Silberman Edited (12 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. 111 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate to heavy use. Clean text. Edges worn. Presence of shelfwear.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good+++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good++. First Edition. Introduction. 789pp. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt and red title on spine. Dust Jacket with 1/4" nick in top edge of front panel otherwise near fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 277 pages; 5 1/4 x 8 1/2" A selection of Bertolt Brecht's writings on the new film and broadcast media that fascinated him throughout his life and revolutionized arts and communication in the twentieth century. Spine and cover edges are very lightly worn; otherwise text block is in fine condition.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Gray wrappers. Small stains on front wrapper, age-toned wrapper, very good. Contributions by Joseph Papaleo, Thomas Berger, Albert J. Guerard and Sherwood Anderson.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Spine tanned, edges of the wraps slightly faded, else very good in wrappers. Contributors include Joseph Papaleo, Thomas Berger, Albert J. Guerard and Sherwood Anderson.

Softcover. xxxi, 426 pp. Women in Culture and Society. Softcover. LCC: 8528829 Very good condition; on covers: touches of wear on edges, and very light yellowing on rear.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in spine faded wrappers. Contributors include Vance Bourjaily, Philip Roth, Herbert Gold, Ellen Currie, Nelson Algren, Richard Power, and T.S. Eliot.

Softcover. Semeia: an experimental journal for biblical criticism. 145 pp. Number 39 (1987). Softcover. Very good condition; on covers, touches of wear, and color fading on spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 400 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Volume I, Number 3. Slim octavo. 73, [2] pp. Wrappers over stapled textblock. Page and wrapper edges modestly foxed, first leaf with a corner crease, very good or better. Prints the first appearance of a poems by Richard Eberhart ("Austere Poem" and "Light Verse"), Marion Montgomery (two poems), Paul Roche (the 10-page "The Nymph Echo"), among other material; members of the publication staff include Anthony Hecht and Leonard Baskin, who provided design elements.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 81pp. Illustrated. Stapled illustrated wrappers. A few pages, textblock edges and edges of covers slightly foxed, spine lightly faded, very good. The second issue of this Smith College literary periodical, containing the first appearance of "The Swivelhipped Amazon" by William Carlos Williams, "To W.T. Scott" by John Ciardi, "Jason" by Anthony Hecht, four poems by Robert Bagg and more.

Hardcover. Condition: New. vi, 210 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. CONTENTS: The Dead Sea scrolls and archaeology : looking back and looking ahead / Ernest S. Frerichs, Neil Asher Silberman -- The politics of the Dead Sea scrolls / Neil Asher Silberman -- Power and memory in Latin America : the uses of the pre-Columbian past / Irene Silverblatt -- Landscapes of the past / Martin Hall -- Exhibiting the Dead Sea scrolls : some historical and theoretical considerations / Adolfo Roitman -- The protection and preservation of the archaeological heritage of Jordan : the challenge for constructing a responsible stewardship / Ghazi Bisheh -- Interpreting the past in modern Greece / Christos G. Doumas -- Decipherment and publication of the Dead Sea scrolls / Emanuel Tov -- New perspectives on ancient Egyptian texts / Donald B. Redford -- Maya hieroglyphic writing : the history and consequences of decipherment / George E. Stuart -- Who owns the past / Patty Gerstenblith -- How to stop looting / Hershel Shanks -- Destroying the past in order to "save" it : collecting antiquities from Cyprus / Ellen Herscher -- Facing the crisis of looting in the United States / Hester A. Davis -- Reclaiming the Dead Sea scrolls : the significance of the scrolls for Judaism and Christianity / Lawrence H. Schiffman -- Forgotten voices and legacies / Paula E. Hyman -- The tangible past in a commemorative age / David Lowenthal -- The many "battles of the scrolls" / Lawrence H. Schiffman.