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199634544New Haven: Yale University Press 1996. Paperback. Very good. 393pp. Internally fine with clean text that has no underlining highlighting or notes. <br/><br/> Yale University Press paperback books
176871paperback. Many color plates. thin oblong 8vo pr. wrs. N.p. 1993. vg Illustrated with paintings by Judith Tobin and photographs by Joan Brooks Baker. Signed by both authors.<br/><br/> unknown books
198187204Paris: Conseil International de la Langue Francaise; Edicef 1981. Paperback. Near Fine. Kouadio Koffi. illustrations 227p. Softcover in original wrapper. 18cm. Baoule text at tope of most pages with French translation below; introductory material in French. <br/><br/> Conseil International de la Langue Francaise; Edicef paperback books
1983228316Ann Arbor: UMI 1983. hardcover. fine. 283 pages. Illustrated. 8vo decorative beige cloth. Ann Arbor: UMI 1983. Fine.<br/><br/> Studies in Musicology No. 57.<br/><br/> UMI unknown books
2007Embry 182906Farrar Straus and Giroux 2007. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1982Embry 182148St. Martin's Press 1982. Fine in fine faintly rubbed dust jacket in mylar cover. St. Martin's Press, 1982. unknown books
2019172566New York: Marlborough Gallery 2019. Paperback. VG. Color-illustrated wraps with white lettering. Unpaginated. Color illustrations. Catalog of an exhibition of work by Catherine Goodman held at the Marlborough Gallery from April 4th to 27th 2019. Marlborough Gallery paperback books
2007710391NY: Farrar Straus Giroux. 2007. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Farrar Straus Giroux paperback books
1982UTHUISA00EFSt. Martin's Press 1982. Very Good. Thurman Judith. Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller. New York: St. Martin's Press 1982. 495pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with lightly bumped creased and rubbed edges. St. Martin's Press paperback books
199921351999. THURMAN Judith. SECRETS OF THE FLESH: A LIFE OF COLETTE. NY: Alfred A. Knopf 1999. Small quarto cloth and boards in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed by Thurman on the front endpaper. Writen by a Pulitzer Prize winning author. Near fine in d/j. $45.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1999163299New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1999. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Black & white photo illustrations. 592pp 8vo cloth-backed boards dust wrapper. New York: Knopf 1999. Near fine.<br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
19999025179New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1999. Hardcover. fine/fine. Includes bibliography and index. National Book Award Finalist. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1999031230New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1999. xix 592p. b/w illus. dj. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1977Embry 34941Cornell U. Press 1977. 1st Edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Cornell U. Press, 1977. 1st Edition. unknown books
197765487Ithaca:: Cornell University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 0801410509 . First edition. Trace foxing on top and fore edges else very good in a very good age toning along the spine dust jacket. . Cornell University Press, hardcover books
201360731bdDavenport Florida: Hands of Time Enterprises LLC 2013. Octavo softbound / paperbound stiff glossy full-color photograph illus. wrappers 373 pp. Illustrations throughout. Near Fine. Contents include: Davenport Unincoporated Area Served by Davenport Post Office Fort Davenport Lake Davenport Loughman Horse Creek; Before the Beginning 1500-1883; Geographical Features 1880; First Settlers 1880-1900; The Beginning 1883-1900; Neighboring Settlements; Settlements that Changed Names; Second Wave of Settlers 1900-1926; The Jamestown Community; Growth and Industry 1900-1920; World War I 1914-1918_; The Citrus Industry; The Cattle Industry; The Roaring Twenties 1920-1929; The Thirties and Forties 1930-1949; The Fifties and Sixties 1950-1969; The Seventies Eighties and Nineties 1970-1999; The New Century 2000-2013; Hometown People and Stories; Historic Buildings; Other Landmarks; Appendix 1: Florida Topographical Definitions; Appendix 2: Post Office Documents; Appendix 3: Helpful Information; Bibliography. From Introduction: The Heritage Trail from Horse Creek to Davenport follows the trails of Davenport’s history across northeastern Polk County through beautiful forests and over the sand hills. At first it was a faint trail traveled by the Indians and Spaniards. Later the army enlarged and added to the existing paths which were widened and paved. Steel rails created easier ways for early settlers to penetrate the interior of the state. There is much to see along the way and many interesting people to meet. Thank you for joining me on this journey. Welcome to Davenport! First I would like to clarify some ambiguous names such as the City of Davenport the two Lake Davenports and the two different names for Horse Creek. The designation for many of the roads may seem confusing. Even though my family arrived here in 1911 and I have lived here most of my life I was unsure about some of these issues. I have talked to many older residents eagerly gone to governmental agencies musuems libraries and on field trips searching for the answers to these and other questions. With each question answered the puzzle pieces have fallen into place and the picture has become clear. On this journey we can turn back the hands of time and experience history as it happened. For those who are new to the area I hope the information provided will help you find your way around northeast Polk County more easily. Information about the location of the neighboring villages and other documents may be found in Appendix 3. Hands of Time Enterprises, LLC, (2013). paperback books
1939147689Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1939. Draft script for the 1930 film here under the working title "At Good Old Siwash" with "Those Were the Days" written in holograph pencil above title. Paramount "Return to Story Dept" and "Master File" stamps on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences as was customary for the period. <br/><br/>Middle-aged couple Petey and Martha William Holden Bonita Granville reminisce on their 35th wedding anniversary about their days in college when they first met. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location at Knox College in Galesburg Illinois. <br/><br/>Self wrappers front wrapper dated October 23 1939 rubber-stamped production No. 1811. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered E-32. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 11-13-39 and 12-12-39. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
197416792New York: The Living Theatre 1974. First Edition. Near fine. 8.5" x 11" approx. printed offset recto only in black and white with photo illustration. Slight toning. Very near fine. <br/><br/>Flyer advertising one of The Living Theatre's most important productions created in response to the imprisonment of some members of the collective by the Medici regime during a tour in Brazil. Originally performed in November of 1973 this flyer dates from a one-day engagement in New Haven the following year part of a nationwide tour of the play. Judith Malina recalled the creation of SEVEN MEDITATIONS: "When we left the jail we asked the prisoners who were left behind 'What can we do for you We are a poor theater group; we cannot send you money what can we do' All of them said 'Tell people how it is.'" The Living Theatre unknown books
1968138257N.p.: N.p. 1968. Collection of three single weight and one double weight vintage photographs and an original program from the 1968 premiere of The Living Theatre's experimental theatre piece "Paradise Now" performed on July 24 at a Carmelite cloister as part of the 22nd Avignon Festival in Avignon France. <br/><br/>Three of the photographs with stamps of the Gamma photo agency or photographers on the verso two with holograph annotations regarding the production on the verso. <br/><br/>The program published by Walter Swennen contains the text of "Let Us Talk about Counterrevolution" from the play in both French and English. <br/><br/>After a dispute with the IRS led to the closing of their New York City theater in 1963 Julian Beck and Judith Malina moved The Living Theatre to Europe where they toured almost exclusively refining the group's vision of improvisational collaborative and participatory leftist theatre. In 1968 they debuted what would become their signature piece "Paradise Now" at the Avignon Festival where at the conclusion of the piece both performers and audience members took to the streets in a combination demonstration and parade that caused controversy among the residents of the town. <br/><br/>Program: 4.25 x 10.5 inches 30 pages saddle stapled in wrappers. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Photographs: Variously sized between 7.75 x 5.75 inches and 12 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1992Z1059Metuchen and London:: Scarecrow Press 1992. 1992. FIRST EDITION. 4to. xvii 512 pp. 4 full color plates 28 full page illustrations index. Red cloth gilt-stamped black cover and spine labels; label a bit rubbed. Near fine. Includes full collations. ISBN: 0810825708 Scarecrow Press, 1992. hardcover books
198490855New York: Walker & Company 1984. Hardcover. 164p. first printing cloth boards dj. African American nurse romance novel. Very good. Bayshore medical center series book 3. Walker & Company hardcover books
2008CNJL1264Octon France: Verdigris 2008. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Rothchild Judith. Number 6 of 10 de luxe editions total edition 50 oblong octavo size 14 pp. signed by the artist and author text in French. Frederic Jacques Temple b. 1921 French poet and author decided to pursue writing as a career following a meeting with Blaise Cendrars in 1949. This work by him is a collection of memories of the Aveyron River and surrounding area from childhood; his early memories influenced much of his work including "L'Enclos" which celebrated the "mythical" city of Montpelier where he attended the college of the Enclos Saint-Francois. <br/><br/>The accompanying intaglio prints by Judith Rothchild are a combination of mezzotint and dry point techniques for which she is well known with the type enjambed to lengthen the ripples of the riverbanks which extend borderless across double-page spreads; thus each page flows seamlessly into the next like the bends of a river. The words like the ripples and river stones are given an added dimension of meaning especially being fragments of a long-distant childhood. The lush woodlands and light filled waters of southern France are praised in this romantic accolade by two of its natives.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Original binding of blue paste paper over yellow paper affixed to both boards and the title letterpress printed to the upper board concertina or "leporello" style text in French 11 gravure mezzotints handset in Vendome Romain and printed on an Albion Press Hahnemuhle paper oblong octavo size 11.75" by 7.75" 14 pp. limited edition this number 6 of 10 de luxe copies from a total edition of 50 signed by the author and artist. Accompanied by one additional print signed and numbered by the artist with a handwritten poem by the author also signed and housed in a blue marbled paste paper portfolio; both items are housed in a matching fall-down-back box with marbled black and blue pastepaper guards.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Fine; crisp clean as new and free of prior owner markings; in a like case. A lovely collaboration between artists.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Verdigris hardcover books
2001SS12807Cambridge:: Perseus 2001. 2001. Thick 8vo. xii 628 pp. Photo illus. appendix index. Quarter navy-stamped gray cloth navy boards dust-jacket; spine text printed askew missing first letters on left edge jacket slightly rubbed. Very good. ISBN: 073820532X "The story of Edward Teller is the story of the twentieth century. Born in Hungary in 1908 Teller witnessed the rise of Nazism and anti-Semitism two world wars the McCarthy era and the changing face of big science. A brilliant and controversial figure Teller brings to these events a perspective that is at once surprising and insightful. Edward Teller is perhaps best known for his belief in freedom through strong defense. But this extraordinary memoir at last reveals the man behind the headlines -- passionate and humorous devoted and loyal. Never before has Teller told his story as fully as he does here. We learn Teller's true position on everything from the bombing of Japan to the pursuit of weapons research in the post-war years. In clear and compelling prose Teller chronicles the people and events that shaped him as a scientist beginning with his early love of music and math and continuing with his study of quantum physics under Werner Heisenberg. Present at many of the pivotal moments in modern science Teller also describes his relationships with some of the century's greatest minds -- Einstein Bohr Fermi Szilard von Neumann -- and offers an honest assessment of the development of the atomic and hydrogen bombs the founding of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and his complicated relationship with J. Robert Oppenheimer. He also offers for the first time a moving portrait of his childhood his marriage and family life and his deep friendship with physicist Maria Mayer. Writing about those aspects of his life that have had important public consequences -- from his conservative politics to his relationships with scientists and presidents -- Teller reveals himself to be a man with deep beliefs about liberty security and the moral responsibility of science." – Jacket flap. "Edward Teller was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist who is known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb . . ." CONTENTS: How many seconds in a year 1908-1913 -- Learning about war revolution and peace 1914-1919 -- The other side of the war years 1914-1919 -- Romanian interlude 1919-1920 -- My name is KoKo 1920-1925 -- How to become a physicist the hard way 1926-1928 -- Brave new world 1928-1929 -- Journeymen year in physics 1929-1930 -- The pleasures of small successes 1930-1933 -- The future becomes obvious 1933 -- Copenhagen 1933-1934 -- The joy of being a foreigner 1934-1935 -- First years in the United States 1935-1941 -- Fission 1939-1941 -- Academicians go to work 1941-1943 -- Settling in at Los Alamos March 1943-November 1943 -- On and off the Mesa November 1943-January 1945 -- An end a beginning 1945 -- Give it back to the Indians 1945-1946 -- Incomplete answers 1946 -- Among friends from home February 1946-June 1949 -- The Reactor Safeguard Committee 1947-1949 -- Twenty years too soon June 1949-January 1950 -- Our doubts have a firm foundation 1950 -- Damn the torpedoes November 1950-April 1951 -- Pleasures in the Pacific perils at Princeton -- April 1951-September 1951 -- The campaign for a second weapons laboratory -- November 1951-July 1952 -- The new wheel spins a bit 1952-1954 -- Other nuclear affairs 1949-1955 -- The Oppenheimer hearing April 12 1954-May 6 1954 -- Sequelae June 1954-February 1955 -- Three friends August 1954-August 1958 -- Down to earth 1955-1958 -- The directorship 1958-1960 -- A few lessons in political affairs 1955-1960 -- The temperature of the Cold War rises 1960-1965 -- Educating inventive engineers 1961-1975 -- Uphill 1964-1972 -- Choices critical and otherwise 1973-1979 -- Strategic defense 1980-1992 -- Other issues--public and private 1980-1990 -- Homecoming 1990-2000 -- Appendix: In the matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Perseus, (2001). hardcover books
200036887Louisville: Sarabande Books 2000. First edition. 70 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Louisville: Sarabande Books unknown books
200338699Lincoln: Zoo Press 2003. First edition. 73 pp w/notes. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Taylor’s third book of poems. Lincoln: Zoo Press unknown books
