Nineveh, Signed (26 results)

Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy . Inscribed by author on title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good hardcover copy with no dustjacket, 481 pp. Signed by the author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover INSCRIBED BY BOTH AUTHORS ("Paul and Anne" in two different hands), with dust jacket, all in excellent, next-to-pristine condition (slightest handling). DJ protected by a clear, removeable cover. 447 pages. [1.7 lbs]. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Stapled wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good red stapled wraps. Number 7 of an edition of 200 copies, signed by Cassity on the colophon page. 19 pages, unmarked. ; C Poe; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 19 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Russell, John Malcolm., Yale University Press/Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997, c1997, 1st Edition, 1st printing, cloth (hard cover), color illus. endpapers, near fine with near fine dj (very light edgewear), 232 pp with appendices, notes, bibliography & index, extensive full color/B&W photographic & other illus., small 4to, bookplate affixed to half title SIGNED by the author (no inscription of any kind), ISBN: 0300064594, 'In this social history of the reception of ancient Assyrian art in England and subsequently America, Russell focuses on the huge collection of artifacts that Layard brought back to England', Art History; Collectible signed copy; scarce. Signed by Author(s).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 19 pp. Faint sunning along spine, else very near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 175 (of 200) numbered copies SIGNED by Cassity. A single long poem.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. small 8vo, 111 pages, bound in full leather ,some wear to top of spine and edges but overall a very good copy. Signed presentation copy from author ( I imagine they all are!). Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Slight edge rubbing, but top corner is bumped. INSCRIBED BY BOTH AUTHORS (first names only! ) on half title page. Now protected in a mylar jacket. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 464 pages; Signed by Authors.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 481 pages. A novel that was part of his Advice and Consent series. A near fine copy in red cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with some minor wear and with wraparound band from Marshall Field & Company. Signed and nicely inscribed by Drury to a long time bookseller at Marshall Field & Company in Chicago. Uncommon signed. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed by author on half title page. Also a gift inscription and owner's name. Dustwrapper is protected by a layer of clear, non adhesive plastic. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ.INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Minimal wear to large hard back book/dust jacket. Pages are very clean, bright and tight. No other name or inscription. Inscribed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. First Edition, Third Printing. Octavo, 447 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine red and yellow with black and white lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering, price uncut: "$27.00". Slight scuffing to edges of text block. Interior pages clean. Signed by Paul Ehrlich on title page. Shelved Political Science. 1402715. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj. 8vo unpaginated 20. Limited edition of 200 copies .12/200 Signed by the author on limitation page, paperback edition. Signed by Author. book.

No Binding. Condition: Good. 1878 - IRAQ BALAWAT Nineveh excavations - Mr Samuel Phelps Actor Theatre (173) For more info please ask seller a question. Royal Mail 2nd Class - £0.00 Royal Mail 2nd Class Signed For - £4.50 Standard Int'l age - £4.00 Royal Mail International Signed - £8.00 No PICK UP OPTIONSorry, our items are NOT available for pick-up.PAYING VIA PAYPALWe accept on our all our items so you can shop with confidence.Simple choose the option when proceeding through the checkout. Signed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Good. 1878 - Antique Print IRAQ Bronze Sculptures TEMPLE AT BALAWAT Nineveh (172) For more info please ask seller a question. Royal Mail 2nd Class - £0.00 Royal Mail 2nd Class Signed For - £4.50 Standard Int'l age - £4.00 Royal Mail International Signed - £8.00 No PICK UP OPTIONSorry, our items are NOT available for pick-up.PAYING VIA PAYPALWe accept on our all our items so you can shop with confidence.Simple choose the option when proceeding through the checkout. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. An association copy, inscribed on title page: "For Dick Sikora, with best wishes --great to meet a philosopher. Paul Ehrlich." Uncommon signed, with no other copies available online as of this writing. Richard Sikora was a longtime professor at the University of British Columbia. Among other contributions as a philosopher, he was the co-editor of the influential 1978 collectionObligations to Future Generations,one of the first to take on"whether and to what degree it can be morally incumbent on us to make sacrifices to bring happy people into the world or to avoid preventing them being brought into the world." This urgency of this question has of course only grown with time in light of increasing environmental crisis. Sikora's work thus overlaps to a significant degree with the work of the Ehrlichs. Paul Ehrlich is best known for his deeply influential and controversial bookThe Population Bomb(1968)about overpopulation and resource scarcity, a topic which has defined his career and perhaps overshadowed his distinguished achievements in ecology and conservation biology (including classic butterfly studies). The book was called alarmist by some, but Ehrlich years later said that"perhaps the most serious flaw inThe Bombwas that it was much too optimistic about the future."Anne Ehrlich, his wife, has been his steady collaborator and co-author, for which she probably has been unjustly under-recognized. InOne with Nineveh, the Ehrlichs "spotlight the three elephants in our global living room--rising consumption, increasing world population, and unchecked political and economic inequity" and their role in environmental degradation. It takes its title from a Kipling poem that alludes to the collapse of an ancient Mesopotamian civilization due to unsustainable agricultural and forestry practices. A near fine book due to a bump to front corner and resulting very small tear there. In a fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Jacket is lightly rubbed and edge worn with tiny tears to head and foot of spine. Front jacket flap is creased head to foot with an additional two inch crease across foot of flap. Generic inscription "with the best wishes from the author" and signature to head of front free end-paper, otherwise unmarked. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Printing [Stated]. [12], 447 pages. Illustrated endpaper map. Notes. References. Index. Inscribed by Paul Ehrlich on the fep. The inscription reads To Joe with warmest regards. Fight On! Paul. Paul Ralph Ehrlich (born May 29, 1932) is an American biologist known for his predictions and warnings about the consequences of population growth, including famine and resource depletion. Ehrlich is the Bing Professor Emeritus of Population Studies of the Department of Biology of Stanford University. Ehrlich became well known for the controversial 1968 book The Population Bomb, which he co-authored with his wife Anne H. Ehrlich, in which they famously stated that "[i]n the 1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now." Among the solutions suggested in that book was population control, including "various forms of coercion" such as eliminating "tax benefits for having additional children". Ehrlich has acknowledged that "some" of what he predicted has not occurred, but nevertheless maintains that his predictions about disease and climate change were essentially correct and that human overpopulation is a major problem. Named a Notable Book for 2005 by the American Library Association, One with Nineveh is a fresh synthesis of the major issues of our time. Through lucid explanations, telling anecdotes, and incisive analysis, the book spotlights the three elephants in our global living room-rising consumption, still-growing world population, and unchecked political and economic inequity-that together are increasingly shaping today's politics and humankind's future. One with Nineveh brilliantly puts today's political and environmental debates in a larger context and offers some bold proposals for improving our future prospect. Derived from a Publishers Weekly article: The Ehrlichs' provocative and eminently readable look at current environmental trends takes its title from Rudyard Kipling's poem "Recessional," which contrasts the pomp of the 19th-century British empire to the faded glory of Nineveh, the ancient capital of the Assyrian empire. The Ehrlichs, both members of Stanford's department of biological sciences, look at the global problems of overpopulation, overconsumption, and political and economic inequity that threaten to make the world into a new fallen Nineveh. Each of the book's nine chapters analyzes one area in detail (using current research in ecology, demographics, migration, economics, biodiversity, ethics, climate, politics and globalization) and then suggests measures "that might allow humanity in general, and the world's sole remaining superpower in particular, to alter course and work towards achieving a sustainable world." The prognosis is sometimes depressing: about three-fifths of all important oceanic fish stock has been seriously depleted since 1994; today's global population of six billion is about three times what Ehrlich considers to be the "optimal" number for the world; profligate consumption threatens to use up nonrenewable natural resources such as oil while governments inhibit the development of renewable sources such as solar power. The Bush administration was the target of cogent criticism about how it has aided a culture "dominated by short-term greed," but Europe and various Third World countries receive their share of criticism as well. A concluding section embraces the philosophy of Martin Luther King Jr. to argue that idealism and individual action can still save the world from massive environmental disaster. Although wide-reaching in range, this is a direct and levelheaded presentation that should get, and deserves, wide readership.

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: NO Dustwrapper. 3rd Edition. The Discoveries of Botta and Layard, Applied to the Elucidation of Holy Writ. Third Edition Revised and Augmented. With Two Hundred and Forty Engravings, including the Recent Additions to the National Collection. George Bell & Sons, London 1878. illus & maps, frontis xviii + 538pp hb No Dust-wrapper, embossed gilt full burgundy leather binding, slightly raised seams, all edges gilt, corners & spine edges rubbed, pages browned, one plate loose, presentation label of Kings College, London with their gilt shield on the front cover, good. Signed by Author(s).

Sandra Garcia Cabrera (illustrator). 19 pages. 6-3/4 by 8 inches. Edition of 200 copies. Colección del San Juan. A collection of poems designed by Rocío Salema Hernández with illustrations by Sandra García Cabrera. The text is photocopied onto various kinds of paper, most with high recycled content. The cover design combines paper collage and yarn. The collection won the Premio Rainer Maria Rilke in 2001. OCLC: BNCJM CRU CUI CUZ DEIAI EEM FQG FUG IQU NMWMA NOC TJC UMK UUM ZCU. Very good, lacking yarn attachment to cover. Inscribed by the author on the front blank.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. 17 pp. Printed by Kyrle Leng and Robert Gathorne-Hardy. Number 12 of 125 copies. Loosely inserted is a good letter from Palmer to Secker and Warburg asking if they could 'see your way towards' publishing a book of verse called 'Hitler gets the Cat.' Letter is dated September 1939 from HP's St. Alban's address. He emphasises the book has a long preface ".I think that this is the longest preface to any book of poems since Flecker published with you 'The Golden Journey to Samarkand.' When Douglas Goldring learned that I had put a long preface to the book he told me emphatically to send it to you." The Hitler/ Cat book was never published by Secker, however Dent brought out his 'The Gallow's Cross in 1940, possibly the same work renamed. Original publisher's green cloth lettered gilt at the spine; VG+. Ownership signature of Roger Senhouse a director at Secker. Signedes.

455 pp. plus pub. cat. Illustrated from engravings. 8vo, publisher's gilt olive green cloth. First edition. Spine sunned; corners and extremities of spine frayed; a little damage to the front (inner) hinge (not affecting binding strength). Contents clean. With a full-page inscription signed by John Newman, and a cabinet card original photograph of him laid in.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Muy bien. 1ª Edición. In-8. xxiii, [1], 686, [2] pp. Inscribed by the author on first blanc. Illustrated with 5 folding maps and plans, 11 engraved plates of the ruins and their environs (2 folding & 8 tinted), and 232 woodcuts illustrating the text, many being full-page. Bound in the original Edmonds & Remnants blind-stamped brown ribbed cloth, blocked to a Babylonian motif, portraying a human-headed bull in profile, his wings spread round the upper covers, within a frame below a sample of cuneiform script, spine title lettered in gilt within the statue's breastplate, printed brick-red endpapers. Sir Austen Henry Layard (March 1817 5 July 1894) was an English traveller, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, politician and diplomat. He is best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace reliefs known, and in 1851 the library of Ashurbanipal. Abbey Travel 364; Atabey 687; Blackmer 969. (codz). Dedicatoria autógrafa del autor.

with subscription "yours sincerley" taken from an Autograph letter signed, no date.

Later edition, bound with a two-page autograph letter signed (dated 1883) from Layard to an unknown recipient. The letter mentions Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878), like Layard a member of the Athenaeum Club. Layard (1817-1894) turned his back on steady employ in his uncle's solicitor's office and set off overland to join another uncle in Ceylon. Side-tracked by adventure, he set aside his original itinerary, learned Persian and Arabic, and lived for some time in the Bakhtiari mountains. Whilst returning to Baghdad via Mosul, he became convinced that he had discovered the location of Nineveh, persuading Sir Stafford Canning to support his excavations at Nimrud. After his return to England, and the publication of this work, he realized that Kouyunjik was in fact the correct location of Nineveh. In April 1849, Layard was appointed attaché at Constantinople, and he conducted major excavations at Kouyunjik later that year. This fifth edition was published a year after the first. Atabey 685, and Blackmer 968 for the first edition. 2 vols, octavo (210 x 135 mm). With tinted lithographic frontispiece in each vol., 20 engraved plates (one double folding, one double-page), 5 folding maps and plans, illustrations in text. Near-contemporary red half morocco, raised bands, compartments decorated in gilt, gilt-lettered direct, pebble-grain orange cloth boards, marbled endpapers and edges. Bookseller's ticket in each vol.; ink stamp ("T.W.") on recto of front free endpapers. Bindings repaired, map facing p. 332 in vol. I supplied. A very good set.

No Binding. Manuscript letter from Austen Henry Layard to Josiah Forshall, Secretary to the Trustees of the British Museum. Dated June 9th, 1849, sent from Therapia, Constantinople, immediately prior to his second expedition to Nineveh. "My dear Sir, I have troubled you with a few lines for the Trustees as I am anxious that there should be no difficulty in the way of my returning to Nineveh as soon as the season will permit. I cannot leave Constantinople without decided orders from home, and unless these are sent me I shall remain on without the prospect of resuming my researches. The time is almost too limited for me to avail myself of my leave here - even if any decided opposition in this quarter were overcome. I have therefore considered it advisable to address the inclosed topics even if circumstances permitted me to run home my letter can do no harm. I certainly did not anticipate the opposition or I would not have mentioned the subject of a visit to the England to the Trustees, and would then have offered them the truth of addressing Lord Palmerston on the subject. I am very grateful to them for their kindness - I trust that without a personal interview I shall be able to anticipate and carry out their wishes. It gives me great pleasure to learn that you are restored to health and I sincerely hope that you will long enjoy it." Transcription provided by professor John Russell, scholar of ancient Assyria. Letter from the autograph collection of Peter Johnston-Saint. Signed by Author(s).