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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 4th Edition. AS-NEW hardcover w/ AS-NEW mylar-protected jacket, EXCELLENT navy-blue library-durable linen-over-boards cover w/ AS-NEW edges & corners w/ titles & Oxford crest handsomely gold-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE white card-stock end-papers, AS-NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures, PRISTINE interior printed handsomely in 2-column format on excellent paper * ILLUSTRATED in b-w in six sections of c. sixteen plates ea. for a total of 96 plates on excellent gloss-laminated stock * 6.25" x 9.36" x 2.16", 1.60 kg, x+934 (944) pp. * Since the appearance in 1967 of the 3rd edition of "The Oxford Companion to the Theater", world theater had undergone a series of changes more swift & far-reaching than at any other time in its history. Encompassing those developments, this edition offers a wealth of information about contemporary writers, directors, actors, companies & theaters, both metropolitan & regional. At the same time, it continues to provide an authoritative survey of the theater's evolution, from its beginnings in primitive ritual to present-day trends in all countries that have an ongoing theatrical tradition. * An extensive cross-referencing system has been incorporated into this edition to guide the reader to related information. A generous bibliography is also included. Technical entires emphasize the historical perspective, throwing new light on the remarkable feats of earlier practitioners of theatrical illusion; they are illustrated where necessary w/ diagrams. Over 200 other illustrations are placed in thematically arranged groups; functioning independently of the text, they show the changes in vision affecting theatrical production over more than 2,000 years. * Whether one's interests lie in Greek tragedy or in commedia dell'arte, in Moliere or in Tom Stoppard, this, the 4th edition of one of the most successful Oxford Companions, is an indispensable work of reference for all theater-lovers. * "Irresistible . . . Every possible aspect of the theater is examined . . . a mass of brilliantly presented information." - Sir John Gielgud, The Spectator (London) * "Immensely valuable w/ ts vast accumulation of facts about buildings, techniques of performance, scenery, lighting, & make-up, as well as about authors & actors of all periods & places." - Ivor Brown, The Observer (London). ILLUSTRATED in b-w in six sections of c. sixteen plates ea. for a total of 96 plates on excellent gloss-laminated stock (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 166 pages. Johan Pottier "Taking stock: food marketing in Rewanda, 1982-89"/ Owen Crankshaw "Squatting, apartheid and urbanisation on the southern Witwatersrand" / Justin Willis "The administration of Bonde 1920-60: a study of the implementation of indirect rule in Tanganyika" / C J Duder "'Men of the Officer Class': the participants in the 1919 soldier settlement scheme in Kenya" / Penelope Hetherington "Explaining the c of capitalism in Kenya" (SL#259).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. AUTHORITATIVE: SCHOLARLY: FINE virtually AS-NEW First Edition hardcover (Orig. 1992): AS-NEW mylar-protected jacket, AS-NEW rich-tan linen-over-boards w/ titles gold-stamped on spine & AS-NEW edges & corners, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, PRISTINE interior handsomely-printed on good paper (unfortunately the pages of this book do show light tanning throughout due to the uncommonly mediocre grade of paper chosen for this edition; otherwise the quality-condition of this books is AS-NEW * ILLUSTRATIONS: 30 b-w plates handsomely presented in a section of gloss-coated stock inserted between pp. 232-233, 2 maps, genealogical table, bibliography, index * 6.25" x 9.50", 0.80 kg, xvi+480 (496) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: Thanks to Shakespeare, Henry V is one of England's best-known monarchs. Or is he? The image of the king leading his army against the French & his stunning victory at Agincourt are part of English historical tradition. Yet to understand Henry V we need to look at far more than his military prowess. While Henry was indeed a soldier of exceptional skills, his historical reputation as a king deserves to be set against a broader background of achievement as a leader & diplomat, an administrator, a keeper of the peace & protector of the Church, a man who worked w/ & for his people. During the previous 50 years or so, England had been ruled by an old king in his dotage (Edward III), by a king w/ unusually autocratic views & tendencies (Richard II) & by Henry V¿s own father (Henry IV), a man never strong enough either morally, politically or physically to give a firm lead to his country. When Henry V came to the throne in 1413, England lived in hope of better days. This new study, the first full scholarly biography of Henry V, based on the primary sources of both English & French archives & taking recent scholarship into account, examines his reign in its broad contemporaneous European context. It concludes that, through his personality & professional approach, Henry not only united the country in war but also provided England w/ a sense of pride & the kind of domestic rule of which it was so in need at the time. Together, those factors form the true basis of the high regard in which he is rightly held. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL (or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee) & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to all international destinations at our below cost rates quoted upon request. ILLUSTRATIONS: 30 b-w plates handsomely presented in a section of gloss-coated stock inserted between pp. 232-233, 2 maps (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. Some soils and smudges on exterior, with normal scuffs and edge wear, as well as some splitting and chipping on spine. A catalogue of English and French Engravings of the Maggs Bros. with some illustrations. 95 pages. Book.

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Soft cover. Condition: VGF. A VGF unfolded 14-page pressbook with no cuts or missing pages. Includes an additional 4-page ad supplement. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. bloue c w/black decorations/titles, lite wear; good solid binding; ; 106 clean, unmarked pages. two full-page color plates on glossy stock and ten in-text B&W Drawings (illustrator).

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Soft Cover. Condition: Like New. 6th Edition. 239 pp. Clean, fresh copy with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text. Sandra Watanabe (Cover Design); Peter Sickles/Super Stock (Cover Illustration) (illustrator).

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. In Hebrew. 192 pages. 205 x 135 mm. Michal Josef Gusikov (born Yehiel-Michiel, also spelt Guzikow or Gusikow) (2 September 1806 Shklov, Belarus - 21 October 1837 Aachen, Germany) was a Russian-Jewish klezmer who gave the first performances of klezmer music to West European concert audiences on his 'wood and straw instrument'. Gusikow's 'wood and straw instrument', from Lewald's 'Europa' Gusikov was born to a family of klezmer musicians in Shklov (now in Belarus). Originally brought up to play the flute, like his father, a weakness of the lungs forced him to seek a different specialisation. In 1831 he constructed what he called a wood and straw instrument, essentially a xylophone laid out like a cimbalom on a soundboard made from rolls of straw which allowed a loud resonance. There is debate whether this instrument was invented by Gusikov himself, or by his contemporary Samson Jakubowski. On this instrument Gusikov developed an extraordinary virtuosity, and in 1834 gave concerts in Moscow, Kiev and Odessa. He was heard in a concert in Odessa by the Polish violinist Karol Lipinski, and with the support of Lipinski and the poet Lamartine undertook a concert tour of Western Europe, from 1835 onwards. The concerts, at which Gusikov appeared in traditional Jewish gabardine and was generally accompanied by his relatives on bass and violins, were an extraordinary success; in Paris he was so popular that a coiffure was named after him, imitating his payot. Gusikow played improvisations both on traditional Jewish and klezmer melodies and also on the popular opera tunes of the time. Other locations where he played included Prague, Frankfurt and Vienna. Many professional Jewish musicians were highly impressed by Gusikov. Ferdinand Hiller wrote him a recommendation to Giacomo Meyerbeer. Felix Mendelssohn wrote to his family in 1836: 'I am curious to know whether Gusikow pleased you as much as he did me. He is quite a phenomenon; a famous fellow, inferior to no virtuoso in the world, both in execution and feeling; he therefore delights me more with his instrument of wood and straw than many with their pianofortes.' Franz Liszt, on the other hand, was more dismissive, calling Gusikov a 'Paganini of the Boulevards' whose 'gift, one might say his genius' would have been better applied to 'inventing an agricultural instrument' whereas his 'talent, being misguided, has produced nothing but musical inanities.' Gusikov attracted the admiration and friendship of the musicologist François-Joseph Fétis, who wrote a long article about him, based on their discussions in Brussels, in his musical dictionary. Exhausted by his tour, Gusikov died of tuberculosis in Aachen, his last days embittered by the alleged theft of his precious instrument from his lodgings. Only one piece of music written by Gusikov has survived, a setting of the Jewish hymn Shir Hama'alot (Psalm 126). The author, Dov Sadan was an Israeli literary critic and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment between 1965 and 1968. received a traditional Jewish education. He joined HeHalutz, and was one of its leaders during World War I. In 1925 he became editor of Atid, the organisation's journal. After making aliyah to Eretz Israel, in 1925, when it was under British rule, he initially worked as an agricultural laborer, before joining the staff of the daily newspaper Davar in 1927. In 1928 he traveled to Germany as an emissary for HeHalutz. Upon his return, he worked as a teacher in Lower Galilee and in Jerusalem. In 1933 Sadan returned to work at Davar; he also edited the paper's literary supplement. After leaving Davar again in 1944 he became a member of the editorial board at the Am Oved publishing house. Academic and political career In 1952 he was appointed head of Yiddish Studies faculty at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a post he held until 1970, and in 1963 became a professor. In 1965 he was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list . . .…

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Condition: Very Good. 28 pages, 6 figures. The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, popularly known as the Lit. & Phil., is one of the oldest learned societies in the United Kingdom and second oldest provincial learned society (after the Spalding Gentlemen's Society). Established in February 1781, as the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester. Prominent members have included Robert Owen, John Dalton, James Prescott Joule, Sir William Fairbairn, Tom Kilburn, Peter Mark Roget, Sir Ernest Rutherford, Alan Turing, Sir Joseph Whitworth and Dorothy Hodgkin. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 22 cms. Category: Manchester Philosophical Society; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 23 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: Quarto (26 x 20 cms). Category: Prehistoric Society; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. SUPERB: ILLUMINATING: NEW First Edition hardcover (Orig. 2000), Unstated First Printing * 7.0" x 10.25" x 2.36", 2.16 kg, xviii+1024 (1042) pp * 32 pp of full-color illus. presented in four 8-pp-inserts * CONTENTS: Translators' Note (vii), Introduction: On Home Ground in a Distant Land (ix), Maps (xvi); PHILOSOPHY: The Philosopher (3), Images of the World (20), Myth & Knowledge (39), The Question of Being (51), Epistemology (72), Ethics (94); POLITICS: The Statesman As Political Actor (125), Inventing Politics (147), Utopia & the Critique of Politics (163), The Sage & Politics (180); THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE: Schools & Sites of Learning (191), Observation & Research (218), Demonstration & the Idea of Science (243), Astronomy (269), Cosmology (279), Geography (299), Harmonics (312), History (328), Language (338), Logic (355), Mathematics (386), Medicine (414), Physics (433), Poetics (452), Rhetoric (465), Technology (486), Theology & Divination (498), Theories of Religion (511); MAJOR FIGURES: Anaxagoras (525), Antisthenes (536), Archimedes (544), Aristotle (554), Democritus (576), Epicurus (586), Euclid (606), Galen (618), Heraclitus (631), Herodotus (642), Hippocrates (649), Parmenides (660), Plato (672), Plotinus (693), Plutarch (704), Polybius (712), Protagoras (721), Ptolemy (731), Pyrrhon (739), Socrates (745), Thucydudes (763), Xenophon (779), Zeno (785); CURRENTS OF THOUGHT: The Academy (799), Aristotelianism (822), Cynicism (843), Hellenism & Christianity (858), Hellenism & Judaisim (870), The Milesians (882), Platonism (893), Pythagoreanism (918), Skepticism (937), Sophsts (957), Stoicism (977); Chronology (999), Contributors (1007), Illustration Sources (1009), Index (1013) * ABOUT THE BOOK: Ancient Greek thought is the essential wellspring from which the intellectual, ethical, & political civilization of the West draws & to which, even today, we repeatedly return. In more than 60 essays by an international team of scholars, this volume explores the full breadth & reach of Greek thought: investigating what the Greeks knew as well as what they thought about what they knew, & what they believed , invented, and understood about the conditions & possibilities of knowing, Calling attention to the characteristic reflexivity of Greek thought, the analysis in this book reminds us of what our own reflections owe to theirs. In sections devoted to philosophy, politics, the pursuit of knowledge, major figures, & currents of thought, this work show us the Greeks looking at themselves, establishing the terms for understanding life, language, production, & action. The authors invoke not history, but the stories the Greeks told themselves about history; not their poetry, but their poetics; not their speeches, but their rhetoric. Essays that survey political, scientific, & philosophical ideas, such as those on "Utopia & the Critique of Politics," "Observation & Research," and "Ethics"; others on specific fields from Astronomy & History to Mathematics & Medicine; new perspectives on major figures, from Anaxagoras to Zeno of Elea; studies of core traditions from the Milesians to the various versions of Platonism: together these offer a sense of the unquenchable thirst for knowledge that marked Greek civilization & that Aristotle considered a natural & universal trait of humankind. With 32 pages of color illustrations, this work conveys the splendor & vitaity of the Greek intellectual adventure. * ABOUT THE EDITORS: Jacques Brunschwig is Professr Emeritus, Universite de Paris-I, Pantheon-Sorbonne. Geoffrey E.R. Lloyd is Professor of Ancient Philosophy & Science, University of Cambridge * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & packages this fine book w/ our greatest elegance & care for FREE shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL within the United States & its territories or via USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below cost fee of $18.00 & to international destinations via Mandatory USPS PRIORITY MAIL w/ our below-cost rates quoted on request. 32 pp of full-color illustrations presented in 8-pp-inserts on gloss-laminated stock following pp 174, 318, 510, & 654 (illustrator).…

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Condition: Very Good. 46 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 15 x 22 cms. Category: Royal Agricultural Society of England; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 7 pages, 6 tables. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 15 x 22 cms. Category: Royal Agricultural Society of England; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 8 pages, 5 tables. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 15 x 22 cms. Category: Royal Agricultural Society of England; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

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Condition: Very Good. 11 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16.5 x 25 cms. Category: Archaeological Journal; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 4 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 22 cms. Category: Wide World Magazine Articles; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 80 pages. Malcolm Lowry 4 poems / John Heath-Stubbs "Use of Personal Pronouns: A Lesson in English Grammar" / Anthony Cronin 2 poems / Philip Martin 4 Paintings / Georges Duthuit " Can the Image be Abolished?" / Noel Stock "Danger: Biographers at work" / Ghika "A Pine Tree" / Patrick Kavanagh "On a Liberal Education" (U.P.).…