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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. P6 - DJ has crease on the back inside flap, light crease on the front and back, light discoloration and normal shelf wear otherwise good. Book has light discoloration and normal shelf wear otherwise very good. Glasmost is dead, and the cold war rages on in the pages of this elegantly suspenseful cloak-and-dagger adventure. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. G6 - Book has crease on the front left side, light crease on the spine, some chipping on the top and bottom edges and sides, discoloration and normal shelf wear othewise very good. Capturing a crucial moment in history of exploration-the mid-nineteenth-century romance with the Arctic-Andrea Barrett's compelling novels tells the story of a fateful expedition. Through the eyes of. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. xix, 287 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Good+. Tight, clean copy. Browning. *** CONTENTS: The auction; The crit; The fair; The prize; The magazine; The studio visit; The biennale. "The art market has been booming. Museum attendance is surging. More people than ever call themselves artists. Contemporary art has become a mass entertainment, a luxury good, a job description, and, for some, a kind of alternative religion. In a series of narratives, Sarah Thornton investigates the drama of a Christie's auction, the workings in Takashi Murakami's studios, the elite at the Basel Art Fair, the eccentricities of Artforum magazine, the competition behind an important art prize, life in a notorious art-school seminar, and the wonderland of the Venice Biennale. She reveals the new dynamics of creativity, taste, status, money, and the search for meaning in life. A judicious and juicy account of the institutions that have the power to shape art history, based on hundreds of interviews with high-profile players, Thornton's entertaining ethnography will change the way you look at contemporary culture." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Woest, Kevin (illustrator). 2nd. 346 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Small remainder mark (ink dot)/tail edge. Critical reading for the recent building collapse in Florida. *** "The authors examine buildings of all kinds, from ancient domes like Istanbul's Hagia Sophia to the state-of-the-art Hartford Civic Arena.Their subjects range from the man-caused destruction of the Parthenonto the earthquake damage of 1989 in Armenia and San Francisco." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st. 876 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. First edition thus. *** "Echoing Edward Said's belief that 'Western humanism is not enough, we need a universal humanism,' renowned critic Clive James presents here his life's work. Containing over one hundred original essays, organized by quotations from A to Z, this book illuminates, rescues, or occasionally destroys the careers of many of the greatest thinkers, humanists, musicians, artists, and philosophers of the twentieth century. In discussing, among others, Louis Armstrong, Walter Benjamin, Sigmund Freud, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Franz Kafka, Marcel Proust, and Ludwig Wittgenstein, James writes, 'If the humanism that makes civilization civilized is to be preserved into the new century, it will need advocates. These advocates will need a memory, and part of that memory will need to be of an age in which they were not yet alive.' This is the book to burnish these memories of a Western civilization that James fears is nearly lost." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st. 416 pages; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. First paperback edition. *** "A brilliantly insightful and witty examination of beloved and little-known films, directors, and stars by one of America's most esteemed critics." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. 256 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Great Discoveries Series. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Fine DJ. *** "Draws on diaries, letters, and family interviews to discuss the lesser-known achievements and scientific insights of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist, documenting how she was compromised by the prejudices of a male-dominated society." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. x, 274 pages, illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Fine DJ. A fine copy of the first printing. *** "The Hopi community of Awat'ovi existed peacefully on Arizona's Antelope Mesa for generations. Then one bleak morning in the fall of 1700 raiders from nearby Hopi villages descended on Awat'ovi, slaughtering their neighboring men, women, and children. Why did kinsmen target it for destruction? Drawing on oral traditions, archival accounts, and extensive archaeological research, Brooks unravels the story and its significance, and argues that a perfect storm of internal and external crises revitalized an ancient cycle of ritual bloodshed and purification." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. xviii, 164 pages; 21 cm. Translation of: Essai sur le don. Tight, clean copy. *** "A brilliant example of the comparative method, this classic work presents the first systematic study of the custom of exchanging gifts. It proves that the theory of the gift is the theory of all human society." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Foreword by Mary Douglas . Introduction. 1. The Exchange of Gifts and the Obligation to Reciprocate (Polynesia) 2. The Extension of this System: Liberality, Honour, Money 3. Survivals of these Principles in Ancient Systems of Law and Ancient Economies 4. Conclusion: Moral Conclusions. Notes. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st. xxvi, 470 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. First paperback edition. *** "The flowering of civilization, the rebirth of classical scholarship, and the emergence of some of the greatest artists and thinkers the world has known: this is the traditional view of the Renaissance. In this lively, provocative, and wholly absorbing new book, Lisa Jardine offers a radical new interpretation, arguing that the creation of culture during the Renaissance was inextricably tied to the creation of wealth." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: 1. Conditions for Change: Goods in Profusion; 2. The Price of Magnificence; 3. The Triumph of the Book; 4. Learning to Be Civilized; 5. New Expertise for Sale; 6. A Culture of Commodities; 7. Mapping the Heavens; 8. Conspicuous Consumption. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 199 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. *** "'After Photography' examines the myriad ways in which the digital revolution has fundamentally altered the way we receive visual information, from photographs of news events taken by ordinary people on mobile phones to the widespread use of image surveillance." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Into the digital; Of pixels and paradox; From zero to one; Mosaic connections; Image, war, legacy; Beginning the conversation; The social photograph; Toward a hyperphotography; Of synthetics and cyborgs; A quantum leap. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 245 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 327 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. N687. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. First paperback edition. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. xiv, 188 pages; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Fine DJ. A fine copy of the first printing. *** "Jason Epstein has led arguably the most creative career in book publishing during the past half-century. In 1952, while a young editor at Doubleday, he created Anchor Books, which launched the so-called quality paperback revolution and established the trade paperback format. In the following decade he became cofounder of The New York Review of Books. In the 1980s he created the Library of America, the prestigious publisher of American classics, and The Reader's Catalog, the precursor of online bookselling. In this short book he discusses the severe crisis facing the book business today - a crisis that affects writers and readers as well as publishers - and looks ahead to the radically transformed industry that will revolutionize the idea of the book as profoundly as the introduction of movable type did five centuries ago." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. 294 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First American Edition. Fine DJ. *** CONTENTS: A Derbyshire idyll; Olive Schreiner and the new men; The uses of principle, I: Havelock and Edith; Eleanor and Edward: end of the long, sad years; The uses of principle, 2: H.G.'s new utopia; The sage and the woman rebel; Conclusion: The new women and the old men. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. McDermid, Leonard (illustrator). 1st. 256 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Stated First American Edition. Fine DJ. Illustrated by Leonard McDermid. *** CONTENTS: Introduction; 1. A Biography of Place; 2. The Role of London in Virginia Woolf's Writing; 3. Symbolic Landscape; 4. Some Virginia Woolf Walks; 5. Virginia Woolf's Other Houses; Bibliography; Index. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, xxiii, 293 pages; 22 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Fine DJ. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Cloth, xix, 274 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Gently browsed, clean copy. Dust jacket price-clipped on the front flap. Another copy available. *** CONTENTS: The auction; The crit; The fair; The prize; The magazine; The studio visit; The biennale. "The art market has been booming. Museum attendance is surging. More people than ever call themselves artists. Contemporary art has become a mass entertainment, a luxury good, a job description, and, for some, a kind of alternative religion. In a series of narratives, Sarah Thornton investigates the drama of a Christie's auction, the workings in Takashi Murakami's studios, the elite at the Basel Art Fair, the eccentricities of Artforum magazine, the competition behind an important art prize, life in a notorious art-school seminar, and the wonderland of the Venice Biennale. She reveals the new dynamics of creativity, taste, status, money, and the search for meaning in life. A judicious and juicy account of the institutions that have the power to shape art history, based on hundreds of interviews with high-profile players, Thornton's entertaining ethnography will change the way you look at contemporary culture." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Original price of £11.95 printed on dust jacket front flap. Jacket has lower front flap clipped short closed heel tear now protected with paper backed polyester film. Book has no writing or marking.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Cream and brown boards with gilt spine title. 1st Edition Stated, 1st Printing with '1' present in a number sequence. No apparent wear. If read, only lightly. Unmarked. Dust jacket has a tiny tear on top edge, inside flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. xx, 380 pages, illustrations, maps; 25 cm. First published in Great Britain under the title: Storm and Conquest: The Battle for the Indian Ocean, 1808-1810. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to boards. Stated First American Edition. Fine DJ. Another copy available. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. xvii, 312 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Fine DJ. A fine copy of the first printing. *** "An essential history of Western scientific studies into the origins of life examines historical discoveries in the contexts of philosophical debates, political change, and evolving understandings about the complexities of biology." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. 308 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Fine DJ. *** "Her image appeared in periodicals and advertisements roughly twenty times daily; she rivaled FDR and Edward VIII as the most photographed person in the world. Her portrait brightened the homes of countless admirers: from a black laborer's cabin in South Carolina to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover's recreation room in Washington, DC. A few years later her smile cheered the secret bedchamber of Anne Frank in Amsterdam. For four consecutive years Shirley Temple was the world's box-office champion, a record never equaled. Amid the deprivation and despair of the Great Depression, Shirley Temple radiated optimism and plucky good cheer that lifted the spirits of millions and shaped their collective character for generations to come. Distinguished cultural historian John F. Kasson shows how the most famous, adored, imitated, and commodified child in the world astonished movie goers, created a new international culture of celebrity, and revolutionized the role of children as consumers. To do so, she worked virtually every day of her childhood, transforming her own family as well as the lives of her fans." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Good. xx, 364 pages, [1] page of plates, illustrations; 29 cm. Norton Critical Studies in Art History Series. Firm binding, clean text. Spine bumped at the crown. Age toning, tail edge lightly soiled. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. xxiii, 392 pages; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First American edition. Fine DJ. A fine copy of the first printing. *** "Daughters of a poor Methodist minister, the Macdonald sisters started life precariously stationed in the lower-middle class. Denied the advantage of a traditional education, or the expectation of social advancement, as wives and mothers they made a single family of a famous painter (Georgiana's husband, pre-Raphaelite Edward Burne-Jones), a president of the royal Academy (Agnes' husband, painter-critic Edward Pointer), a prime minister (Louisa's son Stanley Baldwin) and a poet (Alice's son Rudyard Kipling). They lived at an exceptional moment in British history, and their journey from provincial obscurity to metropolitan and imperial grandeur symbolized the energy and vitality of 19th-century Britain." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 448 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations, 1 map; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket with light shelfwear. *** "The account of how the Erie Canal forever changed the course of American history." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 598 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed and warmly inscribed by Russell Baker in the year of publication. A near-fine copy of the first printing, spine slightly rolled at the crown. Stated First Edition. Fine DJ. Size: 8vo. SIGNED.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. xiii, 530 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations, portraits; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Fine DJ. A fine copy of the first printing. *** "Many consider him the most brilliant comic writer of the twentieth century. He wrote ninety novels and story collections, and among his immortal characters are Jeeves, Psmith, and the Empress of Blandings (who is, of course, a pig). He had an extraordinary Broadway career, working with Guy Bolton and Jerome Kern, and even dared to rewrite Cole Porter's Anything Goes for the London stage. This biography chronicles the achievements and shadows of a gilded life." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. xi, 352 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Fine DJ. A fine copy of the first printing. *** "Documents the rise and fall of the legendary Memphis thoroughfare that indelibly shaped American culture, documenting its story through the life of former slave and first black millionaire Robert Church." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. xii, 330 pages, illustrations, map; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Fine DJ. *** "In his brief, focused chapters, Jack Wills also shows us ordinary life in the world of 1688. We join the great caravans of Muslims on their annual pilgrimage from Damascus and Cairo to Mecca, witness the suicidal exaltation of Russian Old Believers, and walk the pungent streets of Amsterdam. There we enter the Rasp House, where vagrants, beggars, and petty criminals labored to produce powdered brazilwood for the local dyeworks. And we meet hitherto unnoticed but unforgettable characters: Constantine Phaulkon, a Greek adventurer whose efforts to advance French interests as well as his own with the court of Siam ended in betrayal and a grisly death; and Dona Teresa, a beauty at fifteen, whose chaste loves stirred local legend in the wild mining town of Potosi. Told with verve, color, and insight, Wills's book captures an historical moment in which the world seems both strange and familiar, when the global connections of power, money, and belief were ushering in the modern age." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.