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Hardcover. Ann Arbor MI, University of Michigan Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 250 pages, b&w illustrations. The story of the inhabitants of Lari, a village in the Colca Valley of the Andes, and their struggle with three forces in their endeavor to find and use water--the drive of individuals to accumulate resources and wealth, the interest of the predatory state, and gravity. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Basic Books, 1st pbk., 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 577 pages. In a panoramic history of our criminal justice system from Colonial times to today, one of our foremost legal thinkers shows how America fashioned a system of crime and punishment in its own image. Clean, like new.

Softcover. New Brunswick NJ, Rutgers University Press, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 321 pages. Culture Builders deals primarily with the ways in which ideas about the good and proper life were anchored in the trivialities and routines of everyday life in Sweden, in the sharing of a meal, in holiday-making, and in the upbringing of children. The authors describe how the attitudes of the bourgeoisie toward time and time-keeping set them apart from the peasantry. Uses and perceptions of naturals increasingly divided the classes. For peasants, nature consisted of natural resources to be used. Fr the bourgeoisie, nature had only non-productive connotations. Another change was the growing importance of home over the community. Life became a romantic ideal, not an economic necessity. For the first time, parents became self-conscious about how to raise their children. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Strasburger, Pfeiffer & Co., 1st, 1877, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in worn blue cloth covers with gilt stamping, 688 pages. Strasburger Pfeiffer and Company was a department store located in New York City in the 1870s, at 392 and 394 Broadway between White and Walker Streets. It sold a wide variety of merchandise from glassware and china to musical instruments and pipes. It's toy department was especially large. This volume contains prices and is profusely illustrated with many b&w engraved illustrations of it's offerings. While the soiled covers are dinged and worn, the interior is pristine. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. International customers please ask for a shipping quote before purchasing.

Hardcover. NY, McGraw Hill, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 601 pages. Detailing production design for theater, opera, and ballet, Designing and Drawing for the Theater provides a professional picture and encyclopedic reference of the design process. Lavishly illustrated with detailed lined drawings and photographs, the book conveys the beauty and excitement of production design. To further convey a real-life picture of the design process, each chapter is followed by a conversation with an outstanding designer working in today's theater. Old price label on rear cover, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Reinhold, 1st US, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 104 pages, many b&w illustrations and diagrams. A handbook of scenic design written by the designer of the LAMDA Theatre, opened in London in 1963 . Part one, illustrated with 60 designs including four in color, includes a survey of five centuries of scenic art, and a history of worldwide theater practice. Part two includes line drawings and diagrams in an explanation of planning, building, painting, and setting up stage scenery: with advice on open stage and arena productions, and the use of new materials. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, NYU Press, 3rd pr., 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 292 pages. Over two million people are incarcerated in America's prisons and jails, eight times as many since 1975. Mandatory minimum sentencing, parole agencies intent on sending people back to prison, three-strike laws, for-profit prisons, and other changes in the legal system have contributed to this spectacular rise of the general prison population. After overseeing the largest city jail system in the country, Michael Jacobson knows first-hand the inner workings of the corrections system. In Downsizing Prisons, he convincingly argues that mass incarceration will not, as many have claimed, reduce crime nor create more public safety. Simply put, throwing away the key is not the answer. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, TOR Books, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 378 pages. The concluding book of the "Homecoming" series. High above the earth orbits the starship Basilica. On board the huge vessel is a sleeping woman. Of those who made the journey, Shedemai alone has survived the hundred of years since the Children of Wetchik returned to Earth. She now wears the Cloak of the Starmaster, and the Oversoul wakes her sometimes to watch over her descendants on the planet below. The population has grown rapidly--there are cities and nations now, whole peoples descended from the who followed Nafai or Elemak. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, TOR Books, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 350 pages. The children of Wetchik are ready to board the starship Basilica and embark on their journey from the planet Harmony back to the origin of humanity: Earth. However, the rivalry between Nafai and Elemak promises the journey will be anything but peaceful. Each faction already has hidden plans to prematurely awaken from the long hibernation, to have the upper hand when the landing occurs. The author's fourth book of the Homecoming Saga, a fictionalization of the first few hundred years recorded in the Book of Mormon. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, William Sloane Associates , 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with faded spine, 286 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Edwin Arlington Robinson. Index. Name on front fly leaf otherwise a clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston , Ginn and Co., 1st, 1888, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, textured black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 344 pages plus publisher's ads. First printing of this landmark math textbook. Presents foundational ideas clearly and builds toward advanced topics like conic sections, poles and polars, and systems of circles, all with practical problems to reinforce understanding. Ideal for students seeking a solid, disciplined approach to analytic geometry in one integrated volume. Organized in a clear, chapter-by-chapter sequence, the book begins with points, lines, and the geometry of straight lines, then advances through the circle, conic sections, and their modern general forms. It emphasizes methods, transformations, and the relationships between geometric figures and their equations, with numerous exercises to test and deepen comprehension. Author was a Professor of Mathematics at MIT. Light pencil marking to several pages, endpapers. Sound copy.

Softcover. NY, Fireside/Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 135 pages, b&w illustrations. Photographs taken in 1956 show Elvis Presley on the road, in rehearsal, backstage with fans, and in concert. A treasure trove of rare Presley photographs shot by Atlanta photographer Jay B. Leviton, who was on assignment for Collier's magazine during August, 1956. Leviton's unrestricted access to Elvis produced first-rate candids, portraits and concert sequences of Elvis's early triumphant years. 130 photographs. Introduction by Kurt Loder. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped with gilt lettering and design. Published February 1928 on copyright page with no other printings. Front hinge cracked, rear hinge partially cracked. Otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Softcover. New Directions, 2nd pr., 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, These poems on European themes by the author of Her (his Paris novel) and the enduring A Coney Island of the Mind were mostly written during the last seven years and, in the poet's words, are "transformations and transitions looking westward to America and beyond." Flowing from France to Italy to the Netherlands, on to Germany, back to France, and finally toward America, they follow Ferlinghetti's own recent journeying. The poems progress geographically and chronologically with a cohesive development of ideas and themes. Clean, like new.

Softcover. Minneapolis MN, University Of Minnesota Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 312 pages. Collins looked at the role of African American women in the feminist movement. Here she focuses on the prejudices they face. Collins discusses the culture of silence in which African American women are seen but not heard, making them outsiders within their own race. She notes that their accomplishments are often ignored, especially when the women transcend expectations. She points to Mary McLeod Bethune, whose role in FDR's administration is often overlooked, and Angela Davis, who found that her Civil Rights work boiled down to her Afro hairdo. Collins discusses the need for African American women to avoid being segmented into areas the present culture finds acceptable. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers, gilt title on spine. 537 pages, 4 b&w plates by Glackens. A novel by the nineteenth-century French detective fiction writer Emile Gaboriau, whom Andre Gide referred to as "the father of all current detective fiction". The story centers on a mysterious robbery at the bank of M. Andre Fauvel, where a significant sum of three hundred and fifty thousand francs has vanished without a trace. As the investigation unfolds, the primary suspect emerges as Prosper Bertomy, the bank's head cashier, leading to a tense exploration of loyalty, betrayal, and the pursuit of justice. Name on front fly leaf, mild scrathes to cover, otherwise clean.

Softcover. NY, NYRB Classics, reprint, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 924 pages. The Balkan Trilogy is the story of a marriage and of a war, a vast, teeming, and complex masterpiece in which Olivia Manning brings the uncertainty and adventure of civilian existence under political and military siege to vibrant life. Manning's focus is not the battlefield but the cafe and kitchen, the bedroom and street, the fabric of the everyday world that has been irrevocably changed by war, yet remains unchanged. At the heart of the trilogy are newlyweds Guy and Harriet Pringle, who arrive in Bucharest--the so-called Paris of the East--in the fall of 1939, just weeks after the German invasion of Poland. Guy, an Englishman teaching at the university, is as wantonly gregarious as his wife is introverted, and Harriet is shocked to discover that she must share her adored husband with a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Other surprises follow: Romania joins the Axis, and before long German soldiers overrun the capital. The Pringles flee south to Greece, part of a group of refugees made up of White Russians, journalists, con artists, and dignitaries. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Tallahassee FL, Sentry Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 224 pages, b&w photos. Signed by Rogers and inscribed by Kate Ireland, owner of Foshalee plantation, on the title page. Foshalee Plantation is a historic quail hunting estate located in northern Leon County, Florida, approximately 12 miles north of Tallahassee, within the Red Hills region spanning the Georgia-Florida border. Originally encompassing around 11,500 acres, it was established in the early 20th century as one of the oldest continuous private quail preserves in the area, transformed from former cotton lands into a managed hunting retreat for northern elites. The plantation, associated with prominent families including the Whitneys, Clarks, Irelands, and Ingalls, emphasized bobwhite quail production through practices like prescribed burning and multi-aged forest management, reflecting the broader shift in the region from agriculture to sporting conservation after the Civil War.

Hardcover. London, Cassell, 2nd pr., 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 246 pages, b&w illustrations. Biography of the author, editor and nineteenth century literary tycoon. "Short of stature, he wore two-inch heels on his shoes to increase his height, and compensated for other inferiorities with a voice like thunder and a Napoleonic vehemence. He clothed his barrel-chested body in carefully tailored clothes, butterfly collar, spats and gold watch chain, and his mustaches swung twelve inches apart like those of a cinema villain"[wrapper blurb]. Light soil to rear of dj, clean copy.

Softcover. NY, NYU Press, 1st pbk., 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. 474 pages. In Generations of Youth, Joe Austin and Michael Willard have brought together leading cultural critics from history, sociology, and cultural studies to explore the cultural expressions of twentieth-century youth. The contributors to the volume explore diverse popular culture practices such as Chicano rock-and-roll dancing; the Boy Scouts and heroism; 'zines and community; Native American boxing; African American hip-hop; fan clubs and femininity; Malcolm X's zoot suit; Filipino McIntosh suits; lesbian, bisexual, and gay Internet culture; Chicano lowriding; skateboarding and the production of urban space; graffiti and spatial mobility; Native American pow wows; and post-punk, Generation X, and downward mobility. Generations of Youth considers the ways in which young people's autonomy and "youth" itself is produced in negotiation with adult authority and institutions of socialization.

Softcover. San Mateo CA, Blue Tulip Press, 2nd pr., 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 238 pages, b&w illustrations. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the title page. A true story of the love and determination of a young Dutch couple during the Nazi occupation of Holland, 1940-1945. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Somerville MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Gray skies, foamy waves, and brisk wind await Granny and Bean when they head out for their day by the sea. But they are full of only wonder and delight at all the shore has to offer. They listen for the shrieks of the seabirds as they discover treasures hidden in the sand, greet dogs as they pass, leap over logs, and settle out of the wind for a cozy treat before tramping homeward again. Rendered in simple, lilting text by Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse and expressive, windswept art from acclaimed illustrator Charlotte Voake, Granny and Bean have an adventure to cherish until their next magical day at the shore. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, St Martins Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 558 pages. Edited by Ian T. Macauley. An anthology of futuristic nonfiction essays by the best-selling author of 2001: A Space Odyssey spans more than sixty years of work in a collection, organized chronologically, that includes his prophetic predictions about geosynchronous satellites, space travel, and the Internet. Light sunning to spine, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, reddish cloth with gilt stamping, 362 pages. Light shelf wear, spine faded, slightly cocked. This volume contains all of Dorothy Parker's short stories excepting a few which she did not wish to retain among her collected prose (as of 1939). Early printing in 1st edition thus established. Print code "CL." Clean copy.