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Hardcover. Baton Rouge LA, Louisiana State University Press., reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, large oblong book. Contains 134 printed pages of text with color photographs throughout. From the Greek Revival grandeur of Belle Helene, to the Moorish fantasy of Longwood, to the simplicity of Rosella, the plantation homes of Louisiana and the Natchez was powerfully recall the brief flowering of the unique civilization of the Old South. Clean copy in a bright dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1st, 1916, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 135 pages. Hardcover. Front cover and spine with black and white vertical stripes, and Black & white pastedown illustration. Features 6 black & white illustrations by E. W. Kemble. First edition with (1) at end of text. Dust jacket with light chipping, creasing along edges - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, unmarked copy.

Softcover. UK, PS Artbooks, reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Reprints the first four comic books (published by Vital Publications, 1943-1946) in their entirety. All in color including covers and ads. Featuring art by the great Jack Cole, firmly locating Plastic Man in the humorous super-hero genre.

Softcover. UK, PS Artbooks, reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Reprints Plastic Man Nos. 5-8 in their entirety. All in color including covers and ads. Originally published 1946-47. Featuring art by the great Jack Cole, firmly locating Plastic Man in the humorous super-hero genre.

Hardcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 218 pages. The Timaeus-Critias is concerned with cosmology and Plato's claim that its central task is to articulate the way in which the cosmos manifests the values of goodness and beauty. This book examines this important dialogue in its entirety using current methods of Platonic scholarship. Arguing that Aristotle's physics is far closer to the Timaeus than usually realized, the study's other prominent findings reinforce the dialogue's essentially moral message, and clarify its literary character.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. For generations the electric guitar has been an international symbol of freedom, danger, rebellion, and hedonism. In Play It Loud, veteran music journalists Brad Tolinski and Alan di Perna bring the history of this iconic instrument to roaring life. It's a story of inventors and iconoclasts, of scam artists, prodigies, and mythologizers as varied and original as the instruments they spawned. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Bondi Digital Publishing, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Playboy Cover to Cover--the 50s brings the magazine's entire groundbreaking first decade--every issue, every page, cover to cover--into one searchable digital archive.This exclusive box set features the Bondi Reader, powerful MAC or PC browsing software that allows you to explore, search, save and arrange multiple reading lists. Every story, feature and interview, and of course every Playmate, can be located in seconds, and then compiled and cross-referenced however you choose. Playboy Cover to Cover--the 50s also comes with a 224? page companion coffee table book chronicling the behind-the- scenes history of Playboy and filled with never-before-published letters, photos, and contact sheets of Playboy?s amazing first decade. A collector's edition reissue of the extremely rare first issue--featuring Marilyn Monroe's breathtaking cover and pictorial--is included as a special bonus. This essential collection is a must for lifelong fans and subscribers of Playboy, nostalgia seekers, history and culture buffs, as well as all lovers of beautiful women.

Softcover. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1st pbk, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 362 pages. INSCRIBED BY BURGOS on the title page. Although largely ignored by historians of both baseball in general and the Negro leagues in particular, Latinos have been a significant presence in organized baseball from the beginning. In this benchmark study on Latinos and professional baseball from the 1880s to the present, Adrian Burgos tells a compelling story of the men who negotiated the color line at every turn-passing as "Spanish" in the major leagues or seeking respect and acceptance in the Negro leagues. Burgos draws on archival materials from the U.S., Cuba, and Puerto Rico, as well as Spanish- and English-language publications and interviews with Negro league and major league players. He demonstrates how the manipulation of racial distinctions that allowed management to recruit and sign Latino players provided a template for Brooklyn Dodgers' general manager Branch Rickey when he initiated the dismantling of the color line by signing Jackie Robinson in 1947. Burgos's extensive examination of Latino participation before and after Robinson's debut documents the ways in which inclusion did not signify equality and shows how notions of racialized difference have persisted for darker-skinned Latinos like Orestes ("Minnie") Minoso, Roberto Clemente, and Sammy Sosa. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Ward, Lock and Co, 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 195 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Black stamped decoration with gilt lettering on front. Green cover boards with light rubbing ton edges. Color illustrations throughout.

Hardcover. NY, Twelve, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Exciting 100 year history of survival of this iconic hotel. 358 pages, color and b/w illustrations. Clean copy.

hardcover. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 314 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON FRONT FLY LEAF BY JOOST (AUTHOR) Clean, tight copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. In March 1988, during the Iran-Iraq war, thousands were killed in a chemical attack on a town in Iraqi Kurdistan. Both sides accused the other. Gradually it emerged that Saddam Hussein, with the tacit support of his western allies, was responsible. This book tells the story of the gassing of Halabja, and how Iraq amassed chemical weapons to target Iranian soldiers and Kurdish villagers as America looked the other way. Today, as the Middle East sinks further into turmoil, these policies are coming back to haunt the West.

Hardcover. Columbus OH, Follett, Foster and Company, 1st, 1860, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, embossed brown cloth, 268 pages. Not first issue but an early printing with a "2" on page 13, line above publisher on copyright page, 2 leaves/4 pages of ads at front for The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, The Exiles of Florida; Adela the Octoroon; then a letter from Mr. Lincoln opposite title page. Contemporary transcripts of perhaps the most consequential campaign debates in American history. While campaigning against each other for the Senate seat for Illinois, Douglas and Lincoln engaged in a series of public debates on slavery that earned nationwide attention. Lincoln and the young Republican Party capitalized on the attention, partly by having the debate transcripts published-laying the foundation for his successful presidential campaign. Page 1, 104, and 105 with pencil marking, light water stain to bottom corner of some pages, 1 X 1/4" chip to spine cloth. Otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 2nd pr., 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 637 pages, black cloth covers with red and gilt design on spine. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Bright, price-clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Norwich CT, The Henry Bill Publishing Company, 1st, 1887, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown buckram covers with gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece portrait, 525 pages. James Gillespie Blaine (1830 -1893) was an American statesman and Republican politician who represented Maine in the US House of Representatives from 1863 to 1876, serving as Speaker of the US House of Representatives from 1869 to 1875, and then in the United States Senate from 1876 to 1881 He twice served as Secretary of State (1881, 1889-1892), one of only two persons to hold the position under three separate presidents (the other being Daniel Webster), and unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for President in 1876 and 1880 before being nominated in 1884 In the general election, he was narrowly defeated by Democrat Grover Cleveland. The original edition, here nicely rebound, previous owner's signature otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press , 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in an edgeworn dust jacket with minor tape repairs. 346 pages. A study of the bakufu, or administrative structure of the predominant ruling family in early modern Japan. The achievements of the Tokugawa family, who gave Japan 250 years of peace, are placed in a broad context through comparisons with contemporary institutional developments in other Asian countries and in Europe. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. n.p., Emma Chandler White , 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two hardcover volumes, B&W plates, folding maps. 687 pgs. Top edge gilt. Excellent condition. Two hardcover volumes, 687 pages. Illustrated with frontispiece photogravure of Vail, folding maps, photogravures, and illustrations. Dual tan and brown cloth hardcovers with gilt title block on the front covers. Gilt titles on the brown cloth spines. Top edges gilt. Untrimmed edges. Set is very clean and in very good condition. Complete.

Hardcover. Rome, Contrasto, Reprint , 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 134 pages. Extensive b&w photography throughout. A collection of 53 photographs of Pompeii, never published before, shot by the master photographer Mimmo Jodice. Unique images, visions conjuring up a long-lost past tradition, coupled with texts by Ethan Canin, Jim Nisbet and Jay Parini. No dj issued.

Rome, Contrasto, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 136 pages, 53 b&w plates. A collection of 53 photographs of Pompeii, never published before, shot by the master photographer Mimmo Jodice. Unique images, visions conjuring up a long-lost past tradition, coupled with texts by Ethan Canin, Jim Nisbet and Jay Parini. No dj issued.

Hardcover. NY, Heritage Press, reprint, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 300 pages. Inscribed by Normal Rockwell. Brown/tan cloth boards decorated with animal designs with gilt lettering along spine. B&w and color illustrations. Comes in slipcase. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Northfield VT, Norwich University, 1st, 1916, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light tan cloth with black lettering on front cover, 39 pages. A study of the social conditions in the counties of Vermont in the earl part of the 20th century. Flint was Professor of Political Science at Norwich University.

Hardcover. Hal Leonard Corporation, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 226 pages. Haunting the recording studios, jam sessions, concert halls, and nightclubs of New York City, William "PoPsie" Randolph chronicled the postwar transformation of American music from swing and jazz, to rhythm & blues and rock n' roll. The 100,000 negatives left behind after his death in 1978 span the giddy, glitzy heyday of swing in the 1940s, the hot and cool jazz spawned in the clubs of 52nd Street, the rumbling emergence of black R&B and doo-wop, the sudden explosion of rock n' roll in the late '50s, the rise of Brill Building pop and the British Invasion of the '60s, and the growth of rock into a multibillion-dollar industry by the '70s. PoPsie's son Michael has chosen the very best of his father's collection for inclusion in this remarkable book. Here readers will find luscious black-and-white photos of everyone from Benny Goodman and Billie Holiday to Elvis, The Beatles, Hendrix, and the Rolling Stones. Insightful text explains the time, people, and place of each captured moment.

Hardcover. Suffolk, UK, ACC Publishing Group Ltd, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, fresh, unmarked copy. Black and white images throughout. A collection of photographs from the early sixties taken by John Petty. Tight copy.

Hardcover. Suffolk, UK, ACC Publishing Group Ltd, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, fresh, unmarked copy. Black and white images throughout. A collection of photographs from the early sixties taken by John Petty. Tight copy.