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Pamphlet. Condition: Good. This book is in good condition; no remainder marks. It does have some cover shelfwear, discoloration, and fraying along the spine. Inside pages are clean. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall b000l95n8e.

Trade paperback. An account of this 1930s case and the issues it raised - radicalism, racism, and operation of the Southern court system- as well as what it meant to nine black young men whose lives were changed forever by one morning's ride on an Alabama freight train. Photographs, index. vii, 431 pp. Very good (reading crease on front cover).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SUPERB, IRREPLACEABLE: VG hardcover First Edition (Orig. 1976), 10th printing (c. 1990), VG unpriced unclipped mylar-protected jacket w/ VG edges & corners, Unmarked smooth-cut text-block exterior showing slightest traces of shelf-dusting, BEAUTIFUL AS-NEW traditional-Oxford navy-blue library-durable fabric-over boards cover w/ sharp new edges & corners & w/ titles & Oxford crest gilt-stamped on gilt-bordered spine, AS-NEW perfect binding w/ tight sheets & blue-gold-checked cloth bands at spine-caps, PRISITNE interior handsomely printed on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * Copyrights (v), Introduction (xv), Contents (xxxi), Selections: pp. 1-1060 (w/ a few exceptions, the poems of each poet are presented in the order of their first appearance in volume form), Index: pp. 1061-1076 (combining authors, titles & first lines) * 8.74" x 5.68" x 2.12", 1.32 kg, liv+1076 (1130) pp. * ABOUT THE BOOK: American poetry is here displayed in all is variety over 300 years. Many of the poems are intimately amorous or confessional, but there are also public statements in verse, & political & philosophical lyrics. Some poems are satirical or humorous; some are folksongs, ballads, or hymns. Ellmann here considered from the point of view of the 1970s such earlier poets as Emerson, Poe & Whitman, & also presented the modern poetry of Frost, Stevens, Williams, Pound & Eliot, selecting from the post-WW II era leading contemporaries whose reputations were then still being consolidated: Imamu Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones), Sylvia Plath, A.R. Ammons, Frank O'hara, Allen Ginsburg, Adrienne Rich, Robert Creeley, Denise Levertov, John Ashbery, Galway Kinnell. With these & their predessessors, Ellmann exhibited the principal directions of American poetry & the character of its achievement. Whether the reader reads from cover-to-cover or simply browses, this book provides access to the fertility of American invention & the subtlety of American thought. * ABOUT THE EDITOR, RICHARD ELLMANN: Born in Highland Park, Michigan, Richard Ellmann for many years held the Goldsmiths' Professorship of English Literature at Oxford University. He also taught at Harvard, Northwestern, Yale & Chicago. He received the National Book Award for his "James Joyce", which many regard as the finest literary biography ever written. Among his other books are "The Identity of Yeats", "Eminent Domain", "Golden Codgers", Ulysses on the Liffey" & "The Consciousness of Joyce". * SOME WORDS FROM RICHARD ELLMANN: "American poetry, once an offshoot, now appears to be a parent stem. Speculative, daring, sometimes melodious, it has become the register of the most independent minds. What they have written has urgency, sensitivity to contemporary conditions, force of utterance. That isolated figures should have achieved so much might be attributed to chance. Beyond chance, however, these qualities have been sustained & fostered by many good poets as well as by a few great ones. Such clustered enterprise makes persuasive the claim of this poetry to have a distinctive national character." - Richard Ellmann * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to all international destinations at our posted rates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Twenty color plates, ten maps, with many black-and-white illustrations throughout (illustrator). 1st Edition. BRILLIANT: AUTHORITATIVE: COMPREHENSIVE: LUCID: NEW hardcover 1st ed. (orig. 1986, printing unstated), no jacket, UNMARKED smooth-cut text-block exterior, VERY GOOD to NEAR FINE Oxford-navy-blue library-durable cloth-over-boards cover w/ VERY GOOD edges & corners & w/ titles & Oxford crest gilt-stamped on spine, AS-NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & w/ red & yellow cloth bands at spine-caps, handsome silver-tone end-papers w/ front end-papers showing Battle between Macedonians & Persians (details of marble Alexander Sarcophagus, c. 325-300 BC) & w/ back end-papers showing Roman soldiers in front of a fort (from Trajan's column, Rome, cast marble, AD 113), pristine interior handsomely printed in full-page format on excellent unblemished paper * List of (20) color plates (viii), List of (10) maps (ix), Acknowledgments (x), Introduction (1-18) * Table of Events (830-860), Descriptive List of Illustrations (861-872), Index (873-882) *7.62" x 9.88", 2.14 kg, 882 pp. * The purpose of this book is to give the general reader a comprehensive view of the Graeco-Roman world, its history & its achievements. After a general introduction there are three main sections. The 1st, Greece, runs from the 8th to the 4th centuries BC, a period unparalleled in history for its brilliance in literature, philosophy & the visual arts. The 2nd, Greece & Rome, deals w/ the Hellenization of the Middle East by the monarchies established in the area conquered by Alexander the Great, the growth of Rome, & the impact of the two cultures on one another. The 3rd, Rome, covers the foundation of the Roman Empire by Augustus & its consolidation in the 1st two centuries AD, while an envoi discusses some aspects of the later Empire & its influence on western civilization, not least through the adoption of Christianity. Within each section chapters dealing w/ political & social history are interspersed w/ chapters on literature, philosophy, & the arts; the historical framework is reinforced by maps & chronological charts. There are bibliographies & a full index & the book is illustrated w/ 16 pp. of color plates & more than 250 b-w illus. integrated w/ the text. All of the 30 contributors are acknowledged authorities in their fields. They have taken great pains to present the latest position of modern scholarship in an accessible narrative, concentrating on those aspects of the classical world that are both important for the understanding of each period & of lasting interest to todays' reader. * "For anyone with an interest in classical civilization, either personal or scholarly, this book provides both a deeply satisfying integrated narrative & authoritative detailed discussions of specific important topics by preeminent scholars. An amazingly rich treasure-house of classical civilization!" - Alden Prynne, for Mnemosyne.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. UNRIVALED: COMPREHENSIVE: KALEIDOSCOPIC: FASCINATING: RELIABLE: UP-TO-DATE: LUCID: RICH: NEW First Edition hardcover (Orig. 2001) w/ full no. line showing First Printing, NEW unclipped handsomely-illus. full-color mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, NEW classic-gray library-durable fabric-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, IMPECCABLE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMMACULATE bright-white card-stock front & back end-papers, NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures, PRISTINE interior printed w/ handsome clarity on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 6.88" x 9.46" x 2.26", 1.76 kg, viii+1224 (1232) pp. * ABOUT THE BOOK: This MAJOR reference work provides a wealth of FASCINATING, RELIABLE, INFORMATIVE, COMPREHENSIVE & UP-TO-DATE background detail on common phrases & allusions, encompassing everything from "rebel without a cause" & "Marlboro Man" to "The Twelve Labors of Hercules". Drawing on Oxford's unrivaled bank of language & quotation on-line resources, this highly brows-able potpourri of allusive terms includes entries from a broad range of topics, including classical mythology, history, religion, folk customs, superstitions, science & technology, philosophy & popular culture. Unlike the major competing volume, this Dictionary contains more entries, w/ a wider range of reference & more LUCID explanations. Indeed, the 20,000 entries are rich w/ information, going beyond a simple identification to include colorful details, such as word origins & illustrative quotations. We learn, for instance, not only that "The Land of the Rising Sun" refers to Japan, but also that the phrase is a translation of Japanese Nippon (nichi "the sun" and pon "the source"). We also learn that "Leatherneck" refers to the leather lining inside the collar of a marine's uniform. There are special boxes for topics such as "Days of the Week" and "Last Words" (from Goethe's "More light" to Robert E. Lee's "Strike the tent"). The volume also features thousands of brief biographies, both real & fictional, from Old Mother Hubbard to Gypsy Rose Lee, & a thematic index for easy use, & there are numerous cross-references throughout the book. From "Barbie Doll" to "the Big Bang Theory," "Every Dog has His Day," and "Seven-League Boots," "The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable" is a KALEIDOSCOPIC reference work on the thousands of colorful words & phrases we use every day. * ABOUT THE EDITOR: Elizabeth Knowles is editor of "The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations" & "The Oxford Dictionary of New Words" among other works. * SHIPPING: We custom wrap & label & securely package this superb book for FREE shipment within the United States via USPS Media MaiL (or via USPS Priority Mail for a nominal $10.00 charge) and at our posted rates to international destinations via USPS First Class Airmail (recommended) or USPS Priority Airmail.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. BRILLIANT: ACUTE: CLEAR: WITTY: TIMELESS: CLASSIC: FINE: VOLIME III CONCERTOS (Orig. 1935, Uniformly-formatted O.U.P. edition 1972) w/ FINE uncreased gloss-laminated red cover, virtually AS-NEW perfect binding, EXCELLENT smooth-cut text-block exterior, PRISTINE interior printed w/ SUPERB clarity on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper w/ REMARKABLE presentations of musical examples throughout * ESSAYS IN MUSICAL ANALYSIS: VOLUME 3. CONCERTOS (1st Ed. 1936, 14th Printing 1978) 0.30 kg, x+226 (236) pp, ISBN 0193151391 * ABOUT THE BOOK: Donald Francis Tovey's ESSAYS IN MUSICAL ANALYSIS deal w/ more than 250 works, including most of the standard musical repertoire. For acuteness, common sense, clarity & wit, they are all but certainly unequaled in the history of musical criticism. VOLUME THREE deals w/ c. 50 concertos from Mozart to Walton & also contains a superb general essay on the classical concerto. * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: SIR DONALD FRANCIS TOVEY (b. July 17, 1875, d. July 10, 1940) was a British musical analyst, musicologist, writer on music, composer, conductor & pianist. He is best known for his superb "Essays in Musical Analysis" & for his editions of works by Bach & Beethoven. Since the 1990s his compositions (relatively small in number but substantial in musical content) have been recorded & performed with increasing frequency. The recordings have mostly been well received by reviewers. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE individually wraps & labels this fine book w/ our greatest elegance & care for prompt FREE shipment to all domestic destinations via USPS MEDIA MAIL or via USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a supplementary fee of $12.00, w/ international orders sent via USPS FIRST CLASS AIRMAIL at our posted rates.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. ILLUSTRATED in b-w in six sections of c. sixteen plates ea. for a total of 96 plates on excellent gloss-laminated stock (illustrator). 4th Edition. AS-NEW hardcover w/ AS-NEW mylar-protected jacket, EXCELLENT navy-blue library-durable linen-over-boards cover w/ AS-NEW edges & corners w/ titles & Oxford crest handsomely gold-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE white card-stock end-papers, AS-NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures, PRISTINE interior printed handsomely in 2-column format on excellent paper * ILLUSTRATED in b-w in six sections of c. sixteen plates ea. for a total of 96 plates on excellent gloss-laminated stock * 6.25" x 9.36" x 2.16", 1.60 kg, x+934 (944) pp. * Since the appearance in 1967 of the 3rd edition of "The Oxford Companion to the Theater", world theater had undergone a series of changes more swift & far-reaching than at any other time in its history. Encompassing those developments, this edition offers a wealth of information about contemporary writers, directors, actors, companies & theaters, both metropolitan & regional. At the same time, it continues to provide an authoritative survey of the theater's evolution, from its beginnings in primitive ritual to present-day trends in all countries that have an ongoing theatrical tradition. * An extensive cross-referencing system has been incorporated into this edition to guide the reader to related information. A generous bibliography is also included. Technical entires emphasize the historical perspective, throwing new light on the remarkable feats of earlier practitioners of theatrical illusion; they are illustrated where necessary w/ diagrams. Over 200 other illustrations are placed in thematically arranged groups; functioning independently of the text, they show the changes in vision affecting theatrical production over more than 2,000 years. * Whether one's interests lie in Greek tragedy or in commedia dell'arte, in Moliere or in Tom Stoppard, this, the 4th edition of one of the most successful Oxford Companions, is an indispensable work of reference for all theater-lovers. * "Irresistible . . . Every possible aspect of the theater is examined . . . a mass of brilliantly presented information." - Sir John Gielgud, The Spectator (London) * "Immensely valuable w/ ts vast accumulation of facts about buildings, techniques of performance, scenery, lighting, & make-up, as well as about authors & actors of all periods & places." - Ivor Brown, The Observer (London).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. OUTSTANDING: UNRIVALED: DEFT: EVOCATIVE: REMARKABLE: AUTHORITATIVE: COMPREHENSIVE: LUCID: A Beautifully Illustrated & Brilliantly Written Synthesis of World History: AS-NEW hardcover, First Edition (Orig. 1993) w/ full no. line showing First Printing, AS-NEW mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners & w/ inside flyleaf corners diagonally-clipped to a uniform depth of 0.25", EXCELLENT smooth-cut text-block exterior showing slightest shelf-dust soiling, AS-NEW library-durable black fabric-over-boards cover w/ AS-NEW edges & corners & titles white-stamped on spine, AS-NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & blue-white-checked cloth bands at spine-caps, IMMACULATE white card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed on very good unblemished archival paper * 7.92" x 10.25" x 2.18", 2.16 kg, xiii+952 (965) pp.* Illustrated w/ Color Plates & hundreds of b-w illus. throughout * 90 b-w Maps * CONTENTS: Preface, Epilogue, Illustration Sources, Index * ABOUT THE BOOK: From the evolution of Homo sapiens to the exploration of space, the vast landscape of human history appears in J.M. Roberts' deftly written & evocatively illustrated "History of the World," an outstanding one-vol. survey of the major events, developments & personalities of the known past. In a truly remarkable work of compression & synthesis, Roberts explores thousands of years of history, weaving the stories of empires, arts, religion, economics & science into his lucid narrative. Beginning w/ the early hominids, he swiftly & authoritatively brings the story up through the emergence of Mesopotamian civilizations & ancient Egypt. Here, too, is comprehensive coverage of the Indian & Chinese civilizations ("For 2500 years," he points out, "there has been a Chinese nation using a Chinese language"), as well as developments in Africa & South America. Aided by photographs of key archaeological finds (such as monumental Egyptian statues, Peruvian medallions & Celtic jewelry), Roberts clearly explains early arts, engineering & religion & also carefully ties in changing economics, such as trade routes & developments in agriculture & manufacturing, making clear their importance for the history of politics & changing societies. The story leaps ahead through the Roman Empire, the explosive arrival of Islam, the rise & fall of samurai rule in Japan, the medieval kingdoms of sub-Saharan Africa, the Mongol conquests, & the early modern European expansion across the globe. American independence, the French Revolution, colonial empires, Japan's startling modernization & the World Wars follow in turn, accompanied by discussions of scientific & technical breakthroughs. W/ informative maps, photographs & reproductions of important artwork (some in full color), Roberts clearly explains the impact of the key individuals & the major influences on history the world over, down to the era of an integrated global economy & the fall of the U.S.S.R. Vividly written & beautifully illustrated, "History of the World" offers the finest, most readable one-volume survey available today. HIGHEST PRAISE: "A stupendous achievement, the unrivaled world history for our day. It is unbelievably accurate in its facts & almost incontestable in its judgments." -A.J.P. Taylor * "The is a book I would like to put in the hands of anyone interested in the past." -Allan Bullock * "A work of outstanding breadth of scholarship & penetrating judgments. There is nothing better of its kind." -Sunday Telegraph * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: J.M. ROBERTS was Warden at Merton College, Oxford University. He is General Editor of "The Short Oxford History of the Modern World" and "The New Oxford History of England", and is author of many other books. * SHIPPING: Mnemosyne wraps, labels & securely packages this SUPERB work for shipment at NO CHARGE to all destinations within the United States via USPS MEDIA MAIL & to all international destinations via Mandatory USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below cost fee quoted on request.

near fine dust-jacket, fresh attractive copy, black hardcover, appears unused. SLIM, HUGO. Solferino 21: warfare, civilians and humanitarians in the twenty-first century. London, New York, NY: C. Hurst & Co. Publishers Ltd., Oxford University Press, 2022, xlv, 289pp., . CONTENTS: Introduction -- Warfare so far this century -- Next-generation warfare -- Civilian experience -- Civilians as survivors -- Humanitarian progress -- Changing humanitarians. ISBN 9781787386839.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. The 13th novel by Charles Dickens is the life story of his endearing orphan character, Pip. It is presented in a compact edition, one in the Oxford University Press "The World's Classics" series. Includes five black & white drawings by Yarwick Goble. --- In full olive cloth-covered boards with spine titling & decorations in gilt. --- A Fair-only copy, with dulling to spine titling, missing title page & Goble frontis illustration, and crease to cover of front cover, otherwise intact and fully readable.; 24mo - 5 to 6 in. tall; [6], 540, 8 (ads) pages.

Lovely children's boo with colour frontis, large print with line drawingg and some printed colour infill, very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. AUTHORITATIVE: ENGAGING: LEARNED: LUCID: ELEGANT: WITTY: INDISPENSABLE: RELIABLE: CLEAR; ENLIGHTENING: NEW First Edition hardcover (orig. 1995) Fifth Printing (c. 2002), NEW unclipped mylar-protected jacket showing orig. $35.00 price at bottom right inside front flyleaf, NEW library-durable black linen-over-boards cover w/ NEW edges & corners & titles & Oxford crest elegantly gold-stamped on spine, EXCELLENT smooth-cut text-block exterior w/ slightest traces of shelf-dust soiling, IMMACULATE snow-white end-papers on heavy stock, NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & olive & yellow-checked cloth bands at spine-caps, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 6.36" x 9.50 x 2.18", 1.66 kg, xx+1009 (1029) pp. * ABOUT THE BOOK: The most AUTHORITATIVE & ENGAGING philosophical reference book in English, "The Oxford Companion to Philosophy" gives CLEAR & RELIABLE guidance to all areas of philosophy & to the ideas of all notable philosophers from antiquity to the present day. The scope of the volume is not limited to English-language philosophy; it surveys the foremost philosophy from all parts of the world. Combining learning, lucidity, elegance & wit, 249 distinguished international contributors provide almost 2,000 alphabetically arranged entries which are not only instructive but also entertaining, w/ more than 50 extended entries of 3,000 words on the main areas of philosophy & the great philosophers, including essays by Paul Feyerabend on the history of the philosophy of science, Alasdair Macintyre on histories of moral philosophy, Jaegwon Kim on problems of the philosophy of mind, Ernest Sosa on problems of metaphysics, Anthony Quinton on philosophy itself, Anthony Kenny on Frege, Peter Singer on Hegel, John Cottingham on Descartes & Richard Schacht on Nietzsche. Shorter entries deal w key concepts (e.g. personal identity, time), theories (utilitarianism, holism), problems (the mind-body problem, the meaning of life) , schools of thought (Marxist philosophy, the Vienna Circle) & practical issues (abortion, vegetarianism). Individual thinkers past (including Pythagoras, Confucius, Galileo, Goethe, Burke, Santayana, de Beauvoir, Radhakrishnan, Popper) & present (over 150 contemporary figures, such as Chomsky, Derrida & Berlin) are profiled, & 80 of them are depicted in b-w portraits. Interspersed throughout are short explanations of particular philosophical terms (qualia, supervenience, itl), puzzles (the Achilles paradox, the prisoner's dilemma) & curiosities (the philosopher's stone, slime). A chronological chart of the history of philosophy is located at the end of the book, together w/ 15 diagrams showing the structure of philosophy & the relations between its subjects & theories. A comprehensive index & list of entries provides a helpful overall scheme of the book. This book will be an INDISPENSABLE guide & a constant source of stimulation & enlightenment for anyone interested in abstract thought, the eternal questions, & the foundations of human understanding. Including entries on the following topics & by the following contributors: the absurd, animals, anarchy, art, Isaiah Berlin, chaos, Chinese room, computers, Davidson, Dummett & Dworkin, euthanasia, eternity, evil, evolution, Feyerabend & Foot, ghost in the machine, God is dead, Jaakko Hintikka, Indian, Irish, Islamic & Italian philosophy, jaundice, judgment, justice, Kim Kymlicka & Kenny, language, laughter, life, love, loyalty, Alasdair MacIntyre, Thomas Nagel, oar in water, Ockham's razor, pain, paradoxes, paternalism, pineal gland, W. V.Quine, resentment, revenge & revolution, Searle & Singer, tarot, tar-water, time travel, twin earth unconscious & subconscious mind vagueness, value, vegetarianism, &c. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost fee & to international destinations via USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. INVALUABLE: FINE virtually AS-NEW First Edition hardcover, AS-NEW mylar-protected jacket w/ bottom-front flyleaf corner neatly diagonally price-clipped to a depth of c. 0.75", IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, AS-NEW library-durable medium-blue linen-over-boards cover w/ excellent edges & corners & titles handsomely gold-stamped on spine, IMPECCABLE cream-white card-stock end-papers, AS-NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & black banding at spine-caps, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed in 2-column format on EXCELLENT archival paper * 7.25" x 10.25" x 2.36", 1.80 kg, xliv+940 (984) pp. * ABOUT THE BOOK: A new volume for a new century, "The Oxford Companion to United States History" covers everything from Jamestown & the Puritans to the Human Genome Project & the Internet. Written in clear, graceful prose for researchers, browsers & general readers alike, this volume addresses the total American experience, its triumphs & heroes as well as its tragedies & darker moments. In a volume as big as the nation it portrays are found more than 1400 entries written by c. 900 historians & scholars, illuminating not only America's political, diplomatic & military history, but also social, cultural & intellectual trends, as well as science, technology, medicine, the arts, & religion. * HIGH PRAISE: "The great virtue of this 'Oxford Companion' is the expertise of its more than 900 contributors, ea. an authority on the subject treated. The literary quality of the essays is also impressive. Accuracy, readability, scope of coverage, conciseness & ease of use make this the best reference book on U.S. history in existence." - James M. McPherson, author of "Battle Cry of Freedom: The Era of the Civil War" * "The Oxford Companion to United States History is one of those genuinely indispensable reference works. The entries are concise, to the point, & clearly written. The editors are a very distinguished group of scholars, & they have recruited an amazingly competent group of scholars to help them write the many entries. The book cries out to be used!" - Stanley N. Katz, Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs, & President Emeritus, American Council of Learned Societies * SHIPPING: Mnemosyne carefully wraps, labels & packages this unrivaled reference work w/ our greatest care for FREE shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL within the United States & its territories w/ expedited delivery available via USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below cost fee & international service (due to its hefty weight) via Mandatory USPS INTERNATIONAL PRIORTY MAIL w/ our below-cost rates available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Handsomely illustrated throughout in color & b-&-w (illustrator). 1st Edition. MAGNIFICENT: CHARMING: BEAUTIFUL: NEAR FINE First Edition hardcover (Orig. 1974) Third Printing (August 1975): EXCELLENT neatly-price-clipped jacket w/ VERY GOOD edges & corners protected in a carefully applied mylar-sleeve, FINE orig. full-cloth baby-blue cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE cobalt-blue card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed on EXCELLENT unblemished semi-gloss paper * 6.94" x 10.0" x 1.0", 0.88 kg, 256 pp * CONTENTS: Introduction (11), The Fairy Tales (30), Chief Commentaries Consulted (245), Sources of the Illustrations (249), Index (253)* ABOUT THE BOOK: Everyone has at one time been inspired or enchanted by fairy tales, w/ their evil witches, pure princesses, heroic princes, & happy endings. Yet over the years, most of these popular tales have undergone many transformations, as editors & storytellers have shortened & sentimentalized them, as well as slanted them to suit the demands of the time. Now reissued, Iona & Peter Opie's magnificent "The Classic Fairy Tales", presents 24 of the best-known fairy tales in their original written form. Drawing on years of expertise, the editors provide introductions to ea. fairy tale, tracing the development of ea. story & noting points of interest. We learn, for example, that in a 17th century version of "Sleeping Beauty", the prince actually raped the princess in her sleep. "Goldilocks", it turns out, evolved from the little old woman of the original story into a young girl. "Little Red Ridinghood" was actually eaten by the wolf, & in an early version of the "Frog Prince," the princess had to sleep w/ the frog to free him from his spell. W/ classic tales from the likes of Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, & Hans Christian Andersen, & the works of such famous illustrators as Gustav Dore, Kate Greenaway, & George Cruikshank, "The Classic Fairy Tales" brings to life the charm & beauty of these timeless favorites. * ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Iona Opie & her late husband Peter wrote & edited many books together, including "The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes", "The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book", "The Oxford Book of Children's Verse", "The Lore & Language of Schoolchildren", "The Singing Game", & "Children's Games in Street and Playground". * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this splendid book w/ our greatest elegance & care for FREE shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL within the U.S. w/ shipment via USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below cost fee & shipment to international destinations via USPS FIRST CLASS AIRMAIL at our posted below-cost rates.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. SUPERB: BRILLIANT: MASTERFUL: COMPELLING: BEAUTIFULLY-WRITTEN: LUCID: COMPREHENSIVE: VIVID: INSIGHTFUL: DEEPLY RESEARCHED: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, 2000: AS-NEW virtually NEW First Edition hardcover w/ no. line showing First Printing, NEW handsomely-designed-illus. mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp NEW edges & corners showing orig. $39.95 price at bottom right inside front flyleaf, NEW cover w/ blue library-durable fabric wrapping spine & extending 2.00" onto front & back panels covered in matching blue paper, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, AS-NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & red-white-checked cloth bands at spine-caps, IMPECCABLE cream-white card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 9.5" x 6.36" x 2.36",1.46 kg, xviii+936 (954) pp. * Choice b-w illustrations presented in two 18 pp. insets on excellent gloss laminated paper: between pp. 332 & 333 (31 captioned photographs); between pp. 652 & 653 (37 captioned photographs & reproductions) * 21 excellent b-w line maps * ABOUT THE BOOK: Between 1929 & 1945, 2 great travails were visited on the American people: the Great Depression & World War II. This book tells the story of how Americans endured & eventually prevailed in the face of those unprecedented calamities. The Depression was both disaster & opportunity. As David Kennedy vividly demonstrates, the economic crisis of the 1930s was far more than a simple reaction to the alleged excesses of the 1920s. For more than 100 years before 1929 America's unbridled industrial revolution had gyrated through repeated boom & bust cycles, wastefully consuming capital & inflicting untold misery on city & countryside alike. "Freedom From Fear" explores how the nation agonized over its role in World War II, how it fought the war, why the United States won, & why the consequences of victory were both sweet & ironic. In a compelling narrative, Kennedy analyzes the determinants of American strategy, the painful choices faced by commanders & statesmen, & the agonies inflicted on the millions of ordinary Americans who were compelled to swallow their fears & face battle as best they could. "Freedom from Fear" is a COMPREHENSIVE & VIVID account of the most convulsive period in American history, excepting only the Civil War--a period that formed the crucible in which modern America was created. * HIGHEST PRAISE: "David Kennedy is one of America's most distinguished historians, & "Freedom from Fear" is a remarkable achievement deeply researched, insightful, & beautifully written." -James T. Patterson, Bancroft Prize-winning author of "Grand Expectations". "David Kennedy's panoramic history of America & the world between 1929 & 1945 is a SUPERB reconstruction of the era that formed our times. Simply put, it is a BRILLIANT narrative & analysis. Anyone who wants to understand our century needs to read Kennedy's book." -Robert Dallek, author of "Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson & His Times, 1961-1973". "A MASTERFUL work of history: Kennedy's sprightly & LUCID prose adds force to his careful judgments, some of them controversial." -John Morton Blum "COMPETENT, COMPLETE & LITERATE, "A MAJOR & thoroughly fine piece of work" -John Kenneth Galbraith * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: DAVID M. KENNEDY is Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History at Stanford University. He is the author of "Over Here: The First World War & American Society", which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, & "Birth Control in America: The Career of Margaret Sanger", which won the Bancroft Prize. He lives in Stanford, California. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to international destinations at our posted below-cost rates.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 250 b-w illustrations integrated in the text, 24 pp color plates (illustrator). 1st Edition. SUPERB: RICH: INFORMATIVE: AS-NEW Unstated First Edition hardcover * 7.62" x 10.0" x 1.75", 1.70 kg, xvi+640 (656) pp * 250 b-w illustrations integrated in the text, 24 pp color plates * 1500 entries by an international team of 170 expert contributors, descriptions of more than 700 of the world's finest gardens * ABOUT THE BOOK: This SPLENDID "Oxford Companion" covers the history & design of gardens all over the world from the earliest recorded known examples to the present day, encompassing everything from small private gardens to the vast public park at Versailles, from the secret gardens of Arab princes to legendary gardens that no longer exist. Some 250 halftone illustrations of gardens feature contemporary paintings & engravings, recent & early photographs, garden plans & sketches. In addition, 24 pages of color plates illustrate the rich variety & scope of the garden. The "Companion" is neither a practical manual on how to select & grow plants nor a garden visitor's handbook. Rather, the 1500 entries include over 700 on individual gardens selected for their historical significance & originality of design. In addition, the "Companion" brings together for the first time in a single convenient reference work information on modern garden designers, such as Church, Baragan, Burle Marx, Frederick Law Olmsted, & Jens Jenson, & on principal patrons, illustrators, & nurserymen & plant collectors--information heretofore available if at all only in specialist periodicals & in a few rare books. There are also entries on features such as fountains, mazes, serpentine walls, & moon doors; & on garden terms like jie jing, étang, & casino. Gardens for special purposes are included--for disabled people, hospitals, & prisons, roof gardens, rock gardens, & water gardens. Longer articles cover garden design in major countries, & specialist topics such as botanical illustration, Islam, public parks, & landscape architecture as an academic subject. As in other "Oxford Companions" the entries are arranged alphabetically w/ comprehensive cross-referencing. * ABOUT THE AUTHORS: SIR GEOFFREY JELLICOE, CBE, architect & landscape architect, is the author of many distinguished books, including the classic "Italian Gardens of the Renaissance" (1925, w/ J.C. Shepherd) & "Studies in Landscape Design (3 vols., 1959, 1966, 1970). DR. SUSAN JELLICOE, designer & plants-woman, is author of "The Landscape of Man" (1975, w/ Geoffrey Jellico)e & "Town Gardens to Live In" (1977, w/ Lady Allen of Hurtwood). PATRICK GOODE is a lecturer in the history of garden design at Thames Polytechnic, Kent, England. MICHAEL LANCASTER is a professional landscape architect & head of the Department of Landscape Architecture at Thames Polytechnic. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps & securely packages this fine book for FREE shipment within the United States via USPS MEDIA MAIL or via USPS PRIORTY MAIL for a below-cost charge of $16.00, w/ shipment to International Destinations via Regulation-Mandated USPS INTERNATIONAL PRIORITY AIRMAIL for a below-cost charge available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Book Club Edition. SPLENDID: MONUMENTAL: COMPELLING: HISTORY IN THE GRAND MANNER: POWERFUL: DRAMATIC: FASCINATING: VIVID: ASTUTE: MEMORABLE: NEW: BOOK CLUB EDITION (Off-printed from the First printing of the OUP First Edition) hardcover: NEW handsomely-designed color-illustrated jacket w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, NEW chocolate paper-over-boards cover w sharp NEW edges & corners, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE cream-white card-stock end-papers, NEW perfect binding w/ tightly-gathered sheets & chocolate cloth banding at spine-caps, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 6.30" x 9.50" x 1.76, 0.96 kg, xviii+606 (624) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: It is one of the great questions of American history--Why did the southern states bolt from the Union and help precipitate the Civil War? In final volume of his MONUMENTAL work--"The Road to Disunion"--acclaimed historian William W. Freehling offers a COMPELLING new answer. Here is history in the grand manner, a POWERFUL narrative peopled with dozens of MEMORABLE portraits, telling this important story with skill and relish. Freehling highlights all the key moments on the road to war, including the violence in Bleeding Kansas, Preston Brooks's beating of Charles Sumner in the Senate chambers, the Dred Scott Decision, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, & much more. As Freehling shows, the election of Abraham Lincoln sparked a political crisis, but at first most Southerners took a cautious approach, willing to wait & see what Lincoln would do--especially, whether he would take any antagonistic measures against the South. But at this moment, the extreme fringe in the South took charge, first in South Carolina & Mississippi, but then throughout the lower South, sounding the drum roll for secession. Indeed, "The Road to Disunion" is the first book to fully document how this decided minority of Southern hotspurs took hold of the secessionist issue &, aided by a series of fortuitous events, drove the South out of the Union. Freehling provides compelling profiles of the leaders of this movement--many of them members of the South Carolina elite. Throughout the narrative, he evokes a world of FASCINATING characters & places as he captures the drama of one of America's most important--& least understood--stories. The long-awaited sequel to the award-winning "Secessionists at Bay", which was hailed as "the most important history of the Old South ever published," this volume concludes a major contribution to our understanding of the Civil War. A COMPELLING, VIVID portrait of the final years of the antebellum South, "The Road to Disunion" will stand as an important history of its subject. * HIGHEST PRAISE: "This sure-to-be-lasting work--studded with pen portraits and consistently ASTUTE in its appraisal of the subtle cultural and geographic variations in the region--adds crucial layers to scholarship on the origins of America's bloodiest conflict." -The Atlantic Monthly "SPLENDID, painstaking account . & so a work of history reaches into the past to illuminate the present. It is light we need, & we owe Freehling a debt for shedding it." -Washington Post " A masterful, dramatic, breathtakingly detailed narrative." -The Baltimore Sun * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: WILLIAM W. FREEHLING is one of the most distinguished American historians of the Civil War era. He is Singletary Professor of the Humanities Emeritus at the University of Kentucky & Senior Fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. He is the author of "Prelude to Civil War", which won a Bancroft Prize, "The Road to Disunion, Volume I: Secessionists at Bay & Volume II: Secessionists Triumphant", & "The South vs. the South: How Anti-Confederate Southerners Shaped the Course of the Civil War." * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. BRILLIANT: INNOVATIVE: ANIMATED: PERCEPTIVE: REVEALING: NEW First Edition hardcover (Orig. 1988) w/ no. line showing Fifth Printing, NEW unpriced handsomely-illustrated mylar-protected color-jacket w/ NEW edges & corners, SUPERB NEW cover w/ library-durable British-green linen wrapping spine & extending 1.36" onto front & back panels handsomely covered in rich-brown paper, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & green-white-checked cloth bands at spine-caps, IMPECCABLE cream-white card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 9.50" x 6.36" x1.22", 0.70 kg, x+310 (320) pp. * Acknowledgments (v), Introduction: The Quest for the Historical Calvin (1), Conclusion (230), Notes (235), Bibliography (295), Index (303) * ABOUT THE BOOK: Calvinism has been widely credited (or blamed) for much that is thought to characterize the modern world: for capitalism & modern science, for secularization & democracy, for individualism & utilitarianism. But John Calvin the man has been largely ignored by historians; most of us, if we think of him at all, tend to view him as little more than the joyless tyrant of Geneva & the source of an abstract theology as forbidding as its author. This book, by an eminent historian whose career has been devoted to understanding the larger patterns of early modern European history, aims to make Calvin come alive by putting him back in his own time & understanding how he dealt with its problems. A Frenchman, an exile, & a humanist in the tradition of Erasmus, Calvin was unusually sensitive to the complexities & contradictions of later Renaissance culture. The Calvin who emerges from this eloquent study is a surprisingly human, more plausible, more ecumenical & often sympathetic figure, whose achievement was both more & less than (& at the same time quite different from) the way it has commonly been portrayed. The result is a brilliant interpretation not only of Calvin but also of the Reformation & its relationship to the movements of the Renaissance. * HIGHEST PRAISE: "This book merits a doxology. At last someone has rescued the great reformer of Geneva from the stony grayness to which he has been so wrongly consigned & has drawn an animated picture of a passionate & complex man. Bouwsma knows there is no better way to grasp the spirit of an age than to see it in the life of someone who was deeply immersed in its fiercest currents. This book is not just about Calvin or about his age, but about the intermeshing of the two. It now stands as the best biography of Calvin available." -Harvey Cox, Harvard Divinity School -- "This is a great book. It is difficult for an author to write innovatively, freshly, & creatively about a subject whose life & thought have been so thoroughly studied. Yet Bouwsma has done so. In Calvin's own writings he has discovered themes & continuities & contradictions & tensions which have never been exposed before. Future students of Calvin will be hard pressed either to ignore or refute Bouwsma's theses." -M. Howard Rienstra (deceased) Former Director, H.H. Meeter Center for Calvin Studies, Calvin College & Seminary * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: WILLIAM J. BOUWSMA is Sather Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley. One of the foremost American scholars of the Renaissance & Reformation, he is also the author of "Venice & the Defense of Republican Liberty: Renaissance Values in the Age of the Counter-Reformation", acclaimed by 'Renaissance Quarterly' as "among the handful of the most significant studies of the history of ideas produced in the 1960s." * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE custom wraps, labels & packages this fine book w/ our greatest care for secure prompt FREE shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL within the United States (or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a nominal additional $12.00 fee) & via USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL to all international destinations at our posted below-cost rates.

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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. BRILLIANT: ILLUMINATIONG: DETAILED: THOROUGH: NEW First Edition hardcover (Orig. 1993) Fourth Printing (1996), NEW handsomely-illustrated mylar-protected jacket (no price shown), NEW Oxford-blue library-durable buckram-over-boards cover w/ titles & Oxford crest BEAUTIFULLY gilt-stamped on spine, EXCELLENT unmarked smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE cream-white card-stock end-papers, NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures, PRSITINE interior printed w/ handsome clarity on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 6.24" x 9.50" x 2.30", 1.70 kg, xxx+941 (971) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: On October 9, 1813, in the small town of Roncole, Italy, a baby by the name of Giuseppe Verdi was born. Little did his parents know that this child, born in the auspicious week of the Feast of San Donnino, would grow up to be not only a national hero of Italy, but also one of the most successful composers of all time. Many books have been written about Verdi's music, yet few have sufficiently covered Verdi the man. In "Verdi: A Biography" Mary Jane Phillips-Matz brings us the result of more than 30 years' research on the life of this colossus of Italy. Drawing on numerous original documents provided by Verdi's descendants, the Carrara-Verdi family, this long awaited biography reexamines Verdi's life not only as a composer, but as a philanthropist & son of Italy. Matz places Verdi against a backdrop of a century of fierce Italian nationalism that dictated that not only musical, but political considerations permeate his life & work. As Phillips-Matz writes, in Verdi's music, in the patriotic phrases of his librettos, "nationalism found a voice that aroused Italians to the cause of the Patria." In fact, Verdi's stature as a cultural icon rose to such heights that in 1861, he was pressured to serve on the First Parliament of Italy. As his close friend Carlos Cavour wrote, Verdi's membership would lend great dignity to the Parliament both in & beyond Italy & thus further the efforts of the national party in its fight for independence. Here too is a glimpse into the personal life of Verdi, his turbulent relationships w/ his friends & family, his dedication to his music, his passion for his country. In defense of his second wife, former soprano Giuseppina Strepponi (shunned by his family for her tarnished reputation) Verdi obtained a legal separation from his parents & for a time withdrew from public life to ensure their privacy. In protest over the Teatro La Fenice's poor choice of a soprano for La Traviata (1853), Verdi threatened to defect from the project ("I have no faith whatsoever that it will succeed, &, on the contrary, it will be a complete fiasco"). And in the midst of the Austro-Prussian war of 1866, in which the very freedom of Italy was at stake, Verdi, objecting to France's support of Austria, asked to be released from his contract to finish Don Carlos for the Paris Opera (the opera house, however, did not think war a good enough excuse). Upon his death in 1901 there were scenes of national mourning for the man whose actions had become a model, & music an inspiration to all of Italy. With an eloquent foreword by Andrew Porter, "Verdi: A Biography" brilliantly illuminates the life of the composer, patriot, & philanthropist who not only created the operas that would prosper generations after the artist, but who also emboldened the cultural pride of a country fighting for its freedom. * HIGHEST PRAISE: "Mary Jane Phillips-Matz's "Verdi" is the latest, longest, & most throughly informed of the many Verdi biographies in English . . . she has brought us closer than ever before to the complicated, important man whose operas have been the delight & admiration of the world." -From the Foreword by Andrew Porter * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee. Shipping quotations for all international orders on request.

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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. EXTRAORDINARY: SPLENDID: INDISPENSABLE: NEW Stated First Edition hardcover w/ full no. line showing First Printing, handsome NEW mylar-protected gloss-laminated illus. jacket w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, Excellent NEW blue paper-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & w/ titles gilt-stamped on spine, NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & blue-white-checked cloth bands at spine-caps, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE cream-white card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed in 2-column format on SUPERB semi-gloss laminated paper * Richly illustrated throughout in color & b-w * 7.76" x 10.0" x 1.78", 2.03 kg, xvi+794+xii (822) pp * A remarkable survey of classical civilization that has itself become a classic: Comprised of more than 700 scrupulously selected entries that examine a breathtaking range of topics, including: Roman & Greek prehistory, history & politics; Historical individuals; Ancient law; Economic history; Women's studies; War studies; Literature, education & scholarship; Linguistics; Philosophy, mythology & religion, Science, technology & medicine, Material culture, art & architecture * Unrivaled in scope & scholarship, "The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization" is an indispensable guide to the richly textured history of ancient Greece & Rome. Filled w/ both essay-length articles & short quick-reference entries, this meticulously detailed volume breathes life into the people, places, & events that shaped the development of classical civilization. Readers will learn that the grand army of Alexander the Great consisted of 48,500 soldiers & was the largest ever to leave Greek soil, that the white facades of refined Ionic & Doric structures in Greece were once washed in vibrant reds & blues, & that the Theodosian Code, a collection of Roman law published in AD 438, still survives today. Here are examinations of the lives & works of great philosophers & literary figures, such as Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Sophocles, Seneca, Aeschylus & the poets Ovid & Sappho. Mythology & religion were integral parts of classical civilization, & from Aphrodite & Hermes to funerary rites & sacrifice, they are integral parts of this volume as well. Whether searching for the birth date of Julius Caesar or the location of Cyprus, the ancient Roman method of navigation or the ancient Greek method of glass production, readers will find that this extraordinarily thorough yet accessibly written book is a treasury of information on classical civilization. Arranged alphabetically, fully cross-referenced & graced w/ a beautiful selection of full-color plates, "The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization" has become an essential resource for anyone interested in learning more about the cradle of western civilization. * ABOUT THE EDITORS: Professor of Classics & Ancient History at University College, London, Simon Hornblower is the author (among other works) of "The Greek World" & is co-editor of "The Oxford Classical Dictionary". Antony Spawforth is Senior Lecturer in Ancient History & Greek Archaeology at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne & is also curator of the Shefton Museum there. His publications include "Hellenistic & Roman Sparta, A Tale of Two Cities". He is also co-editor of "The Oxford Classical Dictionary". * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & packages this splendid book w/ our greatest elegance & care for FREE shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL within the United States & its territories or via USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below cost fee of $14.00 w/ shipping to all international destinations (due to its weight & larger format) via Mandatory USPS INTERNATIONAL PRIORITY AIRMAIL for a below-cost fee available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. COMPREHENSIVE: AUTHORITATIVE: REVISED: UPDATED: INDISPENSABLE: ENRICHING: FINE: First Edition hardcover (Orig. 2002) First Printing * 7.50" x 9.50" x 2.50", 2.14 kg, xiv+1434 (1448) * ABOUT THE BOOK: First published in 1938, The Oxford Companion to Music has been the first choice for authoritative information on all aspects of music. Now, 17 years since the last edition, the Companion is here to serve a new generation of students, teachers, performers, concert goers, record collectors, & music lovers. Completely revised and updated by a distinguished team of contributors, the Oxford Companion to Music features more than 1,000 new entries than the previous edition; more than 70 percent of the entire text is either new or entirely rewritten. Here, in articles that range from clear, concise definitions of musical ideas & terms to extended surveys of musical forms & styles, is authoritative coverage of virtually every musical subject. Embracing the world of music in all its variety--including jazz, popular music, & dance--the Companion offers a concentrated focus on the Western classic tradition, from the Middle Ages to the present day. More than 8,000 articles sweep across an extraordinary range of subjects: composers, performers, conductors, individual works, instruments & notation, forms & genres. From the study of music--theory, aesthetics, scholarship--to the way it is performed & disseminated, the Companion provides comprehensive, accessible coverage of music in all its artistic, historical, cultural, & social dimensions. Comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date, and designed throughout for clarity & accessibility, the new Oxford Companion to Music, like every edition before it, will immediately become an indispensable resource for all who wish to enrich their love and knowledge of music. * ABOUT THE EDITOR: Alison Latham is a well-known editor of music reference works. She has edited The Musical Times and for over ten years was publications editor at the Royal Opera House, Convent Garden. She was assistant editor of The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music and the co-editor of The Cambridge Guide to Music and Verdi in Performance. * SHIPPING: Mnemosyne carefully wraps, labels & packages this unrivaled reference work w/ our greatest care for FREE shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL within the United States & its territories w/ expedited delivery available via USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below cost fee & international service (due to its hefty weight) via Mandatory USPS INTERNATIONAL PRIORTY MAIL w/ our below-cost rates available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. COMPREHENSIVE: AUTHORITATIVE: AS-NEW First Edition (Orig. 2001) First Printing, AS-NEW jacket * 8.76" x 11.12" x 1.50", 2.14 kg, xxx+546 (576) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: From the conjectured identity of the Dark Lady of the Sonnets to misprints in the First Folio, from Shakespeare's favorite figures of speech to the staging of Othello in South Africa, The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare offers the most comprehensive coverage available on all aspects of Shakespeare's life and works. Illustrated with more than 100 photographs & boasting contributions from a team of internationally renowned scholars (including such noted Shakespeare authorities as Helen Vendler, Park Honan, & Jonathan Bate), the Companion has more than 3,000 entries that offer succinct, stimulating, & authoritative commentary on Shakespeare's life & times, his plays & poems, & their interpretation around the world over the last four centuries. All Shakespeare's plays--from As You Like It & All's Well that Ends Well to King Lear & Hamlet--are covered in major articles. There are concise descriptions of allusions in Shakespeare (Ajax, Agamemnon), well-known critics (Samuel Johnson, John Dryden), great Shakespearian actors (Richard Burbage, Lawrence Olivier, Kenneth Branagh), characters in the plays (Mercutio, Ophelia), figures of speech (metaphor, metonymy, oxymoron), & much more. Longer articles explore topics such as Shakespeare's birthplace, censorship, the Chamberlain's Men, film, & Shakespeare's reception in such countries as China, Italy, & the United States. Bringing its readers up to date not only w/ the latest in Shakespearian scholarship & controversy but w/ the plays' most recent incarnations on stage, film, & in international popular culture, this is the perfect companion to Shakespeare's works, covering everything from Aaron to Zeffirelli, & from Shakespeare in schools to Shakespeare in Love. * ABOUT THE EDITORS: Michael Dobson is Professor of Renaissance Drama at the University of Surrey Roehampton. He has also taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Harvard University, & Oxford. Stanley Wells is Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, & Professor of Shakespeare Studies Emeritus, & Director of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham. He has been the general editor of the Oxford Shakespeare since 1978.* SHIPPING: Mnemosyne carefully wraps, labels & packages this unrivaled reference work w/ our greatest care for FREE shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL within the United States & its territories w/ expedited delivery available via USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below cost fee & international service (due to its hefty weight) via Mandatory USPS INTERNATIONAL PRIORTY MAIL w/ our below-cost rates available on request.

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8vo; pp. xiv, 376; map endpapers, appendices, index; hardback; a good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Covers slightly marked, free endpapers partially embrowned, dustwrapper a little marked and frayed. Second edition, fifth impression (10th printing - first published 1949), with the few manuscript notes, and homemade index tabs, of Derek Stanford. Stanford had served with Fry in the Non-Combatant Labour Corps during the Second World War (Fry contributed to Stanford's corps magazine that was banned); he capitalised on his wartime colleague's West End success with The Lady's Not for Burning by writing three books on him in three years, Christopher Fry: an appreciation (1951), Christopher Fry Album (1952) and, for the National Book League's British Council series, Christopher Fry (1954).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Endpapers spotted. Reprint "with corrections" (first printing 1944), with the ownership inscription of Humphrey and Grace Pakington, Holt, 1946, and the later book-label of David J. Hall; loosely inserted news-cuttings of 80th-birthday articles on Bridges from The Times and Daily Mail, 1924, and the Times obituary of his daughter Elizabeth Daryush, 1977.