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1998réf. 08373London: Macmillan 1998. First British Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. First British Edition of the 14th Kinsey Milhone Mystery; first printing. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 312 pp. Macmillan unknown books
1995réf. 1274New York: HarperCollins 1995. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Advance Reading Copy. Fine in glossy wrappers. Author's fifth novel. HarperCollins unknown books
1977réf. 628705New York: Mid-Atlantic Radical Historians' Organization 1977. Softcover. Very Good. Presumably Volume 4 No. 1 the contents page incorrectly calls it Volume 3 Number 4 Fall 1976. Octavo. 102pp. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Wrappers a bit loose with toning and some staining extensive underlining and marginal notes in ink for the first 50 or so pages about very good. Mid-Atlantic Radical Historians' Organization unknown books
2001réf. 08365New York: G. P. Putnam 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY SUE GRAFTON ON TITLE PAGE. Inscribed to bookseller Charles Parkhurst and his wife Sandy. First printing. A Fine copy in a Fine Dust Jacket. 352 pp. G. P. Putnam unknown books
1976réf. 1397868Oakland California: Diana Press 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo 236 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is tan with dark brown lettering. Wraps have mild general soiling shelving wear along extremities and bending wear along front tail fore corner. Textblock has mild scuffing and soiling dark brown staining along fore edge from front cover-p.21. Signed flat on half-title and title page by Rita Mae Brown. Shelved in Room Z. 1397868. Special Collections - Upstairs. Diana Press unknown books
1976réf. 1398294Oakland California: Diana Press 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo 236 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is tan with dark brown lettering. Wraps have mild general soiling a small black stain along head edge shelving wear along extremities and bending wear along front head fore corner. Textblock has mild scuffing and soiling light brown staining along tail edge from front cover-p.79; has "From the desk of Rep. Gail Shibley" stamped in blue ink on half-title page. Signed flat on title page by Rita Mae Brown. Shelved in Room Z. Gail Shibley was the first openly gay representative elected to Oregon's legislature. 1398294. Special Collections - Upstairs. Diana Press unknown books
2012réf. 55951Pasadena: Captain of the Stripes Press 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. Large Quarto. 297pp. Original brown cloth with silver lettering on cover silver lettering and publisher's device on spine; in original color-illustrated dustjacket with brown lettering and publisher's device on spine. Black endpapers. Title page painting. Comprehensive volume presenting the work of Pasadena artist Richard Bunkall. Extensively illustrated with color and b/w reproductions of his work and essays on the artist his early work the New York Sketchbooks cityscapes and architectural influences his sculpture with list of selected exhibitions at rear. "In a shortened career of twenty-five years with a focused dedication to artistic integrity Richard Bunkall created a significant body of work that was both original and emotionally compelling. His early work expressed simpler themes; themes he later developed into spiritual and iconic masterpieces. He was able to tell the story of humanity and its vulnerability through his art. He embraced and glorified the creations of man and ensconced them in monuments of his own making adeptly portraying man's desire to create something more permanent than himself." Roger Sparks. Captain of the Stripes Press hardcover books
2000réf. 2314436Fishers N.Y: Footprint Press 2000. Second Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x8. Second edition revised and expanded. Minimal wear to corners. 2000 Trade Paperback. 256 pp. "The walks rambles strolls and hikes in this book are designed for people who delight in exploring unique or little-known places. The trails lead through forests fields marshes and hills where you can enjoy the natural world. This book will help you learn more about local history get much-needed exercise introduce your children to the joys of nature or find new places to walk your dog. Don't stash it away in winter either. Many of the trails are good for cross-country skiing and snow shoeing. With this guide you'll be able to explore the Rochester NY area with ease and confidence. Each of the 40 walks is rated for difficulty type of terrain and described by length and estimated time required. In addition you'll know how to easily find the trails and parking. Whether young or young at heart you can enjoy the adventures this guide brings to life." Includes maps and index. Footprint Press paperback books
1982réf. 18785New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1982. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. The first edition first printing of "A" is for Alibi by Sue Grafton. Octavo 10 274pp 2. Metallic red title on spine with original gray boards. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page with a full number line. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper faint bookplate remnant on front pastedown. In the publisher's first state dust jacket $12.95 retail price on front flap touch of shelf wear short closed tear along top edge of front panel a bright near fine example. This was the debut mystery novel from Sue Grafton part of a future "Alphabet Mystery Series." The first edition had a print run of 7500 copies. Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover books
1988réf. 14369New York: Henry Holt and Company 1988. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Signed first edition of "E" is for Evidence by Sue Grafton. Octavo 227pp. Title in silver on black cloth spine gray paper boards. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page with full number line. Solid text block lightly bumped corners a fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket $15.95 retail price on front flap with a touch of shelf wear. Signed by the author on the title page. Henry Holt and Company hardcover books
1989réf. 14370New York: Henry Holt and Company 1989. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. Signed first edition of "F" is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton. Octavo 261pp. Title in silver on black cloth peach boards. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page with full number line. Solid text block faint foxing to edges a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket $15.95 retail price on front flap a fine example. Signed by the author on the title page. Henry Holt and Company hardcover books
2001réf. 143341Harlow England etc.: Longman An imprint of Pearson Education 2001. First edition. A fine copy of this very valuable reference on typography. From the rear cover: "Language in Social Life is a major series which highlights the importance of language to an understanding of issues of social and professional concern. It will be of practical relevance to all those wanting to understand how the ways we communicate both influence and are influenced by the structures and forces of contemporary social institutions. Typography and Language in Everyday Life provides a detailed look at graphic as well as linguistic aspects of language and suggests there is much to be gained from collaboration between typographers and applied linguists. The first part of the book provides an introduction to aspects of typographic theory and history and suggests some areas of applied linguistics that offer approaches to studying graphic language. The second part comprises case studies which look at the relationship between prescription and practice for visual organization by considering everyday display typography house style and typing manuals and letter-writing. Each of these subjects is looked at from historical and theoretical perspectives. Aimed at those who may be unfamiliar with theoretical and historical perspectives on the graphic aspects of language and with broad concepts in applied linguistics the book also directs readers to areas of further reading in each of these fields. Extensively illustrated with examples of past and present graphic language Typography and Language in Everyday Life is essential reading for students of typography graphic design applied linguistics and education as well as the general reader. Sue Walker is Head of the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication at The University of Reading where she has taught since 1980. Alongside her academic work she practices as a typographer and information designer and was a founding partner of Text Matters an information design consultancy in 1990. Longman, An imprint of Pearson Education unknown books
2001réf. 91507Berkeley: University of California Press 2001. cloth paper cover and spine labels slipcase. Aldine Press. small 4to. cloth paper cover and spine labels slipcase. 671 3 pages. First edition. Fine in fine slipcase. This catalogue provides a descriptive bibliography of books in the Ahmanson-Murphy Aldine collection at the University of California Los Angeles together with abbreviated notices of works not at UCLA. Handsomely produced slipcased and carefully annotated this volume should become a major resource for Aldine studies and the history of the book. The Aldine Press revolutionized the production accessibility and use of the book. Founded by Aldus Manutius c. 1452-1515 the press introduced a number of innovations that helped shape the development of the modern book including italic type and the smaller pocket-sized volume. By putting the Greek and Latin classics in a form that everyone could afford it revolutionized scholarship: the uniform Aldine texts made comparison and collation universally available and they were used in schools. Collectors were interested in the Aldine Press from the beginning; Jean Grolier acquired over two hundred of its publications often having the books elegantly bound and handsomely illuminated. Since that time the output of the Aldine Press has been sought after by scholars book collectors and librarians. Copies of its books are found in libraries all over the world where they remain a prized possession and the object of much scholarly research. For thirty-two years Franklin D. Murphy who came to UCLA as its sixth chancellor fostered the expansion of the Aldine collection and encouraged its growth. During the greater part of this long period he was joined in these endeavors by the Ahmanson Foundation whose constant support permitted the collection to increase in both size and significance. Following Dr. Murphy's death the Ahmanson Foundation continued its generous support for the expansion of the collection and in addition by means of a grant late in 1996 enabled the present catalogue to come into existence. The binding cloth used for both the book and the slipcase is a Japanese book cloth no. 2504 distributed by the Campbell-Logan Bindery. The binding board is 110 point acid-free Eska board from Ecological Fibers Inc. University of California Press unknown books
1987réf. 349587Iowa City: University of Iowa Press 1987. Hardcover. 326p. very good condition in like dj. Letters. University of Iowa Press hardcover books
2003réf. 1416870Oxford: Oxford University Press 2003. Hardcover. Octavo vi 409 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is black with white print. Boards in blue cloth. Text block has bookplate on front flyleaf. Illustrated: b&w plates photographs. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column K ND-K. 1416870. FP New Rockville Stock. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1986réf. 329380San Francisco: San Francisco Arts & Athletics Inc 1986. 16p includes covers 8.5x11 inches very good newsletter on the upcoming Gay Games II. Schedules photos articles news etc. San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc unknown books
2005réf. 2352877Pine Glen Court Florida: FootPrint Press 2005. Large Softcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Signed by author. Inscribed and signed by both authors on title page 'Ron & Jane History is not set in stone. Help preserve it. Rich Freeman Sue Freeman'. Spine faded a few faint creases on final page order form page not a text page. 2005 Large Softcover. 207 pp. Oblong. Black-and-white photographs and maps throughout. Use it as a guide for walking tours or use the index to locate specific buildings. Also includes a bibliography of several dozen related publications. FootPrint Press paperback books
1993réf. 2348388New York: HarperCollins 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 6x1x9. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Top edge lightly foxed tiny internal tear to rear jacket corner. 1993 Hard Cover. xiv 301 pp. Three childhood chums reunite after years of separation and when tragedy strikes they must face their pasts. HarperCollins hardcover books
2005réf. 2348386New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 6x0x9. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. 2005 Hard Cover. v 247 pp. For nearly two decades since the publication of her iconic first novel The Good Mother Sue Miller has distinguished herself as one of our most elegant and widely celebrated chroniclers of family life with a singular gift for laying bare the interior lives of her characters. In each of her novels Miller has written with exquisite precision about the experience of grace in daily life - the sudden epiphanic recognition of the extraordinary amid the ordinary - as well as the sharp and unexpected motions of the human heart away from it toward an unruly netherworld of upheaval and desire. But never before have Miller's powers been keener or more transfixing than they are in Lost in the Forest a novel set in the vineyards of Northern California that tells the story of a young girl who in the wake of a tragic accident seeks solace in a damaging love affair with a much older man. Eva a divorced and happily remarried mother of three runs a small bookstore in a town north of San Francisco. When her second husband John is killed in a car accident her family's fragile peace is once again overtaken by loss. Emily the eldest must grapple with newfound independence and responsibility. Theo the youngest can only begin to fathom his father's death. But for Daisy the middle child John's absence opens up a world of bewilderment exposing her at the onset of adolescence to the chaos and instability that hover just beyond the safety of parental love. In her sorrow Daisy embarks on a harrowing sexual odyssey a journey that will cast her even farther out onto the harsh promontory of adulthood and lost hope. With astonishing sensuality and immediacy Lost in the Forest moves through the most intimate realms of domestic life from grief and sex to adolescence and marriage. It is a stunning kaleidoscopic evocation of a family in crisis written with delicacy and masterful care. For her lifelong fans and those just discovering Sue Miller for the first time here is a rich and gorgeously layered tale of a family breaking apart and coming back together again: Sue Miller at her inimitable best. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1995réf. 2348440New York: Harper Collins 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Piece of clear tape with black ink mark on it on reverse of jacket spine otherwise an excellent copy. 1995 Hard Cover. 282 pp. When Alan's elderly mother an acclaimed novelist with Parkinson's disease comes to live with Alan and his wife Gaby the younger generation is disturbed by Lily's debilitation and reassesses their own lives. Harper Collins hardcover books
2003réf. 2348982New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5x0x5. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Minimal wear to corners. 2003 Hard Cover. 173 pp. In the fall of 1988 Sue Miller found herself caring for her father as he slipped into the grasp of Alzheimer's disease. She was she claims perhaps the least constitutionally suited of all her siblings to be in the role in which she suddenly found herself and in The Story of My Father she grapples with the haunting memories of those final months and the larger narrative of her father's life. With compassion self-scrutiny and an urgency born of her own yearning to rescue her father's memory from the disorder and oblivion that marked his dying and death Sue Miller takes us on an intensely personal journey that becomes by virtue of her enormous gifts of observation perception and literary precision a universal story of fathers and daughters. James Nichols was a fourth-generation minister a retired professor from Princeton Theological Seminary. Sue Miller brings her father brilliantly to life in these pages-his religious faith his endless patience with his children his gaiety and willingness to delight in the ridiculous his singular gifts as a listener and the rituals of church life that stayed with him through his final days. She recalls the bitter irony of watching him a church historian wrestle with a disease that inexorably lays waste to notions of time history and meaning. She recounts her struggle with doctors her deep ambivalence about many of her own choices and the difficulty of finding continually the humane and moral response to a disease whose special cruelty it is to dissolve particularities and to diminish in so many ways the humanity of those it strikes. She reflects unforgettably on the variable nature of memory the paradox of trying to weave a truthful narrative from the threads of a dissolving life. And she offers stunning insight into her own life as both a daughter and a writer two roles that swell together here in a poignant meditation on the consolations of storytelling. With the care restraint and consummate skill that define her beloved and best-selling fiction Sue Miller now gives us a rigorous compassionate inventory of two lives in a memoir destined to offer comfort to all sons and daughters struggling-as we all eventually must-to make peace with their fathers and with themselves. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1945réf. 2344565Philadelphia Pennsylvania: The John C. Winston Co 1945. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. No publisher date pencil date dated 1945. No jacket. Volume II: Boards lightly soiled. Both volumes: Pencil name and date on front endpaper. v 698; v 772 pp. Two volume set. Red boards with gilt titles and decor on spine top edge gilt. The Wandering Jew French: Le Juif errant is an 1844 novel by the French writer Eugène Sue. Two figures cry out to each other across the Bering Straits. One is the Wandering Jew the other his sister Hérodiade. Wherever the Wandering Jew goes the cholera epidemic follows in his wake. The siblings are condemned to wander the earth until the entire Rennepont family has disappeared from the earth as Hérodiade's descendants are also the descendants of Marius de Rennepont Huguenots persecuted under Louis XIV by the Jesuits. The siblings are compelled to eternally protect that family. The Renneponts meanwhile are unaware that their protectors exist. The family lost its position and most of its wealth during the French persecution of the Protestants after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. A small fortune was given to a Jewish banker before the Renneponts dispersed all over Europe and Asia and this fortune has grown into a huge sum because of compound interest. In 1682 each Rennepont got a bronze medal telling them to meet back in Paris 150 years later at which time the fortune will be divided among the surviving members. So much time has passed however that almost none of the still-living Renneponts have any idea why they need to come to Paris. They nevertheless set out from India Siberia America France and elsewhere to make their way to rue Saint-François No. 3 in Paris by 13 February 1832. The members of the family are not only dispersed all over the world but also all over the social ladder as laborers factory owners and the independently wealthy. In India one Rennepont is a prince. The Jesuits have heard of this huge fortune and want to have it. Jesuit Père d'Aigrigny is in charge of obtaining the money for the Society of Jesus and dispossessing the Renneponts. Their plan is to have only the unwitting Gabriel Rennepont the Jesuit missionary show up to claim the fortune. Since he is a monk and can have no possessions of his own the fortune will go to the Jesuits. Gabriel entered the order because his pious mother manipulated by the Jesuits persuaded him to become a member. The Jesuits have spies all over the world and use them to put obstacles in the paths of the Renneponts as they make their way back to Paris. The John C. Winston Co hardcover books
2006réf. 23420182006. Large Softcover. Near Fine. 0x0x0. Loving Richard. Signed by author. Signed by illustrator. Signed by author/illustrator on title page with inscription "To my dearest friend best." Minor edge wear. 2006 Large Softcover. 48 pp. March 4 2007 - April 8 2007. Running concurrently in Highland Park and Evanston Illinois. Paintings from 1977-1999: The Art Center 1957 Sheridan Road Highland Park Illinois. Paintings from 2000-2006: Evanston Art Center 2603 Sheridan Road Evanston Illinois. Essay by Sue Taylor and James Yood. Richard Loving 1924 - 2021 was an American artist and educator primarily based in Chicago Illinois. He gained recognition in the 1980s as a member of the "Allusive Abstractionists" an informal group of Chicago painters whose individual forms of organic abstraction embraced evocative imagery and metaphor counter to the dominant minimalist mode. He is most known for paintings that critics describe as metaphysical and visionary which move fluidly between abstraction and representation personalized symbolism taking organic and geometric forms and chaos and order. They are often characterized by bright patterns of dotted lines and dashes enigmatic spatial fields and an illuminated quality. In 2010 critic James Yood wrote that Loving's work "mulled over the possibilities of pattern and representation of narrative and allegory" to attain a kind of wisdom transcendence and acknowledgement of universals "seeking understanding of self within the poetics of the physical world." Loving's art has been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York Block Museum of Art Hyde Park Art Center and Brauer Museum of Art. His work belongs to the public collections of the Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and Smart Museum of Art among others. paperback books
1988réf. 2334085New York: Doubleday 1988. 4th Printing. Large Softcover. Good. 8x0x11. 4th printing. Ink underlining and marginalia throughout. 1988 Large Softcover. xix 1 231 5 pp. The Power of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar writer and teacher he has had a profound influence on millions of people--including Star Wars creator George Lucas. To Campbell mythology was the "song of the universe the music of the spheres." With Bill Moyers one of America's most prominent journalists as his thoughtful and engaging interviewer The Power of Myth touches on subjects from modern marriage to virgin births from Jesus to John Lennon offering a brilliant combination of intelligence and wit. This extraordinary book reveals how the themes and symbols of ancient narratives continue to bring meaning to birth death love and war. From stories of the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece and Rome to traditions of Buddhism Hinduism and Christianity a broad array of themes are considered that together identify the universality of human experience across time and culture. An impeccable match of interviewer and subject a timeless distillation of Campbell's work The Power of Myth continues to exert a profound influence on our culture. Doubleday paperback books
1997réf. 2335645Fishers N.Y: Footprint Press 1997. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 0x5x8. Ink gift note on front cover verso title page creased. 1997 Trade Paperback. 191 pp. "The walks rambles strolls and hikes in this book are designed for people who delight in exploring unique or little-known places. The trails lead through forests fields marshes and hills where you can enjoy the natural world. This book will help you learn more about local history get much-needed exercise introduce your children to the joys of nature or find new places to walk your dog. Don't stash it away in winter either. Many of the trails are good for cross-country skiing and snow shoeing. With this guide you'll be able to explore the Rochester NY area with ease and confidence. Each of the 40 walks is rated for difficulty type of terrain and described by length and estimated time required. In addition you'll know how to easily find the trails and parking. Whether young or young at heart you can enjoy the adventures this guide brings to life." Includes maps and index. Footprint Press paperback books
