Editor John Rees (55 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

paperback. Condition: New. Priority Mail is available on this item. No international shipping.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. December issue, stapled into printed self wraps. Pencil drawing of Roy on cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. February issue, stapled into printed self wraps. Pencil drawing of Fugard on cover.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: As New.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: As New.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. December issue, stapled into printed self wraps. Pencil drawing of Roy on cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. April issue, stapled into printed self wraps. Pencil drawing of Tomlinson on cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 138 pages. John Rees "Cairo calling: The Cairo Declaration" / Mike Gonzalez "Brazil in the eye of the storm" / Sam Ashman "The anti-capitalist movement and the war" / Robert Saenz and Isidora Cruz Bernal "The driving force behind the 'Argentinazo'" / Jane Hardy "Toil and trouble: the state of the US economy" (SL#125/9).…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Fine in Very Good jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Clean, tight copy; unclipped jacket with small sticker residue on inside front flap, light wear at corners and light rubbing to spine. Protected in bright mylar cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reading crease to spine else minimal wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Almost Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing. Book is a clean tight unmarked copy. A compilation of assorted essays discussing modern American writers.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reading crease to spine else minimal wear.

Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Inscribed by author on front cover. Writing inside. Volume XX, No. 1 February, 1983 In polypropylene bag. (Literature, Periodical, Poetry, Criticism, Interpretation).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 24 pages. John Burnside, Douglas Dunn, G F Dutton, Paul Farley, Peter Reading, Deryn Rees-Jones, Maurice Riordan, Diana Syder (SL#126).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 24 pages. John Burnside, Douglas Dunn. G F Dutton, Paul Farley, Peter Reading, Derby Rees-Jones, Maurice Riordan, Diana Syder (SL#126).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 216pp. Good clean copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. fine, tight, sound, clean text.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 96 pages. Illustrated. J W Lambert "At Stratford And Edinburgh" / Roger Rees "Swan Upping" / Eric Shorter "Brook And Others In Avignon" / John Russel Taylor "Trouble At The Works (The National Theatre Strike)" / Clifford Williams "Giants - Meyerhold" (SL#99).

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Pub October 1991. 150 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 147 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 209 pp., xviii. Following List of Chairmen, Speakers and Invited Discussants; Foreword by Editor; and Addresses of Welcome by Lord May, Viscount Runciman, and Ambassador Bruno Bottai, Contents divided into "Topics" and subsequent "General Discussions"; Topic 1: THE LIMITS OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE [1] Keith Thomas, Introduction; [2] Martin Rees, "Our Changing Cosmic Perspective and the Scope and Limits of Physical Law"; [3] Jean Starobinski, "Scientific Language and Poetic Language"; [4] Roger Highfield, "Where Fears Lurk:The Boundary between Science, Science Fiction, and Magic"; GENERAL DISCUSSION: Keith Thomas; [i] John Elliott, "Historical Knowledge and its Limitations" (Discussants: Tom Meade, Martin Rees, Brian Ridley, Thomas); (ii) Michael Mayor, "The Search for Evidence of Life on Other Planets" (Discussants: Martin Rees, Keith Thomas); (iii) Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, "Are there Limits to Knowledge?' (Discussants: Thomas, Williams, Rees, Anne McLaren, Laszlo Solymar, Fiona Fox, Highfield, Elliott Leader, Starobinski, Runciman, Maddox, Nowotny, Gilland, Claire Fox, Cavalli-Sforza); Topic 2: THE IMPACT OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE ON HUMANITY John Krebs, Introduction; [2] Thomas W. Meade, "Ethical and Social Issues arising from the Science of Medicine"; [3] Walter Burkert, "Impacts, Evasions, and Lines of Defense: Some Remarks on Science and the Humanities"; [4] Lord Jenkin, "Science and Society: ' The Public Understanding of Science ' is NO Longer Enough"; GENERAL DISCUSSION: John Krebs; [i] Stanley J. Tambiah, "The Stem Cell Research Discussion in the USA" (Discussants: John Krebs, John Maddux, Lord Jenkin, Jan Lloyd, Tom Meade, Claire Fox, Helga Nowotny, Tambiah); [ii] Phillip V. Tobias, "Evolutionary Studies and Society" (Discussants: John Krebs,Tony Gilland, Lord Jenkin); (iii) Wolfgang Berger, "Humankind as a Major Geological Factor" (Discussants: John Krebs, R.J.P. Williams, Ian Lloyd, Giorgio Salvini, Lord Jenkin, Eugen Seibold, Tom Meade, Tambiah, Berger) ; Topic 3: WHY SHOULD THE PURSUIT OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE BY ENCOURAGED? [1] Sergio Romano, Introduction; [2] Lord May, "The Use of Scientific Advice in Making Public Policy"; [3] Michael Stolleis, "The Role of the Humanities in Western Industrialized Societies"; [4] Lord Sainsbury, "Why we need Both Cultures"; GENERAL DISCUSSION (i) Claude Lorius, "Antarctica: Climate Research, Public Policy, and Society"; (ii) Frederick J. Vine, "Policy-making in the Environmental Sciences" (Discussants: Sergio Romano, Ian Lloyd, Lord Sainsbury, Lord May, Sidney Shipton, Bruno Bottai); (iii) Shmuel N. Eisenstadt, "The Ambivalence toward Science" (Discussants: Romano, Krebs, May, Sainsbury, Gilland, Stolleis, Lorius, Giorgio Salvini, Eisenstadt); (iv) Vittorio Mathieu, "Final Remarks" (Discussant: Romano); APPENDIX (i) "The International Balzan Foundation"; (ii) "The Balzan Prize and its Prize Winners"; (iii) "Members of the Board and General Prize Committee . . . of the Foundation"; (iv) "Members of the Board of the International E. Balzan Prize Foundation".// Blue cloth with brilliant gilt lettering on spine and front cover; shiny glassine dustwrapper; "wallpaper"- patterned, two-tone taupe endpapers. NO previous owner names; NO remainder marks. Appears UNUSED. 1" superficial scratch to the glassine on lower right front cover (NO impact on cloth board itself) and 2 1/4" thin line, really superficial, scratch and a few other very fine linear marks (even less discernible, on rear glassine cover, with NO impact on book itself): chiefly FLAWLESS book and glassine (NO tears or cracks). Arguably, Gift-Giving Condition, or you may need new friends. LAID IN: Complimentary Copy publicity letter sent by Bruno Bottai to unnamed recipient.…

Magazine. First Edition. 92p includes covers, 8.25x11.75 inches, newsprint guts, color semi-glossy covers, gay listings, news, features, nitelife, films, disco, personal ads, fashion etc., ex-library stamp on the cover, toning, lightly-worn gay entertainment magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Gay entertainment magazine from the UK which began reportage of AIDS in 1983. Eventually incorporated Gay News dropping the Him subtitle. Cover story: "The Boys in the Band" Michel Tremblay etc.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. Very Good +. First Edition. Bound in blue cloth, stamped in silver in bright white dust jacket (dust jacket is in protector and taped to the book). Handome copy of this 342 pp. book on the township. Illustrated, indexed.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 131 pages. The cover is a little worn. The page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Ex Private Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 542 pages. 10.25x7.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 80 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 542 pages. 10.25x7.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 288 pages. 8.50x5.43x0.71 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 224 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.