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1922réf. 320463Boston: Oliver Ditson Company 1922. Sheet_music. 8p. of which pp.4-7 are lyric and music notation p.3 a lengthy background to Dvorak 1892-95 the director of the National Conservatory in NYC an "enthusiastic student of the folk music of the American negro". Cover is decorated with a floral border in medium blue. Complete in fair-only condition with long splits putting cover at risk two inch-long marginal tears and lesser signs of thumbing. As is. FYI one element of Dvorak's absorption of gospel music was Longfellow's "Hiawatha" - he was not a purist. Oliver Ditson Company unknown books
1937réf. 0059521937. No Binding. Fine. Etching. John Taylor Arms. American Artist 1887-1953. Fletcher 307 iii/IV edition 75. Image size: 13 7/8 x 8 5/8 inches; paper size: 18 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches. SIGNED and dated 1937 in pencil. Inscribed "Ed.75 III." A fine impression with full margins printed on J. WHATMAN watermarked paper. The raisonne lists an edition of 175 for this state. Depicting the western façade of the abbey church of Saint-Riquier which is considered one of the most beautiful examples of Flamboyant Gothic architecture in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. John Taylor Arms is considered one of the most famous printmakers of the first half of the century. He is mostly noted for his etchings of medieval architecture as this etching attests. His work can be found in most major collections of American prints. unknown
1937réf. 10391937. Superb. Etching on antique cream laid paper with an "England" watermark; 13 7/8 x 8 5/8 inches 353 x 221 mm full margins. Signed dated titled numbered "III" and inscribed in pencil. One of approximately 175 third state of 4 impressions before the inscription was removed. In superb condition. French Church Series No. 39. Paper: Arms was typical of the artists of this period - he was obsessed with paper a mania for collecting paper that could/would improve an edition. The quantity he left after his death distributed by his wife to fellow artists witnesses his love for finely made paper -paper interesting because of texture color distinctive weave. The earliest paper known to have been used by Arms came from a Baptismal Register Kirchen Ordnung The Reformed Church Middletown Dauphin County Pennsylvania 1708 bought in a bookshop in Philadelphia. His early prints 1915-1919 evidence paper taken from old books with gilded edges. Some prints appear on stationary from the Cisalpine Napoleonic Italy still bearing the estampe of the office or department; others carry penned ink page numbers taken from old ledgers of the Eighteenth Century-all beautiful shades of grey blue and green handmade ribbed and otherwise. Some of his color aquatints were printed on full sheets of heavy chine or Japanese vellum giving a sense of luxury in the richness of the stock and the width of the margins. There was a myriad of modern papers gleaned in England France Italy and the United States. -William Dolan Fletcher A Man For All Times p. 15. unknown
1936réf. 24951936. Excellent. Etching on cream wove paper with a deckle edges 1 x 1 inch 24 x 24 mm full margins. Signed in pencil lower margin. Number 18 from the Christmas Card series; number 19 from the Miniature series. In excellent condition with all of the fine lines printing in astonishing detail. Born in 1887 in Washington DC John Taylor Arms studied at Princeton University and ultimately earned a degree in architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1912. With the outbreak of W.W.I Arms served as an officer in the United States Navy and it was during this time that he turned his focus to printmaking having published his first etching in 1919. His first subjects were the Brooklyn Bridge near the Navy Yard and it was during his wartime travel that Arms created a series of extraordinarily detailed etchings based on gothic cathedrals and churches he visited in France and Italy the plate for Guardians of the Spire was created in 1921. He used what was available to him namely sewing needles and a magnifying glass to create the incredibly rich and fine detail that his etchings are known for. Upon his return to New York after the war Arms enjoyed a successful career as a graphic artist created a series of etchings of American cities and published Handbook of Print Making and Print Makers Macmillan 1934. He served as President of the Society of American Graphic Artists and in 1933 was made a full member of the National Academy of Design. Arms died in Fairfield Connecticut in 1953. unknown
1936réf. 6321936. Excellent. Etching on cream wove paper with a deckle edges 1 x 1 inch 24 x 24 mm full margins. Signed in pencil lower margin. Number 18 from the Christmas Card series; number 19 from the Miniature series. In excellent condition with all of the fine lines printing in astonishing detail. Born in 1887 in Washington DC John Taylor Arms studied at Princeton University and ultimately earned a degree in architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1912. With the outbreak of W.W.I Arms served as an officer in the United States Navy and it was during this time that he turned his focus to printmaking having published his first etching in 1919. His first subjects were the Brooklyn Bridge near the Navy Yard and it was during his wartime travel that Arms created a series of extraordinarily detailed etchings based on gothic cathedrals and churches he visited in France and Italy the plate for Guardians of the Spire was created in 1921. He used what was available to him namely sewing needles and a magnifying glass to create the incredibly rich and fine detail that his etchings are known for. Upon his return to New York after the war Arms enjoyed a successful career as a graphic artist created a series of etchings of American cities and published Handbook of Print Making and Print Makers Macmillan 1934. He served as President of the Society of American Graphic Artists and in 1933 was made a full member of the National Academy of Design. Arms died in Fairfield Connecticut in 1953. unknown
réf. Bloomsbury-9781441150196Bloomsbury Academic. Hardback. New. 160 pages Bloomsbury Academic hardcover
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réf. ria9781441135766_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Globalization and International Education introduces key international issues in education and considers the changes in education stemming from the rapid social economic and cultural transformations associated with globalization. Groun paperback
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réf. B9781441135766Paperback / softback. New. Considers the key international issues in education and investigates the changes stemming from the rapid social economic and cultural transformations associated with globalization. paperback
2013réf. Manohar-9781441135766Bloomsbury 2013. Softcover. New. Bloomsbury paperback
2013réf. Manohar-9781441135766Bloomsbury 2013. Softcover. New. Bloomsbury paperback
réf. 650387885Continuum International Publishing Group . Papeback. New. pp. 160 Index 1st Edition Continuum International Publishing Group unknown
2013réf. x-1441135766Bloomsbury Academic 2013. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 160 pages. 9.06x6.06x0.39 inches. Bloomsbury Academic paperback
2013réf. DADAX1441135766Bloomsbury 2013-04-11. paperback. New. 6.14x0.34x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Bloomsbury paperback
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2013réf. x-1441150196Continuum Intl Pub Group 2013. Hardcover. New. 139 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. Continuum Intl Pub Group hardcover
réf. 1441150196.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2009réf. 74641Washington DC: The National Academies Press 2009. Presumed First Edition First printing. Trade paperback. Very good. xiv 165 1 pages. A Note on Terminology. Footnotes. Boxes. List of Acronyms. H.R. 1585. The government's first Cooperative Threat Reduction CTR programs were created in 1991 to eliminate the former Soviet Union's nuclear chemical and other weapons and prevent their proliferation. The programs have accomplished a great deal: deactivating thousands of nuclear warheads neutralizing chemical weapons converting weapons facilities for peaceful use and redirecting the work of former weapons scientists and engineers among other efforts. The programs must be expanded to other regions and fundamentally redesigned as an active tool of foreign policy that can address contemporary threats from groups that are that are agile networked and adaptable. Global Security Engagement proposes how this goal can best be achieved. To meet the magnitude of new security challenges particularly at the nexus of weapons of mass destruction and terrorism Global Security Engagement recommends a new more flexible and responsive model that will draw on a broader range of partners than current programs have. As the fall of the Soviet Union appeared eminent the United States and their allies began to worry about the concept that the nuclear weapons held in smaller countries by the Soviet Union could fall or would fall into enemy hands. The Cooperative Threat Reduction CTR Program was an initiative housed within the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The CTR program is better known as the Nunn-Lugar Act based on the Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991 which was authored and cosponsored by Sens. Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar. According to the CTR website "the purpose of the CTR Program is to secure and dismantle weapons of mass destruction and their associated infrastructure in former Soviet Union states." Another explanation of purpose of the program is "to secure and dismantle weapons of mass destruction in states of the former Soviet Union and beyond". CTR provides funding and expertise for states in the former Soviet Union including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to decommission nuclear biological and chemical weapon stockpiles as agreed by the Soviet Union under disarmament treaties such as SALT I. The National Academies Press paperback
réf. 1356883230.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2011réf. 1-3642770541Springer Verlag 2011. Paperback. New. 667 pages. German language. 10.16x7.56x1.50 inches. Springer Verlag paperback
réf. 3642770541.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1995réf. G0801677025I3N00Elsevier - Health Sciences Division 1995. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Elsevier - Health Sciences Division hardcover
