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Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 174 pages. The Little Book of String Theory offers a short, accessible, and entertaining introduction to one of the most talked-about areas of physics today. String theory has been called the "theory of everything." It seeks to describe all the fundamental forces of nature. It encompasses gravity and quantum mechanics in one unifying theory. But it is unproven and fraught with controversy. After reading this book, you'll be able to draw your own conclusions about string theory. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers, gilt title on spine. 376 pages, 4 b&w plates by Jule Guerin. 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 is set in France and revolves around the mysterious murder of the Countess de Tremorel. The Countess is found dead in her bedroom at the Chateau d'Orcival, and all evidence points to her husband, the Count de Tremorel, as the killer. However, the Count claims to have been asleep at the time of the murder, and there are several other suspects with motives for the crime.The investigation is led by detective Lecoq, who is known for his keen intellect and deductive reasoning. He is assisted by his colleague, Monsieur Tabaret, who is also known as "Old Tabaret" and is a master of disguise. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Hawthorne Books, BC Ed., 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 182 pages. Three short novels by some of science fiction's greatest writers. The New Atlantis, by Ursula K. Le Guin: In a dark near-future, global warming and a ruined ecology is causing the continents to sink into the oceans just as the towers of Atlantis re-emerge above the sea. Locus award winner and Hugo finalist. Silhouette, by Gene Wolfe, and A Momentary Taste of Being, by James Tiptree, Jr., present two different masterpieces on a similar theme: A deep-space colony exploration ship approaches their target planet, where they must investigate whether or not it's hospitable enough to signal Earth to send more colonists. Things are not as they seem... Nebula / Locus award finalist stories. Clean copy.

Softcover. Washington DC, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 320 pages, b&w illustrations. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. Includes appendixes, glossary of Ojibwa terms, key to abbreviated sources, notes & bibliography. Ojibwa cultural use and drum construction. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Unicorn Press, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 580 pages, b&w illustrations. 25 chapters; with a catalog of the writings of Richard Le Gallienne, brief Chronology, and Index in rear. 28 photos and illustrations in section of book including image of Gallienne on frontispiece. Mild fade to spine cloth at bottom. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, BC Ed., 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 254 pages. Published in England as "A Wrinkle in the Skin." A post-apocalyptic science fiction novel, the story of a natural catastrophe that wipes out 10,000 years of human history overnight...and what happens to a man who searches this shattered world for his lost daughter.

Softcover. London, Caliban Books, reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 308 pages. The Rat Pit is a novel written by Patrick Macgill and published in 1915. The story is set in the slums of Glasgow, Scotland, during the early 20th century, and follows the life of a young woman named Norah Ryan. Norah is a poor Irish immigrant who has come to Glasgow in search of work and a better life. However, she soon finds herself trapped in a world of poverty, violence, and despair. Norah's struggles are compounded by her relationship with a violent and abusive man named Larry Meath. Larry is a member of a local gang, and his criminal activities often put Norah in danger. Despite her fear and desperation, Norah refuses to give up hope and continues to fight for a better life. The Rat Pit is a powerful and gritty portrayal of life in the slums of Glasgow. Through Norah's story, Macgill explores themes of poverty, violence, and the struggle for survival in a harsh and unforgiving world. The novel is a classic of early 20th-Century literature and remains a powerful and relevant work today. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Brentano's, 2nd Ed., 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped with gilt design and lettering, 346 pages with index. Color frontis plus 3 color plates, many halftone photos throughout. This volume examines the modern Russian theatre and its restless spirit, showing how bold direction, new forms, and a sense of discovery reshaped performances. It ties together productions from Moscow's leading houses to the London- and New York-based stages where this energy found a global audience. The book foregrounds how artists, designers, and actors worked together to create moments that felt both experimental and deeply musical, often transforming familiar stories through striking staging and rhythm. Originally published 2 years earlier by Little, Brown. This is the slightly revised Second Edition with illustrations. Spine darkened, bookplate on second prelim page, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Berlin/London, Springer International, reprint, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 597 pages. The relation between body and mind is one of the oldest riddles that has puzzled mankind. That material and mental events may interact is accepted even by the law: our mental capacity to concentrate on the task can be seriously reduced by drugs. Physical and chemical processes may act upon the mind; and when we are writing a difficult letter, our mind acts upon our body and, through a chain of physical events, upon the mind of the recipient of the letter. the authors of this book stress that they cannot solve the body mind problem; but they hope that they have been able to shed new light on it. B&w illustrations, clean copy. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. International customers please ask for a shipping quote before purchasing.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, BC Edition, 1991, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 358 pages. A race of turtle-like creatures conquers Earth, imposing a gentler set of values on humankind, outlawing destructive technology, and denying the validity of human scientific theories. When their home planet disappears into a black hole, however, the aliens' only hope for the future hinges on the possibility that humanity's flawed sciences might contain a glimmer of truth. Two veteran sf authors combine their strengths to produce a novel that both explains and explores the ''mysteries'' of modern science. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Ballantine/Del Rey, BC Ed., 1987, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 237 pages. A science fiction novel by Larry Niven. Like much of Niven's work, the story is heavily influenced by the setting: a gas torus, a ring of air around a neutron star. There is no "ground" in the Smoke Ring; it is a world consisting entirely of sky. Thus, most animals can fly, even the fish. It is a sequel to The Integral Trees. Blacked out price on front fly leaf, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Ballantine Del Rey, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 256 pages. The Songs of Distant Earth is a 1986 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, based upon his 1958 short story of the same title. Of all of his novels, Clarke stated that this was his favorite. The story is set on a distant planet whose society is disturbed by the arrival of the last survivors from a destroyed earth. Some sunning to rear of dust jacket. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Applause, Revised Ed., 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 326 pages, b&w illustrations. The greatest partnership in the history of the musical, captured in print, wonderfully illustrated. For this new edition, the book has been completely rewritten and substantially expanded to include material on Rodgers' early career with Lorenz Hart as well as his later work, and also features recollections from such theatrical titans as Sheldon Harnick, Martin Charnin, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents. Also, a completely new appendix reveals the details of the continuing worldwide phenomenon of Rodgers and Hammerstein's work. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Grove Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 399 pages. Citing newly uncovered archival sources, Simpson first argues that Hitler emulated the Turkish government's 1915-1918 policy regarding the massacre of the Armenians by offering economic incentives and other rewards to citizens willing to participate in the extermination of the Jews. He then examines the Us Government's response to both genocidal campaigns. Of utmost interest is the evidence he presents that President Eisenhower's Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, and Dulles' brother Allen, director of the CIA, deliberately stymied efforts to bring to justice many German bankers and industrialists involved in the Nazis' extermination-through-labor programs. The study leaves little doubt that many members of Germany's corporate elite not only were aware of the genocidal programs during the war but sponsored innumerable supplementary side camps staffed by company employees. Simpson argues that while genocide is still widely practiced today, it is usually tolerated by those who benefit from it through the theft of land and natural resources.

Hardcover. Chapel Hill NC, University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, chipped dust jacket, 301 pages. Illustrated with color and b&w plates. Endpapers map. Related ephemera laid in. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday and Co., 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in green cloth with black cloth spine, gilt lettering on spine. 108 pages, green endpapers. "I shall reconsider human knowledge by starting from the fact that we can know more than we can tell," writes Michael Polanyi, whose work paved the way for the likes of Thomas Kuhn and Karl Popper. The Tacit Dimension argues that tacit knowledge--tradition, inherited practices, implied values, and prejudgments--is a crucial part of scientific knowledge. A bright, clean first printing of this classic, lacking the dust jacket.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, reprint, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 298 pages. A collection of articles about the theater by Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966), a stage designer and theatrical producer and director. Although he directed only a handful of plays, "his controversial theories of scene design and stagecraft gave him eminence in the European and American theater" (The New York Times). For instance, he favored three-dimensional stage effects and more innovative lighting than the traditional footlights. Craig argues that theatre is not just a form of entertainment, but a powerful medium for social and political change. He advocates for a new kind of theatre that is not bound by traditional conventions and that challenges the audience's expectations. Craig also emphasizes the importance of the actor's body and movement, and he proposes new techniques for training actors to be more expressive and dynamic on stage. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. London, William Hodge and Co., 2nd pr., 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers with gilt lettering on the spine, 384 pages, b&w illustrations. A full and definitive account of the three Oscar Wilde trials, introduced by barrister at Middle Temple, H. Montgomery Hyde, and the personal recollections of Sir Travers Humphreys, who was Wilde's junior counsel in the three trials.

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st US, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 112 pages. With an Introduction by John Hampden and illustrated with lithographs by Lynton Lamb. Last novel of the author's famous Barsetshire Series, which Trollope wrote for the 1882 Christmas number of Good Words shortly before he died. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Riverhead Books, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 256 pages. SIGNED BY GROFF on the title page. A servant girl escapes from a colonial settlement in the wilderness. She carries nothing with her but her wits, a few possessions, and the spark of god that burns hot within her. What she finds in this terra incognita is beyond the limits of her imagination and will bend her belief in everything that her own civilization has taught her. Lauren Groff's new novel is at once a thrilling adventure story and a penetrating fable about trying to find a new way of living in a world succumbing to the churn of colonialism. Signed sticker on cover otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st Revised Ed., 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 291 pages. The Vinland Map, dated to about AD1440 - at least 50 years before Columbus landed in the Americas - is a map of the world that shows an outline of the northeast American coast and a legend describing its discovery in about 1000 by Leif Eiriksson, the Norseman from Greenland. The map was published by Yale University Press in 1965 and generated much debate. Chemical analysis of the ink later suggested the map might be a forgery, but recent appraisals of both scientific and humanist evidence argue that it is indeed authentic. Now this classic of historical cartography is available in a new edition. It reprints unaltered the original text on the Vinland Map and an account of Friar John of Plano Carpini's mission to the Mongols from 1245 to 1247, with which the map had at some stage been bound. To this have been added a new introduction by George D. Painter who discusses the verification of the map's authenticity; a new essay by Wilcomb E. Washburn, Director of the Smithsonian's American Studies Programme, on the map's provenance and the tests that have been performed on it; and a new discussion of the map's compositional and structural aspects by Thomas A. Cahill and Bruce H. Kusko, of the Crocker Historical and Archaeological Projects at the University of California, Cle3an copy. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. International customers please ask for a shipping quote before purchasing.

Softcover. London, Gollancz, reprint, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 338 pages. A fantasy novel, first published in 1948, under the pseudonym George U. Fletcher. The land of Dalarna is under the heel of the Vulkings, whose heavy taxation is forcing the Dalecarl yeomen out of their holdings. The protagonist, Airar Alvarson, is one of the dispossessed. On the advice of his mentor, the magician Meliboe, he joins the underground Iron Ring resistance, only to face defeat and failure. Captured and enslaved by the free fishers on the Gentebbi Islands, he goes through a series of adventures in which he gradually rises from a homeless fugitive to a great war leader. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers, gilt title on spine. 436 pages, 4 b&w plates by Louise L. Heustis. 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". Emile Gaboriau created master detective Monsieur Lecoq, who would appear in a number of books. In The Widow Lerouge (L'Affaire Lerouge), however, Lecoq was a young man on the police force, and it is his senior and mentor Pere Tabaret (also known as Tirauclair) who is center stage. The book begins with the murder of the Widow Lerouge and young inspector Lecoq is on the scene straightaway. The complexity of the case however forces Lecoq to invite detectives Tabaret and Daburon to help and they bring their own methods to the case. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Softcover. Cambridge MA, The M.I.T. Press, reprint, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 268 pages, b&w illustrations. Marco Polo was the first Westerner to describe the old capital of China in its grand design, and the early Jesuits were the first to appraise its architectural values. George Kates is one of the last Westerners to take its measure. After his seven leisurely, abundant years in Peking, by the end of which the Japanese had come to occupy it, the old China had finally disintegrated under the blows of warfare and social revolution.What Kates reveals cannot be found today. Kates describes the city with a special competence because he made it a particular object of scholarly research. He wormed out of the Imperial City itself every secret of its hidden courts and deserted harems; and in this book he brings to life again the people and the system that created it.