viking studio penguin group new york (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Glossy yellow paper covered boards. Remainder mark on bottom text block edge, otherwise as issued. Fully illus. in color. Illus. dust jacket as issued. 1st edition, complete number line. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

hard cover, 85 pages including acknowledgements, 9 3/8 x 14 7/8 inches, extra postage for priority and international shipping for size, very good book condition, no dust jacket, juvenile picture book,

Hardboard and Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st printing. A bright, clean, tight copy sans flecks, tears, stains, markings, and discoloration. "Thomas Jefferson: Genius of Liberty" examines and copiously illustrates the largest assemblage of Jefferson documents from the rare and historically important holdings of the Library of Congress ever produced in one volume as well as other artifacts related to the life and legacy of one of the seminal figures in American history." 184 pages. "The insightful text is paired with 150 historically significant illustrations, almost all reproduced in full color, of items ranging from the first known draft of the Declaration of Independence to the travel writing desk he invented; from his 1769 ink sketch of the first plan for Monticello to scathing political cartoons; from a love letter to Maria Cosway to his design for his own tombstone." NOTE: Due to the large size and weight of the book, additional shipping cost will be requested/required for OUT-OF-U.S. shipment in accordance with country of destination. GO4.

Hard Back. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ward, Jeffrey - Maps (illustrator). First Printing. 575 Pages Indexed. Light grey boards with black quarter-spine. Top front corner is lightly barely noticeable bumped. No other defects noted to this otherwise As New book with flawless interior text pages. What is more haunting than the specter of a civilization's collapse such as the abandoned temples of Angkor Wat, the Maya cities overgrown by jungle, or the somber vigil of Easter Island's statues? Who hasn't looked at such ruins and wondered, could the same thing happen to us? In his Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, the author examined how and why Western civilizations developed the technologies and immunities that allowed them to dominate much of the world. Diamond probes the other side of the equation: What caused some of the great civilizations of the past to collapse into ruin, and what can we learn from their fates? As in Guns, Germs, and Steel, Diamond weaves an all-encompassing global thesis through a series of fascinating historical-cultural narratives. Moving from the prehistoric Polynesian culture on Easter Island to the formerly flourishing native American civilizations of the Anasazi and the Maya, the doomed medieval Viking colony on Greenland, and finally to the modern world, Diamond traces a fundamental pattern of catastrophe, spelling out what happens when we squander our resources, when we ignore the signals our environment gives us, and when we reproduce too fast or cut down too many trees. Environmental damage, climate change, rapid population growth, unstable trade partners, and pressure from enemies were all factors in the demise of the doomed societies, but other societies found solution to those same problems and persisted. What makes one environment more fragile than another? Why do some societies, but not others, blunder into self-destruction? Similar problems face us today and have already brought disaster to Rwanda and Haiti, even as China and Australia are trying to cope in innovative ways. Despite our own society's apparently inexhaustible wealth and unrivaled political power, ominous warning signs have begun to emerge even in ecologically robust areas like Montana. What economic, social and political choices can we still make so that we don't meet the same ends? Huge in scope, clear and passionate in style, this book is destined to take its place as one of the essential books of our time, raising the urgent question: How can our world best avoid destroying itself? Contents in Four Parts: Modern Montana, Past Societies, Modern Societies, and Practical Lessons.

Illustrated Boards. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Seubert, Susan (illustrator). First Edition. First edition square octavo in fine, as new condition, in a fine dust jacket. Modern, glossy illustrated boards beneath a dust jacket designed to look like and antiquarian , slightly edge faded, green cloth book. In this book, written by a host of the TV series 'The Victory Garden', we learn how to plan and recreate an heirloom garden from the turn of the 19th century through the story of the O'Reilly family of Point Ellice House in British Columbia. Point Ellice has a fine collection of Victoriana and historical records left by the O'Reillys. xxx, 143 pp. Gardens, History, Hobbies, Victorian, Horticulture, Heirloom Gardens, Education. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hard Back. Condition: Book Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Very Good. Jane Gottlieb (photography) (illustrator). First Edition & First Printing. ix + 102 pages. Dustjacket NOT price-clipped. Ink name on half-title page, page-edges a bit grimy.

Hard Back. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine Slip Case. Breeden, Mary - Calligraphy and Illuminations (illustrator). First Printing. 64 Un-numbered Pages. No explanation why there are no page numbers, at least to this edition with the slipcase. Gold endpapers. The Paintings are by Gloria Thomas and the Borders for the Paintings are by James Steele Hinton III. A beautifully packaged collation of apocalyptic passages from the Old and New Testaments, rendered in exquisite calligraphy, and uniquely breathtaking paintings create a spiritual vision of Christ's Second Coming. 25,000 first printings. Everything about the book is beautiful, from the unusual and original style of Ms. Thomas' painting to the elegant calligraphic rendering by Mary Breeden of the actual Biblical text of Revelation. It is encased in a lovely slipcover, which seems most fitting, because after one opens this treasure one needs to feel it is put away in something that will hold it safely kept, that will protect its stunning visions from harm, that will keep its gifted author's heart from careless tresspassers. The painting of St. John on Patmos which appears on page 52 and the watercolor study of the Archangel Gabriel at the Annunication which appears on page 2 belong to Greene A. Settle, Jr., who has graciously given his permission for them to appear in this book. The painting of the Angel on Land and Sea, which appears on page 30 and on the slipcase, belongs to Ann Holt, who has also graciously given her permission for it to appear in this book. The remainder of the paintings hang in the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the authors are grateful to that institution.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. Very Good + copy. (see picture) 192 pages including index.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition black-and-white photographic boards contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Dedication; Introduction; Epilogue and Acknowledgments. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Unpaginated. "To know a pug is to love a pug. And no pug has won more hearts than Wilson, everyone's favorite Taoist master from The Tao of Pug. This year he's back - and he's on a mission to find his new pal Homer a home for the holidays. Wilson the Pug has taught his many admirers - canine and otherwise - some important life lessons. And he practices what he preaches. One crisp winter day while out searching for a good deed to do for the holidays, Wilson comes across a baby pug, lost and alone. Determined to do "the right thing," as it is written in the Tao-te Ching, Wilson sets out to help his new buddy Homer, and together they embark on a quest to find the puppy a home. Their adventure takes them along comical and surprising paths, where they encounter many new friends as well as some unsavory characters who cause big trouble for the duo. Things start to look bleak for Homer until Santa Claus himself steps in to lend a hand. Homer just might get his wish after all . Captured in the same style of charming photography and endearing humor that so enchanted fans of The Tao of Pug, Homer for the Holidays is a heartwarming pug buddy story destined to become a holiday favorite of dog lovers of all ages for years to come." - from the inner front jacket flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good ; First Edition; 1st Printing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; 11.0 X 9.3 X 0.8 inches; 182 pages; Glossy Illustrated Boards, No Dust Jacket, Book Tight, Illustrations, Text is clean no markings seen.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Coulson, Carla (photography) (illustrator). 1st Edition. As new condition color illustrated padded oversized (just under folio, 12 inches tall, size) boards contained in an as new condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; My French Address Book; My French Inspiration; and Acknowledgments. Profusely illustrated with color photographs and color illustrated front and rear endpapers. Also includes a bound-into-the-volume matching red satin ribbon page marker. First American Edition, First Printing. "My dream has come true. We have a magnificent view overlooking the Alpilles, olive treees that prosper nad a garden that wraps the house in serenity and calm. I have come to understand that making time and taking time is a pleasure to be enjoyed, not a nuisance to endure, falling in love with this place all those years ago changed my life as I knew it; it opened the door to another life, my French life." - from the rear outer jacket. "In 1999 Vicki Archer, with her husband and three children, made a lifelong dream a reality when she bought a seventeenth-century property in Saint-Remy-de-Provence. She spent three years lovingly restoring the farmhouse, bringing back to life the abandoned apple and pear orchards and planting an olive grove of more than 2000 trees. In My French Life Vicki shares an insider's view of life in France, telling her personal tale of taking risks, facing challenges and falling in love with all things French. Intertwined with Vicki's words are lavish photographs by Carla Coulson, which reveal the essence in instinctive French style." - from the inner front jacket flap.