Smith Albert a Jr (15 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 368 pages. Square and solid with minor wear on covers and the dust jacket shows wear from rubbing. The interior is clean and unmarked. "The need to monitor, measure, and characterize the effects of man made and naturally occurring electromagnetic fields on biological systems, including man, assumes greater importance as the radio frequency environment evolves with the progression of the electronic age." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 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. 1st Edition. 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.

Illustrated Wrappers. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. 64 Pp. Illustrated Wrappers. Near Fine, Slight Rubbing, Faint Center Crease, Abrasion Along Bottom Edge Of Center Of Front Cover.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Stapled wrappers. 76pp. Fine. Poems by Sean Reagan, D. Rodman Walker, Joan Jobe Smith, Ray Greenblatt, Harland Ristau, Karl Patten, Jared Carter, Michael Morell, Tony Gloeggler, Karla Huston, Billy Collins, Eileen D'Angelo, Robin Hiteshew, Albert Huffstickler, Susie Merserve, Ken Meisel, Steve Patterson, Jr., Jennifer Dickie, Michael Estabrook, A.D. Winans, Susan Wallack, David Kirby, and Angelo Verga. Featured poet: Kenneth Pobo. Douglas Goetsch on the poetry of Tony Gloeggler, Marilyn Bates on the poetry of Billy Collins. Frank Allen on the poetry of David Kirby.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. xiv, 456 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. ; ISBN 9780669280029, 066928002X OCLC 31890473 LCCN 94076841 LC DG533 .M27 1995 Dewey 945/.05 ; color pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; This collection of readings offers the best of contemporary Italian Renaissance scholarship, classic studies, and excerpts from a great variety of important primary sources in a single volume. Unique to this text is the presentation of conflicting interpretations of major issues in Renaissance history ; Contents: Pt. 1. The Renaissance problem -- 1. The Renaissance problem -- The culture of the Italian Renaissance / Jacob Burckhardt -- Did women have a renaissance? / Joan Kelly -- pt. II. The material world -- 2. The plage and public health -- The plague strikes Orvieto / Elisabeth Carpentier -- Medical reputations and the Black Death / Nancy G. Siraisi -- Sexuality and medicine in the Middle Ages / Danielle Jacquart and Claude Thomasett -- 3. The economy of city and countryside -- Landed property and trade in medieval Siena / Giuliano Pinto -- The preconditions for luxury consumption / Richard A. Goldthwaite -- Women's work in Renaissance Tuscany / Judith C. Brown -- 4. Urban needs and opportunities -- The Italian urban experience / Marvin B. Becker -- Social mobility in Florence / David Herlihy -- The urban territory of a Florentine merchant, 1400 / Christiane Klapisch-Zuber -- pt. III. Political forms -- 5. Renaissance Venice and Florence emerge -- Guild republicianism in Trecento Florence / John M. Najemy -- The Venetian aristocracy takes control / Frederic C. Lane -- 6. Forms of government in Renaissance Italy -- Communes and despots in late-medieval Italy / P.J. Jones -- The rise of the Medici / Dale Kent -- 7. Machiavelli's world -- The prince : political science or political satire? / Garrett Mattingly -- Machiavelli's advice to princes / Quentin Skinner Pt. IV. Humanism -- The beginnings of humanism / Ronald G. Witt -- Petrarch and the discovery of human nature / Hans Baron -- 9. Humanism serves the state -- In defense of civic humanism / Hans Baron -- The significance of civic humanism / Albert Rabil, Jr -- The moral philosophy of a Venetian humanist, Giovanni Caldiera / Margaret L. King -- 10. Schools of humanism -- Humanism and scholasticism in the Italian Renaissance / Paul Oskar Kristeller -- Antiquity versus modernity / Charles Trinkaus -- pt. V. Urban society and culture -- Maternity, widowhood, and dowry in Florence / Christiane Klapisch-Zuber -- Wives and husbands in late medieval Venice / Stanley Chonjnacki -- 12. Conspicuous consumption -- The building of Renaissance Florence / Richard A. Goldwaite -- Sumptuary law and social relations in Renaissance Italy / Diane Owen Hughes -- 13. Spirituality and ritual -- Ritual behavior in Renaissance Florence / Richard Trexler -- Art and pageantry in Renaissance Venice / Edward Muir -- 14. The end of the Renaissance? -- Changing assumptions in later Renaissance culture / William J. Bouwsma -- Clerics and laymen in Italian literature / Carlo Dionisotti ; FINE. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. First Edition. No markings.

Glossy Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. Photographs Throughout (illustrator). First Edition. Near Fine. With Original Letter From The President Of The Caltech Alumni Association Thanking Dr. Albert R. Hibbs, A Major Figure At Jpl, For His Contributions To The Book Which "Would Not Have Been Possible Without Your Time And Effort In Submitting Material", And Enclosing This Copy As A Presentation Gift.

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Large Softcover. Condition: Good. Small photo clipped from John H, Wells ad on final page, wrappers rubbed with a few creases and some loss from spine ends. 1930 Large Softcover. 237, [3] pp. An early periodical to do with sail- and power-boating. black-and-white photographs throughout. Numerous ads for marine equipment, yachts, motors/engines, copper paint, etc. Contents include: A Word to the Wise; A Cruising We Will Go; Some Cruising Scenes; Four Diesel Yachts; At the Wheel; Glory of the Seas; A Cruise to Lake Champlain; On Down East Waters; Where the Blue Begins; Miriam Goes to Georgian Bay; Strange Waters; Exploring the Connecticut River; Two Weeks in the Navy; Fitting Out the Big Yachts; A West India Voyage; Overhauling the Power Plant; Practical Electric Wiring; Long Island Sound Harbors; Tabloid Navigation; The Voyage of the Svaap; Diesel Engine Catechism; The Comparison of the Model; Twin-Screw 64 by Deed; Another Alden Schooner; Janidore, a Wells Diesel; An Express Cruiser; Watts Designs a Three-Master; A 60 Foot Diesel Cruiser; A 125 Foot Square Rigger; A Runabout Design; Twin-Screw 50 Foot Cruiser; An Auxiliary by Crocker; An Example of Grebe's Work; Diesel Yacht Nakhoda; Another Wells Diesel; A Knockabout Schooner; A Beam Trawler; A Twin-Screw Semi-House Boat; Handling the Square Sail; The Watch Below; Letters from The Rudder Readers; Editorial; Boats for Sale; Waterway League Bulletin; Quarterdeck Talk; Racing Section; Outboard News.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Wigfull, W.E.; Reynolds, Warwick; Evison, G. Henry; Somerfield, Thomas; Rountree, Harry; Jackson, A.E. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Retribution - how a worthless son was punished on a ship circa 1902; My Experiences in Uganda - Mrs. Hubert G. Knight describes housekeeping in the heart of Africa where she also accompanied her husband on hunting trips to wild parts of Uganda; The Lost "Luck" - an important family talisman is lost and finally recovered in White Russia; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth - Part III - J. Campbell Besley continue their dangerous journey, with interesting photos; Pat Ryan's Eldorado - L.W.A. MacArthur, F.G.S., recounts how a gang of rogues imposed upon a credulous Irish farmer; The Wonder-Lake of Trinidad - Pitch Lake - a seemingly bottomless lake of asphalt - article with photos; A Tough Ten Minutes - un uncommonly nasty predicament in River Falls, Wisconsin in 1902 involving Harry Owen; A Pressed Man - an amusing story of the early days of the Australian Light Horse; In Search of Adventure - Part V - the story of a chequered cruise, including photo of ocean graveyard Middleton Reef and 2,000 tons of coal burned by the French to prevent their capture by the Germans; The Fishermen's Republic - a photo-illustrated visit to the tiny Republic of Noli, founded before Rome; "Ways That Are Dark" - Former Straits Settlements public official J.R. Innes describes the cunning and audacity of the Chinese criminal; Photo of a large "Kelek", a raft of inflated goatskins, on the Euphrates; Photo of members of the I.W.W. being water-cannoned in San Diego; and more. pp. 8 [ads], 99-190, 10-32 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy.