Boehrer Bruce Thomas (128 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 1997. First edition. 238 pages. Notes, bibliography, index. Cloth, fine copy in fine dust jacket in a mylar protector.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Octavo in dust jacket, x, 238 pp., notes, bibliography, index.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Fine. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. May contain a remainder mark. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Very Good Dust Jacket. Very good+ hardcover in very good dust jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards, text also very good+. DJ has the lightest of rubbing. An excellent copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. unmarked, light shelfwear-NICE Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. 238 pages.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Exploring the presence and meanings of these birds in the art, literature, and history of Western civilization, Parrot Culture traces the unusual history of parrots from their introduction in the Graeco-Roman world, through the great age of New World exploration, to the contemporary ecological crisis of globalism.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Publisher: Univ. of Penn Press, Philadelphia, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. FINE hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. As new. Unread. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Inscription on title page, otherwise text clean and solid; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 248 pages.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Softcover book, very light wear to cover, pages are good and tight.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good++/Near fine. Bright and attractive cloth hardcover with dust jacket. Nice copy.

Fine. Dust jacket very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First printing. Remainder mark on top edge, date on front paste-down, else fine in a fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. larger 8vo cloth pp vii+189 notes bibliography index F-/G- A work on Royal incest, using Tudor England as an example. One tape repair to dust wrapper edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ben Jonson and the digestive canal.

First edition Fine and bright in near fine dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Tiny clean mark to fore edge.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. After completing his conquest of the Persian empire, Alexander the Great maneuvered his army across the Hindu Kush and into India. During his two years there, he traveled from dry frigid mountains to humid tropical lowlands and then back across one of the most punishing deserts on the planet. He fought a series of desperate battles against strange foes mounted on war-elephants, suffering wounds that nearly killed him. And when he eventually turned homeward, he brought with him specimens of a rare, magical species, a bird that could speak with a human voice. Introduced to Europe by Alexander, parrots were quickly embraced by Western culture as exotic and astonishing, full of marvelous powers, and close to the gods. Over the centuries they would become objects of veneration or figures of folly, creatures prized for their wit-or their place on the dinner table. Ultimately, they would become emblematic of the West's interaction with the world at large. Identifying a deeply rooted obsession with these beautiful and loquacious birds, Bruce Thomas Boehrer provides the first account of parrots and their impact on the Western world. Parrot Culture: Our 2500-Year-Long Fascination with the World's Most Talkative Bird traces the unusual history of parrots from their introduction in the Graeco-Roman world as items of oriental luxury, through the great age of New World exploration, to the contemporary ecological crisis of globalism. Boehrer identifies the poignant irony in the way parrots became ubiquitous as symbols and mascots, while suffering near extinction at the hands of those who desired them. Exploring their presence and meanings in the art, literature, and history of Western civilization, Parrot Culture also celebrates the beauty, intelligence, and personality of these birds, whose fate will say as much about us and the world we have created as it will about them.…