S a Stern Editor (12 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Spine sunned. Owner's name on front end page, else unmarked. 222 pages, 11 plates, illustrations, maps, plans, 25 cm.

Hard cover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 272 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Audience: General/trade. Good. Ex-library. Mimimal library markings.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in jacket. Clean and unmarked. Binding strong. Light wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed and inscribed by editor Barbara Christen on first title page, "To - -, You are lucky to live and work in the shadow of the capitol - it's a beautiful building! Best wishes, Barbara S. Christen Charleston, WV 28 Feb. 2002". Binding tight; interior clean. Dust jacket in mylar and not price clipped; light shelf scuffing. Nineteen essays, by a diverse group of historians and others, that examines Gilbert's work in five unique categories. Stated first (1st) edition, first (1st) printing. 320pp., including index. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 26.5 x 22 cm. 320pp. Grey cloth and blue paper over boards in dust jacket. This copy is signed and inscribed by one of the authors, Steven Flanders, on the front free endpaper. A few lines in the index are highlighting, I did not notice any other markings/highlighting.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. In Hebrew. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Volume III has its dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelfwear. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Following the Editor's Introduction, Contents divided into 15 Essays in 3 Parts: Part One: BIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, AND CULTURAL FACTORS [1] Helen Fisher, "The Nature and Evolution of Romantic Love"; [2] James S. Chisholm, "Love's Contingencies: The Development Socioecology of Romantic Passion"; [3] Charles Lindholm, "Love as an Experience of Transcendence"; [4] Jan Collins and Thomas Gregor, "The Boundaries of Love"; Part Two: ROMANTIC LOVE AS A PRIVATE EXPERIENCE [5] Helen Harris, "Rethinking Heterosexual Relationships in PolynesiaA Case Study of Mangaia, Cook Island"; [6] Leonard Plotnikov, "Love, Lust and Found in Nigeria"; [7] Helen A. Regis, "The Madness of Excess: Love Among the Fulbe of North Cameroun"; [8] Jim Bell,"Notions odf Love and Romance Among the Taita in Kenya"; [9] William Jankowiak, "Romantic Passion in the People's Republic of China"; Part Three: CULTURAL EXPRESSION: FAMILY, MARRIAGE, AND THE POLITICS OF ROMANCE [10] Victoria Katherine Burbank, "Passion as Politics: Romantic Love in an Australian Aboriginal Community"; [11] Pamela R. Stern and Richard G. Congdon, "A Good Spouse is Hard to Find: Marriage, Spouse Exchange, and Infatuation Among the Copper Inuit"; [12] Douglas A. Davis and Susan Schaefer Davis, "Possessed by Love: Gender and Romance in Morocco"; [13] L.A. Rebhun, "Language of Love in Northeast Brazil"; [14] Kevin K. Birth and Morris Freilich, "Putting Romance Into Systems of Sexuality: Changing Smart Rules in a Trinidadian Village"; [16] William Jankowiak and Emile Allen, "The Balance of Duty and Desire in an AmericanPolygamous Community"; Contributors, pp. 297-301; Index, pp. 303-310. Glossy dustwrapper not price-clipped (NO price) with full front cover abstract realist illustration, Title Box in black at top center front cover for Title lettering in white-tinted-light-green lettering; Editor name lettering in narrow rectangular black box at bottom left front cover with similar white-tinted-light-green lettering; Subtitle in a line along front cover right edge. Only peccadillo is a tiny tear at right bottom spine corner (now backed by Archival tape): NOW in Brodart mylar for additional aesthetic appeal and protection. Book itself: Cream boards with green cloth spine and brilliant silver lettering. Only flaw is a 1/8" light brown, surface spot on fore-edge, abutting the rear cover left edge and landing on pp. 265 to rear flyleaf (NO bleeding onto pages): describes much worse than it is (truly nugatory), but there you have it. Essentially, an As New ensemble. Crisp. Appears UNREAD.…

hardcover. Condition: As New. Used, hardcover like new. Sharp, square, clean, fresh & serviceable copy. No highlighting, or tears. This title is from the effects of former JPL/NASA Exoplanet Exploration Chief Scientist, Dr. Wesley A. Traub. The book may have very minor marginal annotations or a neat ownership name on a preliminary page indicating his ownership.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. illustrated edition. 300 pages. 10.15x6.74x0.85 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 600 pages. 11.00x8.50x1.93 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. From the library of E. N. (Edwin Niblock) Lightfoot Jr., with his name printed inside front cover. A chemical engineer and Hilldale Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he is known for his research in transport phenomena, including biological mass-transfer processes, mass-transport reaction modeling, and separations processes. He, along with R. Byron Bird and Warren E. Stewart, co-authored the classic textbook Transport Phenomena. In 1974 Lightfoot wrote Transport Phenomena and Living Systems: Biomedical Aspects of Momentum and Mass Transport. Lightfoot was the recipient of the 2004 National Medal of Science in Engineering Sciences. A couple of light scratches and tiny dents on back cover.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 286 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.