Authors starting with J from Avon Hill Books

MIT. Fine+. 2005. Softcover. ISBN: 0262600692. Marker mark on bottom/top edge. ; "An individual's personal experience can influence the characteristics of his or her offspring. Some of the ways in which this happens would have seemed heretical in the past. [The authors'] stimulating new book successfully challenges some of the old orthodoxies". Accessible to general readers. 3rd printing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 462 pp. Keywords: Genetics, Genetic Code, Philosophy, Evolutionary Theory, Evo... (more information)

Subjects: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution;

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New York Zoetrope. Near Fine. 1986. Softcover. ISBN: 0918432774. This legendary actress, blessed with an astonishing personality and a provacative beauty, rebelled against the idolatry of Hollywood to preserve her independence and her individuality. Illustrations are black/white. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 159 pp. Keywords: Movie Stars, Louise Brooks, Hollywood, Actresses. ... (more information)

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Harvard University Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. Price-clipped dust jacket. ; Places Coleridge's literary criticism against the background of his philosophical thinking, examining his theory about the way in which critics should criticize and his theory about the nature of poetry, as well as his efforts to apply them in his practical criticism. ; 8vo; 205 pp. Keywords: Literary Criticism, English Literature, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Romantics, Poetry Studies, Philosophy. ... (more information)

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Hippocrene Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. ISBN: 0715389211. Illustrations are black/white. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 208 pp. Keywords: Bermuda, Islands, Travel. ... (more information)

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Praeger Publishers. Fine. 2000. Hardcover. ISBN: 0275968995. Light spatter stain on bottom edge only. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 211 pp. Keywords: Military History, Nursing, Military Nurses, World War 2, World War II. ... (more information)

Subjects: HISTORY / Military / World War II; MEDICAL / Nursing / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies;

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Scarecrow Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. ISBN: 0810819015. Sticker inside the front cover. ; Section of black/white stills from movies. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pp. Keywords: Film History, Movie History, Children In Movies, Popular Culture, Cinema History, Film, Cinema, Movies. ... (more information)

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Hakluyt Society. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. ISBN: 0904180298. The bottom fore-point of the boards has slight bumping. The dust jacket has some edge-wear and surface rubbing. ; The Franciscan William of Rubruck, who travelled through the Mongol empire in 1253-55, composed the earliest report of such a missionary journey that has come down to us. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 312 pp. Keywords: History, Religion, Missionaries, Mongol History, Travel, Mongke, Hungary. ... (more information)

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The Philosopher's Magazine. Near Fine. 2001. Softcover. ISBN: 0953761118. The arguments for and against God's existence are weighed up, along with discussions of the meaning of religious language, the concept of God and the possibility of life after death. ; 8vo; 159 pp. Keywords: Religion, Philoosphy, Philosophy Of Religion, Cosmology, Ontology, Faith. ... (more information)

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Studio Vista / Watson Guptill. Very Good+. 1968. Hardcover. ISBN: 0823048403. Color and b/w illustrations. For stage costuming on a small budget. ; Thick 8vo; 96 pp. Keywords: Drama, Theater, Costume, Fashion, Clothes, Clothing. ... (more information)

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E. J. Brill, 1992.. Hardcover. ISBN: 9004094881. Hardcover. 8vo. 309pp. Mint condition in near-fine dust jacket. Cloth boards. From the series INDIAN THOUGHT, volume 2. "This book presents a selection of essays by the Indian philosopher J. L. Mehta o n the topics of hermeneutics and phenomenology containing many original reflections on questions of interpretation and the creative retrieval and renewal of meanings from ancient traditions. Beginning with essays on sources of modern phenomenological metho... (more information)

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Lone Wolf Press. Fine. 2000. Hardcover. ISBN: 157898274X. Reprint of 1859 work. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Small number of b/w illustrations. Includes a condensed version of Gass' journal of the Expedition. ; 8vo; 280 pp. Keywords: American West, Exploration, Lewis And Clark, American History, U.S. History. ... (more information)

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Cambridge University Press, 1998.. Trade softcover. 274pp. Near-mint condition. Blind stamp on title page. "..fourteen of the best economists in the world.." "..the speakers present theoretical, experimental, and empirical analysis of topics such as decision making under uncertainty and under full and bounded rationality, the influence of economic incentives and habits, and the effects of learning and evolution on dynamic choice. P erfect competition, economic development, social insurance an... (more information)

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Mohr Siebeck. As New in As New dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. ISBN: 3161481569. Well-made volume. Text in German. #18 in the series "Texts and Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Judaism". ; 8vo; 332 pp. Keywords: Judaica, Judaism, Religion, Islam, Historiography, Islamic History. ... (more information)

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Princeton University Press. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. ISBN: 0691086648. Professor's 'examination copy" stamp on bottom edge, else as new. ; Offers a new interpretation of state power by integrating popular politics and elite policymaking. Consumer concerns providing the engine for American political conflict in the 20th century. ; 8vo; 349 pp. Keywords: American History, Economics, American Politics, American Government, Consumerism, Department Stores, Labor History, Office O... (more information)

Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History; HISTORY / United States / 20th Century;

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Crescent Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. ISBN: 0517676036. Slight dents to rear of dust jackey and rear board. ; Profusely illustratedwith photographs, maps and other illlustrations. ; Folio; 128 pp. Keywords: Railroads, Trains, Transportation. ... (more information)

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Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. 1st Edition. 7th Printing; Hardcover. Crease of several incehes to front panel of dust jacket, which is also corner-clipped on the flap. Previous owner bookplate on front free endpaper. ; Substantial hardcover with beautiful red cloth boards with gilt stamping. Many b/w and color plates. Called at the time "the most comprehensive book ever published on oriental rugs". ; Tall 8vo; 479 pp. Keywords: Carpets, Needlework. ... (more information)

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. As New. 2004. Softcover. ISBN: 0742533964. "...brings together fascinating interviews with top writers and thinkers of our time who dare to go against the grain..." Daviel Ellsbefg, Larry Heinemann, Studs Terkel, J. P. Donleavy, Desmond MacNamara, Woody Allen, Spike Lee, Bruno Bettelhein, Bianca Jagger, and more. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 237 pp. Keywords: Biography, Woody Allen, Bettelheim, Art, Politics, Psychology, Cultural Studies. ... (more information)

Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General;

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Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, N. M.. As New. 1994. Softcover. ISBN: 093503756X. B/w photos plus an "Afterword" of text. Overview of Strand's remarkable work. ; 8vo; 40 pp. Keywords: Photography, Art, Art History, Paul Strand. ... (more information)

Subjects: ART / Individual Artist;

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Genealogical Publishing Co. , Inc.. Fine+. 1991. Hardcover. ISBN: 0806312998. Volum 2, Part 2, ONLY. Concerns the families of Fairfield, Connecticut. ; 8vo; 766 pp. Keywords: Genealogy, New England, Connecticut, Americana, Fairfield, Connecticut. ... (more information)

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Genealogical Publishing Co. , Inc.. Fine+. 1991. Hardcover. ISBN: 0806312971. Volume 1 only. Reprint of the 1930 work. Concerns the families of Fairfield, Connecticut. Durable red boards with gilt lettering. ; 8vo; 776 pp. Keywords: Genealogy, Americana, American History, Social History, New England, Connecticut, Fairifeld, Connecticut. ... (more information)

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