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In the Voice of Others: Chinese Music Bureau Poetry (Volume 63) [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Allen, Joseph R.
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In the Voice of Others: Chinese Music Bureau Poetry (Volume 63) [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Allen, Joseph R.In the Voice of Others: Chinese Music Bureau Poetry (Volume 63) [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Allen, Joseph R.

In the Voice of Others: Chinese Music Bureau Poetry (Volume 63) [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Allen, Joseph R.

Hardcover. Ann Arbor, MI, The University of Michigan Press, 2nd Pr., 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 293 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, blue cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book applies new critical methods to medieval works in the genre known as Music Bureau poetry (or yuefu shi), stripping away layers of ossified conventional reading to expose the genre's vital core. Author's inscription to the previous owner was written on a post-it note on the title page. Inscription reads: "The acknowledgments are perhaps worth a look--the rest is downhill. Yours, Joseph R. Allen. Clean copy. Record # 34238
Price: $40.00 

In the Weesome Hours: 1843-1889 by Mary Lackey Williams by: Vezza, ed., Dianne Wehrs
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In the Weesome Hours: 1843-1889 by Mary Lackey Williams by: Vezza, ed., Dianne Wehrs

Softcover. Wilmington, Ohio, Orange Frazer Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 234 pages, very clean, tight copy, like new. Mary Lackey Williams was a wife, mother, Union widow, divorcee, and a self-supporting elderly woman. Her work was composed, as she says In The Weesome Hours, after dark, and before the dawn. Record # 800643
Price: $12.00 

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 

Indonesia: The Rise of Capital by: Robison, Richard
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Indonesia: The Rise of Capital by: Robison, Richard

Softcover. North Sydney, Australia, ASAA in association with George Allen & Unwin, 7th impression, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 425 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W tables throughout. This book is a full historical account of the economic development of Indonesia. It is regarded as one of the most important books in the study of modern Indonesia. Clean copy. Record # 34174
Price: $15.00 

Inextinguishable Symphony, The - A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany by: Goldsmith, Martin
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Inextinguishable Symphony, The - A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany by: Goldsmith, Martin

Softcover. New York , John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1st, 2000, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 346 pages, including index. Very light edgewear on spine, otherwise very good. Record # 176218
Price: $12.00 

Inextinguishable Symphony, The: A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany by: Goldsmith, Martin
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Inextinguishable Symphony, The: A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany by: Goldsmith, Martin

Hardcover. New York, Wiley, reprint, 2000, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 346 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Dust jacket price clipped. Otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 469264
Price: $12.00 

Innocents in Africa: An American Family's Story by: Pifer, Drury
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Innocents in Africa: An American Family's Story by: Pifer, Drury

Hardcover. US, Harcourt, 1st, 1994-02-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 338 pages, b&w photos. Faint foxing to top edge, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462310
Price: $12.00 

Inside Hitler's High Command by: Megargee, Geoffrey P. Murray, Williamson (Foreword)
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Inside Hitler's High Command by: Megargee, Geoffrey P. Murray, Williamson (Foreword)

Hardcover. Lawrence, KS, University Press of Kansas, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 327 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, black paper covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. One bump to the bottom edge of the front cover. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. In this book, Megargee exposes the structure, processes, and personalities that governed the Third Reich's military decision making, and shows how Germany's presumed battlefield superiority was undermined by poor strategic and operational planning at the highest levels. Clean copy. Record # 34463
Price: $12.00 

Inside the Warren Court, 1953-69 by: Schwartz, Bernard
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Inside the Warren Court, 1953-69 by: Schwartz, Bernard

Hardcover. US, Doubleday, 1st, 1983-10-01, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 299 pages. Remainder spray to bottom edge, light sunning to dust jacket spine, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 465881
Price: $12.00 

Intelligentsia and Revolution by: Burbank, Jane
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Intelligentsia and Revolution by: Burbank, Jane

Softcover. Oxford, Oxford University Press , 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 340 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor shelf-wear to wrappers. Record # 458238
Price: $12.00 

Intercity Bus Lines of the Southwest by: Rhodes, Jack
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Intercity Bus Lines of the Southwest by: Rhodes, Jack

Hardcover. College Sta., Texas A. & M. Univl, 1st, 1988, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, A history of 6 U.S. travel & routes with black & white photos of vintages buses. Record # 51494
Price: $12.00 

Interior Exile by: Salabert, Miguel de
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Interior Exile by: Salabert, Miguel de

Hardcover. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1st printing, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 222 pages. Translated by Renaud Bruce and Herma Briffault. Light browning near hinge on front flyleaf. Red cloth with silver lettering and decoration on front and spine. Small areas of the silver decoration are rubbed. Very good color pictorial dust jacket Record # 40058
Price: $12.00 

Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption by: Kennedy, Randall
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Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption by: Kennedy, Randall

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon Books, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 676 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, black cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book analyzes the tremendous changes in the history of America's racial dynamics. The author challenges the reader to examine how prejudices and biases still fuel fears and inform our sexual, marital, and family choices. He takes us from the injustices of the slave era up to present-day battles over race. Previous owner's inscription is present in black pen on front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34309
Price: $18.00 

Invasion Without Tears: The Story of Canada's Top-Scoring Spitfire Wing in Europe during the Second World War by: Berger, MontyStreet, Brian Jeffrey
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Invasion Without Tears: The Story of Canada's Top-Scoring Spitfire Wing in Europe during the Second World War by: Berger, Monty Street, Brian Jeffrey

Hardcover. Toronto, Ontario, Random House of Canada, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is a detailed account of the Canadian 126 Wing's extraordinary combat record during World War II. Clean copy. Record # 34055
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 

Ireland a Terrible Beauty by: Uris, Jill
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Ireland a Terrible Beauty by: Uris, Jill

Softcover. Toronto , Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1st, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 288 pages. Softcover. Extensive b&w and color photographs throughout. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 469396
Price: $12.00 

Irving Babbitt: An Intellectual Study by: Nevin, Thomas R.
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Irving Babbitt: An Intellectual Study by: Nevin, Thomas R.

Hardcover. Chapel Hill, NC, The University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 194 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, red cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book examines the controversial critic's attacks on collegiate educational reform, his literary and aesthetic criticism, his political philosophy, and his fusion of humanism with Buddhism. Clean copy. Record # 34327
Price: $45.00 

Jacquard Textiles by: Marcoux, Alice
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Jacquard Textiles by: Marcoux, Alice

Softcover. Providence, RI, Rhode Island School of Design, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with illustrated black and white covers. Illustration continues to end papers. Covers show hardly any wear, staple wrappers are tight. Pages clean and crisp. 17 b/w plates of jacquard textiles, each with the artist's statement on their work and techniques. Introduction on the history of this form of weaving, including full page photographic plate. Record # 807659
Price: $12.00 

James Scarth Gale and his History of the Korean People by: Rutt, Richard
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James Scarth Gale and his History of the Korean People by: Rutt, Richard

Hardcover. Seoul, Korea, Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch, in conjuction with Taewon Publishing Company, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 396 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is significantly ripped and worn. Covers underneath are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book is a brisk narrative based on the traditional Korean interpretation of history, packed with anecdotes, and enlivened by perceptive notes about folklore and customs. James Scarth Gale (1863-1937) was a Canadian missionary and a pioneer scholar. He was a prolific writer, an industrious translator, and a major lexicographer. Previous owner signed their name on the inside front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33717
Price: $35.00 

James Thrall Soby Collection of Works of Art Pledged or Given to the Museum of Modern Art, The by: N. A.
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James Thrall Soby Collection of Works of Art Pledged or Given to the Museum of Modern Art, The by: N. A.

Softcover. New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 69 pages, exhibition catalogue, b&w and a few color art reproductions, very clean, tight copy. Record # 800983
Price: $12.00 

Jane Eyre by: Bronte, Charlotte
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Jane Eyre by: Bronte, CharlotteJane Eyre by: Bronte, Charlotte

Jane Eyre by: Bronte, Charlotte

Hardcover. NY, Thomas Nelson and Sons, New Century Library, 1906, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 517 pages, hardcover. Flexible cloth covers are in fair condition, with worn corners and spine. Top edge gilt. Interior pages are clean and bight. Binding is solid. This classic Charlotte Bronte novel contains autobiographical elements, and tells the story of orphaned Jane Eyre, who grew up in the home of her heartless aunt, enduring loneliness and cruelty. Her troubled childhood strengthens Jane's natural independence and spirit - which proves necessary when she finds employment as a governess to the young ward of Byronic, brooding Mr. Rochester. This 1906 New Century Library edition features a B&W illustration opposite the title page. Previous owner's name is signed on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33779
Price: $40.00 

Jane Jacob's First City: Learning from Scranton, Pennsylvania by: Lang, Glenna
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Jane Jacob's First City: Learning from Scranton, Pennsylvania by: Lang, Glenna

Hardcover. NY, New Village Press, 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 468 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, dark red paper covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. A copy in its original vacuum sealed plastic, never opened. This book is a thorough investigation of how Jane Jacobs's ideas about the life and economy of great cities grew from her home city. It reveals how this influential thinker and writer's classic works germinated in the once vibrant mid-size city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, where Jane spent her first eighteen years. Clean copy. Record # 34340
Price: $35.00 

Japanese Sports: A History by: Guttmann, Allen
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Japanese Sports: A History by: Guttmann, Allen

Softcover. Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, The, 1st, August 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 307 pages, several pages of b&w illustrations and photographs. Minor wear to wrappers. Else very good. Record # 454734
Price: $12.00 

Jarrell, Bishop, Lowell, & Co.: Middle-Generation Poets in Context by: Ferguson, Suzanne
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Jarrell, Bishop, Lowell, & Co.: Middle-Generation Poets in Context by: Ferguson, Suzanne

Hardcover. Knoxville, TN, University of Tennessee Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 335 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, yellow cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. In this book, editor Suzanne Ferguson collects eighteen essays that explore the literary, personal, and political affiliations of Randall Jarrell, Elizabeth Bishop, and Robert Lowell, influential literary figures who flourished in the periods between modernism and postmodernism. Clean copy. Record # 34246
Price: $25.00 


  
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