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1960045034New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1960. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Xiii Xiv. Brown Cloth Spine Tan Cloth Covered Boards Gilt. First Edition Stated. First Printing. Berenson 1865-1959 Was Best Known As An Art Expert But "His Magnificent Assemblage Of Books Some Forty Thousand Volumes Chosen Over The Decades Remains His Ultimate Monument. This Great Collection One Of The World's Finest Private Libraries He Bequeathed - Along With I Tatti His Estate Itself- To Harvard University." See Dj. A Short Or Long Paragraph About 365 Books What We Are Never Assigned To Read But Would Read If We Knew Enough To Be Fully Aware Of Them Although Some Would Be Difficult To Obtain In English Translation. <br/> <br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1980044874New York: Vendome Press / The Viking Press 1980. First American Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Color And B/W Illustrations Throughout. 204 Pp. Black Cloth Spine Gilt Violet Boards Gilt. First American Printing. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Priced $40. <br/> <br/> Vendome Press / The Viking Press hardcover
1960021674Providence: Rhode Island School Of Design / Spectrum Magazine 1960. First Edition . Wrappers. Very Good. Illustrations. 32 Pp. An Annual Of Student Art And Literature Sponsored By The Student Association Folder With Five Printed Inner Folders Each With Additional Art Inserted Loosely. In This Example Much Of The Art Contains Original Pencil Signatures Including A B/W Linoleum Print By Borowitz A Photograph Of A Tiny Oriental Girl In Costume By G. Brown A Print By William Ouellette A Print By Cardenas And A Black And Brown Print On Light Brown Paper By Phelps. Contents All Fine Outer Envelope Very Good With Some Wear. <br/> <br/> Rhode Island School Of Design / Spectrum Magazine unknown
1995050606St. Petrsburg: Slaviya / British Museum Press 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. 271 Pp. Very Large Format Soft Cover Finely Printed Color Illustrations And Russian Text Throughout. Fine. With The Special Bookmark For This Book. <br/> <br/> Slaviya / British Museum Press paperback
1991043097San Francisco: Chronicle Books 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 135 Pp. Purple Cloth Gilt. First Printing. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. <br/> <br/> Chronicle Books hardcover
1971012473London: Lund Humphries. Hardcover. 1971. 1st Edition. Tall 4to 184pp . Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Illustrations Morison is one of the major figures in the history of typgography . Lund Humphries hardcover
1999009225Berkeley : University of California Press 1999 ©1999 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st ed. 1st printing ; xiii 409 pages : illustrations.; LCCN 2024732594 ; LC DF212.C35 ; Dewey 930.1/092 ; ISBN 9780520342361 0520208684 0520342364 OCLC 1396438310 ; black cloth in green and brown photographic dustjacket ; "Self-promoting Heinrich Schliemann took entire credit for discovering Homer's Troy. For over one hundred years that credit has been accorded to him and generations have thrilled to the tale of his ambitions and achievements. But Schliemann gained this status as an archaeological hero partly by deliberately eclipsing the man who had guided him. Now at long last Susan Heuck Allen puts the record straight and restores the British archaeologist Frank Calvert to his rightful place in the story of the identification and excavation of the city of Priam." ; Contents: Maps and Figures -- Chapter I. "Levantine English families": The Calverts of the Dardanelles -- Chapter 2. "Indulgent daydreams of Troy and its heroes": Early Explorations of the Troad -- Chapter 3. From Antiquary to Archaeologist: Frank Calvert's "Contributions to the Ancient Geography of the Troad" -- Chapter 4. "Progress in discovering . the real site of old Troy": Penarbasa. Akca Kay. or Hisarlik -- Chapter 5. "The imputation of serious frauds": Disgrace and Disappointment -- Chapter 6. "In the interest of science . a sacrifice of personal considerations": Calvert and Schliemann -- Chapter 7. "Troy. Hell or China!": Excavation and Recrimination -- Chapter 8. "A little broken pottery": Priam's Treasure and Its Repercussions -- Chapter 9. "The hatchet . buried": Rapprochement and Cooperation -- Chapter 10. "More remains buried than has been brought to light": Homer's Troy -- Chapter 11. 'Wolf scalps" and War Booty: The Fate of the Collections -- Epilogue: Finding the walls of Troy today ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> Berkeley : University of California Press, [1999] ©1999 hardcover
19974860New York : Henry Holt 1997. 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st edition ; 1st printing ; 449 pp. : illustrated cards for Action Baseball printed on pages 224-238 ; 22 cm. ; ISBN: 0805054065 acid-free paper :; 9780805054064 acid-free paper LCCN: 97-7 ; LC: PS3551.U77; Dewey: 813/.54 ; OCLC: 36201335 ; gre y and black cloth with gold lettering in photographic dustjacket ; remainder mark on top textblock ; Contents: Hand to mouth -- Three plays. Laurel and Hardy go to heaven ; Blackouts ; Hide and seek -- Action baseball -- Squeeze play / by "Paul Benjamin". ; "From the streets of Manhattan to Paris a poignant memoir explains a series of ingenious and farfetched attempts to survive on next to no money showing both the humor and desperation of being a 'have not.' " ; remains of store label on front ; VG/VG <br/> <br/> New York : Henry Holt, 1997. hardcover
2000011886Columbia New York U.S.A.: Konemann 2000 First edition. Folio. Cloth binding 493 pp. Illustrated throughout in color. Lushly illustrated with nearly 500 color photographs this book offers a thorough account of how the art of garden design developed since antiquity discussing its most important periods and theories with numerous examples. The cultural history of gardens is closely tied to human aspiration. According to most of the world's creation stories the human race began in an enclosed garden with trees blossoms fruits and clear springs. This passion for shaping the abundance of nature runs throughout history while each era is characterized by a different style including sacred groves and gardens in ancient Greece and Rome the hidden hortus conclusus of the Middle Ages and the Moorish gardens of Spain with their strong Islamic influences. The majority of the book is dedicated to the European gardens of the Renaissance Baroque Enlightenment and Romantic eras—about 1500 to 1850. New in new dustjacket. Konemann hardcover
2000011885Columbia New York U.S.A.: Konemann 2000 First edition. Folio. Cloth binding 493 pp. Illustrated throughout in color. Lushly illustrated with nearly 500 color photographs this book offers a thorough account of how the art of garden design developed since antiquity discussing its most important periods and theories with numerous examples. The cultural history of gardens is closely tied to human aspiration. According to most of the world's creation stories the human race began in an enclosed garden with trees blossoms fruits and clear springs. This passion for shaping the abundance of nature runs throughout history while each era is characterized by a different style including sacred groves and gardens in ancient Greece and Rome the hidden hortus conclusus of the Middle Ages and the Moorish gardens of Spain with their strong Islamic influences. The majority of the book is dedicated to the European gardens of the Renaissance Baroque Enlightenment and Romantic eras—about 1500 to 1850. New in new dustjacket. Konemann hardcover
1943009929Doubleday Doran & Co. Garden City N.Y. ©1943 1943. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 1st ed. 1st printing ; ix 238 pages ; 21 cm OCLC 1686551 ; LCCN 43016552 ; LC PZ7.K74 Val ; green cloth with black lettering in color pictorial dustjacket ; A story about the dogs that were used by the United States Armed Forces in World War II ; gift presentation on half-title ; <br/> <br/> Doubleday, Doran & Co., Garden City, N.Y., ©1943 hardcover
1953009824Lippincott Philadelphia 1953 1953. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 1st ed.; 1st printing 186 p. 22 cm. LCCN 52013739 OCLC 181595 LC PS3523.O243 Dewey 813.54 ; textured tan cloth in color pictorial dustjacket; a few nicks on price-clipped jacket ; the 18th book of 26 in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries ; Before he dies a murdered burglar puts Mrs. North in mortal danger.The thief struts toward Broadway confident his luck has finally begun to turn. Just a few hours earlier he had been as scared as a trapped rat cowering in a bathroom hoping the homeowners would go to bed without finding him. He got lucky and he got away with his mark: a flimsy little piece of plastic that's worth more money than he's ever had at one time. But before he reaches his destination he'll be left for dead on the sidewalk. As his last act he drops his loot in the mail.The package is marked for Pamela North the slightly daffy amateur sleuth who always nabs the killer even if she never quite gets to the point. One man has already died for this mysterious item and as soon as it lands in her mailbox she'll be in danger of joining him.; Frances Louise Lockridge January 10 1896 - February 17 1963 and Richard Orson Lockridge September 26 1898 in St. Joseph Missouri - June 19 1982 in Tryon North Carolina were American writers of detective fiction. The pair wrote 50 novels together1 including one of the most famous American mystery series Mr. and Mrs. North. They also wrote other series including Lt Heimrich Nathan Shapiro and Paul Lane. Frances was born in Kansas City Missouri in 1896.234 She attended the University of Kansas though she did not graduate and worked as a reporter and music critic at various publications including the Kansas City Journal-Post Kansas City Kansan and Kansas City Star. Richard was born in St. Joseph Missouri and was educated at the University of Missouri. After serving in the United States Navy he returned to Missouri working as a reporter on the Kansas City Kansan and the Kansas City Star. Married in 1922. Soon after the couple moved to New York26 where Richard Lockridge joined the old New York Sun. In 1932 Richard published his first book Darling of Misfortune: Edwin Booth: 1833-1893. In 1960 the Lockridges were co-presidents of the Mystery Writers of America. They received a special Edgar Award in 1962. Richard Lockridge had received an Edgar in 1945 for best radio play. In their collaborations Frances would generally produce the plot of the novels while Richard would flesh out the writing ; FINE/VG <br/> <br/> Lippincott, Philadelphia, [1953] hardcover
199321415Ballantine Books Fawcett Columbine NY. HBDJ stated 1st edition January 1993 with #1 Intact in Number Line FINE/F Ivory white cloth Boards lettered gold Gilt Spine 153 pages Epilogue . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Ballantine Books Fawcett Columbine NY hardcover
1980KOS01203630TBD 1980. Soft Cover. Fine. KOS01203630 TBD paperback
1980KOS00200191Leica Corporation 1980. Soft Cover. Fine. KOS00200191 Leica Corporation paperback
1988KOS02300550Inax @ Nagoya showroom 1988. Soft Cover. Fine. KOS02300550 Inax @ Nagoya showroom paperback
19983123Fuquay-Varina NC : Research Triangle Publishing Inc. 1998. 1998. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. 1st ed. 1st printing ; photographic stiff paper wrappers ; 320 4 pp. ; ISBN: 1884570836 ; SIGNED presentation by author on front ep ; details of the author's life growing up as a military brat stateside and in Nuremburg Germany and of his antics at the University of Connecticut in the 1970's ; FINE <br/> <br/> Fuquay-Varina, NC : Research Triangle Publishing, Inc., 1998. paperback
1974064948publisher not identified 1974-01-01. Paperback. GOOD. 98 clean unmarked tight pages with a bumped lower inside corner; soiling on upper edge of textblock; very light shelf and corner wear on cover [publisher not identified] paperback
19813332Atlanta: Atlanta Urban Design Commission 1981. First Edition. Near fine. Paperbound in spiral binding 244 pp illustrated with b/w photos and line drawings. Owner blind stamp on title page otherwise a lightly used near fine copy with clean contents and solid binding. <br /><br /> Atlanta Urban Design Commission
1979KOS01100099Nihon Keizai Shimbun 1979. Soft Cover. Fine. KOS01100099 Nihon Keizai Shimbun paperback
19495239New Directions / New Classics 1949 Later printing circa 1949. 7.25 x 5 in. xvii 170 pp. Jacket design by Alvin Lustig. Light green cloth lettered in black at spine. No internal markings Light rubbing and wear to spine-ends and board edges. Jacket chipped along spine-ends and bottom corner of front wrap small creases and tears soiling and wear. Very Good in Good dust jacket now in protective mylar cover. Messerli 6. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. New Directions / New Classics hardcover
1966KOS02201878Shinbundo shinkosha 1966. Soft Cover. Fine. KOS02201878 Shinbundo shinkosha paperback
1965KOS02202305Shinbundo shinkosha 1965. Soft Cover. Fine. KOS02202305 Shinbundo shinkosha paperback
1969KOS02201910Shinbundo shinkosha 1969. Soft Cover. Fine. KOS02201910 Shinbundo shinkosha paperback
1993250312002University of Denver 1993. Paperback. Like New. 0x0x0. Milmoe James photos. LIKE NEW. Very Clean. No writing or tears. Never Read. 24 Page Pamphlet. University of Denver paperback
