Softcover. Cambridge University Press, reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 314 pages. Essays on language, action and interpretation. This is a collection in translation of essays by Paul Ricoeur which presents a comprehensive view of his philosophical hermeneutics, its relation to the views of his predecessors in the tradition and its consequences for the social sciences. The major theme that unites his writings is that of a philosophical anthropology. This anthropology, which Ricoeur came to call an anthropology of the "capable human being," aims to give an account of the fundamental capabilities and vulnerabilities that human beings display in the activities that make up their lives.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 40 pages. Color illustrations by Nonny Hogrogian. Shows wear, some stains to dust jacket, internally clean. Hardcover.

Hardcover. NY, Golden Press, 1st , 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color pictures by Ronald Himler. Previous owner's bookplate opposite title-page.

Hardcover. Manila, Capitol Publishing House, 3rd Pr., 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with gilt lettering on front cover. Originally published as a oversize softcover (10 X 12 1/2"), here bound in hardcovers. 152 pages with 481 numbered images in b&w, Maps, drawings, photographs. Printed on cheap paper stock with heavy paper wrapper. Several short tears to about 20 pages, no paper loss. Otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 112 pages. Hal Foster's masterpiece of adventure enters its second decade as Valiant and Aleta journey to "The New World" a 16-month epic that allows Foster to draw some of his spectacular native Canadian backgrounds, and during which Aleta gives birth to Arn and acquires her Indian nurse, Tillicum. Most of the rest of the book is taken up with the action-packed five-month sequence "The Mad King" during which Val, back at Camelot, confronts the evil, fat little King Tourien of Cornwall.This volume will be rounded off with an essay by Foster scholar Brian M. Kane (The Prince Valiant Companion) discussing Foster's depiction of "Indians" as it relates to other interpretations of the times, accompanied by various graphic goodies such as a previously unpublished camping cartoon by Foster from circa 1915, some of Foster's Mountie paintings, Foster's own map of Val's voyage to/from the New World, and more rare photos and art. As always, this volume is shot directly from Foster's personal collection of syndicate proofs, their glorious colors restored to create an unprecedentedly sumptuous reading experience.

Hardcover. Taschen, 1st trade, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 368 pages. "A photographer once said that beauty in women is endless. Perhaps it was I who said it. I love photographing women and could say that the form of the female body is absolute and perfect. "Master photographer Ralph Gibson returns with an exquisite collection of nudes, combining the best of his work with an in-depth interview by Eric Fischl. Strikingly graphic, meticulously composed, and loaded with subtle provocations, Gibson's mysterious, dreamlike images pay homage to greats such as Man Ray and Edward Weston, while continually pursuing new frontiers. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace And Company, 1st, 1937, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, terra-cotta cloth with orange lettering. Beautiful full page illustrations done in khaki, black, rust and green by the author. Forward by Frank Boas. A tale based on the author's own knowledge of life in the South American jungles of a ten year old boy who goes deep into the jungle looking for honey. He forgets how his father always marks his trail, and so gets lost. This is the story of how he escapes the dangers of the jungle and finds his way back to the river and his family. Author Elizabeth K Steen (1886-1938) was an explorer and anthropologist who traveled in South America. Ex-lib. Worn at corners and spine ends. Top of spine torn, frayed.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 352 pages. In this chatty, self-absorbed memoir told with a hefty dose of name-dropping and a devout reverence for fame and fortune, British interior decorator Haslam proudly reveals his intimate connections with many members of British and American high society from the 1950s to the present, from his distant relation to Princess Diana to his brief but adoring encounters with Tallulah Bankhead, Mick Jagger, the Beatles, Joan Crawford, and many more. Indeed his busy social life started young; for most of the first hundred pages he is a fairly wide-eyed ingenue at Eton, followed by stints in London, New York, California, and back to London as a magazine editor, interior designer, and columnist. His has been a life where everyone and everything is darling and divine; in his world, elevator doors open to reveal Salvador Dali, and Andy Warhol is a frequent and amusing dinner companion. While claiming to be telling all, Haslam hides most of what makes many memoirs truly personal and affecting; in exchange readers get a chance to feel as if they are on a first-name basis with the stars. His superficial obsession with high society is, still, highly entertaining and refreshingly honest, and will delight those who travel in international circles of design and fashion.

Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins , 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Helquist and SIGNED BY HELQUIST on front fly leaf. Like new a dust jacket. Roger is too jolly to be a pirate. He does not scowl, growl, or strike fear into sailors' hearts like his pirate friends. So poor Roger is sent away whenever there is any real pirating to be done. Then one day, in the middle of a great battle, Jolly Roger cooks up a wonderful idea . . . and pirate ships will never be the same again!

Hardcover. NY, powerHouse, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 128 pages. Acclaimed photographer Larry Fink's behind-the-scenes photographs from the fashion shows in Milan, New York, and Paris, Fink's distinctive take of the perversely unusual world of fashion teases, baits, and whets our morbid fascination with its glamour with humor and style like no other photographer possibly could. B&w photos throughout.

Softcover. Dobbs Ferry NY, Morgan & Morgan, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, oblong format, 207 pages. Introduction by Robert Coles. Cover laminate is wrinkled otherwise clean, very good. "Many of Russell Lee's images are as familiar as a well-loved folk song, particularly those depicting the life of rural and small-town America during the Great Depression, however, the man behind them has largely remained in the shadows. This volume is the first book-length retrospective of Russell Lee's life and work as a documentary photographer of rare acuity and sensitivity."

Hardcover. NY, D. Appleton and Co., 1st, 1903, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with light blue and gilt stamping. 281 pages, 8 b&w plates. From a private library, bookplate, light marking.

Hardcover. NY, Hurd and Houghton, 2nd Ed., 1869, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark green pebbled cloth with a gilt-stamped title on the spine and bright gilt illustration of the author riding a donkey on the front cover. Second Edition (first: 1868) of the American illustrator's trip to England and the Continent undertaken in 1867-68. 192 pages, 88 plates & text illus. (incl. frontis.) engraved on wood by J. Augustus Bogert & James L.Langridge after drawings by the author. Darley's volume is composed of excerpts from letters written home concerning his travels around the states and Europe. His sketches illuminate the scenes described in his letters. The final page is a charming self-portrait in miniature, of Darley tipping his cap to the reader for their time. A whimsical collection of brief travel vignettes. Inscribed on the first blank page. Bright copy in exceptional condition.

Softcover. New York, Vintage, 1st paperback., 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 213 pages, softcover uncorrected proof. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Minor corner wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. Los Angeles, Santa Susana Press, Ltd. Ed., 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, unnumbered, one of 198. 32 pages, one hundred ninety-nine copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom. Designed by Ward Ritchie. Navy blue cloth with gilt stamping. Clean copy.

Softcover. London, Sotheby's, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 87 pages. Softcover with light edgewear to paper wrappers. Clean, tight copy. Color photographs throughout.

Hardcover. NY, Lothrop, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by the author. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Acclaimed British children's author and artist Shirley Hughes presents a selection of poetry and prose in this winter-time collection, with text accompanied by her atmospheric illustrations. The nine selections here include six poems and three stories, one of them wordless. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Racine WI, Whitman Publishing Co., 1938, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, paper-covered pictorial boards with green cloth spine. Wear to cover corners. Spine separating from binding but binding still holding. Color plates, b&w illustrations.

Hardcover. NY, Dial, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Friso Henstra. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping.

Hardcover. NY, Norton, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 104 pages. SIGNED BY JACKSON on the title page. Clean.

Softcover. Atlantic Highlands NJ, Humanities Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 329 pages. A Marxian perspective on anthropology. Sections are pre-capitalist societies with hunter-gatherers, pastoralists, lineage-based societies and the Asiatic mode of production; and recent Marxian studies, rethinking traditional aspects of anthropology, including phenomenological anthropology, the history of the social sciences, world-systems theory, the nature of peripheral societies, and feminist perspectives.

Hardcover. Neshannock PA, Hermes Press, 1st, 2025, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 203 pages. What made many of the great adventure comics of the 1960s so attractive were their fantastic painted covers by artist George Wilson. Wilson also turned in hundreds of painted covers for paperback books that range from The Phantom and Flash Gordon to romance, adventure and war titles, all illustrated in the extensive survey of his work. Unlike the majority of comic book covers of the era, Wilson's covers harkened back to the era of pulp magazines and were spectacularly eye-catching. He turned in efforts for literally hundreds of comics titles - this important monograph on the artist provides examples of every genre he worked in. Presented are cover paintings scanned from the original artwork from Classics Illustrated, The Twilight Zone, Ripley's Believe It or Not, Doctor Solar, Magnus Robot Fighter, Turok, Son of Stone, Star Trek, Korak, Son of Tarzan, Mighty Samson, Brothers of the Spear, Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery, Space Family Robinson, Dark Shadows, and The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor to name but a few. This new art book focuses on over 300 examples of his cover art accompanied by an introduction by famed artist Joe Jusko, an exhaustive essay by Anthony Taylor and the only interview Wilson ever gave. Clean copy.

Softcover. Chicago, The Martin D'Arcy Gallery of Art, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 72 pages. B&w illustrations. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons , 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. color illustrations by Polacco. After spending the summer with her artist grandmother, Trisha knows she wants to be an artist, too. She's thrilled when her sketches get her into Miss Chew's special art class at the high school. A substitute teacher tells her she's wasting time on art when she should be studying - but fortunately, this is one battle that Miss Chew and Trisha are up for! This true story shows just how important a teacher can be in a child's life - and celebrates the power of art itself. Clean copy.