" and the Greece Italy and North Africa of Wilde's travels. This critical account of Wilde's entire oeuvre shows him as the proponent of a radical new aesthetic who was perilously at odds with Victorian society. After his period of success and daring the fatal love affair with Lord Alfred Douglas is followed by exposure imprisonment a few wretched years abroad and death in exile. The tragic end of Wilde's life leaves the reader with a sense of compassion and grief for the protagonist." ; arguably the greatest biography of Wilde in existence ; remainder mark at bottom ; tiny crease on front endpaper ; else FINE/FINE. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1988 Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007182 ISBN : 0394554841 9780394554846
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Ellmann, Richard, 1918-1987. [subject: Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. ] ; book design, Sara Eisenman, Dorothy Schniderer ; Helen Potte
Oscar Wilde Beginnings -- Toil of growing up -- Wilde at Oxford -- Rome and Greece -- An incomplete aesthete -- Advances -- Setting sail -- Declaring his genius -- Indoctrinating America -- Countering the renaissance -- Two kinds of stage -- Mr. and Mrs. Wilde -- Exaltations -- Disciple to master -- The age of Dorian -- Hellenizing Paris -- A good woman and others -- A late victorian love affair -- Sailing into the wind -- Disgrace -- 'I am the prosecutorin this case' -- Doom deferred -- Pentonville Wandsworth and Reading -- Escape from Reading -- Exile -- Prisoner at large -- The leftover years.
New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House 1988 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st American edition 3rd printing ; xvii 680 pages 32 pages of plates : illustrations portraits ; 25 cm ; ISBN: 0394554841; 9780394554846 LCCN: 87-45354 ; LC: PR5823; Dewey: 828/.809; B ; OCLC: 16089096 ; brown cloth in photographic dustjacket ; Pulitzer Prize for Biography 1989.; Contents: Beginnings -- Toil of growing up -- Wilde at Oxford -- Rome and Greece -- An incomplete aesthete -- Advances -- Setting sail -- Declaring his genius -- Indoctrinating America -- Countering the renaissance -- Two kinds of stage -- Mr. and Mrs. Wilde -- Exaltations -- Disciple to master -- The age of Dorian -- Hellenizing Paris -- A good woman and others -- A late victorian love affair -- Sailing into the wind -- Disgrace -- 'I am the prosecutorin this case' -- Doom deferred -- Pentonville Wandsworth and Reading -- Escape from Reading -- Exile -- Prisoner at large -- The leftover years. ; "In this long-awaited biography Wilde the legendary Victorian--brilliant writer and conversationalist reckless flouter of social and sexual conventions--is brought to life. More astute and forbearing yet more fallible than legend has allowed Wilde is given here the dimensions of a modern hero. The author depicts Wilde's comet-like ascent on the Victorian scene and his equally dramatic sudden eclipse. He presents Wilde's Irish background the actresses to whom he paid court his unfortunate wife and lovers his clothes coiffures and the decor of his rooms. The saga of his 1882 American tour is recounted with a wealth of new details; also his later impact on the bastions of the French literary establishment. The London of the Nineties of Whistler and the Pre-Raphaelites Lillie Langtry and the Prince of Wales is evoked alongside Paris of the "belle époque" and the Greece Italy and North Africa of Wilde's travels. This critical account of Wilde's entire oeuvre shows him as the proponent of a radical new aesthetic who was perilously at odds with Victorian society. After his period of success and daring the fatal love affair with Lord Alfred Douglas is followed by exposure imprisonment a few wretched years abroad and death in exile. The tragic end of Wilde's life leaves the reader with a sense of compassion and grief for the protagonist." ; arguably the greatest biography of Wilde in existence ; remainder mark at bottom ; FINE/FINE. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1988 Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007181 ISBN : 0394554841 9780394554846
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Stribling, Mary Lou. [jacket design, Shari de Miskey; artwork, Feliciano Bejar, Robert Biancalna, Bill Brewer, Lucile Brokaw, L
Art from found materials discarded and natural. Art: found and refound -- Thread fiberts and feathers -- Fabrics and papers -- Scrap metals -- Found wood -- Salvaged sheet glass -- Bottles and plastic discards -- Bones stones and other natural materials -- Mixed media and miscellany -- Prints patterns and impressions -- Temperature equivalents of cones -- index of supplies
New York Crown 1970 1970. Book. Good. Hardcover. 5th printing ; xi 244 pages 421 illustrations some color 27 cm ; LC: N6494.F6; Dewey: 745.59 ; OCLC: 222672 ; black cloth in color pictorial dustjacket ; Contents: Art: found and refound -- Thread fiberts and feathers -- Fabrics and papers -- Scrap metals -- Found wood -- Salvaged sheet glass -- Bottles and plastic discards -- Bones stones and other natural materials -- Mixed media and miscellany -- Prints patterns and impressions -- Temperature equivalents of cones -- index of supplies ; features artwork by Feliciano Bejar Robert Biancalna Bill Brewer Lucile Brokaw L Stanley Carpenter Jackie Curry Mary Case Dekker May Deschamp Laura Devendorf Dominic DiMare Harry Dix David Eckels Howard Glick Joan Goldstein Bob Graham Art Grant Ann Griffith Ronald Griffiths Juan Gris Evelyn Gulick Brian Hale Wilma Harris Sydney Herschleb Ann Hunt Mabel Hutchison Terry Illes Maggie Jagla Marie Kelly Kay Kinney Lu Lundstrom Maude Lynne Robert McChesney Nick Nickolds Alfonso Ossorio Florence Packard H G Pashigian Charlotte Patera Lino Pera Pablo Picasso Wilson Price Henry Rasmusen Bill Reily Helen Steinau Rich Priscilla Sage Dorothy Saunders Arthur Secunda Joan Sestak Wendy Sestak Alice Shannon J Richard Sorby Bob Storm Mary Lou Stribling Mary Totten Jean Varda Pablita Velarde Sally Wetherby Marcus White ; 403 illustrations 18 color plates ; G/G. New York, Crown, 1970 Hardcover
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Levey, Michael ; design, Sally Salvesen
Painting and Sculpture in France: 1700-1789 Yale University Press Pelican history of art Yale University Press Pelican history of art
New Haven Connecticut ; London : Yale University Press 1993 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 318 p. : ill. some col. ; 30 cm. ; ISBN: 0300053444; 9780300053449; ; LCCN: 92-32503 ; LC: N6846; Dewey: 759.4/09/033 ; OCLC: 26586498 ; OCLC: 26586498 ; Contents: Pt. 1. The Early Years. 1. Painting: From La Fosse to the Death of Lemoyne and the Establishment of the Regular Salon 1737. Portraiture: Rigaud and Largillierre and their Following. History and Decorative Painting: La Fosse -- Jouvenet -- Louis de Boullongne the younger -- Courtin -- Santerre -- Antoine Coypel. Bouys -- Raoux -- Grimou. Jean-Francois de Troy. Audran Huet Gillot. Watteau. Lancret Pater Lajoue and Lesser Painters of Fetes Galantes. Oudry and Parrocel -- The Coypel Restout and Lemoyne. 2. Sculpture: From the Coustou to Slodtz. Nicolas Coustou and Guillaume Coustou I. Van Cleve -- Cayot -- Lepautre and Other Contemporaries. Robert Le Lorrain. The Lemoyne. Bouchardon. The Brothers Adam. Michel-Ange Slodtz -- Pt. 2. The Middle Years. 3. Sculpture: From the Generation of Falconet and Pigalle to Pajou. Allegrain. Guillaume Coustou II. Vasse and Saly. Falconet. Pigalle. Boudard Caffieri Tassaert Lecomte Mignot Defernex Attiret. Pajou. 4. Painting: Up to the Death of Boucher 1770. Boucher. The Van Loo Dandre-Bardon Natoire Tremolieres Subleyras Pierre -- Vien. Portraiture: Nattier and Tocque -- Liotard Roslin Aved Nonnotte Colson Duparc La Tour and Perronneau -- Drouais. Landscape: Vernet and some Lesser Painters. Chardin. Other Genre and Still-Life Painters: Jeaurat Saint-Aubin Roland de la Porte Leprince and Lepicie. Greuze. History Painters: Halle -- Doyen -- Lagrenee the Elder -- Deshays -- Brenet -- Durameau -- Pt. 3. The Late Years. 5. Sculpture: The Period of Houdon's Ancien Regime Career. Clodion. Julien. Mouchy Boizot the Deseine -- Moitte. Chinard and Chaudet. Houdon. 6. Painting: Up to the Salon of 1789. Fragonard. Robert Moreau and Other Landscape Painters. Portraiture: Duplessis -- Ducreux -- Vestier -- Labille-Guiard -- Vigee-Le Brun. Genre: Aubry and Boilly. Callet Suvee Peyron Vincent Menageot Regnault Jean-Germain Drouais. David ; FINE/FINE. New Haven, Connecticut ; London : Yale University Press, 1993 Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006899 ISBN : 0300053444 9780300053449
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Freedman, Jill. ; Earl Culberson ; design, Stu Waldman, Marty Goldstein
A time that was : Irish moments
New York N.Y. : Friendly Press 1987 1987. Book. Fine. Hardcover. ca. 150 p. : chiefly ill. ; 29 cm. ; ISBN: 0914919091; 9780914919094 LCCN: 87-361 ; LC: DA982; Dewey: 941.50824 ; OCLC: 15315493 ; white cloth in photographic dustjacket ; illustrated endpapers ; edges sunned ; "This elemental almost mystical attachment to a country and its people radiates from every page." ; FINE/FINE. New York, N.Y. : Friendly Press, 1987 Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006864 ISBN : 0914919091 9780914919094
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Mackey, Sandra, 1937- ; maps, G. W. Ward ; design, Robert Anthony ; photo, Anthony Edgeworth
The Saudis : inside the desert kingdom. The oil boom 1974-1980 -- The coming of a foreigner -- The Magic Kingdom -- Managing the boom -- Servants of God -- Living with Islam -- Bedouin pride -- The shackles of sex -- Mysteries of the hareem -- Putting Saudis to work -- The royal tribe -- There was no tomorrow -- The twilight 1980 and beyond -- The press : Pride and denial -- Jail : a clear and present danger -- Swords and missiles : the search for security -- The world creeps closer -- The new realities -- Castles of sand -- Stalled between seasons
New York : Meridian 1988 1987 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st edition 1st printing ; x 433 p. : maps ; 20 cm. ; SBN: 0395411653; 9780395411650 LCCN: 86-27663 ; Dewey: 953/.8 ; OCLC: 15018174 ; sand-colored cloth with color photographic dustjacket ; Contents: The oil boom 1974-1980 -- The coming of a foreigner -- The Magic Kingdom -- Managing the boom -- Servants of God -- Living with Islam -- Bedouin pride -- The shackles of sex -- Mysteries of the hareem -- Putting Saudis to work -- The royal tribe -- There was no tomorrow -- The twilight 1980 and beyond -- The press : Pride and denial -- Jail : a clear and present danger -- Swords and missiles : the search for security -- The world creeps closer -- The new realities -- Castles of sand -- Stalled between seasons ; remains of label on front ep tiny mark on textblock else FINE/FINE. [New York] : Meridian, 1988, 1987 Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006344 ISBN : 0395411653 9780395411650
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Watts, Michael, 1918- ; series editors, Robert Collison, Sheila R Herstein, Louis J Reith, Hans H Wellisch ; design, Bernard Cr
Thailand World bibliographical series ; v. 65 Kings of Thailand; Abbreviations; The country & its people; Geography & geology; Travel tourism & guidebooks; Flora ethnobotany & fauna; Prehistory & archaeology; History --Population & minorities; Language & literature; Religion & spirit beliefs; Society; Social services & public health; Narcotics; Politics; Government & administration; The las & the police; Defence & the armed forces; Foreign relations; Economy; Industry development & planning; Finance & banking; Trade & investment; Agriculture forestry & fisheries; Transport & communications; Philately & numismatics; Statistics; Education; Libraries museums & archives; The arts; Cuisine; Periodicals; Newspapers & broadcasting
Oxford England ; Santa Barbara Calif. : Clio Press 1986 1986. Book. Fine. Hardcover. xli 275 p. : map ; 23 cm. ; LC: Z3236; DS563.5; DSZ3236 .W37 1986; Dewey: 016.9593 ; OCLC: 28019150 ; ISBN: 1851090088; 9781851090082; National Library: B85-46126 LCCN: 88-149954 ; orange cloth ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib stamps label ; Contents : Glossary -- Chronology -- Kings of Thailand -- Abbreviations -- The country and its people -- Geography and geology -- Travel tourism and guidebooks -- Flora ethnobotany and fauna -- Prehistory and archaeology -- History --Population and minorities -- Language and literature -- Religion and spirit beliefs -- Society -- Social services and public health -- Narcotics -- Politics -- Government and administration -- The las and the police -- Defence and the armed forces -- Foreign relations -- Economy -- Industry development and planning -- Finance and banking -- Trade and investment -- Agriculture forestry and fisheries -- Transport and communications -- Philately and numismatics -- Statistics -- Education -- Libraries museums and archives -- The arts -- Cuisine -- Periodicals -- Newspapers and broadcasting -- Bibliographies -- Index of authors titles and subjects -- Map of Thailand ; crucial resource for researchers travellers book collectors and scientists ; FINE. Oxford, England ; Santa Barbara, Calif. : Clio Press, 1986 Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006382 ISBN : 1851090088 9781851090082
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Crankshaw, Edward, 1909-1984 ; design, Behram Kapadia ; photos, Walter Steinkopf, Toni Schneiders, Joachim Blauel, Sonia Hallida
The Habsburgs: portrait of a dynasty. The foundation of a dynasty : Rudolph I Frederick III -- THe Burgundian inheritance : Maximilian I -- Habsburg over Europe : Charles V and Martin Luther -- The Spanish apotheosis : Philip II and the Austrian cousins -- War and Counter-Reformation : Ferdinand II -- Vienna besieged and teh challenge of Louis XIV : Leopold I Joseph I Charles VI -- The making of modern Austria : Maria Theresa -- Reforming despot : Joseph II -- Victory reaction collapse : Francis I II Ferdinand I and Metternich -- Recovery and the long last act : Francis Joseph and Charles I -- Genealogical tables -- Map of Habsburg territories in Europe hapsburg hapsberg
New York Viking Press Printed an bound in Italy by Librex Milano 1971 1971. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 272 p. illus. 27 cm. ; ISBN: 0670361348; 9780670361342 LCCN: 72-156753 ; OCLC: 196027 ; LC: DB36.1; Dewey: 943.6 ; "A Studio book" ; red cloth in color pictorial dustjacket ; Contents : The foundation of a dynasty : Rudolph I Frederick III -- THe Burgundian inheritance : Maximilian I -- Habsburg over Europe : Charles V and Martin Luther -- The Spanish apotheosis : Philip II and the Austrian cousins -- War and Counter-Reformation : Ferdinand II -- Vienna besieged and teh challenge of Louis XIV : Leopold I Joseph I Charles VI -- The making of modern Austria : Maria Theresa -- Reforming despot : Joseph II -- Victory reaction collapse : Francis I II Ferdinand I and Metternich -- Recovery and the long last act : Francis Joseph and Charles I -- Genealogical tables -- Map of Habsburg territories in Europe ; Edward Crankshaw worked for the London Times and later went to Austria where he witnessed the Anschluss in 1938 By 1940 he was working for British intelligence having been sent to Moscow and upon his recall was retained as a Russia specialist. After the war he worked for the London Observer from which he retired in 1968. A prolific author he is remembered for his books on Austria and Russia. ; FINE/FINE. New York, Viking Press, [Printed an bound in Italy by Librex, Milano], 1971 Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006447 ISBN : 0670361348 9780670361342
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Owens, Bill, 1938- ;design, Brent Beck, Tony Lane, Chong Lee
Our kind of people : American groups and rituals
San Francisco : Straight Arrow Books ; New York : Distributed by Simon and Schuster 1975 1975. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st printing ; ca. 150 p. : chiefly ill. ; 26 x 26 cm. ; LC: HS61; Dewey: 369/.0973 ; OCLC: 3104111 ; ISBN: 0879320850 pbk.; 9780879320850 pbk. LCCN: 75-21901 ; color pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; covers soiled corner clipped ; photos of various groups include Masons Rainbow Girls Avon Bottle Club Jaycees Elks John Birch Society Companions of the Forest of America American Legion Rotary Club Toastmasters Christian Womens' Club De Molay Military Order of the Louse San Jose Coin Club Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America National Federation of Business Professional Womens' Club Sigma Phi Corral Club Veterans of Foreign Wars Las Damas Club Soroptimists Druid's Circle Eagle Squares Chamber of Commerce Lions Club Foresters Senior Californians Rotary American Association of University Women Newcomers Job's Daughters Parents Without Partners Lamaze Engineer's Wives Club League of Women Voters Friends of Mothers and Babies Jehovah's Witnesses Beta Sigma Phi Road Runners Non-Smokers Bridge Association Reach Out Social Dance Club American Bowling Congress Future Farmers of America Amateur Bike League of America Amateur Athletic Union Pacific International Trapshooting Association Bboy Scouts Cub Scouts Indian Guides Kiwanis Club ; G. San Francisco : Straight Arrow Books ; [New York] : Distributed by Simon and Schuster, 1975 Paperback
Bookseller reference : 006473 ISBN : 0879320850 9780879320850
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Williams, Niall, 1958- ; Breen, Christine, 1954- ; design, Christine Breen, Royce Becker, photo, L A Brown.
The pipes are calling : our jaunts through Ireland
New York NY : Soho Press 1990 1990. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st editoin ; 220 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. ; LC: DA978.2; Dewey: 914.15/04824 ; OCLC: 20672110 ; blue cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; "With two-year old Deidre in her baby seat Niall Williams and Christine Breen take to the backroads and boreens of Ireland in their third book. Illustrated." ; "Author and playwright Niall Williams was born in Dublin in 1958. He received a Master's degree in Modern American Literature from University College Dublin where he also studied English and French literature. In 1980 he moved to New York and worked as a copywriter for Avon Books. In 1985 he moved back to Ireland to become a full-time writer. His first four books were co-written with his wife and deal with their life together in Kiltumper Ireland. On his own he has written three plays and five novels. His first novel Four Letters of Love became an international bestseller." ; Places visited include Adare in County Clare Dublin Kenmare the Aran Islands Innisheer Marian shrine at Knock in County Mayo Bantry House on Bantry Bay trips to County Antrim County Derry visits to Belfast Kilkenny Bunratty Castle and Folk Park Killarney Dingle and the Kerry Puck Fair Glencolumbkille and County Donegal ; FINE/FINE. New York, NY : Soho Press, 1990 Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006551 ISBN : 0939149338 9780939149339
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Kelleher, Margaret ; design, Lawrence Curcio ; Eleanor Byrne, Mike Dowd, Matt Jacobson, Eoin Edwards, Kevin Stevens
So you think you're Irish : What every knowledgeable Irish person should know. The Irish in America -- Beliefs legends superstitions and remedies -- History -- Arts and entertainment -- Dublin -- Ireland today -- WOrds -- Food -- Quotes
Boston : Quinlan 1988 1988. Book. Good. Soft cover. 166 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. map ; ISBN: 1557700451 :; 9781557700452 ; LC: DA906; Dewey: 973.0491 ; OCLC: 20434260 ; stiff paper wrappers ; store stamp on inside front cover ; title page edge-clipped ; Contents : The Irish in America -- Beliefs legends superstitions and remedies -- History -- Arts and entertainment -- Dublin -- Ireland today -- WOrds -- Food -- Quotes ; In the form of a multiple-choice exam ; "See how much green you really have in you. This challenging multiple-choice quiz book covers every aspect of the Emerald Isle and the Irish family life from the Blarney Stone to James Joyce. Great Irish trivia title!" ; G. Boston : Quinlan, 1988 Paperback
Bookseller reference : 006568 ISBN : 1557700451 9781557700452
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Birmingham, Stephen. ; design, Patricia Dunbar ; John Murray Cuddihy, Harriet De HAven Cuddihy, Mary Jane Cuddihy, Charlotte McD
Real lace : America's Irish rich. The F.I.F.'s; What happened; In the beginning; Everything but the light bulb; Murray Bay; Mr. McDonnell's Gimmick; The greatest nose count of them all; The original butter-and-egg man; The wedding of the century; The wheeler-dealers; Ma and Pa D; The bubble breaks; The decline of Mr. Fall; The silver kings; Mr. Ryan's fortune; And for my eldest son one set of pearl studs; The troubles of one house; Why don't the nice people like us; High Society; The Duchess Brady; Atomic Tom; The Buckley's of Great Elm; The upward climb; Sons of the priory daughters of the Sacred Heart; Royalty; What did happen; Problems in the back office; To the bitter end; Aftermath; Robert the roue
New York : Harper & Row 1973 1973. Book. Good. Hardcover. xiii 322 p. 16 p. of plates 1 fold-out : ill. ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0060103361; 9780060103361 LCCN: 73-4061 ; OCLC: 677300 ; LC: E184.I6; Dewey: 917.3/06/9162; B ; beige cloth with gold lettering in photographic dustjacket ; Contents : The F.I.F.'s -- What happened -- In the beginning -- Everything but the light bulb -- Murray Bay -- Mr. McDonnell's Gimmick -- The greatest nose count of them all -- The original butter-and-egg man -- The wedding of the century -- The wheeler-dealers -- Ma and Pa D -- The bubble breaks -- The decline of Mr. Fall -- The silver kings -- Mr. Ryan's fortune --- And for my eldest son one set of pearl studs -- The troubles of one house -- Why don't the nice people like us -- High Society -- The Duchess Brady -- Atomic Tom -- The Buckley's of Great Elm -- The upward climb -- Sons of the priory daughters of the Sacred Heart -- Royalty -- What did happen -- Problems in the back office -- To the bitter end -- Aftermath -- Robert the roue ; spotting on froe-edge ; otherwise G/VG. New York : Harper & Row, 1973 Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006613 ISBN : 0060103361 9780060103361
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O'Donnell, John R. ; James Rutherford. [jacket design, Robert Anthony; photos, Rodney Wilson, Florence Garrett, BRuce Boyajian,
Trumped! : The Inside Story of the Real Donald Trump His Cunning Rise & Spectacular Fall.
New York London Toronto Sydeny Tokyo Singapore : Simon & Schuster 1991. 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Red and black cloth with gold lettering in color illustrated dustjacket ; ISBN: 067173735X ; LCCN: 91-9987 ; 1st edition 1st printing ; 348 pp. ; illustrated ; remains of store price on back else FINE/FINE. New York, London, Toronto, Sydeny, Tokyo, Singapore : Simon & Schuster, 1991. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3125 ISBN : 067173735X 9780671737351
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DARROW, Clarence
A PERSIAN PEARL And Other Essays
Chicago: C.L. Ricketts 1902. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 160 pages decorated boards & white cloth untrimmed edges worn spine darkened <br/><br/>Author's first book and proof of his activity in the Chicago Literary Renaissance. Hunsberger 44. These essays present a Chicago view of literary realism. In "Realism in Literature and Art" he rejects 'thesis novels' because they falsified human nature in order to teach a theoretical lesson. "The true man neither guiltily conceals nor anxiously explains nor vulgarly parades. He simply lives his life the best he can and lets it stand for what it is." Includes essays on Omar Khayyam Walt Whitman R. Burns etc. C. L. Ricketts was a calligrapher who designed this book and published it. C.L. Ricketts hardcover
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Stephen Birmingham FORMER Owner Inscription & STAMP Endpapers INNER DJ FLAP $1250 DJ DESIGN Jack Ribik Illustrated /W Glo
Life At The Dakota New York's Most Unusual Address On Central Park BUILT 1884 Tenants include Boris Karloff John Lennon & Yoko Ono
<p>Random HouseNY 1979. HBDJ STATED 1st edition 1st printing 1979 VG/VG AS-IS 241 pgs IndexSalmon & Purple cloth BoardsTenants include Boris Karloff John Lennon & Yoko Ono Lauren Bacall Etc. Rich & Trendy Movie Rosemary's Baby Filmed there GHOSTS ROOFTOP Promenade Gaebos Pergolas Tennis & Croquet Lawns Elegant Dining room Wroght-Iron elevators operated by white gloved Ladies. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by DJ DESIGN Jack Ribik.</p> Random House,NY hardcover
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OLMERT, Michael
SMITHSONIAN BOOK OF BOOKS
Washington DC: Smithsonian 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 350 photos many in color. 4to 319 pages red cloth; short tear in dj <br/><br/>Celebrates the world of books in human culture illustrated with 350 photos many in color. Smithsonian hardcover
Bookseller reference : DEMO014016I ISBN : 089599030x 9780895990303
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Design Museum
Fifty Cars That Changed The World
London England: Conran Octopus. Hardcover. 2009. 1st Edition. 8vo 106pp . Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Photographs . Conran Octopus hardcover
Bookseller reference : 035421 ISBN : 1840915366 9781840915365
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George H. Waltz, Jr. Priceclipped but Original DJ price of $250 is Intact , DJ Design Hollis Holland, Author Photo on back DJ L
JULES VERNE Biography of Imagination DJ ONLY NO BOOK DUSTJACKET ONLY BIOGRAPHY OF SCIENCE FICTION WRITER
<p>Henry Holt and Company 1943. DJ ONLY NO BOOK DUSTJACKET ONLY 1943 1ST EDITION Very Good-; minor edge wear TINY edge chips ; minor rubbing; light soiling at back panel; corners clipped.DJ measures 8 1/2 in height with an overall length of 20 1/2 IN. 1st Edition. Unbound. Illus. by DJ Design Hollis Holland .</p> Henry Holt and Company paperback
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Mark Collins Jenkins , SIGNED & INSCRIBED, Inner DJ Flap $25, Black Endpapers, Front Cvr Design Melissa Farris, DJ DESIGN Camero
Vampire ForensicsUncovering the Origins of an Enduring Legend Signed AS SEEN ON National Geographic Channel Mark Jenkins' engrossing history draws on the latest science
<p>National Geographic Society. 2010. HBDJ 2010 1ST National Geographic edition. Hardcover. Like New. NF/NF Majenta cloth Hardcover with Gold Gilt on spine cvr. Signed by author. 303 pages. INDEX . In Vampire Forensics Mark Jenkins probes vampire legend to tease out the historical truths enshrined in the tales of terror: sherds of Persian pottery depicting blood-sucking demons; the amazing recent discovery by National Geographic archaeologist Matteo Borrini of a 16th-century Venetian grave of a plague victim and suspected vampire; and the Transylvanian castle of Vlad the Impaler whose bloodthirsty cruelty remains unsurpassed. Jenkins navigates centuries of lore and legend adding new chapters to the chronicle and weaving an irresistibly seductive blend of superstition psychology and science sure to engross everyone from Anne Rices countless readers to serious students of archaeology and mythology. anthropological and archaeological research to explore the origins of vampire stories providing gripping historic and folkloric context for the concept of immortal beings who defy death by feeding on the lifeblood of others. From the earliest whispers of eternal evil in ancient Mesopotamia Greece and Rome vampire tales flourished through the centuries and around the globe fueled by superstition sexual mystery fear of disease and death and the nagging anxiety that demons lurk everywhere. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.</p> National Geographic Society. hardcover
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Inguanzo, Ozzy; introduction by Geoff Johns; design by Chris McDonnell
Constructing Green Lantern: From Page to Screen
Universe New York 2011. Hardcover. As New. 4to hardcover. Fine condition in near fine dj. Contents bright crisp & clean clearly unread; dj glossy w/ tiniest crinkle at upper spine. 207 pp. color illus. A companion book to the movie "Green Lantern" showcases storyboard art character sketches concept art and still photographs from the movie's sets and includes observations and insights of the film by the producers art director and various other film crew. Universe, New York hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1161122.08 ISBN : 0789322617 9780789322616
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Dampierre, Florence de. [trans., Franklin Philip; foreword by Peter Krueger ; design by Paul Hardy; photos, Jean-Loup Charmet,
The best of painted furniture
New York : Rizzoli 1995 1995. Fine. reprinted 1991" ; 200 p. : ill. some col. ; 32 cm. ; ISBN: 0847818861; 9780847818860 ; "Translated from the French by Franklin Philip" ; OCLC: 32726098 ; LC: NK2703; Dewey: 749.2 ; color photographic stiff paper wrappers ;"A glossary and a chapter of tips on conservation restoration and care of painted furniture makes this a useful handbook as well as a beautifully illustrated encyclopedia of an enduring style."---Chicago Tribune ; Contents: France -- Italy Spain and Portugal -- England -- Germany Austria and Switzerland -- Sweden and Denmark -- America -- Painted metal and papier-mache -- Care of painted furniture -- GLossary -- References -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Photo credits ; New York : Rizzoli, 1995 unknown
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Martin, Russell, 1952- [book design, Bonni Leon-Berman; Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich; jacket painting, J. M. Maehler; photo, Gar
Beethoven's hair : An extraordinary historical odyssey and a scientific mystery solved. Prelude; 1770-1792; The Boy Who Snipped the Lock; 1792-1802; A Gift in Gilleleje; 1803-1812; Hair for Sale at Sotheby's; 1813-1824; Che Guevara's Hair; 1824-1826; Very Modern Microscopes; 1826-1827
New York : Broadway Books 2000 2000. Fine. 1st edition 1st printing ; 276 p. ; 22 cm. ; ISBN: 0767903501; 9780767903509; LCCN: 00-31233 ; LC: ML410.B4; Dewey: 780/.92 ; OCLC: 44016338 ; brown and grey cloth in color pictorial dustjacket ; name on front endpaper ; "The unusual journey of a locket of the great composers hair taken shortly after his death and what it reveals about the man's life and death" ; Contents: Prelude --; 1770-1792 --; The Boy Who Snipped the Lock --; 1792-1802 --; A Gift in Gilleleje --; 1803-1812 --; Hair for Sale at Sotheby's --; 1813-1824 --; Che Guevara's Hair --; 1824-1826 --; Very Modern Microscopes --; 1826-1827. ; "Ludwig van Beethoven lay dying in 1827 a young musician named Ferdinand Hiller came to pay his respects to the great composer. In those days it was customary to snip a lock of hair as a keepsake and this Hiller did a day after Beethoven's death. By the time he was buried Beethoven's head had been nearly shorn by the many people who similarly had wanted a lasting memento of the great man. Such was his powerful effect on all those who had heard his music. For a century the lock of hair was a treasured Hiller family relic and perhaps was destined to end up sequestered in a bank vault until it somehow found its way to the town of Gilleleje in Nazi-occupied Denmark during the darkest days of the Second World War." ; FINE/FINE New York : Broadway Books, 2000 hardcover
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Bindman, David, 1940- [book design, Harry green ; art, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Thomas Rowlandson, James Gillray, Raphael,
Hogarth and his times : serious comedy. Hogarth's Public: Finding An Audience; Politeness and Roman Satire; Hogarth and 'The Spirit of Party'; Disenchantment: Hogarth God and Science; Hogarthomania and the Collecting of Hogarth; Redefining Hogarth: Twentieth to Eighteenth Centuries; The Satirical Engraver and His Public; The Targets of Satire: The Orders of Society; The Political Stage; Intellectual Warfare: The Analysis of Beauty and Its Reception; Last Battles; Index of Hogarth's Works Illustrated
Berkeley : University of California Press 1997 1997. Fine. 208 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. ; ISBN: 0520213009 pbk.; 9780520213005 pbk. LCCN: 97-20496 ; OCLC: 36900938 ; LC: NC1479.H613; Dewey: 741.5/942 ; pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: 1. Whose Hogarth -- 2. Hogarth's Public: Finding An Audience -- 3. Politeness and Roman Satire -- 4. Hogarth and 'The Spirit of Party' -- 5. Disenchantment: Hogarth God and Science -- App. Hogarthomania and the Collecting of Hogarth / Sheila O'Connell -- Catalogue -- Redefining Hogarth: Twentieth to Eighteenth Centuries -- The Satirical Engraver and His Public -- The Targets of Satire: The Orders of Society -- The Political Stage -- Intellectual Warfare: The Analysis of Beauty and Its Reception -- Last Battles -- Index of Hogarth's Works Illustrated. ; Catalog of exhibitions held at the British Museums London from 26 Sept. 1997 to 4 Jan. 1998 and other North American museums from 28 Jan. to 21 Nov. 1998./ Includes bibliographical references p. 204-205 and indexes. ; "This volume.looks at the varied reactions's to Hogarth's prints and the different identities imposed upon the artist over the centuries: witty satirist stern moralist libertine aggressive self-promoter detached observer and man of the people."--Jacket. ; exhibition dates . British Museum London from 26 September 1997 to 4 January 1998 . Berkeley Art Museum University of California: 28 January - 19 April 1998 National Gallery of Canada Ottawa: 18 June - 23 August 1998 Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery Columbia University New York: 15 September - 21 November 1998 ; "The reputation of William Hogarth 1697-1764 rests largely on his pictorial stories a series of engravings that he called "modern Moral Subjects" the most famous being the Harlot's and the Rake's Progress. In this catalog David Bindman works backward from Hogarth's reputation today--where he is seen by some as a conservative populist and by others as a political radical--and examines his impact on various artists over the past three centuries. Bindman also sets Hogarth's prints firmly in their historical context discussing the artist's public and the different influences on his work from Roman satire to the politics of the day. The result is an engaging and insightful portrayal not only of William Hogarth but also of the middle years of the eighteenth century. Art lovers will enjoy this book but so too will anyone with an interest in the literature and history of the mid-eighteenth century. " ; FINE Berkeley : University of California Press, 1997 unknown
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Schinz, Marina. ; Littlefield, Susan. [design, J C Suares, Kathleen Gates, Michelle Siegel, Katherine van Kessel, Carol Chien]
Visions of Paradise : Themes and Variations on the Garden. Cottage Garden; Herb Garden; Rose Garden; Kitchen Garden; Perennial Border; Italian School; French Style; English Garden; Designed Landscape; Naturalized Garden
New York : Stewart Tabori & Chang : Distributed by Workman Pub. 1985. 1985. Fine. 1st edition 2nd printing ; 271 pp. ; chiefly color illustrations ; 31 cm. ; Folio ; ISBN: 0941434664 ; 9780941434669 ; LCCN: 85-2826 ; OCLC: 11867042 ; LC: SB472; Dewey: 712/.6 ; photographs by Marina Schinz ; text by Susan Littlefield with Marina Schinz. ; grey cloth with red lettering in color photographic dustjacket ; "The culmination of nearly a decade of work by Swiss photographer Marina Schinz" - dustjacket ; "I have selected gardens of distinct character and spirit. I chose them for their clarity of style. The y either represent the efforts of an individual gardener or reflect the approach of an entire nation."--introduction ; gardens selected include Alderley Grange Courances Cyprus Gardens Dumbarton Oaks East Hampton New York Villa d'Este Faversham Forum Romanum Giverny Great Dixter Hadrian's Villa Hampton Court Hancock Shaker Village Hestercombe Huntington Botanical Gardens Lyegrove Chateau de Maintenon Villa Marlia Villa Medici Villa Medici di Casetello Miller Garden Moncali eri New College Oxford Old Westbury Gardens Oxford Botanic Garden Palais du Sport Bercy Paris Chateau de Chantilly Barnseley House Brooklyn Botanic Garden Penhurst Place Villar Perosa Provincetown Massachusetts Chateau de Rambouillet Cha teau de Raray Pusey House Rockefeller Center Villa Rizzardi Roseraie de L'Hay-les-Roses Rousham House Villa Rufolo Parc de St. Cloud Santa Barbara California Santa Chiara Church Parc de Sceaux Scotney Castle Ninfa Sermonetta Sezincote Sissinghurst Snowshill Manor Stowe Buckinghamshire Suhr Garden Tintinhull House Upton House Vaux-le-Vicomte Versailles Chateau de Villandry Westonbirt Westwell Manor William Paca Garden Winterthur Woburn Abbey Bedfordshire ; large heavy volume ; FINE/FINE New York : Stewart, Tabori & Chang : Distributed by Workman Pub., 1985. hardcover
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Bosly, Caroline. [cover design, Elissa Ichiyasu, 1953-1994]
Rugs to riches : an insider's guide to oriental rugs
ew York : Pantheon Books 1985 1985. Good. 1st paperback edition Rev. and updated.vi 247 p. 8 p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. ; OCLC: 14138600 ; LC: NK2808; Dewey: 746.75 ; ISBN: 0394739574; 9780394739571 LCCN: 80-7704 ; photographic stiff paper wrappers ; warped ; foxed ; "ugs To Riches is an authoritative lively and eminently practical; guide for people who want to learn the dos and don'ts of choosing handmade oriental rugs.Written in simple straightforward style that strips away the mystique from oriental rugs.advises you on determining whether a rug is handmade or not and whether it has been altered in any way; evaluating a rug's condition and determining whether the retail price is a fair one using a simple point system ; bargaining down the price of a rug no matter what type of store you find it in ; selling a rug and making a profit ; decorating with oriental rugs and ensuring that they remain clean and in good repair. " ; warped but still G ew York : Pantheon Books, 1985 paperback
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Greenfeld, Howard. [design, John F. Carafoli]; photos, John Ross, Roger Viollet, John Phillips, Ron Cunningham, Y. De Giorgi, Ra
The waters of November.
Chicago ; New York : Follett Publising Company 1969 1969. Good. 1st edition 1st printing ; 159 p. illus. map on lining papers ports. 29 cm. ; ISBN: 0695891839; 9780695891831 LCCN: 69-15098 ; OCLC: 23023 ; LC: DG738.7; Dewey: 945.5/1/092; white cloth ; no dustjacket ; Contents: Prologue -- NOvember 3 1966 -- The raging Arno -- Rivers of mud -- Race against the flood -- Appeal for volunteers -- City in chaos -- A dying masterpiece -- The world responds -- A miracle of recovery -- Miracles of restoration -- A hospital for books -- A hospital for paintings -- The Chapel of San Luca -- Epilogue. ; numerous black and white photos document the remarkable emergency restoration efforts undertaken by the city of Florence in the wake of the devastating floods of November 1966 ; covers sunned and soiled else G Chicago ; New York : Follett Publising Company, 1969 hardcover
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Bateman, Robert, 1930- ; Derry, Ramsay. ; design by V. John Lee.
The world of Robert Bateman Robert Bateman and his world -- Plates and commentaries
New York N.Y. : Random House 1985 1985. Fine. 167 p. : ill. some col. ; 29 x 31 cm. ; ISBN: 0394546547; 9780394546544 LCCN: 84-29837 ; LC: ND249.B348; Dewey: 759.11 ; OCLC: 11622021 ; "A Random House/Madison Press book." ; green cloth in color pictorial dustjacket ; ".this testament to Robert Bateman’s important work as an artist and conservationist features early paintings most of which have never before been collected. Alongside the images the artist comments on the pictures offering the reader detailed explanations of how he uses art to relay meaning and beauty from the worlds of nature and wildlife. Also providing the different stages of a painting from conception to completion this gorgeous collection shows an artist at work—a rare insight into the mind of one of the most celebrated nature artists today. Robert Bateman has been hailed as the most influential wildlife artist of the 20th century. His lifelong passion for wildlife and nature led to his second career as an advocate for environmental concerns a role for which he has received awards and public recognition. He is the illustrator of The Art of Robert Bateman An Artist in Nature Birds and Natural Worlds. He lives in Salt Spring Island British Columbia. Ramsay Derry is an editor a writer a nature conservationist and the author of The Art of Robert Bateman. He lives in Toronto Ontario" ; New York, N.Y. : Random House, 1985 hardcover
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Magnusson, Magnus. [National Trust for Scotland; design, Martin Richards, Heather Sherratt;
Treasures of Scotland Brodick Castle Strathclyde; Brodie Castle Grampian; Castle Fraser Grampian; 7 Carlotte Square Edinburgh; Graigievar Castle Grampian; Crathes Castle Grampian; Culzean Castle Strathclyde; Drum Castle Grampian; Falkland Palace Fife; Haddo House Grampian; Hill of Tarvit Fife; House of the Binns Lothian; Kellie Castle Fife; Leith Hall Grampian
London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson ; Printed in Italy by LEGO Vicenza 1981 1981. Fine. 208 p. : ill. some col. map ports. some col. ; 29 cm. ; ISBN: 0297778986; 9780297778981 ; LC: NA7745; Dewey: 941.1 ; OCLC: 8090021 ; grey cloth in color photographic dustjacket price-clipped ; Contents: Brodick Castle Strathclyde -- Brodie Castle Grampian -- Castle Fraser Grampian -- 7 Carlotte Square Edinburgh -- Graigievar Castle Grampian -- Crathes Castle Grampian -- Culzean Castle Strathclyde -- Drum Castle Grampian -- Falkland Palace Fife -- Haddo House Grampian -- Hill of Tarvit Fife -- House of the Binns Lothian -- Kellie Castle Fife -- Leith Hall Grampian ; Magnus Magnusson was a Lord Rector of Edinburgh University and Chairman of the Stewards of the York Archaeological Trust and the Scottish Churches Architectural Heritage Trust. Although an Icelander who lived most of his life in Scotland he was known as a BBC announcer and presenter of archaeological programmes ; "In personal and highly entertaining style Magnus Magnusson explores the past and present splendours of fourteen of the National Trust for Scotland's most spectacular possessions: castles and great houses spanning over six centuries of architectural artistic and social change and recalling many of the most celebrated names in Scottish history" ; FINE/FINE London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson ; [Printed in Italy by LEGO, Vicenza],, 1981 hardcover
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Fahey, James J. [foreword, Samuel Eliot Morison; blurbs, Paul Fussell, Edward L Beach, Chester W Nimitz; design, Mark Caleb]
Pacific War diary 1942-1945
Boston : Houghton Mifflin 1992 1963 1992. Fine. 404 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. ; ISBN: 0395640229; 9780395640227 LCCN: 92-21716; LC: D773; Dewey: 940.54/5973 ; OCLC: 26095210 ; reprint of the book originally published by Houghton Mifflin in 1963 ; Contents: Forward / Samuel Eliot Morison -- The Solomons October 1942-May 1944 -- The Marianas May 1944-August 1944 -- U.S.A. August 1944-October 1944 -- The Philippines: Mindoro Luzon Palawan October 1944-June 1945 -- Borneo June 1945-July 1945 -- China and Japan July 1945-December 1945. ; "This best-selling diary is one of the most extraordinary documents to emerge from World War II. Despite regulations seaman James J. Fahey secretly compiled a diary on scraps of paper throughout the long World War II naval campaign in the Pacific. His diary describes an average sailor's daily life during wartime and records a personal view of a major historic event" ; FINE Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1992, 1963 unknown
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Shirer, William L. (William Lawrence), 1904-1993. [book design, Dede Cummings, Paul Bacon]
20th Century Journey ; A Memoir of a Life and the Times : Volume II The Nightmare Years 1930-1940. The Road to Berlin -- Home to Vienna from India -- An Interlude in Kabul -- A Stopover in Ur -- Married Fired Vienna -- The Year Off in Spain -- Return to Paris -- Life & WOrk in the Third Reich -- Hitler and the Third Reich -- The Men Around Hitler -- The Road to Armageddon -- The First Stretch -- Time Off to Live -- Return to Vienna Anschluss -- The End of Austria A Breakthrough in Broadcasting the News -- Munich -- The Last Months of Peace -- War! The Conquest of Poland -- Sitzkrieg in the West the Overrunning of Denmark and Norway -- Conquest of the West -- Sea Lion and the Battle of Britain -- The End of the Third Reich -- Judgment
Boston ; Ontario : Little Brown and Company 1984. Good. 1st edition ; xvii 654 pp. ; illustrated ; red and black cloth in color dustjacket ; Contents: The Road to Berlin -- Home to Vienna from India -- An Interlude in Kabul -- A Stopover in Ur -- Married Fired Vienna -- The Year Off in Spain -- Return to Paris -- Life & WOrk in the Third Reich -- Hitler and the Third Reich -- The Men Around Hitler -- The Road to Armageddon -- The First Stretch -- Time Off to Live -- Return to Vienna Anschluss -- The End of Austria A Breakthrough in Broadcasting the News -- Munich -- The Last Months of Peace -- War! The Conquest of Poland -- Sitzkrieg in the West the Overrunning of Denmark and Norway -- Conquest of the West -- Sea Lion and the Battle of Britain -- The End of the Third Reich -- Judgment at Nuremburg ; colored pencil mark on front endpaper ; wear to dustjacket ; G/G Boston ; Ontario : Little Brown and Company, hardcover
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Connolly, Sybil. [book design, Richard Oriolo; map, Jeffrey L. Ward; artwork, Tommy Daly, Nicholas Mosse, Paddy Murphy, Ray Staf
Irish Hands : The Tradition of Beautiful Crafts. Dedication : A tribute to Muriel Gahan -- Introduction -- In and On the Irish House -- Pottery -- Glass -- Basketmaking and Wickerwork -- Thatching -- Textiles -- Weaving -- Knitting -- Lacemaking -- Irish Linen -- Printed Textiles -- Precious Metals -- Gold Silver -- The Irish Table -- Cheesemaking -- Honey and Beekeeping -- Leatherwork -- Bookbinding -- Saddlery
New York : Hearst Books 1994 1994. Fine. x 230 pp. ; eggshell white cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; endpapers of Brunschwig & Fils Dublin Toile wallpapers ; Contents: Dedication : A tribute to Muriel Gahan -- Introduction -- In and On the Irish House -- Pottery -- Glass -- Basketmaking and Wickerwork -- Thatching -- Textiles -- Weaving -- Knitting -- Lacemaking -- Irish Linen -- Printed Textiles -- Precious Metals -- Gold Silver -- The Irish Table -- Cheesemaking -- Honey and Beekeeping -- Leatherwork -- Bookbinding -- Saddlery ; featured firms include Tipperary Crystal Berney Brothers Marsh's Library Irish National Museum Carrickmacross Lace Clones Lace Irish Linen Guild Magee and Co. and Kenmare Lace ; FINE/FINE New York : Hearst Books, 1994 hardcover
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Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902- [Crimilda Pontes, book design; Paul C Hoell, James L Flanagan, Charles G Sibley, Peter Ames]
Bird song : acoustics and physiology. Instrumentation -- The syrinx -- A portfolio of whistled song -- The two acoustical sources -- Tracheal modulation -- Modulations: Real and spurious -- Source-generated modulations -- Frequency and time perception -- Harmonics -- Talking birds
Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press ; Kingsport Tennesssee : Kingsport Press Inc. 1968. 1968. Fine. 194 p.: ill. ; 28 cm. 2 sound discs analog 33 1/3 rpm ; 7 in. ; LCCN: 68-61248 ; Series: Smithsonian publication 4750 ; LC: QL698.5; Dewey: 598.2/5/9 ; OCLC: 70300 ; green cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib stamps label date due pocket ; Contents: Introduction -- Instrumentation -- The syrinx -- A portfolio of whistled song -- The two acoustical sources -- Tracheal modulation -- Modulations: Real and spurious -- Source-generated modulations -- Frequency and time perception -- Harmonics -- Talking birds -- Summary. ; includes the vinyl records in sleeve at back only played once ; FINE Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press ; [Kingsport, Tennesssee : Kingsport Press, Inc.], 1968. hardcover
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G. & D. Cook & Company. [George Cook, David Cook, H J Kimball, James Brewster ; foreword by Paul H. Downing ; design, Edmund Gi
G. & D. Cook & Co.'s Illustrated catalogue of carriages and special business advertiser.
New York : Dover Publications 1970. 1970. Good. 226 p. chiefly illus. 18 x 25 cm. 9 x 7 in. ; Series: Dover pictorial archive series; ISBN: 0486223647; 9780486223643 LCCN: 74-105523 ; LC: TS2033; Dewey: 688.6 ; OCLC: 105677 ; Reprint of the 1860 ed. with Downing's introd. added ; stiff pictorial paper wrappers ; ex-lib stamps label date due pocket ; "New Haven CT entrepreneur James Brewster introduced New Haven carriages to the south in the 1830's. He invested in railroads canals and in the G. & D. Cook Carriage Company. Although he opposed slavery he carried on a lively trade with his southern customers. At the outbreak of war rather than suffer from his lack of contact with the south his company began manufacturing gun carriages for use by the Northern Armies. Th is facsimile catalogue is the last produced before the start of the Civil War." ; crease to front cover ; edge wear ; G New York : Dover Publications, 1970. unknown
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Ammer, Christine. [design, Steven N. Stathakis, Daniel Rembert
Seeing red or tickled pink : color terms in everyday language
New York N.Y. U.S.A. : Dutton 1992. 1992. Fine. viii 215 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. ; ISBN: 0525934626 :; 9780525934622 LCCN: 91-32261 ; OCLC: 24504539 ; LC: PE1689; Dewey: 422 ; red and black cloth with gold lettering in yellow red pink and black dustjacket ; "A compendium of color-related idiomatic expressions features a section for each color family and gives the meaning and origin of each expression" ; FINE/FINE New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Dutton, 1992. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5280
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Kramer, Peter D. [art, Paul Cozzolino; design, Paul Buckley, Brian Mulligan]
Listening to Prozac.Makeover -- Compulsion -- Antidepressants -- Sensitivity -- Stress -- Risk -- Formes frustes: low self-esteem -- Formes frustes: inhibition of pleasure sluggishness of thought -- The message in the capsule.
New York N.Y. U.S.A. : Viking 1993. 1993. Fine. xix 409 p. ; 24 cm. ; OCLC: 27143771; LC: RC483.5.F55; Dewey: 616.85/27061 ; Contents: Makeover -- Compulsion -- Antidepressants -- Sensitivity -- Stress -- Risk -- Formes frustes: low self-esteem -- Formes frustes: inhibition of pleasure sluggish ness of thought -- The message in the capsule. ; grey and black cloth with silver lettering in color pictorial dustjacket with illustration by Paul Cozzolino ; Examines the implications of taking drugs to alter personality rather than effect illness focusing on Prozac a popular antidepressant. ; "A psychiatrist who has worked with psychotherapeutic drugs for over 15 years examines the implications of chemical modification on intelligence and personality by Prozac--one of the most widely-prescribed drugs for the mind. 'A fascinating well-crafted . . . contribution to our understanding of personality'."--The New York Observer. ; FINE/FINE New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1993. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5296 ISBN : 1857022335 9781857022339
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Gooders, John. ; Weidensaul, Scott. ; [design, Mary Bess Engel; photos, Hans Reinhard, Simon Metz; art, Peter Bull, Davide Kem
The practical ornithologist. Birds around us; How birds work; Bird behavior; Looking outward; Urban birding; Fresh water; Salt water; Cultivation; Forests; Open country; Hills & mountains; From birder to ornithologist
New York : Simon and Schuster 1990. 1990. Fine. 1st edition 1st printing paperback edition ; 160 p. : 275 color and black and white photographs maps and diagrams ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0671693018 pbk.; 9780671693015 ; LCCN: 89-21902 ; OCLC: 20453469 ; LC: QL677.5; QH308.Z5; Dewey: 598 ; color photographic stiff paper wrappers ; ".includes detailed engaging looks at bird's songs calls and migratory habits. It also explains how to make and record sightings in habitats ranging from the urban backyard to the open country and how to scientifically collect and organize your observations." ; John Gooders is a well-known ornithologist and filmmaker with more than 20 books published ; Scott Weidensaul has written and illustrated an award-winning natural history column since 1978 and is a published author on birds ; FINE New York : Simon and Schuster, 1990. paperback
Bookseller reference : 5062
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Winfrey, Laurie Platt. [design, Joyce C Weston; assist., Sey Chassler, Mary Jane Emmett, Winthrop Emmett, Herbert Gilbert, Mary
The unforgettable elephant.
New York : Walker and Company 1980. 1980. Fine. 1st edition 1st printing ; 96 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. ; ISBN: 0802706509; 9780802706508 ; LCCN: 79-91753 ; OCLC: 6506827 ; LC: N7668.E4; Dewey: 704.9432 ; Presents stories about the ancestry habits and behavior of the largest land animals as seen in religion in art in the crafts and lore of people around the world. ; A pictorial survey of the elephant as it has appeared through the centuries in religion in art and in folklore presents objects worked in silk jade ivory wicker wood and ot her materials ; art Rembrant van Rijn G B Tiepolo Goya Bruce Moore Charles Francois Ribart Jean Grandville Jean De Brunhoff ; black cloth with gold lettering in patched and worn dustjacket ; FINE/FAIR New York : Walker and Company, 1980. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5069
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Goodwin, George Gilbert. ; Drimmer, Frederick. [design, Sidney Feinberg; photos, Allan D. Cruickshank, Hal H Harrison, L G Keste
The Animal kingdom : the strange & wonderful ways of mammals birds reptiles fishes & insects; A new & authentic natural history of the wildlife of the world. Volume 2 : Mammals of the Air Land & Waters of the World; Birds; Amphibians & Reptil
New York : Greystone Press 1954. 1954. Good. iv pages 681-1390 ; illustrated with black and white photographs and some color plates by Galli; LCCN: 53-11687 ; OCLC: 964441 ; LC: QL45; Dewey: 591.5 ; photographsby Allan D. Cruickshank Hal H Harrison L G Kesteloo Robert C Hermes G Komorowski Cleveland Grant a brown spot on margin of pages 813-880 ; mauve cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; thick volume ; name on front ep ; foxing ; G New York : Greystone Press , 1954. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5051
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Moffitt, John. [design, Jeanne Caskie]
Adam's Choice. Fire sacrifice; The young David; Sorrow and joys of the Buddha; India's face; Something is missing; The appointment; Sunday in the graveyard; Leavetaking; Are roses syringas; Castaway; Take heart
Francestown NH : Golden Quill Press 1967. 1967. Fine. 1st edition ; 79 pp. ; 21 cm. ; LCCN: 67-18248 ; LC: PS3563.O3; Dewey: 811/.5/4 ; OCLC: 1974880 ; deep purple and green textured faux leather with gold lettering and designs in green ochre and grey pictorial dustjacket ; Contents: Fire sacrifice - - The young David -- Sorrow and joys of the Buddha -- India's face -- Something is missing -- The appointment -- Sunday in the graveyard -- A leavetaking -- Are roses syringas. -- Castaway -- Take heart -- Adams's choice. ; the poems of John Moffitt owe much to his twenty-four years following the Hindu religious training his entrance into a Hindu monastery and his subsequent animadversion to Roman Catholicism and mysticism plays an important role as the backdrop for his poetry ; "John Moffitt spent his last 60 years in Castle Rock WA where he delivered mail and socked away big money from logging his land. He was a reclusive and mysterious millionaire.He lived in a shack and cared for a pack of nearly wild dogs. He loved writing poetry gardening playing the piano and collecting things. To this day the John Moffitt Foundation annually donates as much as $150000 to local and international charitable organizations. When he was alive the donations ended whenever a recipient did not honor his anonymity."--Mike Mercker ; dustjacket spine sunned else FINE/VG Francestown, NH : Golden Quill Press, 1967. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4913
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Rawlins, Winifred, 1907-1997. [design, Jeanne Caskie]
Man is a tender plant.
Francestown NH : Golden Quill Press 1969. 1969. Fine. 1st edition ; 78 pp. ; 21 cm. ; ISBN: 0823301354; 9780823301355 LCCN: 77-95849 ; LC: PS3535.A846; Dewey: 811/.5/4 ; OCLC: 52776 ; blue grey and brown textured faux leather with gold lettering and designs in pictorial dustjacket ; sunned ; Contents : Man is a tender plant -- Poem for a Spring in times of crisis -- To my hippie friends on May Day -- Waiting for the summer of '68 -- The poor people -- The view ahead is closed -- How to sink the bucket deep -- Pure happiness is -- When I touched the flower of your life -- The knowledge-tree -- Old woman in a rest home -- On seeing a jet plane ascending in sunlight -- For Larry and Laurie -- Portrait of an Englishwoman -- For Boris Pasternak -- For Aldous Huxley -- For Kathy -- The Cosmic m an -- For you my brother -- Brother plantsman -- For Dan -- He was himself the sound he heard -- For Dean a brown study -- Pre-Copernican wonder -- Are things what they seem -- Full moon invitation to a dance -- The sky-blue pleasure -- Hymn -- The world swims in a sea of pure happiness -- The frog pond ---- Blueberry patch in July -- September equinox -- Fall is the human season -- December the twenty-first -- Come snow once more -- Walking through Winter woods -- The cry -- The children rush to unite with the curling waves -- The contraries -- Evening in Connemara -- Boys burnig trash ona rainy night -- Palm thoughts in St. Petersburg -- Mitchel Gardens an abandoned Air Force Base in Westbury NY. ; Winifred Rawlins member of Quaker Philadelphia Yearly Meeting peace and justice activist and poet died in February 1997 at age 90. From 1952 until 1966 she was head resident at Pendle Hill. In October 1949 Rawlins spent 30 days in prison for her part in a demonstration at the French Embassy in Washington DC. ; FINE/G Francestown, NH : Golden Quill Press, 1969. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4909 ISBN : 0823301354 9780823301355
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Munroe, Elizabeth L., 1900- (Lisa Grenelle) (Grennelle Crenelle Crinelle Crinnelle) [design, Jeanne Thompson; blurb, Alfred Dor
Woman Walking. Wind and the Woman; Love Songs and Other Up-Beats; Negative Realities; Lead Child
Francestown NH : Golden Quill Press 1978. 1978. Fine. 77 pp. ; 20 cm. ; ISBN: 0823302717 :; 9780823302710 LCCN: 77-99152 ; OCLC: 4005998 ; LC: PS3525.U564; Dewey: 811/.5/4 ; red cloth with gold lettering in pictorial dustjacket ; spine sunned ; Contents: Wind and the Woman -- Insulated -- Seascape -- Vision restored -- Meadows of the mind -- Sanctioned syllable -- Association test -- Thruway -- Quest of the kings -- In memoriam -- Meet me at Tony's -- Single search -- Homesite -- Fragile the durable day -- dishwasher -- Director -- By the pond - - Concert -- Tourist itinerary -- Focus on the singular -- Lilac festival -- Frail as infant breath -- The man in the practical suit -- Walk in the wood -- Mary Abbott artist -- Identity dispute -- Housing shortage - The women are angry -- Soldier' s homecoming -- Wholly occupied with applause -- Security established -- Carousel -- dancing in the lounge -- Capitol -- No survivors -- Children's hour -- Monster hunt -- In that particular gutter -- Send her to the principal -- Summer morning -- H e's old enough to walk home alone -- The conqueror comes -- Street scene -- Third birthday -- Sun thick as cream -- This is the day -- Once upon a morning. ; ".exquisite poems by Lisa Crenelle who is Mrs. Crenelle Munroe of New York City. 'Delicate as lace'"--American Poetry Magazine 1946. Lisa Crenelle for many years wrote an internationally syndicated daily column for King Features ; FINE/VG Francestown, NH : Golden Quill Press, 1978. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4910
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Smythe, Daniel Webster. [design, Jeanne Caskie; blurbs, John Hall Wheelock, Jessie Rittenhouse, Margaret Widdemer, Glenn Ward D
Strange element : Selected Poems.
Francestown NH : Golden Quill Press 1966. 1966. Fine. 1st edition ;128 pp. ; 20 cm. ; LCCN: 66-24155 ; LC: PS3537.M983; Dewey: 811.52 ; OCLC: 2852024 ; textured tan and black faux leather with gold lettering and designs in pictorial dustjacket ; Contents: Gifts for you -- Four deer on a hilltop -- People walk these days -- Old woman alone -- Girl at the door -- Recording of Robert Frost -- Hands -- Stone wall makers -- Valley sun -- Two men -- House in darkness of sleep -- Old people in rocking chairs -- Love letter -- Girl of the storm - Landmarks -- A Christmas party -- The barn -- Man of the hills -- Theater -- Strange element -- Fall of rain -- The earth dwellers -- From my thought -- Histories -- Light with drums -- Aquarium -- Brief moment -- Atoms -- Outer distance -- Weather report -- Letter to the stars -- Walking -- This is Earth -- Introduction to Earth -- Dust universe -- Early clearing of fog -- Night sounds -- Mental landscape -- Return of the coast -- First night at the shore -- Maine rocks -- Night walk on Maine beach -- Sea sounds -- Waves -- The shore cliffs -- Turning the page -- Sound of surf -- Moon over New England beach -- Out of waves like tongues -- Rolling fog on Maine coast -- Island landscape -- The woods -- Stand of trees -- Tree against sky -- Pin es at the window -- Orchard -- Elms on the coast -- Forest -- April robins -- The pheasant -- Field sparrow -- Morning thrush -- The mourning dove -- boy and bird -- Phantasmogoria -- Letter from Maine -- Universe of rain -- Firm admonition -- Lette r from New Hampshire -- Union Station -- Botany exam -- Plowing in April -- Sky of apples -- Country kitchen early morning -- Late plowing -- The last haying -- New England farm in December -- Smell of apples -- Cows at the pasture bars -- Weeds in the strawberries -- Spring plowing -- Response -- Rise of fog -- The praying mantis -- On turning over a stone -- Ignored strata -- Desk -- Creek rapids -- Lost mountains -- Sunset. ; Daniel Webster Smythe was Poet-In-Residence Bradley University Peoria ; FINE/FINE Francestown, NH : Golden Quill Press, 1966. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4907
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Bowman, Peter. [Association, John Ransom Lewis, 1917-1997 ; essay, John P. Marquand ; design, Stefan Salter]
Beach Red : A Novel.
New York : Random House 1945. 1945. Good. 1st edition ; 122 pp. ; 21 cm. ; LCCN: 45-10493 ; LC: PZ3.B6843; PS3503.O875 ; OCLC: 280360 ; light olive green and red cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; dampstain on bottom of spine ; essay by John P. Marquand laid in ; The history of a single hour in the life of a soldier on the morning of a Pacific Island invasion. ; "Mr. Bowman out of his own experience as a military engineer in the southwest Pacific theater has written a different and unusual book that can stand on its own merits. It is a book with a very broad appeal for its pages give a picture of the thoughts and fears common to everyone who has ever worn a uniform no matter what role heroic or otherwise he may have played in war. Beach Red may be called a pre-view to action rather than a realistic record. It can best be interpreted as a study of all the things that run through a soldier's mind during days of training or on lonely nights in barracks or aboard a transport going East or West. And it reveals the seldom confessed truth--that everyone who goes to war lives through a thousand battles and dies a thousand deaths.Its style which is split prose rather than verse has the staccato flow of introspective thought."--essay ; Signature of John Ransom Lewis the Poet Laureate of Georgia on the front endpaper ; G New York : Random House, 1945. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4919
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Collins, Randall, 1941- [fictional author, Watson, John H. ; book design, Rhea Braunstein
The case of the philosophers' ring by Dr. John H. Watson unearthed by Randall Collins : Amid the drugs & cult mysticism of the Edwardian underworld Sherlock Holmes encounters the world's most evil genius & his plan to destroy Western civilizatio
New York : Crown Publishers 1978. 1978. Good. vii 152 p. 2 leaves of plates : illustrated ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0517535300; 9780517535301 LCCN: 78-12689 ; LC: PZ4.C7128; PS3553.O476; Dewey: 813/.5/4 ; OCLC: 4194839 ; black and off-white cloth with black lettering in pictorial dustjacket ; ex-lib stamps pocket date due ; red marking on front endpaper ; mark on one plate ; endpages have small surface tears ; G/VG New York : Crown Publishers, 1978. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4964
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Blum, Howard. [book design, J C Suares, Elizabeth M. THayer; photo, Gwyn Metz
Wanted! : The search for Nazis in America. The List; Hunters & Hunted; Another Victim
New York : Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co. 1977. 1977. Good. Book Club Edition 1st printing ; 256 pp. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0812906071; 9780812906073 LCCN: 76-9689 ; LC: D804.G4; Dewey: 364.1/38/0924 ; OCLC: 2676475 ; blue cloth with white lettering in color pictorial dustjacket ; cellophane repair to dustjacket ; slight knock ; G/G New York : Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co., 1977. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4967
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