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Published by NY: Viking / Penguin Group, 2003., 2003
ISBN 10: 0670036374ISBN 13: 9780670036370
Book
Petra Mathers. (illustrator). Unpaginated but 44pp, (8.5 x 10.5 inches), color illustrations by Petra Mathers. Ex-Library book, hardcover, no dust jacket. Has the usual stamping, pocket and labels, but in nice condition. Corners and spine-ends of covers are bumped, a little worn and rubbed, otherwise clean and bright, no tears or creases, no markings to the text. Story of the French composer written for children.
Published by Puffin Books/ Viking Penguin Group, New York NY, 1985
ISBN 10: 0140320776ISBN 13: 9780140320770
Seller: OddReads, Harper, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Trade Paperback. Condition: Used-Acceptable. wrappers reinforced in clear binding tape; usual library markings, some blacked out.
Published by Viking / The Penguin Group, New York NY, 1994
ISBN 10: 0670853461ISBN 13: 9780670853465
Seller: OddReads, Harper, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Bookseller stamps on front end page and on title page.
Published by New York, NY: Viking / Penguin Putnam Group, 1998, 1998
ISBN 10: 0670872172ISBN 13: 9780670872176
Seller: The Warm Springs Book Company, Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. ISBN:0670872172, Hardback, 1st edition, Very Good Plus in a Fine Minus DJ; light wear and minor amount of soiling to book boards, spine ends lightly bumped, creasing to bottom corner tips of three pages, no names or inscriptions, tough guy fiction by an author who has spent time in prison and is a rehabilitated drug user, 8vo., 263 pages., 0.0 0.0 0.0.
Published by The Penguin Group: Viking, New York, NY, 1995
ISBN 10: 0140176241ISBN 13: 9780140176247
Seller: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Paperback. First Edition Thus (1995), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of careful use: very slight spine lean; light wear to teh extremities; a crease near the lower front corner; a superficial nudge to the lower front hinge; the expected tanning to the text pages due to aging; a former owner's surname at the upper front end-paper; the binding is secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. A carefully used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor imperfections. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. First Edition Thus (1995), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. 8vo. (7.75 x 5.15 x 0.7 inches). 211 pages. Language: English. Weight: 7.3 ounces. Trade Paperback. First Edition Thus (1995), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence.
Published by Viking Compass/Penguin Group, New York, NY, 2002
ISBN 10: 0670894648ISBN 13: 9780670894642
Seller: a2zbooks, Burgin, KY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Text is clean. pages are white; binding is tight. Copy is of gift quality no issues. Author uses book to explore the universal meaning of prayer and its practice and how it can help to resolve doubts and anxieties, comfort during troubled times and help us to realize our deepest longings and dreams. 250 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; ISBN: 0670894648. ISBN/EAN: 9780670894642. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561010708.
Published by Penguin Group: Viking Juvenile, New York, NY, 1994
ISBN 10: 0670851604ISBN 13: 9780670851607
Seller: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Paperback. Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of careful use: moderate wear to to the corner tips; light wear to the rest of the extremities; mild rubbing and faint soiling to the wrapper covers; binding secure; the text clean. No longer 'As New', but remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. REMAINDER, showing a small blue mark at the bottom edge of the text pages. NOT a Book-Club or Ex-Library. Squarish 4to. (10 x 10.15 x 0.15 inches). 16 pages. Age Range: 3 - 6 years. Language: English. Weight: 6.1 ounces. First Edition (1994); First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Gatefold Wraps: Trade Paperback. In this cleverly-constructed book, bright pictures unfold with each verse of this lively musical vesion of a favorite biblical story. when children have finished the simple counting of animals parading onto the ark, they will cheer for the end result - a scene that stretches over six feet. What a delightful presentation! First Edition (1994); First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence.
Published by Viking (Penguin Group, Inc.), New York, N.Y., 2004
ISBN 10: 0670033634ISBN 13: 9780670033638
Seller: Anna's Books, Branson, MO, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This book is in great condition with slight wear from use such as bending around the edges of the dust jacket. Overall it remains tightly bound and clean.
Published by Viking Juvenile/Penguin Group, New York, NY, U.S.A., 2005
ISBN 10: 0670060046ISBN 13: 9780670060047
Seller: SUNSET BOOKS, Newark, OH, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Frank Remkiewicz (illustrator). 1st. Library binding. Seller's image, know what you are getting! Pre-packing weight is 0 lb. 12.6 oz . ORIGINAL, NOT A REPRINT OR PHOTOCOPY!! Has Dust Jacket and Brodart cover which are NOT attached to the covers, with 2 label on DJ, and NO label on Brodart. Has very few standard Library markings, NO pocket, NO cover/spine labels, 1 label residue, 2 stamp, 1 discard stamps. Appears to be lightly used, if at all! CLEAN TEXT! See Picture! The Original Copyright date is 2005 for this 2005 Printing. This volume was purchased through DMRO in the 2017. Wide 8vo. Thank you for your purchase from Sunset Books! Help Promote World Literacy, GIVE a Book as a GIFT!! In stock, Ships from Ohio. WE COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES!!!! SEE PICTURES!!!!! ANY ODD/GREEN TONES ON THE SCANS ARE CAUSED BY MY SCANNER!! All of our Technical/Textbook/Ex-Library volumes were obtained legally through Public or Auction sales. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Published by Viking/ Penguin Group, New York NY, 1994
ISBN 10: 0670855030ISBN 13: 9780670855032
Seller: OddReads, Harper, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. somewhat soiled boards.
Published by Penguin Group: Viking, New York, NY, 2003
ISBN 10: 0670032530ISBN 13: 9780670032532
Seller: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition USA (2003), so stated. First printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Near Fine in Fine DJ: Book shows only minute indications of use; just a hint of crimping at the heel of the back strip; the text block is very slightly cocked within square boards; the binding is secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome, very nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a couple of minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to "As New". The DJ is flawless; price unclipped. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.75 x 0.75 inches). 180 pages. Translated by Paul Vincent. Language: English. Weight: 13 ounces. Hardback with DJ. First Edition USA (2003), so stated. First printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence.
Published by The Penguin Group: Viking, New York, NY, 1994
ISBN 10: 0670848573ISBN 13: 9780670848577
Seller: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition (1994), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Good+to Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ: The Book shows a former owner's short gift inscription at the half-title page; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a single flaw. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to "As New". The DJ price has been clipped; else flawless; mylar-protected. Very close to "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.75 x 6.15 x 0.9 inches). 211 pages. Language: English. Weight: 15 ounces. Hardback with DJ. First Edition (1994), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence.
Published by NY. 2001. Viking / Penguin Group, 2001
ISBN 10: 0670910252ISBN 13: 9780670910250
Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
grey & black hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (#1 in # line). xvi+317p. b&w map. glossy b&w illustrations. chronology. notes. bibliography. index. american history. biography. american indian history. military history. ~ THE EXPULSION OF NATIVE AMERICANS from the eastern half of the continent to the Indian Territory beyond the Mississippi River remains one of the most notorious events in U.S. history, and the man most responsible and most widely blamed for their removal is Andrew Jackson. Robert Remini, hailed by The New York Times as "our foremost Jacksonian scholar," now provides a thought~provoking analysis of this single most controversial aspect of Jackson's long career. Andrew Jackson was fearless~some would say ruthless~in his single~minded focus on the security of the United States. Orphaned at fifteen and already a veteran of wars with the British and the Indians, Jackson was clear and outspoken from an early age in his often violent patriotism. In a spirited narrative, Remini describes Jackson's early years as an Indian fighter in South Carolina and Tennessee, his victory in the Creek War of 1814, his excursions against the Choctaws, Cherokees, and Chickasaws, and his conduct of the First Seminole War in Florida. Remini recalls Jackson's political rise and election to the presidency, where he set in motion the legislation that led to the Indian Removal Act and eventually the Trail of Tears. Masterfully capturing Jackson's flaws and limitations as well as his heroism, Remini contends that despite the injustice and atrocities that accompanied the removal, Jackson in fact ensured the tribes' survival, for they certainly would have been wholly exterminated had they remained in place. This is at once an exuberant work of American history and a sobering reminder of the violence and darkness at the heart of that history.
Published by Viking Penguin Group, New York, NY, 1999
ISBN 10: 067088796XISBN 13: 9780670887965
Seller: Ye Old Bookworm, Odessa, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition; 1st Printing. 0.7 x 7.6 x 5.6 Inches; 152 pages; Book Tight, Dust Jacket shows little sign of usage; BX19.
Published by NY: Viking an imprint of Penguin Group, 2011, 2011
First Edition
First edition with a 1 present in the number line; square sm 4to.; glossy pictorial boards with illustrated endpapers, hardcover; color illustrations; a very good clean tight copy in a very good dust jacket.
Published by Viking/Penguin Group, New York NY, 1996
ISBN 10: 0670869902ISBN 13: 9780670869909
Seller: OddReads, Harper, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. slightly shelf worn dustjacket.
Published by Penguin Group: Viking, New York, NY, 1989
ISBN 10: 0670825492ISBN 13: 9780670825493
Seller: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition USA (1989) , so stated. First printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. This is, however, a REMAINDER, showing a mark at the bottom edge of the text block. Else, Fine in Fine DJ: The Book shows only the remainder mark; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome, very nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a single imperfection. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to "As New". The DJ is flawless; price unclipped. Virtually 'As New'. Would make a very attractive reading copy. NOT a Book-Club or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.75 x 5.75 x 1 inches) . Translated by Adrienne Dixon. Language: English. Weight: 17 ounces. Hardback with DJ. Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch (1927 2010) was a Dutch writer of distinction. He wrote more than 80 novels, plays, essays, poems, and philosophical reflections. Mulisch's works have been translated into over thirty languages. Along with Willem Frederik Hermans and Gerard Reve, Mulisch is considered one of the "Great Three" (De Grote Drie) of Dutch postwar literature. His novel The Assault (1982) was adapted into a film that won both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award. Mulisch's work is also popular among the country's public: a 2007 poll of NRC Handelsblad readers voted his novel The Discovery of Heaven (1992) the greatest Dutch book ever written. He was regularly mentioned as a possible future Nobel laureate and won the 2007 International Nonino Prize in Italy. His gift for writing with clarity about moral and philosophical themes made him an enormously influential figure in the Netherlands and earned him recognition abroad. In 2009 he received the Golden Century Award, for his entire oeuvre. Last Call exhibits Mulish's mastery of plot, style and language. These are rare qualities in any country literature and certainly a seldom found quality in the Dutch context, shared with few luminaries such as G. S. Vestdijk and Hella Haasse. The main character is an old and tired, last but second rate representative of a first-rate theatrical family. His pedigree consists of vaudeville, farces, operetta's and such like, extending all the way back into WWII Germany, after which he only managed to direct amateur theatre and bar keeping. He finds himself discovered by a modernist theatre group, who want to use his name and his classical style. They offer him the lead in a play about a play (The Tempest) - the farewell performance of an old lion of the theatre of several decades ago. The book is about life versus theatre, about age, beauty, truth, about love even, all against the backdrop of a colourful Amsterdam of the 70-80s. The book lightly and humorously covers some large themes, is satirical, but with treates the characters with respect. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages. pages First Edition USA (2003), so stated. First printing indicated by acomplete numerical sequence; First Printing.
Published by Viking / Penguin Group, New York, NY, 1990
ISBN 10: 0670830240ISBN 13: 9780670830244
Seller: Ye Old Bookworm, Odessa, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. McKeating, E. (illustrator). weekly reader. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 57 pages; Illustrated matte boards lightly scuffed at spine ends and corner tips. Text block clean and pages tight. Illustrated by Eileen McKeating.
Published by Viking/Penguin Group (1999), New York, NY, 1999
ISBN 10: 0670887048ISBN 13: 9780670887040
Book First Edition
Boards w/DJ. Condition: VG/VG. Maps (illustrator). First Thus. New York, NY: Viking/Penguin Group. VG/VG. (1999). First Thus. Boards w/DJ. 8vo., xvi, 522pp., Dj scuffed .
Published by NY etc~. 1997. Viking / Penguin Group, 1997
ISBN 10: 0670848778ISBN 13: 9780670848775
Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. red & purple 1/2 cloth hardbound 4to. ( 8.5" x11") large book. international or priority shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective plastic cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. tiny spot size of rice grain on front cover, otherwise covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in very fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. 2nd printing (#2 in # line). 420p. religion. philosophy. autobiography. literary memoirs. buddhism. american literature. beat literature. psychology. "Written during a critical period of his life, Some of the Dharma is a key volume in Jack Kerouac's vast autobiographical canon. He began writing it in 1953 as reading notes on Buddhism intended for his friend, poet Allen Ginsberg. As Kerouac's Buddhist study and meditation practice intensified, what had begun as notes evolved into a vast and all~encompassing work of nonfiction into which he poured his life, incorporating poems, haiku, prayers, journal entries, meditations, fragments of letters, ideas about writing, overheard conversations, sketches, blues, and more. The final manuscript, completed in 1956, was as visually complex as the writing: each page was unique, typed in patterns and interlocking shapes. The elaborate form which Kerouac so painstakingly gave the book on his manual typewriter is recreated in this typeset facsimile. Kerouac's first novel, The Town and the City, was published in 1950. By 1953 he had developed his unique spontaneous prose style, and written five more novels, including On the Road, but New York publishers turned them down. Discouraged, he gave up on the publishing world, turned to Buddhist practice, and, in chronicling it, developed a new nonfiction form. Passionate, playful, ecstatic, filled with humor, insight, beautiful language, sorrow and struggle, Some of the Dharma is a far~ranging and extremely revealing work. Though written at the height of his commitment to Buddhism, it sheds an immense amount of light on Kerouac's entire literary career. It is one of his most profound and original works and confirms that Kerouac was not only 'on the road' but also 'on the Path'.".
Published by Viking/Penguin Group, New York, NY, 1999
ISBN 10: 067080889XISBN 13: 9780670808892
Seller: Prairie Creek Books LLC., Torrington, WY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG/VG, used, ix-xiii, 797pp. Interior clean no marks, binding tight. Slight shelf rubbing to dj, no chips or tears, corners are not worn, dj enclosed in protective sleeve.DJ is not price-clipped.
Published by Viking Kestral/Penguin Group, New York, NY, 1989
ISBN 10: 0670820423ISBN 13: 9780670820429
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Andre Amstutz (Illustrator) (illustrator). Reprint. EX-LIB. Text/As New & Bright. Illustrated boards/NF; DJ/NF; under library mylar. First published 1983; this a 1989 printing. Delightful parodies, with much wit & humour, of fairy tales familiar to all from British writer Allan Ahlberg (1938 -). 'Was Goldilocks' father really a "you-know-what"?' asks Mother Bear of Dinah, our little human storyteller. 95 pgs, w/line drawings, the playful "bedtime stories" are: 1, Too Many Bears; 2, Esmerelda; 3, The Clockwork Mouse; 4, The Accident Book; 6, Captain Dynamite Simon; 7, A Kiss; and, 8, Little Girl Sandwich. Fun for children and adults. Fine copy of a former libary book.
Published by Viking/Penguin Group, New York, NY, 1989
ISBN 10: 0670828165ISBN 13: 9780670828166
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition, First Printing. BRAND NEW COPY w/remainder mark to lower text edge. First Edition, First Printing. Gilt embossed white linen boards/Fine. DJ/Fine. English author Charles Nicholl specializes in works of history, biography, literary detection, and travel. This is a record of some months spent in Thailand & Burma in 1986. Nicholl says the book is but "a record of some of the people I met . places I passed through.'' An account as the region appeared to eyes of the West some 30 years past --- of many a story of "border crossing", real or imaginery, of what was seen and not seen.
Published by Viking/ Penguin Group, New York NY, 1991
ISBN 10: 0670834149ISBN 13: 9780670834143
Seller: OddReads, Harper, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. sticker on rear panel of dustjacket, dustjacket lightly shelfworn. Book.
Published by NY. 2007. Viking/Penguin Group, 2007
ISBN 10: 0670038520ISBN 13: 9780670038527
Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.
Book Signed
tan & tan hardbound 8vo. ~ 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. tiny tear bottom rear corner, not price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names (except the author s inscription), inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~ fifth printing ( # 5 in # line). SIGNED at the beginning of the text with an inscription by the author. 342p. index. appendix. acknowledgments. notes. bibliography. index. history. politics. environmentalism. agriculture. ecology. conservationism. gardening. climate change. globalism. evolution. human rights. indigenous people. NGOs. pollution. sustainability. WTO.
Published by NY etc~. 1994. Viking Studio Books/Penguin Group., 1994
ISBN 10: 0670851280ISBN 13: 9780670851287
Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
brown hardbound 4to ~ 4º (quarto). large book. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. minor shelf rubbing to cover bottoms. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. minor rubbing, not torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~ first american edition so stated. first printing ( # 1 in # line). full color decorative title pg. 255p. glossy pages throughout. almost every page illustrated, mostly in full glossy color. acknowledgments. bibliography. index. religion. philosophy. theology. mysticism. medieval literature. esoteric christianity. secret societies. conspiracy theory. folklore. mythology. european history. ~ TWELFTH CENTURY Europe was a time of unprecedented spiritual awakening. The Crusades to the Holy Land had returned with new esoteric secrets from the East. The heretical Cathars were challenging the authority of a divided and corrupt Church of Rome and women were at last accorded a new power and position, forming their own Courts of Love. Out of this extraordinary new age arose a legend which was to surpass all previous Western myths ~ that of a mystical object called the Holy Grail and a knightly Quest in search of it. Between 1190 and 1220, there was an outpouring of stories about this sacred artifact. Deemed heretical by the Church and yet said to hold the blood of the crucified Christ, the Grail chalice was supposedly brought to Britain two thousand years ago. And although the legend is set in the Arthurian Britain of the sixth century, tradition traces the cup of the last supper to a Cathar stronghold in the Pyrenees, under the guardianship of the Knights of the Temple of Jerusalem. The legend of the Holy Grail is not one story, but many, and this book explores the major, and very different, accounts which appeared within a thirty~year span. The legends of the Quest are taken from many sources including the earliest pagan tales of the Celtic Peredur, the unfinished, courtly epic of Cretien de Troyes, Le Conte del Graal, and a little~known poetic gem called the Diu Crone, or the Jeweled Crown. The great Cistercian epic of the Vulgate Cycle, which includes the Queste del San Graal, is probably the account known best to Western readers, yet many more are examined including Perlesvaus, Joseph d'Arimathie, Merlin, the Didot~Perceval and Parzival. In addition we discover that Mary Magdalene is a central figure within the legends and that the miraculous Black Virgin statues, still found throughout Europe today, have strange and intimate ties with the Grail. Even tarot cards contain the sacred Hallows along with a complete blueprint for the Grail Quest, devised by the Templar knights, who spread its heretical secret while being hidden from the Inquisition. Lavishly illustrated, this thought~provoking book bridges an eight~hundred~year gap with a living legend.
Published by NY etc~. 1992. Viking Studio / Penguin Group, 1992
ISBN 10: 0670845558ISBN 13: 9780670845552
Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
square, blue & gilt decorative glossy hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). slipcased (in a slide out box). no dustwrapper (as issued). fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. faint erasure spot on ½ title pg, otherwise contents free of all markings. slipcase in fine cond. couple of tiny scratches, not torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~first edition. first printing ( # 1 in # line). gilt endpapers. full color decorative ½ title, frontis. & title pg. 109p. glossy pages throughout. evey page ornately illustrated and/or decorated in full color. gilt ink used throughout. credits (works quoted). religion. philosophy. psychology. theology. world literature. meditation. ~ Illustrated in the manner of an illuminated manuscript and embellished with gold, Spiritual Illuminations contains some of the most inspiring and cherished poems, prayers, and meditations ever to gladden the heart and ease the soul. A collection that spans centuries, Spiritual Illuminations includes poetry and prose from such best~selling and beloved authors as: Robert Frost / Anne Morrow Lindbergh / M. Scott Peck, M.D. / Harold S. Kushner / Kahlil Gibran / Thomas Merton / Erich Fromm / St. Augustine / Emily Dickinson / Walt Whitman / Lao~tzu ~ and many, many others.
Published by NY etc~. 1993. Viking / Penguin Group, 1994
ISBN 10: 0670844128ISBN 13: 9780670844128
Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. black & red hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. looks new. like new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in vg cond.small piece missing front bottom, not price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition so stated. first printing (#1 in # line) possible book club copy (no price on dustwrapper). xxx+322p. chronology of sultans. b&w map with inset. 16 pages of glossy full color vintage plates. 16 pages of glossy b&w vintage photos & plates. b&w vintage drawings & illustrations throughout. notes on the illustrations. notes on the text. bibliography. index. world history. ottoman empire. european history. medieval history. byzantine empire. middle east history. balkan wars. crimean war. world war i. ~ The Ottomans elude us, as mysterious now as they have been for four and a half centuries. Were they the bloodthirsty savages of one legend, spitting babies on their swords, and enslaving all who crossed their path or were they sybarites, with an eye only for a fine silk robe, a unique black tulip, a beautiful Circassian. The Ottomans were all ~ and none ~ of these. In this book the author teases out those qualities which were uniquely Ottoman. Not Turkish, not Middle Eastern, nor even a shadowy echo of the west. For the Ottomans, born warriors from the steppes of Central Asia, became a unique urban culture, the successors of Rome in a political sense but quite unlike any culture before or since. Yet it is wrong to talk of the Ottomans in the past tense, for their legacy is alive in the Middle East and in parts of Europe to this day. And no country has to live in so ambivalent a relationship to its Ottoman past as Turkey itself. The great British, Russian, German and Austro~Hungarian empires are gone ~ for long they despised the Ottomans, 'The Sick Man of Europe'; and yet the Ottomans outlasted all of them. And today, the pervasive influence of the 'Ottoman style' is still present throughout the Middle East. Four hundred years of a culture cannot be extinguished at the stroke of a pen or some notional redrawing of boundaries on the map. This book focuses on the inner life of the Ottoman world as seen through western eyes. It asks how it was that the 'Ottoman way' flourished and survived over so many centuries, even as the imperial power crumbled, and suggests that being an Ottoman is an attitude of mind. For more than ten years Andrew Wheatcroft has been collecting and interpreting evidence from the old empire. Much of his work has been with the subject peoples of the Ottomans, so he sees less 'The Sick Man of Europe', so prevalent in western accounts, and more The Terrible Turk', which was the experience of Muslims and Christians alike. He now seeks to represent a culture long misunderstood and shamefully neglected.
Published by NY. 2004. Viking Press / Penguin Group, 2004
ISBN 10: 0670033537ISBN 13: 9780670033539
Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
cream & light blue hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first american edition so stated. first printing (#1 in # line). . xxiv+421p. 2 b&w maps. 3 genealogical trees. 23 glossy b&w illustrations & photos. archives. source notes. bibliography. index. biography. world history. history of italy. ~ The very name Lucrezia Borgia conjures up everything that was sinister and corrupt about the Renaissance ~ incest, political assassination, papal sexual abuse, poisonous intrigue, unscrupulous power grabs. Yet, as bestselling biographer Sarah Bradford reveals in this breathtaking new portrait ~ the first full~scale biography of Lucrezia since before World War II ~ the truth is far more fascinating than the myth. Neither a vicious monster nor a seductive pawn, Lucrezia Borgia was a shrewd, determined woman who used her beauty and intelligence to secure a key role in the political struggles of her day. Born the illegitimate daughter of Rodrigo Cardinal Borgia and his scheming mistress, Vannozza Cattanei, Lucrezia was twelve when her father became Pope Alexander VI and thirteen when she was forced into her first marriage. She would marry twice more, gaining increasing power with each match, until she came into her own as duchess of the city~state of Ferrara. Bradford argues that in her maturity Lucrezia was an enlightened ruler, kind and decisive in time of war, generous to the poets and artists of her court, passionate in love and utterly indifferent to sexual morality. Drawing from a trove of contemporary documents and fascinating firsthand accounts, Bradford brings to life the art, the pageantry and the dangerous politics of the Renaissance world Lucrezia Borgia helped to create. Bradford is an expert on the Borgia family and in Lucrezia she has found a subject ideally suited to her gift for narrative and psychological insight. Sex, gossip, murder, astonishing beauty and ambition ~ this is the Renaissance at its most irresistible.
Published by NY etc~. 2005. Viking / Penguin Group, 2005
ISBN 10: 0670034266ISBN 13: 9780670034260
Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
tan & black hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (#1 in # line). xvii+235p. list of names. chronology. note on sources. bibligraphy. biography. british empire. world history. espionage. covert operations. conspiracy theory. elizabethan england. politics. ~ Elizabethan England could boast of many things; it was the center of European trade, it produced Shakespeare, and it had begun to cultivate colonies in the New World. But it had little military power and lived under the constant threat of invasion by Spain and France. Unable to match her enemies at sea or on the battle field, Queen Elizabeth was forced to engage them in a battle of wits. Her secret weapon was Sir Francis Walsingham, who carried the modest title of Principal Secretary but was in fact her spymaster. Walsingham: trumped the Catholic nations with a force more formidable than Spain's armada: espionage. With the taut narrative of a spy novel, Her Majesty's Spymaster recounts how, in a time of terrific religious and political strife, Walsingham invented the art and science of modern espionage and set Elizabethan England on the path to empire. Planting or recruiting agents in every foreign court in Europe as well as deep within the conspiracies of domestic plotters, Walsingham coolly thwarted repeated attempts on English soil. He used the new mathematical science of code breaking to decipher messages intercepted between ambassadors and kings. He spread subtle disinformation campaigns to foil Britain's foes and beguile her allies. And, with a brilliant sleight of hand, he caught Mary Queen of Scots deep in a plot to kill Elizabeth, and sent the Catholic queen to the gallows. Covert operations were Walsingham's genius: the techniques he pioneered remain staples of international espionage today.