Softcover. Bloomington and Indianapolis, IN, Indiana University Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 250 pages, soft cover. Covers and interior pages are both clean and bright. Binding is solid. B&W illustrations throughout. This essay collection reveals surprising insights into how food shaped Russia's history and culture from Kievan times to the present. Some of the chapters focus on historical topics while others consider images of food in literature and art. Clean copy. Record # 33922
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown & Company, 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 260 pages. 12mo. Black cloth. White title labels. Good, edge worn dj. Front free end page inscribed by previous owner. Record # 220768
Hardcover. NY, Harper Pop (Harper Collins Publishers), 1st thus, 2025, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 206 pages, hardcover. Pictorial boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains gorgeous full-color illustrations throughout. This book deftly interweaves video game analysis with the complex narratives of art, politics, and history. It positions video games as vital tools for understanding each other and ourselves. Clean copy. Record # 34302
Hardcover. NY, The John Day Company, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 361 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in fair condition due to multiple chips and tears, and has been price clipped on the inside front flap. Cloth covers have some minor discoloration but are still in very good condition. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout, The first night spent in an American home by D. H. Lawrence and his wife Frieda was spent in that of Witter Bynner. Soon afterward, they went together to Mexico on a memorable visit, which this book records in rich detail. This memoir is not just about the Lawrences, but is about a whole era in the intellectual and artistic life of the American Southwest. Previous owner's paste-down and markings in blue pen are present on the first front and last rear end pages, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34215
Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1st, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 227 pages. One act plays included are Masks, Jim's Beast, Tides, Among the Lions, The Reason, The House. Bumped corners but otherwise nice copy. Record # 220802
Hardcover. Boston, MA, Dana Estes & Company, Publishers, Illustrated Cabinet Edition, circa 1900, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 393 pages volume 1, 492 pages volume 2, 425 pages volume 3, 495 pages volume 4, and 467 pages volume 5, hardcovers. Green cloth cover boards with gilt leaf embellishments have some edge wear and rubbing. Interior pages are clean and bright, with deckled outside edges and gilt top edges. Bindings are solid. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This set of art criticism features Ruskin's arguments on landscape painting, Turner, and nature. Due to the size and weight of the package, this 5-volume set is available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copies. Record # 34514
Hardcover. NY, MacMillan and Company, Early Reprint, 1894, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 296 pages, hardcover. Covers of this small form book are bumped, with most of the wear concentrated near the spine. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Top edge gilt. This book is a collection of essays and sketches by William Winter, American author and critic. The book was first published in 1892 and contains Winter's reflections on various topics, including literature, art, and nature. The essays are written in a lyrical and poetic style and often focus on the beauty of the natural world. Winter also shares his thoughts on the importance of preserving historic sites and buildings, particularly those with a connection to the country's early history. Previous owner's signature present on inside front cover, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33892
Hardcover. Columbus, OH, Ohio State University Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 132 pages. White cloth, black lettering. Very good pictorial dust jacket is price clipped with faded spine. Record # 803587
Softcover. New York, Universe Books, 1st, 1977, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Good, Anthology containing works of art and literature dedicated to the representation of sheep in the pastoral landscape. 71 pages with 37 illustrations (full-color and black/white). Book is in near fine condition, very clean/bright copy. Dust jacket is in good condition, some curling on the edges. Record # 805536
Hardcover. Boston, Twayne, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 159 pages, gilt titles on blue board, black & white frontispiece portrait of Creeley. Bright and clean copy. Record # 62390
Hardcover. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Universiy Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 308 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket flaps both were folded inwards, but are still in good condition. Cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Light foxing present on the top edge of the pages. Binding is solid. In "Screening the Text" T. Jefferson Kline argues that the French new wave's rebel stance is far more complex and problematic than critics usually acknowledge. Challenging conventional views of film and literature in postwar France, Kline explores the new wave's unconscious--even oedipal--obsession with the tradition it claimed to reject. Clean copy. Record # 33800
Hardcover. NY, Covici-Freide, 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 323 pages, hardcover. Chipped dust jacket with several open tears has been preserved by a brodart plastic book wrap. Black cloth covers underneath are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is solid. This volume marks the highest level of Hecht's artistic stature, through a collection of his best work. This is a very uncommon anthology, especially in good condition. Clean copy. Record # 33764
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st thus, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 320 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in very good condition despite a fold on the front flap. Yellow cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Top edge colored yellow. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. Stokes has acquired an almost mythical reputation as one of the finest and most discriminating writers on art. This book deals only with Stokes' critical writing, and with what is necessary to understand it. Contains some of the previous owner's light pencil markings throughout, but they do not interfere with the legibility of any text blocks. Record # 34478
Softcover. Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press, 4th Pr., 1996, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 310 pages, soft cover. Green paper covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book opens with an illuminating discussion between Bloch and Adorno on the meaning of utopia; then presents 12 essays written between 1930 and 1973 on topics as diverse as aesthetic theory, genres such as music, painting, theater, film, opera, poetry, and the novel, popular culture in the form of fairy tales, detective stories, and dime novels. Previous owner's black ink markings are present on some interior pages throughout. Record # 34536
Hardcover. Boston , Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 411 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is chipped and torn at the edges. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (October 28, 1903- April 10, 1966) was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books. He was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. The World of Evelyn Waugh contains a select harvest from his stories and novels. Clean copy. Record # 33705
Hardcover. US, Univ of Georgia Pr, 1st, 1995-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 464 pages. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 464068
Softcover. Los Angeles CA, Zero Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 184 pages, soft cover. Book-format literary magazine from 1980 LA, no dust jacket as issued. Yellow printed wrappers in decent condition, spine mildly faded and scuffed. B&W photography and some full color artwork throughout. Clean copy. Record # 33602
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