A Fine Woman by David George Richards (40 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Donald I Fine, New York. 1988. Hard Cover. First Edition/First Printing. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine. 9-88 on rear flap. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Black boards with bright red lettering on spine. 298 pp. This book is a decade of intimate history by an agent who never quite fit the mold. After protecting Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and hose of foreign dignitaries, Marty Venker left the service and has created a candid and moving behind-the-scenes look at life with some of the world's most powerful man and women. A pristine and clean copy.

Hard Back. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Kosarin, Lind - Cover (illustrator). First Edition First Printing Stated. 271 Pages. Dust jacket unclipped price is 18.95. Duane Elms-Research Direcdtor. Richard Groller-Chief Researcher. An oral history of the mean and women who have served in our armed forces from World War II through Desert Setorm. Tol in their own words, these individuals cnadidly describe what fighting for their country mean to them. When diplomacy fails the fates of nations depend on these uniquely qualified soldiers. These are their own true stories, revealing answers to questions that most Americans would ask if they could. There are over 60 individual stories of which some of them were from Gen. George J. Walker, David Drake, Pappy Hicks, Richard Groller, Michelle Miller, Mark Berent, James Teal, and many more. Chris and Janet Morris have written over 30 books together many of which were Science Fiction. They currently are members of the National Intelligence Study center and the U.S. Global Strategy Council. The accounts reveal who the guardians of our society's freedoms think they are, who they think we are, and what it costs them to protect a society that is ambivalent about the existence of warriors, their purpose and the value of their efforts. It could become an important sociological document that will sum uup the political and military thought or an era and a nation.

Octavo, black boards (hardcover), silver letters, uncut, xxxi, 570 pp. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: Between January and July 1919, after "the war to end all wars," men and women from around the world converged on Paris to shape the peace. Center stage, for the first time in history, was an American president, Woodrow Wilson, who with his Fourteen Points seemed to promise to so many people the fulfillment of their dreams. Stern, intransigent, impatient when it came to security concerns and wildly idealistic in his dream of a League of Nations that would resolve all future conflict peacefully, Wilson is only one of the larger-than-life characters who fill the pages of this extraordinary book. David Lloyd George, the gregarious and wily British prime minister, brought Winston Churchill and John Maynard Keynes. Lawrence of Arabia joined the Arab delegation. Ho Chi Minh, a kitchen assistant at the Ritz, submitted a petition for an independent Vietnam. For six months, Paris was effectively the center of the world as the peacemakers carved up bankrupt empires and created new countries. This book brings to life the personalities, ideals, and prejudices of the men who shaped the settlement. They pusshed Russia to the sidelines, alienated China, and dismissed the Arabs. They struggled with the problem of Kosovo, of the Kurds, and of a homeland for the Jews. The peacemakers, so it has been said, failed dismally; above all they failed to prevent another war. Margaret MacMillan argues that they have unfairly been made the scapegoats for the mistakes of those who came later. She refutes received ideas about the path from Versailles to World War II and debunks the widely accepted notion that reparations imposed on the Germans were in large part responsible for the Second World War. A landmark work of narrative history, Paris 1919 is the first full-scale treatment of the Peace Conference in more than twenty-five years. It offers a scintillating view of those dramatic and fateful days when much of the modern world was sketched out, when countries were created -- Iraq, Yugoslavia, Israel -- whose troubles haunt us still. European History, World War I, WWI, Great War, Foreign Policy, Peace Treaty, Political Science, Politics. bslic.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Printing - First Thus. (xiv) 610 pp. Please note, this is a very heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping might be higher than normal. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Also edited by Robert Weinberg and Martin H. Greenberg, this anthology contains: Witches in the Cornfield by Carl Jacobi; The Mandrakes by Clark Ashton Smith; Daughters by Juleen Brantingham; Sorrow Laughed byTom Piccirilli; Heartbeat by Nancy Kilpatrick; The Mudang by Will Murray; This House by Yvonne Navarro; Gramma Grunt by Donald R. Burleson; By the Hair of the Head by Joe R. Lansdale; The Hunt by James S. Dorr; The Fit by Ramsey Campbell; Somewhere My Love by Stephen Mark Rainey; The Scream by Mike Ashley; Next Door Neighbor and Hair Apparent by Don D'Ammassa; Witch Hunt by Christie Golden; The Laurel Lake Laser by Aimee Kratts; The Only Way to Fly by Nancy Holder; The Princess and the Frog by Tina L. Jens; There'll be Witches by Joe Meno; Alan's Mother and A Hundred Wicked Little Withches by Steve Rasnic Tem; Blood Man by Simon McCaffrey; Mobile Home by Michael Skeet; Of Time and Space by Hugh B. Cave; A Matter of Honor by R. K. Partain; A Good Witch is Hard to Find by Dawn Dunn; Psychomildew Love by Lois H. Gresh; The Career Witch by Thomas M. Sipos; Retrocurses by Terry Campbell; Beware of That for Which you Wish by Linda J. Dunn; Cerile and the Journeyer and Vend A Witch by Adam-Troy Castro; The Witch of the World's End by Darrell Schweitzer; Inyanga by Janet Berliner Gluckman and George Guthridge; Requiem for a Witch by Dan Perez; Crone Woman Gandy by Richard Gilliam; The Devil's Men by Brian Stableford; The Caress of Ash and Cinder by Cindie Geddes; I Feel My Body Grow by Del Stone Jr.; The Conversion of St. Monocarp by Brian McNaughton; Garage Sale by Janet Fox; Buyer Beware and Newcomer by Tim Waggoner; On the Wings of the Wind by Lillian Csernica; Alexa Skyclad and The Politically Incorrect Witch by Benjamin Adams; Angel of the Eleventh Hour by Joel S. Ross; Overdue Fines by Edo van Belkom; 1-900- Witches by Nancy Holder and Waynes Holder; Shedding Light on the Black Forest by Brent Monahan; Suffer a Witch by Mike Baker; Grue Love by David Annandale; Dry Skin by Charles M. Saplak; Gather Round and You Shall Hear and Brownouts by Billie Sue Mosiman; Fish Witch by Lois G. Gresh; The Hammer of Witches by Mark Kreighbaum; Witch Hunter by Douglas Hewitt; A Spell of Research by Brad Stickland; How the Cookie Crumbles by Mollie L. Burleson; Coming Out of the Broom Closet by Lawrence Schimel; Bat's Blood for Flavor by Adam Niswander; the Metropolitan Menace by Gordon Linzner; In the Cards by Martin R. Soderstorm; Plague by Ernest Leong; Under Control by Danielle D'Attilio; Dressed to Live by C. Bruce Hunet; Common Grounds by P. D. Cacek; She's My Witch by Norman Partridge; The Angel by Christie Golden; The Good Witch of the North Wing by Steve Antczak; Fiddlesticks by T. Diane Slatton; Empty Jar Empty Chest by Stephanie D. Shaver; Small Workers by Lois Tilton; A Wild Imagination by Lisa Lepovetsky; Quiet Please by Richard Parks; Silhouette by Mark McLaughlin; Master Tape by Rick Hautla; The Edge by Adam Meyer; Do No Harm by Pamela D. Hodgson; Magician's Assistant by Adam Meyer; Bad Things Happen on Halloween by Lucy Taylor; Midnight Oil by L. S. Silverthorne; Invitation by Katherine Lamsland; Blood of the Rose by Karen E. Taylor; Predator's Moon by Mel Odom; Djinneyah and Co. by Blythe Ayne; Agnes Across the Swamp by Rich Powell; Hunger Gulag by Martin Mundt; Young Good Wife Doten by Robert M. Price; Just the Two of Us by Hugh B. Cave; A Bluegrass Reunion by Ben P. Indick; Poppet by Kathryn Ptacek; The Robbery by Cynthia Ward; Patience Serves by David C. Smith; Saunder's Little Friend by August Derleth; In the Chimney by Simon MacCulloch; and Wall of Darkness by Basil Wells. Size: 8vo. Book.

Magazine. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A quality, glossy, stapled magazine measuring 8-1/4" by 11-1/4" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers and stapled insert. "First Monday" was mailed to those who contributed $15 or more annually to the Republican National Committee. Containing photos and political news throughout (including Rockefeller and Goldwater Agree: President [Nixon] Unifying the Nation; President's Most Agonizing Problem, Vietnam, Substantially Disposed Of; Unilateral Disarmament 'Fool Hardy' [David] Packard Tells Senate Subcommittee; President Deals Smashing Blow to International Drug Traffickers; Ethnic Leaders Blast [Edmund] Muskie on Remarks About Communism; Sen. [George] McGovern on Women: Or How Not to Practice What You Preach; much more); special eight-page stapled insert entitled "Journey For Peace" (on President Nixon's announcement that he would go to the Peoples Republic of China to personally confer with Premier Chou En-lai with accompanying accolades from world leaders entitled "World Acclaims Nixon's Bold Global Leadership"). Light wear along outer narrow spine fold.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. red cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. near fine cond. . binding square & tight. covers clean. edges have a bit of soiling. contents free of markings. price clipped dustwrapper in vg cond. chipped at spine top, 1" tear on front. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. ~ Is man, as he hurtles through the blackness of outer space to worlds beyond, the only or even the first interplanetary traveler? Evidence mounts that he is not. Flying Saucers Have Arrived!, says Jay David. They have been sighted in Biblical times when Ezekiel saw the magnificent wheel in the sky; they are seen by the hundreds each year all over the world today. Here are thirty~four documented reports, exciting and significant, from people who have seen, heard, and flown in UFOs, and people who have talked with our strange visitors . including one who describes the night he was the human participant in what may be man's first mating with a woman from another world. From eminent ufologists like George Adamski, scientists like Ivan Sanderson, engineers, psychics, and reporters, Mr. David selects the most definitive thinking, the most far~seeing analyses. He seeks answers to the questions: Why saucer sightings more frequent nowadays? What kind of people have seen UFOs? What reasons may interplanetary visitors have for their trips? Are they likely to be hostile or friendly? Why has the United States government assumed the role of investigator, recorder, and, perhaps, suppressor of observations? Here, too, are new explanations and bold, unorthodox ideas. For example, Leonard G. Cramp shows, "with easy~to~understand diagrams, that the saucer shape is practical for space travel and that the sighters describe saucers moving in a manner that fits the laws of physics. Drawing from his knowledge of life forms on earth, a naturalist suggests the saucers may be manned by insects of a highly developed type. A French ufologist speculates that our visitors may be creatures of the future, rather than of outer space, who have journeyed back through time to observe man today. Flying Saucers Have Arrived! surveys the whole challenging field of UFOs, making no prejudiced judgments about what is or is not "possible." Its aim is to open eyes and minds to a subject of major importance to man's future on earth and in the universe.~ PART 1 - THE SIGHTINGS: PAST AND PRESENT: Emissaries from the Past- Howard V. Chambers; The Old Testament and Flying Saucers - Barry H. Downing; The Flying Saucer Mystery - Vincent H. Gaddis; Underwater UFOs - Jim and Coral Lorenzen; Pigeon-holes of Science - Richard Hall. PART 2 - CONTACT AND COMMUNICATION: Sex and the Saucermen - 0. 0. Binder; To New York by Vimana - Gavin Gibbons; I Was Inside a Flying Saucer -Truman Bethurum; O.S.C.: Outer-Space Communication - Bryant and Helen Reeve; Messages from Outer Space? - Harold T. Wilkins. PART 3-THE LANDINGS: The Hilltop, West Virginia - Gray Barker; Inside Flying Saucers - Frank Scully; The Landings - Brinsley Le Poer Trench. PART 4 - ARE UFOS OUR FRIENDS? Why They Came - George Adamski; Mystery of the Martian "Death Ceiling" - Harold T. Wilkins; The Bizarre Mystery of M. K. Jessup and the Allende Letters - Brad Steiger and Joan Whritenour; How Flying Saucers Can Injure You - 0. 0. Binder; Have UFOs "Swallowed" Our Aircraft? - Tom Comella. PART 5 - DOES THE U.S. GOVERNMENT REALLY CARE?: UFO and the Record Flight of the X-15 - John C. Ross; The Investigators - Morton Young; Flying Saucers: Why the Pentagon Was Forced to Call for Scientific Help - Warren Rogers. PART 6 - HOW UFOS B,EHAVE-AND WHY: Analysis of Technically Corroborative Evidence One - Leonard G. Cramp; What Do They Do? - Ivan T. Sanderson; The Phenomena of Angel Hair - Charles A. Maney; Animated UFOs - Vincent H. Gaddis; G. Field Lift Effects - Leonard G. Cramp. PART 7 - EPILOGUE: Whence Again? -Gerald Heard; The Bible and the UFO - George Adamski; The Crews and Their Views - Gerald Heard; Epilogue - Morton'Younq,

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. All four 1979 issues of this literary magazine from The Folio Society. The Spring issue contains: Richard Ingrams on Nicolas Bentley (who had died in August 1978); some Folio Society members talk about joining the club; David Stanbury on Charles Darwin; and John J.N. McGurk on the Black Prince. The Summer issue contains: Gavin Ewart on Thomas Hardy; Joanna Richardson on women of the French Revolution; and Peter Levi on Flora Thompson's "Lark Rise to Candleford". The Autumn issue contains: Peter Levi on Walt Whitman; Peter Forster on the "Divine Comedy"; more on Madame de la Tour du Pin, a woman of the French Revolution; and a piece on Alain-Fournier and "Le Grand Meaulnes". The Winter issue contains: Derek Parker on Turgenev's "Fathers and Sons"; David Jones on his favorite Folio books,; George Bull on Smollett's "Travels"; Tim Wilkinson on Folio design and production; and Simon Grove on "The Pillow Book" of Sei Shonagon. And all four issues carry the interesting column by David Holloway, "Talking About Books". Four journals stapled into printed wrappers. All very good or near fine.

Hardcover_buckram spine. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. BCE/BOMC. 5.75"x 8.5" 306 indexed pgs. Dk blue buckram spine w/gold foil letters over midnight blue boards. DJ #04636 designed by George Corsillo. Jacket photo by David Plakky. Author photo by Richard Shoberg. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. Based on interviews with more than one hundred police officers, a cross-section representing male and female officers, small town and big city cops, Blacks and whites, patrolmen and anti-terrorist specialists, the author reveals the worlds of the police. What they can't say on television, what they won't write in novels, cops have now told Mark Baker. From the idealistic rookie to the burnt-out veteran, here are the unforgettable voices of over 100 police men and women across the country. cops who shoot and are shot at, who pick up the pieces of shattered bodies and shattered lives, who face the danger, the fear, and the depravity. who live every day in the frightening, hard world of COPS. Source: Publisher.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. An excellent copy. 2002 Hard Cover. xvi, 301 pp. "So Glorious a Landscape: Nature and the Environment in American History and Culture surveys the vast and interdisciplinary subject of American natural and environmental studies. It examines the literary landscape that has inspired a local, regional, and national sense of place; explores the dynamic meaning and significance of nature across time, place, culture, and gender; and looks at the essence and history of environmental change. The first all-encompassing introductory survey of environmental history and cultural studies, this volume provides students and scholars with carefully chosen selections from major essayists, naturalists, preachers, geographers, novelists, scientists, and historians whose works have shaped the fields of literary ecology and environmental history. The essays trace the changing American landscape and ideas about nature from the seventeenth century to the present. By analyzing a range of material, So Glorious a Landscape provides a fresh perspective on what nature is in American life, what forces have shaped its profound place and changing definition, and what the work of environmental historians tells about the relationship of nature, culture, and power in America. So Glorious a Landscape is an excellent resource for courses in American studies, environmental history, and American culture." CONTENTS: Preface and Acknowledgments; INDIAN ECOLOGY, AMERICAN CONQUEST: Acoma Pueblo Creation Myth; Tewa Sky Looms; A Hideous and Desolate Wildnerness (1647) by William Bradford; Potential of the New English Canaan (1632) by Thomas Morton; Fate of the Abenaki in the Colonial Ecological Revolution by Carolyn Merchant; The Northwest Ordinance (1787); The Untransacted Destiny of the American People (1846) by William Gilpin; Americans Spread All Over California (1846) by Monterey Californian; Social and Environmental Degradation in the California Gold Country (1890) by Joaquin Miller; The Soreness of the Land (1925) by Wintu Indian Kate Luckie; NATURE'S NATION: THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE AND THE NATURE WRITING TRADITION: Where I Lived and What I Lived For (1854) by Henry David Thoreau; My First Summer in the Sierra (1868) by John Muir; Spring at the Capital (1871) by John Burroughs; The Land of Little Rain (1903) by Mary Austin; The Present at Tinker Creek (1974) by Annie Dillard; SCIENCE, NATURE, AND THE EMERGENCE OF AN ECOLOGICAL ETHIC: The Animal Creation and the Importance of Ephemera (1791) by William Bartram; The Destructiveness of Man (1864) by George Perkins Marsh; Human Ecology and the Habits of Sanitation in the Modern Urban Environment (1907) by Ellen Swallow Richards; Land-Use Ethics and Economic Self-Interest (1949) by Aldo Leopold; POWER AND PLACE: THE MEETING OF SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY: Alice Hamilton Explores the Dangerous Trades by Robert Gottlieb; Preserving the Hallowed Grounds of Dinosaur National Monument (1954) by David R. Brower; The Rape of the Appalachians (1962) by Harry M. Caudill; What Happened at Love Canal (1982) by Lois Gibbs; The Origins of the Environmental Justice Movement (1997) by Eileen Maura McGurty; THE ENVIRONMENTAL ERA: RESPONSES TO NATURE IN DISTRESS: Passenger Pigeons (1949) by Robinson Jeffers; The Historic Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis (1967) by Lynn White, Jr.; Polemic: Industrial Tourism and the National Parks (1968) by Edward Abbey; The Fate of All Living Things (1977) by Leslie Marmon Silko; The National Environmental Policy Act (1969); Population and Global Economic Patterns (1990) by Lawrence W. Libby & Rodney L. Clouser; Wise Use: What Do We Believe' (1996) by Ron Arnold; Women and Ecology (1988) by Andree Collard & Joyce Contrucci; Suggestions for Further Reading.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. An excellent copy. 2002 Hard Cover. xvi, 301 pp. "So Glorious a Landscape: Nature and the Environment in American History and Culture surveys the vast and interdisciplinary subject of American natural and environmental studies. It examines the literary landscape that has inspired a local, regional, and national sense of place; explores the dynamic meaning and significance of nature across time, place, culture, and gender; and looks at the essence and history of environmental change. The first all-encompassing introductory survey of environmental history and cultural studies, this volume provides students and scholars with carefully chosen selections from major essayists, naturalists, preachers, geographers, novelists, scientists, and historians whose works have shaped the fields of literary ecology and environmental history. The essays trace the changing American landscape and ideas about nature from the seventeenth century to the present. By analyzing a range of material, So Glorious a Landscape provides a fresh perspective on what nature is in American life, what forces have shaped its profound place and changing definition, and what the work of environmental historians tells about the relationship of nature, culture, and power in America. So Glorious a Landscape is an excellent resource for courses in American studies, environmental history, and American culture." CONTENTS: Preface and Acknowledgments; INDIAN ECOLOGY, AMERICAN CONQUEST: Acoma Pueblo Creation Myth; Tewa Sky Looms; A Hideous and Desolate Wildnerness (1647) by William Bradford; Potential of the New English Canaan (1632) by Thomas Morton; Fate of the Abenaki in the Colonial Ecological Revolution by Carolyn Merchant; The Northwest Ordinance (1787); The Untransacted Destiny of the American People (1846) by William Gilpin; Americans Spread All Over California (1846) by Monterey Californian; Social and Environmental Degradation in the California Gold Country (1890) by Joaquin Miller; The Soreness of the Land (1925) by Wintu Indian Kate Luckie; NATURE'S NATION: THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE AND THE NATURE WRITING TRADITION: Where I Lived and What I Lived For (1854) by Henry David Thoreau; My First Summer in the Sierra (1868) by John Muir; Spring at the Capital (1871) by John Burroughs; The Land of Little Rain (1903) by Mary Austin; The Present at Tinker Creek (1974) by Annie Dillard; SCIENCE, NATURE, AND THE EMERGENCE OF AN ECOLOGICAL ETHIC: The Animal Creation and the Importance of Ephemera (1791) by William Bartram; The Destructiveness of Man (1864) by George Perkins Marsh; Human Ecology and the Habits of Sanitation in the Modern Urban Environment (1907) by Ellen Swallow Richards; Land-Use Ethics and Economic Self-Interest (1949) by Aldo Leopold; POWER AND PLACE: THE MEETING OF SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY: Alice Hamilton Explores the Dangerous Trades by Robert Gottlieb; Preserving the Hallowed Grounds of Dinosaur National Monument (1954) by David R. Brower; The Rape of the Appalachians (1962) by Harry M. Caudill; What Happened at Love Canal (1982) by Lois Gibbs; The Origins of the Environmental Justice Movement (1997) by Eileen Maura McGurty; THE ENVIRONMENTAL ERA: RESPONSES TO NATURE IN DISTRESS: Passenger Pigeons (1949) by Robinson Jeffers; The Historic Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis (1967) by Lynn White, Jr.; Polemic: Industrial Tourism and the National Parks (1968) by Edward Abbey; The Fate of All Living Things (1977) by Leslie Marmon Silko; The National Environmental Policy Act (1969); Population and Global Economic Patterns (1990) by Lawrence W. Libby & Rodney L. Clouser; Wise Use: What Do We Believe' (1996) by Ron Arnold; Women and Ecology (1988) by Andree Collard & Joyce Contrucci; Suggestions for Further Reading.

240 x 165 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 328, incl. index; profusely illustrated with evocative colour photographs and reproductions of period artwork. Earlier owner's bookplate to inside of upper cover. Near fine condition. "In 1863, English gentlemen Sir Richard George Glyn and his brother Robert came to Africa, lured to the continent by its big game and the astounding cascade that David Livingstone had recently 'discovered' and named the Victoria Falls. The brothers set off from Durban and, despite terrible trials, reached the Falls four and a half months later . Richard kept a diary of their extraordinary odyssey, a journal that inspired his and Robert's great-great-grand niece, Patricia Glyn, to shadow their expedition in 2005. But unlike her ancestors, Patricia did the journey entirely on foot. Accompanied by her little African dog, Tapiwa, this remarkable woman walked nearly 2200 kilometres, following her forebears' route along the 19th-century wagon trails that once snaked along the great rivers of the subcontinent. . Keeping strictly to the timetable set by Richard, she moved when his wagons moved, and stopped when they did - reaching the Falls on exactly the same day as her ancestors had, 142 years before her. This is the story of two brave adventures told through two illuminating, interwoven diaries.".

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Fine. Original publisher's gray cloth binding with blue lettering and decorations. Illustration of a woman bathing in a pool while four men, backs turned toward her, read books. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2." Pages 483-632, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Advertisements for book-related businesses in the back. Pages and covers are very clean and intact except for slight darkening at the tail of the spine. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. The Colophon was a quarterly periodical that was published from 1929-1950. The periodical was established by Elmer Adler (1884-1962), the founder of Pynson Printers in New York City. The articles of The Colophon cover a diverse range of topics, but all relate in some way to printing, publishing, art, and literature. The following are the features in this issue: "The 1858 Catalogue of Henry Adams's Library" by Max I. Baym, "The Indiscreet History of a Bibliographical, Picturesque, and Antiquarian Tour" by Boies Penrose, "Collecting Civil War Novels" by Richard H. Wilmer, Jr., "Dusty Shelves and Irishmen" by Elizabeth Ridgway, "Cooper's 'Upside Down' Turns Up" by John Atlee Kouwenhoven, "Facts and Fancies and the Cambridge Press" by George Parker Winship, "Toward a Bibliography of John Steinbeck" by Lawrence Clark Powell, "The Dunciad Duodecimo" by R. H. Griffith, "Footnote on a Minor Poet" by David A. Randall, "Success--and Dreiser" by Myrta Lockett Avary, "Notes and Queries" by Randolph G. Adams, "The Crow's Nest" by Frederick B. Adams, Jr., and "Index.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. First Edition, a number line indicating a First Printing. Grey hardcovers with silver titles to the spine. A solid binding with bright, unmarked pages and light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped and in Near Fine condition. "In the 1920s, Janie McLeary and George King run one of the first movie theatres in the Maritimes. The marriage of the young Irish Catholic woman to an older English man is thought scandalous, but they work happily together, playing music to accompany the films. When George succumbs to illness and dies, leaving Janie with one young child and another on the way, the unscrupulous Joey Elias tries to take over the business. But Janie guards the theatre with a shotgun, and still in mourning, re-opens it herself. 'If there was no real bliss in Janie's life,' recounts her grandson, 'there were moments of triumph.' ; 9.20 X 6.30 X 1.30 inches; 381 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Printing. Introduction / Robert M. Kingdon -- pt. 1. His ideas. Law and gospel or gospel and law? : Calvin's understanding of the relationship / I. John Hesselink -- Calvin's handling of the third use of the law and its problems / Merwyn S. Johnson -- Calvin and the political order : an analysis of the three explanatory studies / W. Fred Graham -- Calvin's theological method : word and spirit, a case study / Richard C. Gamble -- Calvin's understanding of Aristotelian natural philosophy : its extent and possible origin / Christopher B. Kaiser -- The humanity of Christ within proper limits / David Foxgrover --Calvin's discipline and the early reformed tradition : Bullinger and Calvin / J. Wayne Baker -- Marriage in Calvin's sermons / Claude-Marie Baldwin -- pt. 2. His influence. The changing face of French Protestantism : the influence of Pierre Du Moulin / Brian G. Armstrong -- Calvin and Calvinism : the career of William Whittingham / Dan G. Danner -- Some aspects of death and dying in Puritanism / Donald K. McKim -- A working bibliography of writings by John Knox / Ian Hazlett -- John Calvin and Menno Simons : Reformation perspectives on the Kingdom of God / Timothy George -- The schools of Brandenburg and the "second Reformation" : examples of Calvinist learning and propaganda / Bodo Nischan -- Calvin's and Loyola's letters to women : politics and spiritual counsel in the sixteenth century / Charmarie J. Blaisdell -- Interpreting the Word by the light of Christ or the light of nature? : Calvin, Calvinism, and Barth / James Torrance. 288pp, illustrated. Sixteenth century essays & studies, Volume 10. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Tight, square binding with no creasing to spine. Almost 'as new'. Weight, 466g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Contents: Anthony Geraghty, Nicholas Hawksmoor and the Wren City church steeples -- Giles Worsley, The financial problems of Sir Thomas Robinson -- Caroline Knight, The travels of the Rev. Sir George Wheler (1650‒1723) -- John Harris, The Duchess of Beaufort s Observations on Places -- Howard Colvin, The Townesends of Oxford: A firm of Georgian master-masons and its accounts -- Peter Guillery, The further adventures of Mary Lacy -- Richard Hewlings, Women in the building trades, 1600‒1850: A preliminary list -- John Brushe, The building of Clare College Chapel -- Christopher Chalklin, Quarter Sessions building in Lancashire, 1770‒1830 -- Geoffrey Tyack, The making of the Radcliffe Observatory -- Oliver Bradbury, Paragon Buildings, Cheltenham -- David Adshead, A modern Italian loggia at Wimpole Hall -- Kerry Bristol, The painted rooms of Athenian Stuart -- Gordon Balderston, The genesis of Edward Salter aetatis 6. 240 x 180 mm. 205 pp., illustrated throughout, some in colour. Softbound. A fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Here is the eagerly awaited new edition of "The Oxford Book of American Poetry", brought completely up-to-date and dramatically expanded by poet David Lehman. It is a rich, capacious volume, featuring the work of more than 200 poets - almost three times as many as the 1976 edition. With a succinct and often witty head note introducing each author, it is certain to become the definitive anthology of American poetry for our time. Lehman has gathered together all the works one would expect to find in a landmark collection of American poetry, from Whitman's "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" to Stevens' "The Idea of Order at Key West", and from Eliot's "The Waste Land" to Ashbery's "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror". But, equally important, the editor has significantly expanded the range of the anthology. The book includes not only writers born since the previous edition, but also many fine poets overlooked in earlier editions or little known in the past, but highly deserving of attention. The anthology confers legitimacy on the Objectivist poets; the so-called Proletariat poets of the 1930s; famous poets who fell into neglect or were the victims of critical backlash (Edna St.Vincent Millay); poets whose true worth has only become clear with the passing of time (Weldon Kees). Among poets missing from Richard Ellmann's 1976 volume, but published here are: W. H. Auden, Charles Bukowski, Donald Justice, Carolyn Kizer, Kenneth Koch, Stanley Kunitz, Emma Lazarus, Mina Loy, Howard Moss, Lorine Niedecker, George Oppen, James Schuyler, Elinor Wylie, and Louis Zukosky. Many more women are represented: outstanding poets, such as Josephine Jacobsen, Josephine Miles, May Swenson. Numerous African-American poets receive their due, and unexpected figures, such as the musicians Bob Dylan, Patti Smith and Robert Johnson have a place in this important work. This stunning collection redefines the great canon of American poetry from its origins in the 17th century right up to the present. It is a must-have anthology for anyone interested in American literature and a book that is sure to be consulted, debated, and treasured for years to come. Featuring the work of more than 200 poets, and including a head note introducing each author, this is an anthology of American poetry. It is suitable for interested in American literature. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Cloth. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Constance Garnett was a translator of Russian classics, a pioneer of women's rights, a great traveller and an ardent rationalist and atheist. This biography features such individuals as George Bernard Shaw, Lenin, H. G.Wells, Katherine Mansfield, Joseph Conrad and H.E.Bates. Richard Garnett a son of David Garnett, Constance's only child, was twenty three when his grandmother died, so his account is not only lively and well researched, it is also personal and affectionate. It uses a great deal of untouched primary source material, including Constances's splendid letters, which throw light not only on Constance but on her contemporaries. This very rare copy has lost its title page but is otherwise fine. The unclipped dustwrapper is in FINE condition.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 327 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, plates ; 32 cm. Notes; Includes index. Contents; Partial contents And now / Gertrude Stein (pages 280-281). Introduction. A fair kept / Cleveland Amory -- Frank Crowninshield, editor, man, and uncle / Frederic Bradlee -- In vanity fair / Frank Crowninshield -- Early memories of De Wolf Hopper / Joseph H. Choate -- Force of heredity, and nella / Anita Loos -- Sarah Bernhardt here again / Arthur Johnson -- Memory of Eleonora Duse / Arthur Symons -- Have they attacked Mary. he giggled / Gertrude Stein -- Men: a hate song / Dorothy Rothschild (Dorothy Parker) -- Modern love, by a modern French poet / Paul Geraldy -- Hall of fame 1914-1918 -- Poems / Michael Strange -- All about the income-tax / P.G. Wodehouse -- Confessions of a jail-breaker / Harry Houdini -- Weather-vane points south / Amy Lowell -- First hundred plays are the hardest / Dorothy Parker -- Social life of the newt / Robert C. Benchley -- Hall of fame 1919 -- William Somerset Maugham / Hugh Walpole -- Soul of skylarking / G.K. Chesterton -- Poems / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Golden age of the dandy / John Peale Bishop -- Adam and Eve / Charles Brackett -- Handy guide for music lovers / Charles N. Drake -- Man who lost himself / Giovanni Papini -- Hall of fame 1920 -- Rhyme and relativity / Louis Untermeyer -- Memoirs of court favourites / Noel Coward -- Love song / Elinor Wylie -- Picture feature: American novelists who have set art above popularity -- Ballad of Yukon Jake / Edward E. Paramore, Jr. -- Lenglen the magnificent / Grantland Rice -- Hall of fame 1921 -- Incredible jeritza / Deems Taylor -- New Hampshire again / Carl Sandburg -- Public and the artist / Jean Cocteau -- Custer's last stand / Donald Ogden Stewart -- Leavetaking (one-act play) / Ferenc Molnar -- Hall of fame 1922 -- David Garrick to John Barrymore / Stark Young -- Strange story / Elinor Wylie -- Symposium: the ten dullest authors -- Poems / T.S. Eliot -- On the approach of middle age / W. Somerset Maugham -- Hall of fame 1923 -- Fred Stone and W.C. Fields / Gilbert Seldes -- Importance of comic genius / Aldous Huxley -- Picture feature: great modern athletes -- Mrs. Fiske: an artist and a personality / Mary Cass Canfield -- Hall of fame 1924 -- One evening / Colette -- Three poems / Walter de la Mare -- Song / Helen Choate -- Memorabilia / E.E. Cummings -- Black blues / Carl van Vechten -- Big casino is little casino (three-act play) / George S. Kaufman -- Symposium: a group of artists write their own epitaphs -- Charlie Chaplin and his new film, The Gold Rush / R.E. Sherwood -- Hall of fame 1925 -- Murder of Captain White / Edmund Pearson -- Western disunion / Geoffrey Kerr -- Rudolph Valentino / Jim Tully -- Symposium: the ideal woman -- Poems of youth and age / Theodore Dreiser -- Hall of fame 1926 -- Blazing publicity / Walter Lippmann -- Picture feature: neighbors at Antibes -- Sort of defense of mothers / Heywood Broun -- Irving Thalberg / Jim Tully -- Last day / Michel Corday -- Birth of a great artist / Andre Maurois -- Theory and Lizzie Borden / Alexander Woollcott -- Hall of fame 1927 -- Three Americans / Charles G. Shaw -- Very critical gentleman / Max Beerbohm -- Outlived thing / Compton Mackenzie -- Deserted battlefields / D.H. Lawrence -- Too general public / Andre Gide -- Hall of fame 1928 -- Captain's memoirs / Alexander Woollcott -- Mental hazards of golf / Robert T. Jones, Jr. -- "God rest you merry, gentlemen ." / Gilbert W. Gabriel -- Duel without seconds / Djuna Barnes -- This modern living / Arnold Bennett -- Hall of fame 1929 -- Art of dying / Paul Morand -- Two-time / Margaret Case Harriman -- Picture feature: child prodigies -- Mystery of Stroppingwallingshire Downs / Philip Wylie -- Tired men and business women / Geoffrey Kerr -- Hall of fame 1930 -- Picture feature: who's zoo? -- Picture feature: Raoul Dufy, painter of Paris -- Lord of the loincloth / George Slocombe -- Hall of fame 1931 -- Babe / Paul Gallico -- Ordeal by cheque / Wuther Grue -- Twilight of the inkstained gods / Alva Johnston -- Impossible interview: Rockefeller vs. Stalin / Miguel Covarrubias, John Riddell -- Impossible interview: Garbo vs. Coolidge / Miguel Covarrubias, John Riddell -- Smiles on the faces of tigers / Charles Fitzhugh Talman -- Picture feature: as a man thinketh -- Pearly beach / Lord Dunsany -- Picture feature: private lives of the great -- Lydia and the ring-doves / Kay Boyle -- Picture feature: Vanity Fair's school for actors / Joyful James / Clare Boothe -- Picture feature: on the public's beach -- Hall of fame 1932 -- How unlike we are! / Harold Nicolson -- Now there is peace / Richard Sherman -- Picture feature: my, how you have grown -- Sister Aimee: Bernhardt of the sawdust trail / Joseph H. Steele -- White poppies die / Nancy Hale -- President Roosevelt's inauguration / Miguel Covarrubias -- Dixie nocture / Frank Sullivan -- Time and a half / John Riddell -- Picture feature: American potentates (and our national pastime) -- Picture feature: history repeats -- Inflation for Ida / Frank Sullivan -- Hall of fame 1933 -- Thoughts on sin, and advertising / Frank Crowninshield -- Little Caruso / William Saroyan -- Picture feature: male and female, we create them -- Murder in Le Mans / Janet Flanner -- Picture feature: where did you come from, baby dear? -- Picture feature: actor into philanthropist -- Movies take over the stage / George Jean Nathan -- And now / Gertrude Stein -- Picture feature: even kings relax -- Picture feature: celebrities in bed -- Picture feature: hey you, mind your manners! -- Bucharest Du Barry / John Gunther -- Street / Allan Seager -- Valentine for Mr. Woollcott / Dorothy Parker -- Hall of fame 1934 -- Blunders in print / Edmund Pearson -- Time and the place / Frank Fenton -- Pi.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 305 pp. ; LCCN: 63-17530 ; OCLC: 681418 ; black cloth in great 1960s style photographic dust jacket ; stories by Robert S. Elegant, Ralph Lowenstein, Peter Kihss, Robert Notson, William Kreger, Flora Lewis, Wilfrid Fleisher, Everest Derthick, RIchard Witkin, Henry Giniger, Stuart Loory, William Dwight, Kim Willenson, John Hulteng, David B. Rogers, Sache de Gramont, Larry Jinks, Carl W. Ackerman, Ahmed Emin Yalman, John Tebbel, Mort Stern, William McGaffin, Walter J. Pfister, Otto D. Tolischus, Robert E. Garst, Michael Ogden, Howard Dietz, Mathew Gordon, Frank Scully, Herbert Brucker, M. Lincoln Schuster, Maxwell F. Geffen, Hal Borland, Damon Stetson, Charles T. Alexander, Jr., F. F. McNaughton, J. R. Gallagher, Henry Beetle Hough, Milton Bracker, Josepoh Jones, John Ho henberg, Richard Schaap, John Crider, A. D. Rothman, Dorothy Ducas, Theodore M. Bernstein, Vance Packard, Wayne Parrish, Elliott Sanger, Betsy Wade, Henrietta Poynter, William GIles, Robert M. Hall, Douglas Tomlinson, David Frown, George Allen, Gerald Green, Oliver Gramling, Dallas S. TOwnsend, Jr., Jules Bergman, and Reuven Frank ; slight foxing ; VG/FINE. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 416 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. ; ISBN: 0895770687; 9780895770684 LCCN: 79-88053 ; LC: AG5; Dewey: 031/.02; OCLC: 6524936 ; color pictorial boards ; no dustjacket ; "Presents 300 articles containing little-known information about 'things' that figure in everyday life, such as advertising, shoe polish, ketchup, pajamas, and zippers." ; Contents: Acronym - Automobile -- Balloon - Button -- Calendar - Crossword puzzle -- Decimal system - Dye -- Elevator - Eyeglasses -- Fad - Funeral -- Gadget - Guitar -- Hairstyle - Hypodermic -- Ice cream - Iron -- Jacket - Jury -- Ketchup - Knife, fork, spoon -- Lawn - Lock and key -- Magazine - Mustard -- Nail - Numbers -- Oil - Orange, lemon, lime -- Packaging - Purse -- Quiz show - Quilt -- Radio - Rug -- Safe - Symbiosis -- Table linen - Typewriter -- Umbrella - Uniform -- Vaccine - Vitamins -- Washing machine - Wine -- X-Ray -- Yawn - Yoghurt -- Zipper - Zoo. ; Vantage points -- Advertising -- Designs -- Images -- Renderings -- Technical genius ; containes 300 articles ; FINE. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Photos by Martyn Lewis (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLACK PEN, ON HALF TITLE PAGE 'Warmest wishes, Martyn Lewis'. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, back corners very slightly rubbed, some faint fingerprint soiling to page fore edges, not price clipped (£20.00), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 960pp, illustrated endpapers. A series of remarkable interviews at a key point in the lives of 67 famous people, some of the movers and shakers of the nineties, answering frankly the skillful questioning of one of the UK's best known TV news anchormen. Here, in their own words, you will find the considered thoughts and experiences of fascinating men and women from a wide range of professions, including Dame Judi Dench, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Lord Sebastian Coe, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Billy Connolly, Michael Palin, Sir David Frost, Sir Richard Branson, Andrew Marr, Sir Norman Foster, Lord Maurice Saatchi, Sir George Martin, Sir Cameron Mackintosh, Nick Park, Sir Cliff Richard, Dame Stella Rimington, Sir Terry Wogan, Sir Jackie Stewart, Tony Blair, Shimon Peres and FW de Klerk. Some, like Baron Yehudi Menuhin, Richard Holbrook, George Carmen QC and Dame Cicely Saunders are no longer with us, but they leave behind their wise counsel. First published in 1997, these many interpretations of success are a snapshot in time, but also timeless and probably more relevant and helpful than ever in the current difficult times in which we live. A huge heavy book, extra postage may be required. Scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).

hard. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) 'THE BOOK EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT' THE TIMES 'A COMEDY FOR OUR TIMES' GUARDIAN _________________ 'It was tempting to think, at times like this, that some bizarre hysteria had gripped the British people' Beginning eight years ago on the outskirts of Birmingham, where car factories have been replaced by Poundland, and London, where frenzied riots give way to Olympic fever, Middle England follows a brilliantly vivid cast of characters through a time of immense change. There are newlyweds Ian and Sophie, who disagree about the future of the country and, possibly, the future of their relationship; Doug, the political commentator who writes impassioned columns about austerity from his Chelsea townhouse, and his radical teenage daughter who will stop at nothing in her quest for social justice; Benjamin Trotter, who embarks on an apparently doomed new career in middle age, and his father Colin, whose last wish is to vote in the European referendum. And within all these lives is the story of modern England: a story of nostalgia and delusion; of bewilderment and barely-suppressed rage. Following in the footsteps of The Rotters' Club and The Closed Circle , Jonathan Coe's new novel is the novel for our strange new times. _________________ 'Brilliantly funny ' Economist 'A writer of uncommon decency' Observer 'A pertinent, entertaining study of a nation in crisis' Financial Times , Books of the Year 'Superb' The Times '[Coe's] light, funny writing makes you feel better' Evening Standard 'Very, very funny' Stylist 'Coe is as funny and tender as ever' Grazia 'Exceptionally good' BBC Radio 4, Saturday Review 'The great chronicler of Englishness' Independent.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 327 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, plates ; 32 cm. Notes; Includes index. Contents; Partial contents And now / Gertrude Stein (pages 280-281). Introduction. A fair kept / Cleveland Amory -- Frank Crowninshield, editor, man, and uncle / Frederic Bradlee -- In vanity fair / Frank Crowninshield -- Early memories of De Wolf Hopper / Joseph H. Choate -- Force of heredity, and nella / Anita Loos -- Sarah Bernhardt here again / Arthur Johnson -- Memory of Eleonora Duse / Arthur Symons -- Have they attacked Mary. he giggled / Gertrude Stein -- Men: a hate song / Dorothy Rothschild (Dorothy Parker) -- Modern love, by a modern French poet / Paul Geraldy -- Hall of fame 1914-1918 -- Poems / Michael Strange -- All about the income-tax / P.G. Wodehouse -- Confessions of a jail-breaker / Harry Houdini -- Weather-vane points south / Amy Lowell -- First hundred plays are the hardest / Dorothy Parker -- Social life of the newt / Robert C. Benchley -- Hall of fame 1919 -- William Somerset Maugham / Hugh Walpole -- Soul of skylarking / G.K. Chesterton -- Poems / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Golden age of the dandy / John Peale Bishop -- Adam and Eve / Charles Brackett -- Handy guide for music lovers / Charles N. Drake -- Man who lost himself / Giovanni Papini -- Hall of fame 1920 -- Rhyme and relativity / Louis Untermeyer -- Memoirs of court favourites / Noel Coward -- Love song / Elinor Wylie -- Picture feature: American novelists who have set art above popularity -- Ballad of Yukon Jake / Edward E. Paramore, Jr. -- Lenglen the magnificent / Grantland Rice -- Hall of fame 1921 -- Incredible jeritza / Deems Taylor -- New Hampshire again / Carl Sandburg -- Public and the artist / Jean Cocteau -- Custer's last stand / Donald Ogden Stewart -- Leavetaking (one-act play) / Ferenc Molnar -- Hall of fame 1922 -- David Garrick to John Barrymore / Stark Young -- Strange story / Elinor Wylie -- Symposium: the ten dullest authors -- Poems / T.S. Eliot -- On the approach of middle age / W. Somerset Maugham -- Hall of fame 1923 -- Fred Stone and W.C. Fields / Gilbert Seldes -- Importance of comic genius / Aldous Huxley -- Picture feature: great modern athletes -- Mrs. Fiske: an artist and a personality / Mary Cass Canfield -- Hall of fame 1924 -- One evening / Colette -- Three poems / Walter de la Mare -- Song / Helen Choate -- Memorabilia / E.E. Cummings -- Black blues / Carl van Vechten -- Big casino is little casino (three-act play) / George S. Kaufman -- Symposium: a group of artists write their own epitaphs -- Charlie Chaplin and his new film, The Gold Rush / R.E. Sherwood -- Hall of fame 1925 -- Murder of Captain White / Edmund Pearson -- Western disunion / Geoffrey Kerr -- Rudolph Valentino / Jim Tully -- Symposium: the ideal woman -- Poems of youth and age / Theodore Dreiser -- Hall of fame 1926 -- Blazing publicity / Walter Lippmann -- Picture feature: neighbors at Antibes -- Sort of defense of mothers / Heywood Broun -- Irving Thalberg / Jim Tully -- Last day / Michel Corday -- Birth of a great artist / Andre Maurois -- Theory and Lizzie Borden / Alexander Woollcott -- Hall of fame 1927 -- Three Americans / Charles G. Shaw -- Very critical gentleman / Max Beerbohm -- Outlived thing / Compton Mackenzie -- Deserted battlefields / D.H. Lawrence -- Too general public / Andre Gide -- Hall of fame 1928 -- Captain's memoirs / Alexander Woollcott -- Mental hazards of golf / Robert T. Jones, Jr. -- "God rest you merry, gentlemen ." / Gilbert W. Gabriel -- Duel without seconds / Djuna Barnes -- This modern living / Arnold Bennett -- Hall of fame 1929 -- Art of dying / Paul Morand -- Two-time / Margaret Case Harriman -- Picture feature: child prodigies -- Mystery of Stroppingwallingshire Downs / Philip Wylie -- Tired men and business women / Geoffrey Kerr -- Hall of fame 1930 -- Picture feature: who's zoo? -- Picture feature: Raoul Dufy, painter of Paris -- Lord of the loincloth / George Slocombe -- Hall of fame 1931 -- Babe / Paul Gallico -- Ordeal by cheque / Wuther Grue -- Twilight of the inkstained gods / Alva Johnston -- Impossible interview: Rockefeller vs. Stalin / Miguel Covarrubias, John Riddell -- Impossible interview: Garbo vs. Coolidge / Miguel Covarrubias, John Riddell -- Smiles on the faces of tigers / Charles Fitzhugh Talman -- Picture feature: as a man thinketh -- Pearly beach / Lord Dunsany -- Picture feature: private lives of the great -- Lydia and the ring-doves / Kay Boyle -- Picture feature: Vanity Fair's school for actors / Joyful James / Clare Boothe -- Picture feature: on the public's beach -- Hall of fame 1932 -- How unlike we are! / Harold Nicolson -- Now there is peace / Richard Sherman -- Picture feature: my, how you have grown -- Sister Aimee: Bernhardt of the sawdust trail / Joseph H. Steele -- White poppies die / Nancy Hale -- President Roosevelt's inauguration / Miguel Covarrubias -- Dixie nocture / Frank Sullivan -- Time and a half / John Riddell -- Picture feature: American potentates (and our national pastime) -- Picture feature: history repeats -- Inflation for Ida / Frank Sullivan -- Hall of fame 1933 -- Thoughts on sin, and advertising / Frank Crowninshield -- Little Caruso / William Saroyan -- Picture feature: male and female, we create them -- Murder in Le Mans / Janet Flanner -- Picture feature: where did you come from, baby dear? -- Picture feature: actor into philanthropist -- Movies take over the stage / George Jean Nathan -- And now / Gertrude Stein -- Picture feature: even kings relax -- Picture feature: celebrities in bed -- Picture feature: hey you, mind your manners! -- Bucharest Du Barry / John Gunther -- Street / Allan Seager -- Valentine for Mr. Woollcott / Dorothy Parker -- Hall of fame 1934 -- Blunders in print / Edmund Pearson -- Time and the place / Frank Fenton -- Pi.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Hardcover, 299 pages, NOT ex-library. Book is clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Minor handling wear. Issued without a dust jacket. -- Volume 26 offers a collection of 10 essays on both Shakespearean and non-Shakespearean drama. It features new work on Othello, the date of 1 Henry VI, and Richard III's fore-lives. Authors explore Shakespeare's contemporary playwrights, showcased in essays on Samuel Daniel, Thomas Heywood, Thomas Dekker, Philip Massinger, John Marston, Henry Shirley. Theatrical performance is examined in an essay about embedded masques and dramatized desire.

Private binding hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 681 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Allover very good and clean. - INDEX: Bleisch, Pamela. On Choosing a Spouse: Aeneid 7.378-384 and Callimachus Epigram 1 -- Bond, Robin Sparks. Homeric Echoes in the Rhesus -- Byre, Calvin S. Distant Encounters: the Prometheus and Phaethon Episodes in the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius -- Carney, Elizabeth Donnelly. Alexander and Persian Women -- Cueva, Edmund P. Plutarch s Ariadne in Chariton s Chaereas and Callirhoe -- Dillery, John. Reconfiguring the Past: Thyrea, Thermopylae, and Narrative Patterns in Herodotus -- Dunn, Francis M. Antiphon on Time -- Erp Taalman Kip, A. Maria van. Truth in Tragedy. When are We Entitled to Doubt a Character s Words? -- Finkelberg, Aryeh. Plato s Method in the Timaeus -- Franko, George Fredric. The Characterization of Hanno in Plautus Poenulus -- Gray, Vivienne J. Herodotus and the Image of Tyranny: The Tyrants of Corinth -- Hall, Jon. Social Evasion and Aristocratic Manners in Cicero s De Oratore -- Harrison, S. J. Hereditary Eloquence among the Torquati: Catullus 61.209-18 -- Heckel, Waldemar. Origines Veliae in Pompeius Trogus, Prologue 18 -- Konstan, David. Greek Friendship -- Kyriakou, Poulcheria. A Variation of the Pindaric Break-Off in Nemean 4 -- Ludwig, Paul W. Politics and Eros in Aristophanes Speech: Symposium 191e-192c and the Comedies -- Mayer, Kenneth. Helen and the [Dios boyle] -- Mitchell-Boyask, Robin N. Sine Fine: Vergil s Masterplot -- Ormand, Kirk. Silent by Convention? Sophocles Tekmessa -- Parker, Holt N. Plautus vs. Terence: Audience and Popularity Re-examined -- Prior, Richard E. Going around Hungry: Topography and Poetics in Martial 2.14 -- Reckford, Kenneth J. Brief Mention: Shameless Interests: The Decent Scholarship of Indecency -- Rundin, John. A Politics of Eating: Feasting in Early Greek Society -- Stadter, Philip A. Brief Mention: The Classicist s Thirst -- Sundwall, Gavin A. Ammianus Geographicus -- Zanker, Graham. Pictorial Description as a Supplement for Narrative: the Labour of Augeas Stables in the Heracles Leontophonos -- Book reviews. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

First Paperback Edition. Provenance: Bookplate John F. Ashby. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; x, 552 pages, 23.5 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-546) and index. Contents; 1. Discussing Hymns: The State of the Art -- 2. The Singing of Hymns, and the Experience of Metre -- 3. Laud unto the Lord: The Whole Booke of Psalmes -- 4. Keeping Company with David's Psalms: George Wither and Others -- 5. The Seventeenth-Century Anglican Tradition -- 6. The Journey to Zion: Puritan Psalms and Hymns -- 7. Isaac Watts -- 8. After Watts -- 9. John and Charles Wesley -- 10. Charles Wesley and His Art -- 11. After the Wesleys -- 12. The Romantic Period: Montgomery, Heber, Keble -- 13. The Victorian Hymn -- 14. The Oxford Movement, and the Revival of Ancient Hymnody -- 15. Hymns Ancient and Modern -- 16. Victorian Women Hymn-Writers -- 17. American Hymnody -- 18. Different Traditions -- 19. Into the Twentieth Century. Subjects; Hymns, English History and criticism. RELIGION Institutions & Organizations. RELIGION Christian Rituals & Practice Worship & Liturgy. Hymns, English. Hymnology. Devotional Theology. Hymn Writers. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. 2nd edition, 1st printing ; xxiii, 295 p. : ports. ; 29 cm. ; + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.) in pocket at back endpapers ; ISBN: 1579653146; 9781579653149 LCCN: 2007-271181 ; LC: UB433; Dewey: 355.1/342; B ; OCLC: 71011986 ; Contents : Foreword / President George H. W. Bush -- A special category of hero / Tom Brokaw -- Ennobled by example / Senator John McCain -- When courage is second nature / Victor Davis Hanson -- Fallen heroes -- Profiles of valor -- History of a unique medal -- The pyramid of honor -- A glossary of military terms -- Photographer's note -- Author's note -- Acknowledgments. ; foreword, President George H.W. Bush ; essays, Senator John McCain, Victor Davis Hanson, and Tom Brokaw ; Photographs, Nick Del Calzo ; text Peter Collier ; [published in collaboration with the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation] ; "Since the Civil War more than 39 million men and women have answered the call to serve. Of those, 3,440 served with such uncommon valor and and extraordinary courage that they were presented with the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award. Each of their heroic actions is as unique as the person who performed it, and here more than one hundred of America's living Medal of Honor recipients are honored and their bravery recounted by best-selling author Peter Collier and presented in duotone portraits by award-winning photographer Nick Del Calzo." ; Features photographs and statements by Lucian Adams, John Baca, Nicky Bacon, John Baker, Donald Ballard, William Barber, Van Barfoot, Harvey Barnum, Gary Beikirch, Melvin Biddle, David Bleak, Patrick Brady, Paul Bucha, James Burt, Robert Bush, Hector Cafferata, Jon Cavaiani, William Charette, Ernest Childers, Raymond Clausen, Mike Colalillo, Charles Coolidge, William Crawford, Francis Currey, Edward Dahlgren, Michael Daly, Rudolph Davila, Raymond Davis, Sammy L Davis, George "Bud" Day, Jefferson DeBlanc, Duane Dewey, Drew Dix, Roger DOnlon, Desmond Doss, Russell E Dunham, Walter Ehlers, Henry Erwin, Frederick Ferguson, John Finn, Bernard Fisher, Michael Fitzmaurice, James Fleming, Dugene Fluckey, Robert Foley, Joseph Foss, Wesley Fox, Ed Freeman, Harold Fritz, Robert Galer, Nathan Gordon, Stephen Gregg, Charles Hagemeister, Barney Hajiro, John Hawk, Shizuya Hayashi, James Hendrix, Rodolfo Hernandez, Silvestre Herrera, Freeman Horner, Robert Howard, Thomas Hudner, Einar Ingman, Daniel Inouye, Arthur Jackson, Joe M Jackson, Jack Jacobs, Don Jenkins, Leonard Keller, Thomas G Kelley, Allan Kellogg, Joseph "Bob" Kerrey, Alton Knappenberger, George Lang, Howard Lee, John Levitow, Gary Littrell, James Livingston, Jose Lopez, Jack Lucas, Allen Lynch, Walter Marm, Robert Maxwell, Richard McCool, John McGinty, DAvid McNerney, Gino Merli, Lewis Millett, Hiroshi Miyamura, Ola Mize, Robert Moorezejewski, Raymond Murphy, Charles Murray, Reginald Myers, Robert Nett, Thomas Norris, Michael Novosel, George O'Brien, Robert O'Malley, Nicholas Oresko, Mitchell Paige, Robert Patterson, Richard Pittman, Everett Pope, Alfred Rascon, Ronald Ray, Gordon Roberts, Louis Rocco, Joseph Rodriguez, Ronald Rosser, Tibor Rubin, Donald Rudolph, Alejandro Ruiz, George Sakato, Clarence Sasser, Edward Schowalter, Robert SImanek, Carl Sitter, Richard Sorenson, James Sprayberry, James Stockdale, James Stone, Ken Stumpf, James Swett, James A Taylor, Brian Thacker, Michael Thornton, Leo Thorsness, Jay Vargas, George Wahlen, Ernest West, Gary Wetzel, Paul Wiedorfer, Louis Wilson, and Jay Zeamer ; FINE/FINE. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Large format hardcover, xii + 465 pages, NOT ex-library. Fine interior: clean and bright throughout, with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Boards show moderate handling wear. Issued without a dust jacket. Weight: 1.31kg (please note: extra postage will be required). -- Contents: Preface; Patrick Keiller 1950- (English architect, filmmaker, and essayist) [pages 1-75: Introduction (Biographical Information; Major Works; Critical Reception); Principal Works; Criticism (London: Necropolis of Fretful Ghosts / Iain Sinclair; Not Adaptation but 'Drifting': Patrick Keiller, Daniel Defoe, and the Relationship between Film and Literature / Robert Mayer; 'London Is All Waste': Rubbish in Patrick Keiller's Robinson Films / James Ward; 'A Bridge Between Imagination and Reality Must Be Built': Film and Spatial Critique in the Work of Patrick Keiller / Anthony Kinik; Finisterre: Archiving the London Nobody Wants to Know / Anna Krawczyk-Laskarzewska; Ghost of the Fields: An Interview with Patrick Keiller / Nina Power; English Pastoral: Robinson in Ruins / Mark Fisher; Review of Robinson in Ruins / Chris Darke; Melancholy Landscapes of Modernity: London and Passaic / Jacky Bowring; I Am Here; or, The Art of Getting Lost: Patrick Keiller and the New City Symphony / Patrik Sjoberg; Film in Our Midst: City As Cinematic Archive / Janet Harbord & Rachel Moore; What Is Hauntology? / Mark Fisher; Review of The View from the Train: Cities and Other Landscapes / Owen Hatherley); Further Reading]; Ángeles Mastretta 1949 (Mexican novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, essayist, and journalist) [pages 77-167: Introduction (Biographical Information; Major Works; Critical Reception); Principal Works; Criticism (9 Essays, 3 Reviews); Further Reading]; Arthur Miller 1915-2005, American playwright, short-story and novella writer, novelist, screenwriter, essayist, nonfiction writer, critic, and autobiographer; entry devoted to the play Death of a Salesman (1949) [pages 169-296: Introduction (Plot and Major Characters; Major Themes; Critical Reception); Principal Works; Criticism (Willy Loman and King Lear / Paul N. Siegel; Death of a Salesman: A Symposium / Arthur Miller, Gore Vidal, Richard Watts, John Beaufort, Martin Dworkin, David W. Thompson & Phillip Gelb; Death of a Salesman: A Note on Epic and Tragedy / George de Schweinitz; Personal Failure: The Theme of Loneliness in Modern American Drama; Attention Must Be Paid / Joseph A. Hynes; Memory as Technique and Theme in The Glass Menagerie and The Death of a Salesman / Glenn Man; Women and the American Dream of Death of a Salesman / Kay Stanton; Promised End: The Conclusion of Hoffman's Death of a Salesman / Jonathan Hart; Valentin and Biff: Each Unhappy in His Own Way? / Kimberly K. Cook; Arthur Miller: Time Traveller / Christopher Bigsby; Condition of Tension: Unity of Opposites as Dramatic Form and Vision in Death of a Salesman / Steven R. Centola; Willy Loman: The Tension Between Marxism and Capitalism / George P. Castellitto; + 9 more essays & 1 lecture by Enoch Brater); Further Reading (Author Website; Bibliographies; Biographies)]; Literary Criticism Series Cumulative Author Index [pp 299-422]; Literary Criticism Series Cumulative Topic Index [pp 423-445]; CLC Cumulative Nationality Index [pp 447-463]; CLC-429 Title Index -- Contemporary Literary Criticism assembles critical responses to the writings of the world's most renowned novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, scriptwriters, and other creative writers and provides supplementary biographical context and bibliographic material to guide the reader to a greater understanding of the genres and creators. Each entry includes a set of previously published reviews, essays and other critical responses from sources that include scholarly books and journals, literary magazines, interviews, websites, and other sources, carefully selected to create a representative history and cross-section of critical responses.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 5 volumes, 25 cm. Notes; "Published for the Foundation for the Study of Plural Societies." Contents; Vol. 1. Introduction / W.A. Veenhoven -- From gulag to guitk : political prisons in the USSR today / Stefan T. Possony -- Discrimination against American Blacks / J. Milton Yinger -- Anti-Jewish discrimination since the end of World War II / Joseph Dunner -- Foreign workers in West Germany / Clemens Amelunxen -- Spain: regional, linguistic, and ideological conflict / Manuel Medina -- Peru : portrait of a fragmented society / Georg Maier -- Endangered cultures : the Indian in Latin America / Miguel Leon-Portilla -- The new Indianism and the Menominee of Wisconsin / Victor J. Hanby -- Discrimination in the Arab Middle East / Costa Luca -- Suffering and struggle of the Kurds / L.M. von Taubinger -- The Kabyls : an oppressed minority in North Africa / Emmanuel Sivan -- Discrimination in Pakistan : national, provincial, tribal / Albert E. Levak -- Inter-ethnic conflict in Africa / W.J. Breytenback -- Ethnic minorities in Japan / William Wetherall and George A. Devos -- Human rights in Communist ruled East-Central Europe / Walter Dushnyck -- Pessimism in Australian race relations / Colin Tatz -- The Mongolian nation within the Peoples Republic of China / Paul V. Hyer -- Discrimination in Great Britain / Winifred Crum Ewing. Vol. 2. Ethno-Linguistic cleavage in Belgium / Maurits van Haegendoren -- Discrimination and preferment in the Federal Republic of Germany / Katharina Otzen -- Sequels of alienation : West Indian migrants in Britain / Christopher Bagley -- Marriage and women in Islamic Countries / Clemens Amelunxen -- Israeli society : authoritarian traditionalism versus pluralist democracy / Georges R. Tamarin -- The Kurds : another perspective / Emmanuel Sivan -- Discrimination in India / S.R. Mohan Das -- The caste system in Sri Lanka / D. Wickramanayake -- Ethnic discrimination in Fiji : an Indian view / R.K. Vasil -- The Papuans of Irian Jaya (West New Guinea) / Justus M. van der Kroef -- Discrimination against foreigners of Japanese descent in Japan / Jiro Suzuki and Mickey Sakamoto -- Government in the plural society : the South African model / Denis Worrall -- Discrimination in Australia and New Zealand / John S. Western -- Indians in American cities / Victor J. Hanby -- Occupation inequality in urban Mexico / Susan Eckstein -- Discrimination against Minorities in China / Sechin Jagchid -- Anti-Semitism in the Russian orbit / Stefan T. Possony -- Discrimination and abuse of power in the USSR / Walter Dushnyck. Vol. 3. Ethnic politics in Malaysia / H.S. Leng -- Towards Indian self-determination in Colombia / Stephen Corry -- Discrimination in Sri Lanka / K.M. de Silva -- Inter-group conflict and tension in contemporary India / L.P. Vidyarthi -- The Netherlands : truly plural? / Sue Masterman and Anton Koene -- Homogeneity and pluralism in the Middle East : the case of Lebanon / Moshe Ma oz -- The abuse of human rights in Indonesia / Carmel Budiardjo -- Political problems of a minority group in Japan : recent conflicts in Brok liberation movements / Hiroshi Wagatsuma -- Discrimination in Mara Whitcombe / David Hamilton and Mara Whitcombe -- Oppression and persecution in communist China / Warren Kuo -- The South-East Asian Chinese : accommodation without acceptance / Jerome R. Bass -- Cuba : the new dominant caste / Herminion Portell-Vilá -- Cultural pluralism and discrimination in Australia : with special reference to white minority groups / Jerzy Zubrzycki -- America's minorities / S.J. Makielski, Jr. -- Black-white relations in Iberian America : on the 'miscegenated-infused" racial system / Mauricio Solaún -- The French language and the constitutional status of French Canadians / Edward McWhinney -- The backward classes in India / André Béteille -- The Harkis : from involvement to exile / Jacques Leguèbe -- Military governments in communally divided societies : their impact upon national integration / Eric A. Nordlinger -- Discrimination and the Maoris in New Zealand / Richard Thompson. Vol. 4. Mozambique under FRELIMO rule / Jacques Leguèbe -- The Lapps of Sweden / Eric Brodin -- Group discrimination in Orissa / L.K. Mahapatra -- A Christian minority: the Copts in Egypt / Y. Masriya -- Ethnic discrimination in Rwanda and Burundi / Jeremy Greenland -- The balancing act : quota hiring in higher education / George Roche -- Race and class in Indonesia : pattern of discrimination and conflict / Justus M. van der Kroef -- The Southern Sudan civil war / Arye Oded -- Ethnic discrimination and conflict : the case of the Korean minority in Japan / Changsoo Lee -- Uganda : the expulsion of the Asians / Charles Harrison -- Gender discrimination / Clarize Stasz -- The manhunts : Aché Indians in Paraguay / Mark Münzel -- Discrimination in Northern Ireland : the protests response / Sarah Nelson -- The Arabs as slavers / John Laffin -- The problems of national minorities in the Soviet Union / Edward J. Rozek -- Cyprus : the Greek and Turkish confrontation / Michel and Eirwen Harbottle -- The persecution of Christians in the U.S.S.R. / Michael Bourdeaux. Vol. 5. Discrimination and conflict in Northern Ireland / David E. Schmitt -- Human rights in Northern Ireland / Winifred Crum Ewing -- The case of the Jews from Arab countries : a neglected issue / Maurice M. Roumani -- Malaysia's forgotten people : education, cultural identity and socio-economic mobility among South Indian plantation workers / N.J. Colletta -- Sex discrimination : theory and research / Constantina Safilios-Rothschild -- The changing context of American race relations : urban Blacks and structural shifts in the economy / William J. Wilson -- Racism in Britain : management concept, 1948-1975 / Chris Mullard -- Holocaust in Burund.

Full leather. Condition: Fine - As New. Alan Phillips (illustrator). Collector's Edition. Fine+/As New condition with no flaws. A handsome dark brown full leather Collector's Edition of Edward Albee's classic work, signed by him on the signature page. The year of publication of this book is unclear: the copyright page indicates the year 1990, the copy of the Certificate of Authenticity (included) indicates Mr. Albee signed it in 2006, and we received it in 2007. Nonetheless a beautiful copy of Albee's masterpiece, with gold gilt cover designs and page edges, moire silk endpapers and bound-in silk bookmark. In fine unread condition opened for this listing and then rewrapped. Also includes the publisher's Note from Easton Press. Easton Press publications are bound for decades of use and durability. The 1962 Broadway play ignited controversy from its inception and earned Albee the prestigious Pulitzer Prize. Critics, though divided, acknowledged its provocative nature, with one lamenting its simultaneous attraction and repulsion, while another, in close proximity to the Pulitzer Prize board, denounced it as "filthy". The narrative, unflinching in its portrayal of an unhappy marriage, unfolds across three acts: "Fun and Games," "Walpurgisnacht" (Night of the Witches), and concludes with "The Exorcism." The subsequent black-and-white film adaptation achieved unprecedented popularity, nearing the million-dollar mark, an extraordinary feat for its time. This success led to its global dissemination, with productions staged in major cities such as Tokyo, Berlin, and Paris. Despite critical acclaim and literary endorsement, the play's exploration of dark themes, notably its perceived "vulgarity" encompassing sex, substance abuse, and profanity, stirred controversy. When Warner Brothers acquired the play rights for half a million dollars in 1964, it ignited debates on American censorship, prompting challenges to prevailing regulatory bodies such as the Production Code Administration and the Legion of Decency. The studio, seeking commercial viability while navigating societal sensibilities, proposed the removal of numerous profanities and anatomical references from the script. However, the finalized film, featuring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, retained much of the original controversial content, thereby challenging the constraints of its era. Albee, defending his work against accusations of vulgarity and poor taste, elucidated its multi-layered nature, inviting audiences to engage with its complexities beyond surface realism. Within the seemingly mundane domestic setting lies a tapestry of existential themes, including the interplay between masculine and feminine archetypes, the tension between progress and destruction, and the generational conflict symbolized by the characters of Martha, George, Nick, and Honey. Beneath the facade of a dinner party lies an unexpected narrative of horror. The enigmatic title, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" recurs within the play, inviting myriad interpretations. Some discern allusions to virginity/innocence and predation/exploitation, while others delve into existential inquiries regarding reality versus illusion and the existential fear of mortality. Albee himself traced the title's origin to a Greenwich Village bar, where it appeared as graffiti, symbolizing the fear of confronting life without comforting illusions. Albee's correspondence with Leonard Woolf, husband of Virginia Woolf, reveals a nuanced connection between the play and Woolf's literary exploration of marital discord. Woolf's own commentary on marriage resonates with the themes depicted in Albee's work, further intertwining their narratives. In a letter to Albee, Leonard Woolf refers to Virginia's own "Lappin and Lapinova," a short story where a deeply unhappy couple create an illusory world where they live as rabbits. Very David Lynch. For deeper insights into the intertwined legacies of Albee and Woolf, Natania Rosenfield's "Outsiders Together: Virginia and Leonard Woolf" and William Flanagan's "The Art of Theater No. Edward Albee" offer invaluable resources for enthusiasts of both writers. Albee lived in an incredible 6,000-square-foot loft that served as a former cheese warehouse in a popular NYC neighborhood.