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Hardcover. Oxford UK, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 286 pages. Sarah Hutton presents a rich historical study of one of the most fertile periods in modern philosophy. It was in the seventeenth century that Britain's first philosophers of international stature and lasting influence emerged. Its most famous names, Hobbes and Locke, rank alongside the greatest names in the European philosophical canon. Bacon too belongs with this constellation of great thinkers, although his status as a philosopher tends to be obscured by his statusas father of modern science. The seventeenth century is normally regarded as the dawn of modernity following the breakdown of the Aristotelian synthesis which had dominated intellectual life since the middle ages. In this period of transformational change, Bacon, Hobbes, Locke are acknowledged tohave contributed significantly to the shape of European philosophy from their own time to the present day. But these figures did not work in isolation. Sarah Hutton places them in their intellectual context, including the social, political and religious conditions in which philosophy was practised. She treats seventeenth-century philosophy as an ongoing like all conversations, some voices will dominate, some will be more persuasive than others and there will be enormous variationsin tone from the polite to polemical, matter-of-fact, intemperate. The conversation model allows voices to be heard which would otherwise be discounted. Hutton shows the importance of figures normally regarded as 'minor' players in philosophy (e.g. Herbert of Cherbury, Cudworth, More, Burthogge,Norris, Toland) as well as others who have been completely overlooked, notably female philosophers. Crucially, instead of emphasizing the break between seventeenth-century philosophy and its past, the conversation model makes it possible to trace continuities between the Renaissance and seventeenth century, across the seventeenth century and into the eighteenth century, while at the same time acknowledging the major changes which occurred.

Softcover. NY, Vintage Books, reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Softcover, 434 pages plus index. Remainder lines to bottom edge. Otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York, Skira Rizzoli, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy still in shrink wrap. Full color, full page photographs throughout. Dust jacket designed to look torn with trash underneath. Tight copy. The work of counterculture artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster, whose art is a complex punk-rock take on modern consumer culture. Enormous neon signs, intricate silhouette portraits constructed of trash heaps, and a work titled Instant Gratification: British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster thrive on the thrills of illumination, love, language, shadows, garbage, and cash. British Rubbish showcases their work in all its splashy glory. Their art evokes both gaudy Vegas culture and down-and-dirty punk rock: a combination of cynical extravagance and a defiant, rebellious sensibility. Extravagant, irreverent, sometimes coarse, and always sharply clever, British Rubbish is both a paean to and sly denunciation of conspicuous consumption.

Softcover. Oxford UK, Clarendon Press, reprint, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, green paper wraps, 449 pages. A study of the West Indies in the mid-nineteenth century, this book draws together the experiences of more than a dozen different sugar colonies and forms them into a coherent historical account. The first part of the book examines the West Indies on the eve of emancipation in 1830-1865, a key passage in West Indian history. Green presents a clear general picture of the sugar colonies, and places British governmental policy toward the region in the context of Victorian attitudes toward colonial questions.

Hardcover. London, England, Adam and Charles Black, Reprint with corrections, 1954, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 269 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket price clipped, has some agewear (see image), covered in protective clear, plastic brodart. Some light tanning to edges and pages, otherwise unmarked. Cover boards bound in blue cloth, white title on spine and front cover board. Binding tight, spine straight. in great shape. A comprehensive and authoritative book on the British submarine and its place in the Royal Navy.

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 228 pages. This study is an attempt to add a new dimension to our understanding of the causes of the American Revolution. It is an analysis of the role of the subministers--the secretaries and undersecretaries--of the major departments of the British government responsible for colonial policy during the period from 1763 to the outbreak of the Revolution--the period of the Stamp and Sugar Acts, the Townshend Duties, and the Coercive Acts--and of their role in the war itself. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Hardcover. San Rafael CA, Presidio Press, Revised Ed., 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. 226 pages, An updated edition of the 1961 printing. B&w illustrations. "The author relates the fascinating story of the propaganda and subversion activities of both factions during the American Revolutionary War."

Hardcover. NY, Citadel Press, 1st, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 246 pages, b&w illustrations. Indiana-born Vivian Gordon fluttered to New York in 1920 looking for fame and fortune. Before long, the flame-haired chorus girl parlayed her youth, beauty, and ambition into more profitable means as a tough and glamorous symbol of Prohibition-era excess. She was a speakeasy owner, blackmailer, high-end escort, extortionist, racketeer, and con woman. But given her dangerously intimate associations, Vivian was also a woman who knew too much and who rightfully feared for her life. On February 26, 1931, Vivian's bludgeoned and garroted body was found dumped in Van Cortland Park in the Bronx. Now, in the first in-depth biography of its kind, Pulitzer Prize and Emmy Award-winning journalist Anthony M. DeStefano unravels her tumultuous life and the headline-making murder that became an obsession for many. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Bulfinch Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 470 pages, illustrated with over 500 color and b&w images including posters, programs, maps and other archival material. Like new in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Softcover. Charleston SC, Arcadia Publishing, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 127 pages. A pictorial history of the one-time rice plantation that became America's first public sculpture garden. Many vintage photos. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, David McKay, 1st US, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 123 pages, 20 tipped-in black & white plates by M. Boutet De Monvel. Dust jacket worn, soiled, chunk gone from front panel.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, David McKay Company, 1st, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 133 pages, illustrated throughout with tipped in b&w plates by M. Boutet De Monvel. Purple cloth with gilt titles. Sun-fade to covers, light tanning to pages opposite plates, else a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. US, teNeues, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 208 pages with dust jacket. Like new in publisher's shrinkwrap. For his third book with teNeues, Bruno Bisang shares a vivid cross-section of his Polaroid archives. Once a simple tool to test lighting, angles, and moods, this format is now a relic of photography's analog age-with its own unique qualities. At the time designed to be disposable, every annotation and misstep captured on Polaroids--a depth lacking in today's digital manipulation--is now a part of cultural and artistic history. Page by page, readers witness the unfolding of Bisang's vision. Featuring such stars as Naomi Campbell and Tyra Banks, this collection may just become a cult classic.

Softcover. Charlottesville, University of Virginia Press, 1st pbk, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Illustrated with black and white photos.; A history of of the racially-charged integration of black players into baseball's southern minor leagues.

Hardcover. Oklahoma Heritage Assn., 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 324 pages, b&w illustrations. SIGNED BY CO-AUTHOR THOMPSON on the title page.Bryce Harlow was one of the most extraordinary political figures in the United States in the second half of the 20th century. He served four presidents with great honor and distinction. His word was his bond. With his gentle manner and Oklahoma drawl, Harlow advised Presidents on more public issues than perhaps anyone in American history.Dr. Henry Kissinger says Harlow spent his entire adult life studying the ways of Washington, D.C., alternating between participant and observer. Harlow had a deep sense for the Presidency, its power, its majesty, and the awful responsibility it imposes. Clean, unread copy.

Hardcover. Rutland VT, Tuttle Publishing, 2nd pr., 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 255 pages, b&w illustrations. Treasured for centuries by karate's top masters, the Bubishi is a classic Chinese work on philosophy, strategy, medicine, and technique as they relate to the martial arts. Referred to as the "bible of karate" by famous master Chojun Miyagi, for hundreds of years the Bubishi was a secret text passed from master to student in China and later in Okinawa. All of karate's legendary masters have studied it, applied its teachings, or copied passages from it. No other classic work has had as dramatic an impact on the shaping and development of karate as the Bubishi. Karate historian and authority Patrick McCarthy spent over ten years researching and studying the Bubishi and the arts associated with it. The first English translation of this remarkable tome includes numerous explanations and notes. McCarthy's work also includes groundbreaking research on Okinawan and Chinese history, as well as the fighting and healing traditions that developed in those countries, making it a gold mine for researchers and practitioners alike. For the final word on the true origins and spirit of classic Okinawan martial arts, one need look no further. This karate book is one of the best karate training supplements available. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Neshannock PA, Hermes Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 320 pages. Included in this volume are two more years of the strip, from 1934 to 1936 and features five complete adventures. Volume Four also features a special 16-page introductory essay by noted science-fiction writer and pop culture historian Ron Goulart, and an afterword detailing interesting details about the history of the strip and its impact on science fiction.

Hardcover. Hermes, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 288 pages. Included in this volume are two more years of the strip, from 1936 to 1938, which features four complete adventures - "Prisoners on Uranus" (5/13/35 to 12/16/35)- "Liquid Light" (12/17/35 to 2/19/36) - "Mummies of Ceres" (2/20/36 to 4/15/36)- "Palladian Space Pirates" (4/16/36 to 12/4/36). Volume Three also features a special 16-page introductory essay and an afterword detailing interesting details about the history of the strip and its impact on science and science-fiction.

Hardcover. NY, Russell Sage Foundation, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 400 pages, b&w illustrations. Little over a century ago, New York and Budapest were both flourishing cities engaging in spectacular modernization. By 1930, New York had emerged as an innovating cosmopolitan metropolis, while Budapest languished under the conditions that would foster fascism. Budapest and New York explores the increasingly divergent trajectories of these once-similar cities through the perspectives of both Hungarian and American experts in the fields of political, cultural, social and art history. Their original essays illuminate key aspects of urban life that most reveal the turn-of-the-century evolution of New York and Budapest: democratic participation, use of public space, neighborhood ethnicity, and culture high and low. What comes across most strikingly in these essays is New York's cultivation of social and political pluralism, a trend not found in Budapest. Nationalist ideology exerted tremendous pressure on Budapest's ethnic groups to assimilate to a single Hungarian language and culture. In contrast, New York's ethnic diversity was transmitted through a mass culture that celebrated ethnicity while muting distinct ethnic traditions, making them accessible to a national audience. Mild fade to spine of dust jacket, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 324 pages. Minor foxing to top edge, else like new in clear brodart cover. "An electrifying, magnificently and hilariously dark novel about an army and subculture wallowing in peacetime, Buffalo Soldiers catches the martial spin of history much as Catch-22 and Dog Soldiers did in their day."

Hardcover. Detroit MI, Wayne State University Press, 1st, 1978, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 263 pages, b&w illustrations. The author traces the origins of humor to primitive drama, folk ritual, and carnival play. from antiquity to the era of Laurel and Hardy. Light making to about 16 pages.

Softcover. Syracuse, NY, Willis N Bugbee Co, 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 16 pages. Softcover booklet. Green paper wrappers with softened edges. Light soil to paper wrappers. tight copy. Lightly faded on rear.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 112 pages. David Macaulay's large format architectural volumes are always instructive in their detail. This volume amps up that opportunity. On the 25th anniversary of the his publication, "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction", Macaulay published this volume literally illustrated with the step-by-step development of that book. So, here are the quick drawings, smudges, early drawing drafts, hand-written and typed copy, reproduction proofs, revision notes, and more. Intriguing.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 112 pages. David Macaulay's large format architectural volumes are always instructive in their detail. This volume amps up that opportunity. On the 25th anniversary of the his publication, "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction", Macaulay published this volume literally illustrated with the step-by-step development of that book. So, here are the quick drawings, smudges, early drawing drafts, hand-written and typed copy, reproduction proofs, revision notes, and more. Intriguing.