Wirth Harold (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very Good hardback copy except that the first few pages were folded and are creased. No dust jacket. #.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Thomas Beck Stvan (Cover Design); İ Burke/ Triolo Productions/ Getty Images (Cover Photo); Mary A. Wirth (Book Design); Harold Shapiro (Photo) (illustrator). 2006 Random House Trade Paperback Editio. 655 + xii pp. Over-sized and/ or over weight book; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/ or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/ or international shipments. Solidly and tightly bound copy and dust jacket with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Minimal, light or very mild browning/ tanning/ foxing on pages. Slightly bumped corners. Synopsis: In Americas Constitution, one of this eras most accomplished constitutional law scholars, Akhil Reed Amar, gives the first comprehensive account of one of the worlds great political texts. Incisive, entertaining, and occasionally controversial, this biography of Americas framing document explains not only what the Constitution says but also why the Constitution says it. We all know this much: the Constitution is neither immutable nor perfect. Amar shows us how the story of this one relatively compact document reflects the story of America more generally. (For example, much of the Constitution, including the glorious-sounding We the People, was lifted from existing American legal texts, including early state constitutions. ) In short, the Constitution was as much a product of its environment as it was a product of its individual creators inspired genius. Despite the Constitutions flaws, its role in guiding our republic has been nothing short of amazing. Skillfully placing the document in the context of late-eighteenth-century American politics, Americas Constitution explains, for instance, whether there is anything in the Constitution that is unamendable; the reason America adopted an electoral college; why a president must be at least thirty-five years old; and whyfor now, at leastonly those citizens who were born under the American flag can become president. From his unique perspective, Amar also gives us unconventional wisdom about the Constitution and its significance throughout the nations history. For one thing, we see that the Constitution has been far more democratic than is conventionally understood. Even though the document was drafted by white landholders, a remarkably large number of citizens (by the standards of 1787) were allowed to vote up or down on it, and the documents later amendments eventually extended the vote to virtually all Americans. We also learn that the Founders Constitution was far more slavocratic than many would acknowledge: the three fifths clause gave the South extra political clout for every slave it owned or acquired. As a result, slaveholding Virginians held the presidency all but four of the Republics first thirty-six years, and proslavery forces eventually came to dominate much of the federal government prior to Lincolns election. Ambitious, even-handed, eminently accessible, and often surprising, Americas Constitution is an indispensable work, bound to become a standard reference for any student of history and all citizens of the United States.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. . . . . First Edition. Cloth, 208 pages, illustrated; foxing on edges, some residue of dampstaining inside, otherwise good.

Condition: Buone. inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: Buone Condizioni dell'interno: Ottime.

[26] pp.; 28 x 21.5 cm.; staple bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; photocopy / xeroxed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held April 10 - May 12, 1992. Curated by Max Schumann. Includes artists'' statements by some of the artists in the exhibition including: Liz Was, Paul Dean/Paper Shrine, Stokley Towles, Carol Stetser, Dana Henry, Karen M. Wirth, Frank Moore, Susan Gold, Larry Walczak, Marcello Diotallevi, Christian Rigal, Simon Ford, Judith Weinperson, Daniel Plunkett, J. Nebraska Gifford, Robert Drake, Deborah Small, Elizabeth Sisco, Carla Kirkwood, Scott Kessler, Louis Hock, David Avalos, Stephen Willats, Harold Lohner, Art Strike Action Committee, Joseph Nechvatal, Joan Mathews, Paul Weinman, Sabra Moore, Peter Silvia, Bern Porter, Sharon Gilbert, Heino Partanan, Miekal And, Tom Scarpino, Andrea Scott, David Thorne. "This book gathers together artists'' statements from participants in the exhibition BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY: Photocopier Artists'' Books and the Politics of Accessible Printed Technologies, held at the Printed Matter bookstore at Dia, from April 10 to May 12, 1992. The texts were generated from a questionnaire circulated by the curator Max Schumann." -- publisher''s statement. Good. 3 cm. dog-ear to top left corner of recto. Additional bumping along spine edge and rubbing of covers. Contents clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. v, 246 pp. 4to. Green cloth boards with gold embossed design and titling to spine. Minor scuffing overall from shelf wear, ownership label at head for front cover board, clean and crisp within. Laid in is a typed letter, signed by Albert H. Good on behalf of Conrad L. Wirth, then Assistant Director of the National Park Service (and future Director) to Fay Welch at the New York State College of Forestry in Syracuse, New York. Albert Good would go on to author the three-volume expansion of this work, "Park and Recreation Structures" publsihed in 1938. The original title that began to set the design standards for what we now view as "Park Service Architecture." Everything from sign standards to amphitheater design, welcome centers, picnic tables, and rustic chandeliers. Includes hundreds of photographic examples as well as measured drawings. This edition was expanded to a three volume publication in 1938 entitled "Park and Recreational Structures." Volume draws on both National Park examples as well as state and regional park facilities. Produced in a limited edition of 2,250 copies, this being copy #1186.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1935 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 266 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 266.