Hardcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 219 pages, hardcover. Cover boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W illustrations are all grouped together at the end of the volume. In this book, the author explores the interactions between linguistic and economic production as they inform discourse from Chretien de Troyes to Heidegger. He demonstrates how literature and philosophy have been driven to account self-critically for a "money of the mind" that pervades all discourse, and concludes the book with a discomforting thesis about the cultural and political limits of literature and philosophy in the modern world. Clean copy. Record # 34091
Hardcover. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution , 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 127 pages, b & w and color photos, part of The Smithsonian Illustrated Library of Antiques, prepared by the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. History of western printmaking, medieval to present. Very clean, tight copy, like new. Record # 800836
Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press , reprint, 1985, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 312 pages. Hardcover. Reprint. Black & white photographs and illustrations. Gilt titles on spine. Dust jacket price clipped. Tear to front dust jacket cover, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 613598
Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press , reprint, 1985, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 312 pages. Hardcover. Black & white photographs and illustrations. Gilt titles on spine. Small portion missing from rear end paper. Foxing to dust jacket interior. Otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 613597
Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 206 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been price clipped, and has a closed tear at the top of the spine. Orange cloth cover boards are slightly warped, but are otherwise clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This study is an attempt to assemble and analyze all that is presently available of a major work by an eighth-century Jewish astrologer known in medieval Europe as Messahala and in the Near East as Masha'allah. This study is a significant contribution to an understanding of the origin and transmission of astrological doctrine. Previous owner's signature is present in blue pen on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34305
Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 1035 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has edge wear and rubbing, with a few closed tears. Blue cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Significant foxing is present along the page edges. Binding is solid after a careful repair. This book is a history of the great age of scholasticism, from Abelard to the rejection of Aristotelianism in the Renaissance. It combines the highest standards of medieval scholarship with a respect for the interests and insights of contemporary philosophers, particularly those working in the analytic tradition. Clean copy. Record # 34541
Hardcover. NY, Weatherhill, 1st thus, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 193 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some edge wear and rubbing, but is still in good condition overall. Gray paper cover boards with a black cloth spine are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book compares and contrasts the Japanese and the Jews with keen critical insight tempered by affection. While drawing freely from personal experiences, literature and popular sources, he also turns to such traditional materials as medieval Japanese social and legal documents, the Talmud, and the Torah in his search for the forces that have shaped the Japanese and the Jew as we know them today. Some of the previous owner's notes and musings are present in black pen on the rear end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34507
Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton , 1st thus, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 392 pages, hardcover. Dust jacked and covers are bright and clean, as are the interior pages. Spine is solid. In "The Light Ages," Cambridge science historian Seb Falk takes us on a tour of medieval science through the eyes of one fourteenth-century monk, John of Westwyk, who was an intrepid crusader, inventor, and astrologer. One very minor ink blemish is present on the top edge of the pages, otherwise a clean copy. Record # 33658
Hardcover. London, U.K., Oxford University Press, Reprint, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 327 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some edge wear, and chipping is present on the rear. Blue cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W tables and graphs throughout. This book uses historical documents to chronicle Edward I's methodical reduction of Welsh independence, which he achieved through many years of building strategic castles, conducting "scorched earth" sweeps, and establishing loyal local nobles. Clean copy. Record # 34226
Softcover. Wah Cantonment, Pakistan, Dastan Press, 1st, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 313 pages, soft cover. Paper covers are in very good condition, though the laminae has just begun to peel. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This is the first published novel of Abdul Latif, and presents a fantastical epic described as "The Witcher meets Avatar the Last Airbender in Medieval Baghdad." Author's inscription on the title page reads, "to Helen, I hope you enjoy it!" Clean copy. Record # 34461
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