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Intimate Grandeur: Vermont's State Houseby: Graff, Nancy Price,  Schutz, David

Intimate Grandeur: Vermont's State House
by: Graff, Nancy Price, Schutz, David

Hardcover. Montpelier VT, Friends of the Vermont State House, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Intimate Grandeur is a 120-page celebration of the historic seat of Vermont state government. Illustrated with exquisite photographs and dozens of historic paintings and drawings. Clean copy.

Record # 372116

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Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebelby: Bettina F. Aptheker

Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebel
by: Bettina F. Aptheker

Softcover. Emeryville CA, Seal Press, 1st pbk, 2006, Softcover, 549 pages, b&w illustrations. Set amidst the political upheaval of the McCarthy trials, the Vietnam War, and the rise of the women's movement, Intimate Politics is a courageous and uncompromising account of one woman's personal and political transformation, and a fascinating portrayal of a key chapter in our nation's history. At eight years old, Bettina Aptheker watched her family's politics play out in countless living rooms across the country when her father, historian and U.S. Communist Party leader Herbert Aptheker, testified on television in front of the House on Un-American Activities Committee in 1953. Born into one of the most influential U.S. Communist families whose friends included W. E. B. Du Bois, Paul Robeson, and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Bettina lived her parents' politics witnessing first-hand one of the most dramatic upheavals in American history. She also lived with a terrible secret: incest at the hands of her famous father and a frightening and lonely life lived inside a home wrought with family tensions. Light marking to ten pages, otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Record # 384279

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Into the Groove: The Story of Sound From Tin Foil to Vinylby: Jonathan Scott

Into the Groove: The Story of Sound From Tin Foil to Vinyl
by: Jonathan Scott

Hardcover. Bloomsbury Sigma, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 320 pages. The story of recorded sound - the technological developments, the people that made them happen and the impact they had on society - from the earliest inventions via the phonograph to LPs, EPs and the recent resurgence of vinyl.While Thomas Edison's phonograph, the first device that could both record and reproduce sound, represented an important turning point in the story of recorded sound, it was really only the tip of the iceberg, and came after decades of invention, tinkering and experiment.Into the Groove tells the story of the birth of recorded sound, from the earliest serious attempts in the 1850s all the way up to the vinyl resurgence we're currently enjoying. This book celebrates the ingenuity, rivalries and science of the modulated groove.

Record # 384474

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Into the Quagmire: Lyndon Johnson and the Escalation of the Vietnam Warby: Brian VanDeMark

Into the Quagmire: Lyndon Johnson and the Escalation of the Vietnam War
by: Brian VanDeMark

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket, 268 pages. Focusing mainly on the nine months from November 1964 to July 1965 VanDeMark describes how the Johnson administration progressed along a seemingly inevitable path to double the number of ground troops in Vietnam, polarize the American people, and destroy Johnson's presidency in the short term. Mining a wealth of recently opened material at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and elsewhere, Brian VanDeMark vividly depicts the painful unfolding of a national tragedy. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 396485

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Into the Valley: A Skirmish of the Marinesby: John Hersey

Into the Valley: A Skirmish of the Marines
by: John Hersey

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn dust jacket, 138 pages. B&w drawings by Major Donald L. Dickson, USMC. Edition not stated but 1943 on title page. "On the eighth day of October in the first year of our war, I went down into a valley with Captain Charles Rigaud of the United States Marines. A small skirmish took place down there. The Valley was on Guadalcanal Island, but it might have been anywhere. The skirmish was just an episode in an insignificant battle." Hersey's second book.

Record # 387390

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Introduction to European Commercial Lawby: Wallach, Frederick

Introduction to European Commercial Law
by: Wallach, Frederick

Hardcover. New York, Oceana Publications, 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages, salmon colored cloth, spine with light fading. One sentence in introduction with ink underlining, otherwise clean and tight.

Record # 403265

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Invasion 1944: Rommel and the Normandy Campaign by: Hans Speidel

Invasion 1944: Rommel and the Normandy Campaign
by: Hans Speidel

Hardcover. Chicago, Henry Regnery Company, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. Map endpapers, 176 pages, b&w photos. The first book by a German general published in America after the war, a German account of the D-Day & Normandy 'invasion' by Allied forces; the author was Rommel's Chief-of-Staff and therefore had an inside view of Rommel's efforts to get Hitler to negotiate a peace in the face of overwhelming Allied superiority. Speidel was a career military officer and trained historian; a German nationalist, he disagreed with racist Nazi policies, was involved in the 20 July plot to kill Hitler, and was important in rebuilding Germany's army after the war. Clean copy.

Record # 383876

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Inventing the Renaissance Puttoby: Dempsey, Charles

Inventing the Renaissance Putto
by: Dempsey, Charles

Hardcover. Chapel Hill NC, University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 277 pages, illustrated in b&w and color. The putto (often portrayed as a mischievous baby) appears frequently in the art and literature of Renaissance Italy. The "spiritelli" embody a minor species of demon, neither good nor bad. This book discusses the manifestations of the putto-spiritello in 15th-century art and literature. It offers parallel interpretations of two works: Botticelli's "Mars and Venus", a painting in which infant Satyr-putti appear as the panic-inducing spirits of the nightmare, and Politian's "Stanze", a poem in which masked cupids appear to the hero in a deceiving dream. The text concludes with an examination of the functions of such masks in the poetry and public masquerades sponsored by Lorenzo de'Medici and in Michelangelo's scheme for the decoration of the Medici Chapel. Clean copy.

Record # 382186

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Invention of Hysteria: Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpetriereby: Georges Didi-Huberman and Alisa Hartz

Invention of Hysteria: Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpetriere
by: Georges Didi-Huberman and Alisa Hartz

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, MIT, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, pages. The story of how hysterics were "invented" in 19th-century Paris is a fascinating one. All the more so because the staged performances that Freud witnessed at the famous Salpetriere asylum were to form the basis of his theory of hysteria, a theory which had a lasting impact on both psychiatry and medicine. Photography played an important role in the way doctors learned about so-called hysteria, often under the guise of objectivity.

Record # 362235

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Ira Allen: Founder of Vermont by: Wilbur , James Benjamin

Ira Allen: Founder of Vermont
by: Wilbur , James Benjamin

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co , 1st, 1928, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Set of two hardcover volumes. 1113 pages total. Illustrated frontispiece. B&w illustrations throughout. Includes extensive appendix. With worn, decorative slipcase. Light edge wear to dust jacket otherwise clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 857273

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Irenaeus's Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching: A Theological Commentary and Translation by: MacKenzie, Iain M.

Irenaeus's Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching: A Theological Commentary and Translation
by: MacKenzie, Iain M.

Softcover. Burlington VY, Ashgate Publishing , 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 241 pages. The theology of Irenaeus, and the Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching in particular, is pivotal in showing the way in which the fathers of the church interpreted scripture and distilled doctrine. The Demonstration is an important hinge showing how the doctrine of the fourth century with its definitive councils and definitions of faith, opens out from the new testament apostolic and evangelical witness. Presenting the full translation of the Demonstration of Irenaeus by Dean Armitage Robinson, this book offers a detailed theological commentary by Canon Iain MacKenzie on this foundational doctrinal text. MacKenzie sets out the main theological themes throughout Irenaeus' work, and explores his method of systematic theology, Athanasius's dependence on Irenaeus, and Irenaeus' influence on doctrine in the fourth century - particularly the works of Athanasius, Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus and Gregory of Nyssa. Highlighting the importance of this second century theologian for theology today, this commentary and theological interpretation offers an incentive to study Irenaeus in the wider development of Christian doctrine as a cardinal figure in the appreciation of systematic theology. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 383980

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Iron and Steel Works of the World 1956-1957by: H. G. Cordero

Iron and Steel Works of the World 1956-1957
by: H. G. Cordero

Hardcover. London, Quin Press Ltd., 2nd Ed., 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, bright blue cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine, 800 pages. A cornucopia of information about steel and iron production in the mid-1950s. A comprehensive global review of plants worldwide. Include producers of pig-iron, raw steel, rolled products, tinplate, etc. Ads from various companies throughout the listings. Valuable historic information on tonnage produced in the period. Excellent condition, clean. Due to size and weight, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 374553

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Ironclads in Action: A Sketch of Naval Warfare from 1855 to 1895 with some Account of the Development of the Battleship in England (2 Vols.)by: Wilson, H.W.

Ironclads in Action: A Sketch of Naval Warfare from 1855 to 1895 with some Account of the Development of the Battleship in England (2 Vols.)
by: Wilson, H.W.

Hardcover. London, Sampson Low, Marston and Co., 5th Ed., 1897, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes, illustrated with b&w photographs and maps (some fold-out). Navy blue cloth with gilt titles on spine, gilt battleship on front covers, top edge gilt. Vol. 1 with frontispiece and title page loose (easily repairable), rear hinges cracked, Vol. 2 opened roughly at page 80-81, otherwise a clean, sharp set.

Record # 403446

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Isaac Collins: A Quaker Printer in 18th Century Americaby: Hixson, Richard F.

Isaac Collins: A Quaker Printer in 18th Century America
by: Hixson, Richard F.

Hardcover. New Brunswick NJ, Rutgers University Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 242 pages, b&w illustrations. Collins conducted business in Trenton and Burlington and founded New Jersey's first regular newspaper, the "New-Jersey Gazette". Clean, bight copy.

Record # 397510

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Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica Facsimile of Third Edition with Variant Readings; Vols. 1 and 2. in Latin.by: Newton, Isaac edited by Alex

Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica Facsimile of Third Edition with Variant Readings; Vols. 1 and 2. in Latin.
by: Newton, Isaac edited by Alex

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st thus., 1972, Two hardcover volumes in bright dust jackets. Folio. [4], v-xl, [2], 1-547, [3]; [7], 548-916 pp. Black cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Illustrated with a facsimile frontispiece portrait of Isaac Newton, taken from the 1726 edition of Newton's Principia. Also illustrated with 67 in-text diagrams, from the original editions. Facsimile half-title, title, and text pages as well, all taken from the first three published editions of Newton's Principia. Assembled and edited by Alexandre Koyre and I. Bernard Cohen with the assistance of Anne Whitman. This edition of Isaac Newton's Principia is the first edition that enables the reader to see at a glance the stages of evolution of the work from the completion of the manuscript draft of the first edition in 1685 to the publication of the third edition, authorized by Newton, in 1726. A series of appendices provides additional material on the development of the Principia; the contributions of Roger Cotes and of Henry Pemberton; drafts of Newton's preface to the third edition; a bibliography of the Principia, describing in detail the three substantive editions and all the known subsequent editions; an index of names mentioned in the third edition; and a complete table of contents of the third edition. Previous owner's name on front fly leaf of both volumes. Otherwise a bright, clean set. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 386352

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Isaac Newton: Philosophical Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) by: Isaac Newton; Editor Andrew Janiak

Isaac Newton: Philosophical Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy)
by: Isaac Newton; Editor Andrew Janiak

Softcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st pbk, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 148 pages. Andrew Janiak examines Newton's philosophical positions and his relations to canonical figures in early modern philosophy through Newton's principal philosophical writings. Janiak's study includes excerpts from the Principia and the Opticks, Newton's famous correspondence with Boyle and with Bentley, and his equally significant correspondence with Leibniz, often ignored in favor of Leibniz's later debate with Samuel Clarke. (Newton's exchanges with Leibniz place their different understandings of natural philosophy in sharp relief.) Clean copy.

Record # 383970

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Isaac Vossius (1618-1689): Between Science and Scholarshipby: Jorink, Eric (Editor), Dirk Van Miert (Editor)

Isaac Vossius (1618-1689): Between Science and Scholarship
by: Jorink, Eric (Editor), Dirk Van Miert (Editor)

Hardcover. Leiden, The Netherlands, Brill, 1st edition, 2012, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 352 pages. Hardcover. Decorated cover boards, excellent. Very clean pages, edges. Biding tight. Spine straight. Like new. most remembered for his biblical criticism, Vossius played a central role in the early modern European world of learning.

Record # 99179

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Isabella Bird: A Photographic Journal of Travels Through China 1894-1896by: Ireland, Debbie

Isabella Bird: A Photographic Journal of Travels Through China 1894-1896
by: Ireland, Debbie

Hardcover. East Sussex, UK, Ammonite Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy. Over 180 black & white photographs. Isabella Bird was one of the 19th century's most remarkable women explorers. Her global travels and subsequent books made her famous, and led to her becoming one of the first female members of the Royal Geographical Society in 1891. This book celebrates her achievements of Isabella Bird with a beautiful pictorial record of her last great journey through China in the closing years of the 19th century, with supporting text by travel photography expert Debbie Ireland. The highlight of her visit was journeying by boat and sedan chair to make a major tour of the valley of the Yangtze River and much beyond, right up to the border with Tibet.

Record # 353283

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Islam and the Arab World: Faith, People, Culture by: Bernard Lewis (Ed.)

Islam and the Arab World: Faith, People, Culture
by: Bernard Lewis (Ed.)

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 360 pages. Published in association with the American Heritage Publishing Co. Text by Bernard Lewis, Richard Ettinghausen, Oleg Grabar, Fritz Meier, Charles Pellat, A. Shiloah, A.I. Sabra, Edmund Bosworth, Emilio Garcia Gomex, Roger M. Savory, Norman Itzkowitz, S.A.A. Rizvi, Elie Kedourie. Illustrated with 495 reproductions, photographs, drawings, and maps, 160 of them in full color.

Record # 372044

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Islamic Architecture and its Decoration - A. D. 800 - 1500by: Hill, Derek

Islamic Architecture and its Decoration - A. D. 800 - 1500
by: Hill, Derek

Hardcover. London, Faber and Faber, Reprint, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Orange cloth covers with gilt titles to spine. 93 pages of text followed by 613 monochrome plates, non-paginated. Frontis illustration, Tabriz, Tilework in the Courtyard of the So-called Blue Mosque, A. D. 1465, in full page, full color. Toning to edges. Clean, unmarked. A nice copy.

Record # 750691

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Island of the Blue Foxes: Disaster and Triumph on the World's Greatest Scientific Expeditionby: Bown, Stephen R.

Island of the Blue Foxes: Disaster and Triumph on the World's Greatest Scientific Expedition
by: Bown, Stephen R.

Hardcover. New York, Da Capo Press, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 327 pages. Hardcover. Gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped. B/w illustrations throughout. In excellent condition, clean inside and out. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Binding tight, looks barely read.

Record # 31131

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Islandica: An Annual Relating to Iceland and the Fiske Icelandic Collection in Cornell University Library (Volume IV: The Ancient Laws of Norway and Iceland)by: Herma

Islandica: An Annual Relating to Iceland and the Fiske Icelandic Collection in Cornell University Library (Volume IV: The Ancient Laws of Norway and Iceland)
by: Herma

Softcover. New York, Kraus Reprint Corporation, reprint , 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. 83 pages. This annual edited by George William Harris. Stapled binding. Green covers. Some fading to covers.

Record # 503519

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Isles of Fear - The Truth About the Philippines, Theby: Mayo, Katherine

Isles of Fear - The Truth About the Philippines, The
by: Mayo, Katherine

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1st US, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 372 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs and one map. Blue cloth covers with darkened spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 613492

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Israel Putnam: Poineer, Ranger and Major-General 1718-1790by: Livingston, William Farrand

Israel Putnam: Poineer, Ranger and Major-General 1718-1790
by: Livingston, William Farrand

Hardcover. New York & London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, reprint, 1905, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 442 pages, b&w illustrations. Maroon cloth, gilt titles to front and spine. Light wear to edges and boards, faint foxing to a few pages. Neat, tight copy.

Record # 856013

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Israel Undercover: Secret Warfare and Hidden Diplomacy in the Middle East Contemporary Issues in the Middle East by: Posner, Steve

Israel Undercover: Secret Warfare and Hidden Diplomacy in the Middle East Contemporary Issues in the Middle East
by: Posner, Steve

Hardcover. Syracuse University Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 350 pages. Describes Israel's use of spies in Lebanon during the seventies, the secret relations between Israel and Jordan, and U.S. secret channels to the PLO. Posner focuses on violence and terrorism employed by the Palestinians in their quest for nationhood, and on inter-communal violence in the Middle East in general and more specifically in Lebanon. He treats the little-known Circassion community in Jordan, that community's role in the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Sadat peace initiative, and the role of the United States in seeking a peaceful resolution of the civil war in Lebanon. A good book to gain a perspective on contemporary diplomacy and Middle East politics. Clean copy.

Record # 385710

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Istanbul (Deluxe Edition): Memories and the City by: Pamuk, Orhan

Istanbul (Deluxe Edition): Memories and the City
by: Pamuk, Orhan

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st thus, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. An evocative portrait of a great and storied city, an elegy for a bygone civilization, and a meditation on the "complicated intimacies" (Pamuk's phrase) of life itself. "Spins a masterful tale, moving from his fractured extended family, all living in a communal apartment building, out into the city and encompassing the entire Ottoman Empire. Pamuk sees the slow collapse of the once powerful empire hanging like a pall over the city and its citizens. Central to many Istanbul residents' character is the concept of huzun ('melancholy'). Istanbul's huzun, Pamuk writes, 'is a way of looking at life that is ultimately as life-affirming as it is negating'. A powerful, disturbing literary journey through the soul of a great city, told by one of its great writers". This is the Deluxe Edition with 439 photos and illustrations. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 383490

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It's Only a Movieby: McKowen, Clark & William Sparke

It's Only a Movie
by: McKowen, Clark & William Sparke

Hardcover. Englewood Cliffs NJ, Prentice-Hall, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. A different way of looking at movies. Designed by Mel Byars. 188 pages, index, numerous illustrations. Great movie trivia.

Record # 382204

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Italian High Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture - 3 Volumes - Plate Volume, Text Volume, Catalogue Volumeby: Pope-Hennessy, John

Italian High Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture - 3 Volumes - Plate Volume, Text Volume, Catalogue Volume
by: Pope-Hennessy, John

Hardcover. London, Phaidon, 1st, 1963, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Part III of Pope-Hennessy's Introduction to Italian Sculpture. 3 Volumes - Plate Volume - non-paginated. Illustrated with black & white plates. Bump at top of spine. Dust jacket age darkened, wear along edges. Clean, tight copy. Text Volume - 126 pages. Black & white illustrations. Bottom right corner bumped. Dust jacket age darkened, wear along edges. Clean, tight copy. Catalogue Volume - 183 pages. Dust jacket age darkened, wear along edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611544

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Italian Landscape in Eighteenth Century England: A study chiefly of the influence of Claude Lorrain and Salvator Rosa on English Taste 1700-1800 by: Manwaring, Elizab

Italian Landscape in Eighteenth Century England: A study chiefly of the influence of Claude Lorrain and Salvator Rosa on English Taste 1700-1800
by: Manwaring, Elizab

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark blue cloth stamped in gilt, 243 pages. Twenty-five b&w plates illustrating landscape designs. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 383183

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Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Florentine School (2 Vols.)by: Berenson, Bernard

Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Florentine School (2 Vols.)
by: Berenson, Bernard

Hardcover. London, Phaidon Press, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 222 pages of text, 1478 b&w plates, 39 index pages. Two volume set, textured cloth covers, clean dustjackets, set shows little wear. Cardboard slipcase with paper chipping to edges.

Record # 405683

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Italy in Early American Cinema: Race, Landscape, and the Picturesqueby: Giorgio Bertellini

Italy in Early American Cinema: Race, Landscape, and the Picturesque
by: Giorgio Bertellini

Softcover. Bloomington, Indiana University, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 443 pages, b&w illustrations, index. Traces the origins of American cinema's century-long fascination with Italy and Italian immigrants to the popularity of the pre-photographic aesthetic - the picturesque. "To read Bertellini's superb book is to enter into an intense, rich, and intricately layered experience of Italian immigrant culture in the New York of the 1900's and 1910's." Clean copy.

Record # 398034

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J. E. Stimson: Photographer of the Westby: Mark Junge

J. E. Stimson: Photographer of the West
by: Mark Junge

Hardcover. University of Nebraska Press, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 279 pages, 227 plates. Traces the life of the Wyoming photographer and shows his pictures of people, landscapes, stories, street scenes, churches, farms, homes and businesses of the West

Record # 362805

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J. Ross Browne - His Letters, Journals & Writingsby: Browne, J. Ross/Lina Fergusson Browne (Editor)

J. Ross Browne - His Letters, Journals & Writings
by: Browne, J. Ross/Lina Fergusson Browne (Editor)

Hardcover. Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, First Edition, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 419 pages. Hardcover with photographs, illustrations of woodcuts, engravings in bw. Brown cloth boards & black titles to spine. Light marginal foxing to top edge. Dust jacket with toning to spine & light wear to edges. Clean & tight copy.

Record # 3340110

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Jack Hardy: A Story of English Smugglers in the Days of Napoleonby: Strang, Herbert

Jack Hardy: A Story of English Smugglers in the Days of Napoleon
by: Strang, Herbert

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill Company, Reprint, 1907, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 323 pages. With Illustrations by William Rainey, R. I. Minor spine edge and corner wear. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Decorated front cover. Clean pages and tight binding.

Record # 852320

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Jack Tars and Commodores: The American Navy 1783-1815 by: Fowler Jr., William M.

Jack Tars and Commodores: The American Navy 1783-1815
by: Fowler Jr., William M.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 318 pages. Account of the US Navy from Independence through the War of 1812. 8 maps, numerous illustrations. Clean copy.

Record # 383902

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Jackson Davis and the Lost World of Jim Crow Education by: N/A

Jackson Davis and the Lost World of Jim Crow Education
by: N/A

Softcover. Charlottesville VA, University of Virginia Library, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 64 pages, b&w photos throughout. This is a history of African-American public school education in Henrico County, Virginia. Introductory essay by William A. Link. Author documented his work (as a field agent for the General Education Board) being an amateur photographer. Davis' photographs are organized by subject (Events, People, Demonstration Farming, etc.). Limited to 3.000 copies. Clean.

Record # 398006

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Jacksonian Aristocracy; Class and Democracy in New York, 1830-1860 by: Miller, Douglas T.

Jacksonian Aristocracy; Class and Democracy in New York, 1830-1860
by: Miller, Douglas T.

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 228 pages. "The period from Andrew Jackson's presidency to the Civil War has traditionally been considered the age of democracy triumphant in the United States. This book sharply contradicts that assumption, contending that while democracy advanced substantially in the political sense, social and economic distinctions became, if anything, more marked. Powerful forces, especially in the economic field, were working toward the stratification of society." Name on the front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396479

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Jacksonian Democracy In New Hampshire, 1800-1851by: Cole, Donald B.

Jacksonian Democracy In New Hampshire, 1800-1851
by: Cole, Donald B.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, unclipped dust jacket, 283 pages. "During the Age of Jackson, New Hampshire was one New England state that was consistently and firmly Democratic. The only study of the state's politics during the first half of the 19th century, the author's book points out the significant, though often overlooked, influence of New Hampshire Democrats on the national Jacksonian movement- and influence far out of proportion to the size of the state." Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 387774

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Jacob A. Riis: Photographer & Citizenby: Riis, Jacob A., Alexander Alland, Sr.

Jacob A. Riis: Photographer & Citizen
by: Riis, Jacob A., Alexander Alland, Sr.

Hardcover. NY, Aperture, 1st, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 220 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light edgewear, tearing and sun-fade to dust jacket. Binding slightly shaken. Faint foxing to edges.

Record # 464731

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Jacob A. Riis: Revealing New York's Other Half: A Complete Catalogue of His Photographsby: Bonnie Yochelson

Jacob A. Riis: Revealing New York's Other Half: A Complete Catalogue of His Photographs
by: Bonnie Yochelson

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2015, Hardcover with a bright dust jacket, oblong format, 336 pages. 25 color, 375 duotone + 210 b/w illustrations. This important publication is the first comprehensive study and complete catalogue of Riis's world-famous images, and places him at the forefront of early-20th-century social reform photography. It is the culmination of more than two decades of research on Riis, assembling materials from five repositories (the Riis Collection at the Museum of the City of New York, the Library of Congress, the New-York Historical Society, the New York Public Library, and the Museum of South West Jutland, Denmark) as well as previously unpublished photographs and notes. In this handsome volume, Bonnie Yochelson proposes a novel thesis--that Riis was a radical publicist who utilized photographs to enhance his arguments, but had no great skill or ambition as a photographer. She also provides important context for understanding how Riis's work would be viewed in turn-of-the-century New York, whether presented in lantern slide lectures or newspapers. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Record # 386947

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Jacobitism and the English People, 1688-1788 by: Monod, Paul Kleber

Jacobitism and the English People, 1688-1788
by: Monod, Paul Kleber

Hardcover. London, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 408 pages. Jacobitism, or support for the exiled Stuarts after the revolution of 1688, has become a topic of great interest in recent years. Historians have debated its influence on Parliamentary politics, but none has yet attempted to explore its broader implications in English society. This study offers a wide-ranging analysis of every aspect of Jacobite activity, from pamphlets and newspapers to songs, cartoons, riots, seditious words, clubs, and armed insurrection. Previous owner's inscription on first page, light marginal notes to about 20 pages. In a bright dust jacket.

Record # 369872

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James IV (The Stewart Dynasty In Scotland)by: Macdougall, Norman

James IV (The Stewart Dynasty In Scotland)
by: Macdougall, Norman

Hardcover. East Lothian, Scotland, Tuckwell Press , reprint, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 339 pages, 18 figures on 12 b/w plates, map, end notes, appendix, bibliography, index. James IV is the best-known of all the late medieval Scottish rulers. Widely praised by his contemporaries, he combined the qualities of successful medieval monarch with a wide interest in the arts and sciences, while remaining acutely conscious of the need to enhance the prestige of his dynasty throughout Europe. This excellent study examines all aspects of James IV's sovereignty, explains his popularity and his highly successful kingship and assesses reasons for the disastrous end to the reign when the king and a large population of the Scottish nobility were eliminated in a single afternoon in 1513 at Flodden. Clean copy.

Record # 381897

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James Madison: The Founding Fatherby: Rutland, Robert A.

James Madison: The Founding Father
by: Rutland, Robert A.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, Book Club Ed., 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 287 pages. Index, notes, illustrations. A detailed biography of the Virginian who served in the Continental Congress, wrote the Federalist Papers, helped write the Constitution and Bill of Rights, was Majority Leader in Congress, and was the fourth president of the US. Clean copy.

Record # 397470

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James Russell Lowell and His Friendsby: Hale, Edward Everett

James Russell Lowell and His Friends
by: Hale, Edward Everett

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1898, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 303 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout (plates). Tissue guard on frontispiece. Deckled edges. Boards bound in dark green, gilt title on spine and front cover with decoration. Top edge gilt. Edges and pages have some tanning. Binding tight. Spine slightly frayed at top and bottom. Clean inside. Beautiful old book.

Record # 31187

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Jan Lievens: A Dutch Master Rediscovered (National Gallery of Art, Washington)by: Jr., Arthur K. Wheelock/E. Melanie Gifford, et al.

Jan Lievens: A Dutch Master Rediscovered (National Gallery of Art, Washington)
by: Jr., Arthur K. Wheelock/E. Melanie Gifford, et al.

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Hardcover, 320 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Jan Lievens (1607-1674) was one of the most fascinating and enigmatic Dutch artists of the 17th century. Daring and innovative as a painter, printmaker, and draftsman, he created powerful character studies, genre scenes, landscapes, formal portraits, and religious and allegorical images that were widely praised and valued during his lifetime. This beautiful book, the first overview of the full range of Lievens' career, features more than 50 paintings-many of them newly discovered in private collections-and more than 75 prints and drawings, providing a reassessment of his place in the history of art.

Record # 350567

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Japan and Her People - Volume 2by: Hartshorne, Anna C.

Japan and Her People - Volume 2
by: Hartshorne, Anna C.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Henry T. Coates, 1st, 1902, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 374 pages. Volume 2 only. Blue cloth boards illustrated with gilt design - blue cloth protective cover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Gilt top edge. One fold-out map of Japan. Volume 2 only.

Record # 510120

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Japan Erupts: The London Naval Conference and the Manchurian Incident 1928-1932 (Studies of the East Asian Institute)by: Morley, James William (Editor)

Japan Erupts: The London Naval Conference and the Manchurian Incident 1928-1932 (Studies of the East Asian Institute)
by: Morley, James William (Editor)

Hardcover. NY, Columbia University Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 410 pages with index. Contains selected translations from Taiheiyo senso e no michi: kaisen gaiko shi. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. The first volume in Morley's 4 volume set "Japan's Road to the Pacific War".

Record # 397175

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Japan's Decision for War: Records of the 1941 Policy Conferences by: Ike, Nobutaka

Japan's Decision for War: Records of the 1941 Policy Conferences
by: Ike, Nobutaka

Hardcover. Stanford CA, Stanford University Press, reprint, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 306 pages. Records of 62 conferences held in Tokyo between March and December of 1941 provide direct access to the thinking and planning of Japan's highest leaders as they prepared for war. Indexed, with 12-page appendix. First published in 1967, no dust jacket. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 396628

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Japan's Modern Myths: Ideology in the Late Meiji Period (Studies of the East Asian Instituteby: Gluck, Carol

Japan's Modern Myths: Ideology in the Late Meiji Period (Studies of the East Asian Institute
by: Gluck, Carol

Hardcover. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 407 pages. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Lovely copy with only minor wear to upper edge of dust jacket, previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, else in like new condition.

Record # 453656

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Japan's Political Revolution Under MacArthur: A Participant's Accountby: Justin Williams, Sr.

Japan's Political Revolution Under MacArthur: A Participant's Account
by: Justin Williams, Sr.

Hardcover. Athens GA, University of Georgia Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a dust jacket with light fading to spine, 305 pages, b&w illustrations. Notes, bibilography, index. Highly informed opinions concerning most of the controversial aspects of the Allied occupation of Japan and the adjustment of Japanese politicians to the democratic process. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396896

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