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Illustrated English Social History, vol. I: Chaucer and Early Tudors by: Trevelyan, G.M.
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Illustrated English Social History, vol. I: Chaucer and Early Tudors by: Trevelyan, G.M.

Hardcover. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 4th pr. , 1951, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 175 pages. Pencil underlining in text. Dust jacket with chipping, soiling. Record # 507806
Price: $12.00 

Illustrated English Social History, vol. II: Shakespeare and Stuarts by: Trevelyan, G.M.
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Illustrated English Social History, vol. II: Shakespeare and Stuarts by: Trevelyan, G.M.

Hardcover. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1951, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 206 pages. Dust jacket with soiling and edgewear. Record # 507807
Price: $12.00 

Illustrated English Social History, vol. III: Eighteenth Century by: Trevelyan, G.M.
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Illustrated English Social History, vol. III: Eighteenth Century by: Trevelyan, G.M.

Hardcover. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1951, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 209 pages. Dust jacket with chipping, soiling. Record # 507808
Price: $12.00 

Images of Memory: On Remembering and Representation by: Editor: Kuchler, Susanne Editor: Melion, Walter
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Images of Memory: On Remembering and Representation by: Editor: Kuchler, Susanne Editor: Melion, Walter

Hardcover. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 265 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in good condition, with a few dents and glue on the spine where a sticker was peeled off. Red cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. This book presents eight essays, expanded and revised from papers presented at a symposium on the relation of mnemonic function to pictorial representation, held at Johns Hopkins University. Scholars in psychology, anthropology, art history, and social history argue that memory is not a neurological recording device, but is instead constructed using visual images. Clean copy. Record # 34122
Price: $25.00 

Indians of the North Pacific Coast by: Rogers, Edward S.
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Indians of the North Pacific Coast by: Rogers, Edward S.

Softcover. Toronto, Canada, Royal Ontario Museum, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black and white illustrated cover in good condition, very minor creases near the spine. Staple binding is tight. Pages are clean and crisp, though a little faded. Mostly text, with some b/w plates throughout and illustrated endpapers. 18 pages. Record # 807065
Price: $12.00 

Invisible Romans by: Knapp, Robert
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Invisible Romans by: Knapp, Robert

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1st thus, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 371 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains full-color and B&W photography throughout. Historian Robert Knapp tells of the lives of ordinary people who lived in the ancient Roman empire. The author seeks out the ordinary folk-laboring men, housewives, prostitutes, freedmen, slaves, soldiers and gladiators to provide a nuanced and complete picture of Roman life. Clean copy. Record # 34286
Price: $20.00 

It's Not My Fault: Tales of a Vermont Doctor by: Conger, Beach
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It's Not My Fault: Tales of a Vermont Doctor by: Conger, Beach

Hardcover. Golden, Colo., Fulcrum Pub., 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 199 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Slight fading to front of jacket and normal wear, otherwise tight and clean. Record # 2230660
Price: $12.00 

JEWISH 1OO, THE. A RANKING OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL JEWS OF ALL TIME by: Shapiro, Michael
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JEWISH 1OO, THE. A RANKING OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL JEWS OF ALL TIME by: Shapiro, Michael

Hardcover. New York, Carol Publishing Group, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 387 pages. Illustrated with portrait photographs. Royal 8vo. Marbled white boards. Red cloth spine with iridescent blue title. Very light wear to spine edges. Color pictorial dust jacket with very light wear to edges. Record # 219863
Price: $12.00 

John Knoepfle: Selected Poems [Signed Copy] by: Knoepfle, John
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John Knoepfle: Selected Poems [Signed Copy] by: Knoepfle, JohnJohn Knoepfle: Selected Poems [Signed Copy] by: Knoepfle, John

John Knoepfle: Selected Poems [Signed Copy] by: Knoepfle, John

Softcover. Kansas City, Mo, BkMk Press, UMKC, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 102 pages, soft cover. Paper covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This collection of John Knoepfle's poems offers a clear vision and vivid statement of truth out of a heart in the heart of the country. Knoepfle's voice is clear, virile, and honest. It is middle-American in its wry wit and cadence, its colloquial idiom; cultured in its range of imagery and its breadth of diction; and skilled in its manipulation of speech. Author's short inscription is on the title page. Clean copy. Record # 34532
Price: $72.00 

Joyce Treiman: Paintings 1961-1972 by: La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art
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Joyce Treiman: Paintings 1961-1972 by: La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art

Softcover. La Jolla, CA, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with fully illustrated front cover, white back; minor rubbing and creasing. Staple wrappers. Previous price inscription on title page. 18 plates, 6 in color, of artist's paintings of American culture and daily life. Introduction on artist's life and works. Tight, clean copy. Record # 808476
Price: $12.00 

Kafka and Prague by: Bauer, Johann Transl. Falla, P.S., Illust. by: Pollak, Isidor
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Kafka and Prague by: Bauer, Johann Transl. Falla, P.S., Illust. by: Pollak, Isidor

Hardcover. NY, Praeger Publishers, Inc., 1st thus, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 191 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has several large closed tears and folds, though its degradation has since been slowed by a plastic sleeve. Gray cloth covers with black text are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. By providing evidence of the inseparable connection between the details of Kafka's life, the physical, social, and cultural surroundings in which it took place, and his imaginative products, this book makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of Kafka. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34467
Price: $14.00 

Killing The White Man's Indian; Reinventing Native Americans at the End of the Twentieth Century by: Bordewich, Fergus M.
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Killing The White Man's Indian; Reinventing Native Americans at the End of the Twentieth Century by: Bordewich, Fergus M.

Hardcover. US, Doubleday, 1st, 1996-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 399 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 462684
Price: $12.00 

Kingdom of the Sun God: A History of the Andes and Their People by: Cameron, Ian
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Kingdom of the Sun God: A History of the Andes and Their People by: Cameron, Ian

Hardcover. London, Random Century Group Ltd., 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages, b & w and color illustrations, color photos, previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, very slight wear to edges of cover, clean, tight copy. Record # 800553
Price: $12.00 

Kryzdirbyste Lietuvoje: Sacral Arts in Lithuania by: Buracas, Balys
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Kryzdirbyste Lietuvoje: Sacral Arts in Lithuania by: Buracas, BalysKryzdirbyste Lietuvoje: Sacral Arts in Lithuania by: Buracas, Balys

Kryzdirbyste Lietuvoje: Sacral Arts in Lithuania by: Buracas, Balys

Hardcover. Vilnius, Lithuania, State Enterprise Valstybes Zinios, 1st, 1998, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 637 pages, hardcover. Black cloth covers have some white dappled staining, and the edges are worn with rubbing to the rear corner and middle fore-edge. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography of Lithuanian crosses throughout. This book's text is in Lithuanian, and it contains not only a collection of Lithuanian folk artist's marvelous sacral works, but it is also a snapshot of the nation's soul, replete with suffering, struggle and survival. This large-form book is available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34018
Price: $1,500.00 

Letters from Italy by: Everett Fisher, Leonard, Illust. by: Leonard Everett Fisher
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Letters from Italy by: Everett Fisher, Leonard, Illust. by: Leonard Everett Fisher

Hardcover. New York, Four Winds Press, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 100 pages, B/W illustrations by Leonard Everett Fisher. America has been good to Angelo who immigrated when a young boy from Italy. He has grown rich here, and now owns a restaurant well known for its excellent, authentic Italian cuisine. But despite his wealth and good fortune, Angelo constantly reminds his children and grandchildren of his obligation. "This country took us in when we had nothing," he says. "I must give something back." Record # 802001
Price: $18.00 

Little Rivers and Waterway Tales: A Carolinian's Eastern Streams by: Simpson, Bland, Illust. by: Simpson, Ann Cary
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Little Rivers and Waterway Tales: A Carolinian's Eastern Streams by: Simpson, Bland, Illust. by: Simpson, Ann Cary

Hardcover. Chapel Hill, NC, The University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 225 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is clean and bright, as are interior pages. Blue paper covers have one significant bump to the top edge, but are still in very good condition overall. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book explores the rivers and the coastal culture of Eastern North Carolina. Clean copy. Record # 34512
Price: $20.00 

Love and Marriage by: Bloxham, Christine, Illust. by: Molly Picken
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Love and Marriage by: Bloxham, Christine, Illust. by: Molly Picken

Hardcover. London, Webb & Bower, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages. Illustrated by Molly Picken. Color and B/W illustrations. Blue cloth covers with white lettering on spine. Museum stamp on copyright page, price sticker on back cover. Some wear on edges of book and dust jacket otherwise clean. Record # 802645
Price: $12.00 

Love On The Rocks: Men, Women, and Alcohol in Post-World War II America by: Rotskoff, Lori
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Love On The Rocks: Men, Women, and Alcohol in Post-World War II America by: Rotskoff, Lori

Softcover. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 307 pages, soft cover. Covers have two 'used' stickers, one on the rear and one on the spine, and light bumping to the corners, but are still in good condition overall. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. In this fascinating history of alcohol in postwar American culture, Lori Rotskoff draws on short stories, advertisements, medical writings, and Hollywood films to investigate how gender norms and ideologies of marriage intersected with scientific and popular ideas about drinking and alcoholism. Clean copy. Record # 34232
Price: $12.00 

Lytton Strachey by Himself - A Self Portrait by: Holroyd, Michael
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Lytton Strachey by Himself - A Self Portrait by: Holroyd, Michael

Hardcover. New York, Holt Rinehart Winston , 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 184 pages. price clipped dust jacket shows wear along edges - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, unmarked copy. Record # 609344
Price: $12.00 

Making Uzbekistan: Nation, Empire, and Revolution in the Early USSR by: Khalid, Adeeb
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Making Uzbekistan: Nation, Empire, and Revolution in the Early USSR by: Khalid, Adeeb

Hardcover. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 415 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in fair condition, with significant bumping to the top edge. Gray cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. In this book, Khalid chronicles the tumultuous history of Central Asia in the age of the Russian revolution. Traumatic upheavals--war, economic collapse, famine--transformed local society and brought new groups to positions of power and authority in Central Asia, just as the new revolutionary state began to create new institutions that redefined the nature of power in the region. Previous owner lightly marked a couple interior pages in pencil throughout, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34140
Price: $25.00 

Manners and Morals in the Age of Optimism - 1848-1914 by: Laver, James
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Manners and Morals in the Age of Optimism - 1848-1914 by: Laver, James

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row , 1st US, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Ex-lib with usual markings, stamping, but hardly read, black & white Illustrations, 272 pgs. Record # 100980
Price: $12.00 

Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses by: Dirr, Michael A., Illust. by: Dirr, Bonnie
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Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses by: Dirr, Michael A., Illust. by: Dirr, Bonnie

Hardcover. Champaign, IL, Stipes Publishing L.L.C., 5th, 1998, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1187 pages, hardcover. Pictorial boards have some minor edge wear, but are still in very good condition overall. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid, but the spine has partially separated from the binding. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. This is a reference guide to the identification and culture of over 1,600 species and over 7,800 cultivars of woody landscape plants. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34448
Price: $25.00 

Masked Culture: The Greenwich Village Halloween Parade by: Kugelmass, Jack
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Masked Culture: The Greenwich Village Halloween Parade by: Kugelmass, Jack

Hardcover. NY, Columbia University Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 216 pages, hardcover. Clear plastic dust jacket has chipping at the top and bottom of the spine, as well as some scratches. Pictorial boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains full-color photography throughout. This book provides a visual exploration of the history, spirit, and controversy that accompanies the annual Greenwich Village Halloween Parade in New York City. This book discusses the elaborate costume artistry, the carefully orchestrated performances, its wide-ranging themes, and more. Clean copy. Record # 34223
Price: $12.00 

Mazel and Shlimazel/ Or the Milk of a Lioness by: Singer, Isaac Bashevis, Illust. by: Margot Zemach
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Mazel and Shlimazel/ Or the Milk of a Lioness by: Singer, Isaac Bashevis, Illust. by: Margot Zemach

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, rep, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, A children's book from the winner of 1978 Nobel Prize in Literature. Color illustrations by Margot Zemach. Dust jacket edgeworn with closed tear and damp-stain. Previous owner's inscription on front end paper. Nice tight copy. Classic tale about the conflict between Mazel, the debonair spirit of good luck, and Schlimazel, the wicked old spirit of bad luck. Record # 12830
Price: $30.00 


  
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