Becker Benjamin M (8 results)

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 99, No 2, pp. 146-159, Illus, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet, last page in facsimile, else VG.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First Printing. Review copy with correspondence from publisher laid in. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, blind-stamped Philosophical Library medallion on cover, top edge red. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, pristine condition; unread, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW/AS NEW. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. x, (i), 260 pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good ++. First Edition. First printing. Flat-signed by author Becker with generic inscription (no names). Blue full-cloth boards with blind-embossed cover and gold foil-stamped spine and red topstain. Only flaw is some minor dampstain on boards and two tiny spots on fore edge of text block. NO rem mark or ex-lib. DJ is high gloss with no tears, chipping or bumping but does have faint dampstains on front and rear. Price intact: 22.95. Photo avail upon request. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Worn. No Jacket. There are a few age spots on the page edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Book: Fine/Near As New/ $25.83 On TRIAL ~ LAW, LAWYERS, and the LEGAL SYSTEM; Author Inscribed. * BECKER, Benjamin M.; GIBBERMAN, David L. Philosophical Library New York * * * * * 1987 1sT Edition D/j + H/c White Spine With Title In Small Blue And Larger Red Letters, Clear Acetate Plastic Covered Dust Jacket: Fine/Near As New/, Slightest Of Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. Front Interior Flap, $$22.95 Hard Cover Book: Fine/Near As New/ Condition, Slightest Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. 260 Numbered Pages, Clean And Tight To The Spine, In Fine/Near As New/ Condition. Inscribed `To Elsia ~ ~ ~ Ben Becker`. Written With A Fine Tipped Blue Marker. = Description Applies To This B00K, Only. = This Author Signed Book Has A Special Significance, Is Hard To Find, Will Be Wrapped In Plastic, Taped Shut, Packaged And Shipped = Carefully, To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = No Odors, No Writing, No Names, No Rippling, Not Stuck Together, No Book Plate, Not X~Library, No Remainder Or Other Marks. This Item Will Be Sent Wrapped In Plastic, Taped Shut And In A = New Corrugated Mailing B0X ~ = To Prevent Shipping Damage So That It Will Arrive In The Description Described. Description Applies To This B00K, Only. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE. =*=* California State Law Now Requires The Following Notice Be Given: *=*=* Seller Did Not Personally Know This Person Or Persons, And Did Not See And Was Not Present When This Item Was Signed. No Certificate Of Authenticity Is Implied Or Included In This Sale/Purchase Price. If You Would Like A Certificate Of Authenticity, You Can Obtain One At Your Own Convenience And Expense, Which Is Not Included In The Purchase Price Of This Item. =*=*. 1987 Book: Fine/Near As New/ (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s).…

Condition: Near Fine. Chicago 1975 first edition Commerce Clearing. Hardcover. Octavo, 353pp., printed black boards. Near Fine, no DJ. No ownership marks.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. xiv, 456 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. ; ISBN 9780669280029, 066928002X OCLC 31890473 LCCN 94076841 LC DG533 .M27 1995 Dewey 945/.05 ; color pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; This collection of readings offers the best of contemporary Italian Renaissance scholarship, classic studies, and excerpts from a great variety of important primary sources in a single volume. Unique to this text is the presentation of conflicting interpretations of major issues in Renaissance history ; Contents: Pt. 1. The Renaissance problem -- 1. The Renaissance problem -- The culture of the Italian Renaissance / Jacob Burckhardt -- Did women have a renaissance? / Joan Kelly -- pt. II. The material world -- 2. The plage and public health -- The plague strikes Orvieto / Elisabeth Carpentier -- Medical reputations and the Black Death / Nancy G. Siraisi -- Sexuality and medicine in the Middle Ages / Danielle Jacquart and Claude Thomasett -- 3. The economy of city and countryside -- Landed property and trade in medieval Siena / Giuliano Pinto -- The preconditions for luxury consumption / Richard A. Goldthwaite -- Women's work in Renaissance Tuscany / Judith C. Brown -- 4. Urban needs and opportunities -- The Italian urban experience / Marvin B. Becker -- Social mobility in Florence / David Herlihy -- The urban territory of a Florentine merchant, 1400 / Christiane Klapisch-Zuber -- pt. III. Political forms -- 5. Renaissance Venice and Florence emerge -- Guild republicianism in Trecento Florence / John M. Najemy -- The Venetian aristocracy takes control / Frederic C. Lane -- 6. Forms of government in Renaissance Italy -- Communes and despots in late-medieval Italy / P.J. Jones -- The rise of the Medici / Dale Kent -- 7. Machiavelli's world -- The prince : political science or political satire? / Garrett Mattingly -- Machiavelli's advice to princes / Quentin Skinner Pt. IV. Humanism -- The beginnings of humanism / Ronald G. Witt -- Petrarch and the discovery of human nature / Hans Baron -- 9. Humanism serves the state -- In defense of civic humanism / Hans Baron -- The significance of civic humanism / Albert Rabil, Jr -- The moral philosophy of a Venetian humanist, Giovanni Caldiera / Margaret L. King -- 10. Schools of humanism -- Humanism and scholasticism in the Italian Renaissance / Paul Oskar Kristeller -- Antiquity versus modernity / Charles Trinkaus -- pt. V. Urban society and culture -- Maternity, widowhood, and dowry in Florence / Christiane Klapisch-Zuber -- Wives and husbands in late medieval Venice / Stanley Chonjnacki -- 12. Conspicuous consumption -- The building of Renaissance Florence / Richard A. Goldwaite -- Sumptuary law and social relations in Renaissance Italy / Diane Owen Hughes -- 13. Spirituality and ritual -- Ritual behavior in Renaissance Florence / Richard Trexler -- Art and pageantry in Renaissance Venice / Edward Muir -- 14. The end of the Renaissance? -- Changing assumptions in later Renaissance culture / William J. Bouwsma -- Clerics and laymen in Italian literature / Carlo Dionisotti ; FINE. Book.…