Larry Millet (20 results)

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Good. An impressive sampling of the vanished buildings of the Twin Cities, tracing their history and including information on who the owners and architects were, how these structures were used, why they were torn down, and what occupies each site today. Highly recommended. --Library JournalLost Twin Cities is an architectural and social history of the downtowns of St. Paul and Minneapolis. The richly illustrated text emphasizes the growth and development of the two downtowns in the nineteenth century and their subsequent alteration by urban renewal and other forces of change in the twentieth century. …

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Because of their relative stability, streets offer an incomparable framework for looking at the urban past and comparing it to the present, writes Millett in his introduction to Twin Cities Then and Now, which consists of seventy-two historic street scenes matched with new photographs taken from the same locations. Accompanying each scene is an informative essay that examines the often astonishing changes wrought by time and circumstance.The historic photographs, some published here for the first time, include views taken from as long ago as the 1880s and as recently as the late 1950s. Jerry Mathiason's elegant new black-and-white photographs complement these historic images and provide superb visual comparisons between then and now, while Millett's lively text puts each scene into clear focus. Twin Cities Then and Now also includes four specially prepared maps along with detailed informational graphics that identify hundreds of significant buildings and places visible in the photographs.Twin Cities Then and Now is an engaging, startling, and at times heartbreaking look at the dramatic march of progress in Minneapolis and St. Paul. For, as Millett also writes in his introduction, to observe a city over time is to see, for better or worse, the remorseless power of change.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Because of their relative stability, streets offer an incomparable framework for looking at the urban past and comparing it to the present, writes Millett in his introduction to Twin Cities Then and Now, which consists of seventy-two historic street scenes matched with new photographs taken from the same locations. Accompanying each scene is an informative essay that examines the often astonishing changes wrought by time and circumstance.The historic photographs, some published here for the first time, include views taken from as long ago as the 1880s and as recently as the late 1950s. Jerry Mathiason's elegant new black-and-white photographs complement these historic images and provide superb visual comparisons between then and now, while Millett's lively text puts each scene into clear focus. Twin Cities Then and Now also includes four specially prepared maps along with detailed informational graphics that identify hundreds of significant buildings and places visible in the photographs.Twin Cities Then and Now is an engaging, startling, and at times heartbreaking look at the dramatic march of progress in Minneapolis and St. Paul. For, as Millett also writes in his introduction, to observe a city over time is to see, for better or worse, the remorseless power of change.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First edition. First edition, first printing. Fine, fresh copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 340 pp. Homes' American cohort the large-hearted and amply proportiond Irish New York saloonkeeper Shadwell Rafferty returns to assist the Great Detective and Dr. Watson with a case that echoes the original tale "The Dancing Men". It seems as though Abe Slaney, the vicious murderer Holmes once captured, has risen from the grave and kidnapped the beautiful widow Elsie Cubitt whose husband he shot dead years earlier. When it transpires that Slaney---or someone---is impersonating Holmes himself, the great detective begins to glimpse a darker buisness than he expected.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. 4to. viii, 216 pp. Publisher's quarter black cloth with orange paper boards lettered in red gilt at spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Light edge-wear and rubbing. Fine in Very Good jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. 1st. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth and paper over boards, spine stamped in red.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. ix, 270 p. Fine, never read copy with only a faint crease mark on lower front corner. NOTE: THIS IS NOT THE MORE COMMON 2002 EDITION. Published a decade earlier, this edition contains 13 articles not found elsewhere, covering the Mormon church in New York from 1806 to the 1964 World's Fair.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Twin Cities: Then and Now is an engaging, startling, and at times heartbreaking look at the dramatic evolution of landscapes in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Larry Millett, author of Lost Twin Cities, explores the changing appearances of Minneapolis and St. Paul from the vantage point of their relatively static streets. Seventy-two historic photographs taken from the 1880s to the late 1950s, are paired with Jerry Mathiason's elegant new black-and-white photographs to provide superb visual comparisons between then and now. Millett's lively and informative essays examine the often astonishing changes wrought by time and circumstance. Maps and detailed informational graphics provide orientation and identify hundreds of significant buildings and places in the photographs. From Larry Millett, author of the award-winning Lost Twin Cities, comes this fascinating new book that explores the history of Minneapolis and St. Paul from the vantage point of their streets. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condition: New. Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363. . 2012. Reprint. paperback. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. There Is The Name Of A Previous Owner On The First Page. There Are No Marks Or Tears Inside The Book. The Binding Is Tight. There Are Stickers On The Spine From A Previous Owner's Library.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "An impressive sampling of the vanished buildings of the Twin Cities, tracing their history and including information on who the owners and architects were, how these structures were used, why they were torn down, and what occupies each site today. Highly recommended." --Library JournalLost Twin Cities is an architectural and social history of the downtowns of St. Paul and Minneapolis. The richly illustrated text emphasizes the growth and development of the two downtowns in the nineteenth century and their subsequent alteration by urban renewal and other forces of change in the twentieth century. 1993 American Institute of Architects International Architecture Book Award Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condition: New. Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363. . 2012. Reprint. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. New Hardback - as shown, 1st Edition, stated 1st Printing, FINE/FINE - Book/Dust Jacket, name written inside front cover. Some underlining and hi-lighting throughout book. name written inside front cover some underlining and hi-lighting throughout book A collection of essay and articles about the Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. First printing, 1-10. The numerous followers of Larry Millett's extraordinary Sherlockian series will be thrilled to find Holmes's American consort, Irish saloonkeeper Shadwell Rafferty, taking his first crack at a case that looks like it might send a whole city government tumbling.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition first printing of a fine hardcover in a fine dustjacket. The 1st novel in the excellent Sherlock Holmes pastiche series, set in Minnesota in the 1890s, early 1900s, also featuring Shadwell Rafferty, saloonkeeper and part time P.I.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. An about Fine first printing of the first edition in a like dust-jacket, barely edgeworn; Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called to investigate a murder that took place in an ice palace. The victim was a well-known artist, and the suspects are a group of art thieves. In the end, Holmes and Watson uncover the true culprits and bring them to justice.; 8vo; 320 pages.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. ix, 310 pages. Black hardcover binding with gold foil stamping on front and spine. NO bumped corners, NO markings, NO underlining, NO names, NOT price clipped, NEVER read. DJ in near new condition in archival mylar protector. BEWARE: DJs for this book are often seriously soiled and damaged--this one has NO tears and is in better condition than many of the shelf new copies. Religious Studies Center Monograph Series, vol. 15. Includes and index and bibliography.…

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