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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st U S Edition.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. slightly rubbed, no creases or markings or tears, clean & tight, spine is faded, pages are lightly yellowed.

Paperback. First Edition Thus (2004); so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Fine in Wraps: binding square and secure; text clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, like-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing no flaws. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Appears unread. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.25 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches). 192 pages. Translated by Peter Bush and Anne McLean. Language: English. Weight: 6.8 ounces. Trade Paperback. First Edition Thus (2004); so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence.

Paperback. First Edition Thus; First Printing indicated. Fine in Wraps: binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 192pp. Translated by Peter Bush and Anne McLean. Trade Paperback. Like a game of chess where anonymous pawns are sacrificed, pieces swapped and humble pawns can be made queens, where strategy is all, this novel moves players and identities about on a board incomprehensible to the players/narrators but fascinating to the readers. Told in 4 voices that spread from WWI to the early 1960's and the execution of Eichmann in Jerusulaem, we see that names, identities and futures are swapped by games of chess on board a train to the Eastern front of WWI. But soon we find that all these disparate voices are united in the sense of belonging to one giant chess game whose moves they can not control and - even more - in the interconnectedness and yet shadowy strands that connect them all. The Shadow Without A Name is a book that combines intelligence, strategy and suggestiveness to convey the fluidness of personal identity and yet the way we all quest for a sense of who we are,and for a way to understand our role in the world. The Shadow suggested works on many levels - including the way we cast shadows on other's lives, and how those shadows affect us. The different voices are all distinct characters in tone, and yet the use of these voices is quite well done - there is no sense of choppiness to the novel as it progresses forward and through the past. While some of the action takes place during war, this is not a "war book", nor is it simply a mystery concerned with a simple crime. The structure of self and identity and the need to know what happens as a result of these overt and sublte games of chess will keep the reader following the game to the end of the book. If there is any weakness, it is that places are mentioned, but never fully evoked or felt, but this is minor when the people and plot are so compellingly drawn. First Edition Thus; First Printing indicated.

Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. Reprint. Glued binding. xxi, [1], 454, [2] p. Illustrations, black & white, Maps. Footnotes. People, Places and Events. Select Bibliography. Index. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black chief executive, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid through tackling institutionalized racism and fostering racial reconciliation. Politically an African nationalist and democratic socialist, he served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997. Mandela was Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1998 to 1999. Although initially committed to non-violent protest, he co-founded the militant Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1961, leading a sabotage campaign against the government. In 1962, he was arrested, convicted of conspiracy to overthrow the state, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Text/NEW & Bright. 2011, First Edition, 4th Printing. Softcover/Fine. Trace soiling to lower text block. Edmund de Waal, CBE (1964 -), master English ceramic artist & author. The Hare with Amber Eyes is a Japanese recumbent, ivory netsuke hare w/a raised left paw, c. 1880, held in the de Waal Family Collection.The book, under the same title, awarded the Costa Book Award for Biography, Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize in 2011 & the Windham?Campbell Literature Prize for Non-Fiction in 2015, was a NY Times Bestseller, and has been translated into some 25 languages. A family memoir, book traces the history of de Waal's Jewish relatives, the wealthy & influential Ephrussi family, by telling stories leading to a superb collection of 264 Japanese netsuke --- miniature ivory & wood sculptures traditionally used as toggles on men's kimono to secure carrying pouches. The collection of netsuke described were originally purchased by Charles Ephrussi in Paris in the 1870s, and were handed down through generations to be given to de Waal by his great-uncle Ignace "Iggie" Ephrussi, who settled in Tokyo after World War II. It has been published in more than 25 languages. 354 pgs in 37 chapters, presented in 4 parts Part I, Paris 1871-1899; II, Vienna 1899-1938; III, Vienna, Kovecses, Tunbridge Wells, Vienna 1938-1947; and IV, Tokyo 1947-2001, followed by Coda: tokyo, Odessa, London 2001-2009. New York NY, August 5, 2021. The Hare collectopmwish Museum will present The Hare with Amber Eyes, an exhibition that tells the story of the Ephrussi family?celebrated in the 2010 memoir and The New York Times bestseller of the same name by Edmund de Waal?and showcases the breadth and depth of their illustrious collection. The "Hare" collection is on view at the Jewish Museum from November 19, 2021 - May 15, 2022.