New York: Palgrave (St. Martin's Press; Macmillan Press), 1996 xix, 236 pp. Maps, notes, bibliography, index. This book explores the role that towns played in the transformation of Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries through overseas exploration and exploitation and the manipulation of the world economy. It argues that towns were the focal point for most of the critical struggles in the period, from religion to politics, and that they were increasingly the places in which educated and wealthy ... (more information)

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St Lucia, Queensland, Australia: University of Queensland Press, 1980. xvii, 127 pp. Illustration. A wholly fictional, somewhat pornographic novel which parodies academic criticism. Moderately light overall handling wear (no creasing). Text clean and free of all marks.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 22 x 14 cm. ... (more information)

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Dunedin, New Zealand: John McIndoe, 1985. 71 pp. Dedicated to the memory of the author's wife, Pauline. Sewn binding. Very light handling wear.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 22 x 14 cm. ... (more information)

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. xiv, 342 pp. Notes, bibliography, filmography, index. A collection of critical and historical essays by scholars on the films adapted from, and inspired by, William Shakespeare's plays. CONDITION: Minor overall shelving wear (virtually like new); text clean and free of all marks.. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 23 x 16 cm. ... (more information)

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Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1950. 208 pp. + plates. Maps, illustration plates, footnotes, bibliography, index. This study of gifts to the Indians in eastern North America illuminates an obscure factor in the colonial westward movement. These presents, comprising such eighteenth-century items as fabrics, hardware, munitions, food, toys, jewelry, clothing, wampum, and liquors, were a decisive factor in the complex diplomatic history of Indian politics along the old Ohio and Northwest frontiers. T... (more information)

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Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1977 xii, 266 pp. Illustrations, appendix, translator's notes, glossary of place names, bibliography, index. This is the somewhat condensed, translated English text of a book apparently ghostwritten in 1884 by Adrian Woldt and based on an account (also published in 1884) of Johan Adrian Jacobsen's ethnological voyage to the Northwest Coast in 1881-1883 to collect examples of the material culture of the Northwest Coast Native Americans. An ex-library copy (stamped &q... (more information)

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Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1996 NOTE: This is vol. 2 (of 2) only: pp. 641-1307. Bibliography, general Index Locorum. One of the earliest and most important works of biblical interpretation is the Latin text commonly known as the "Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum" (LAB). It was written in the first second century C.E. and is thus a great source of illumination for the period and milieu out of which arose various Jewish sects and Christianity. Volume 2 contains the continuation of the author's commentary... (more information)

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Bloomington, IN: Department of Germanic Languages, Indiana University, 1968. 201 pp. Frontispiece, footnotes, list of publications by Hans Jaeger. A collection of reprinted articles and reviews in German and English published by Prof. Hans Jaeger from 1935-1962, including some of his seminal work on Goethe and existentialism. CONTENTS: Die Lebensgestaltung im Werk Ina Seidels. Review: Hermann Pongs, "Schillers Urbilder." Review: G. Ramming, "Existentialismus und Wertphilosophie." The pro... (more information)

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Paris: Libraire Philosophique J. Vrin, 1946. 171 pp. Footnotes, bibliography. Text in French. CONDITION: Text unopened (i.e., pages uncut). Minor overall shelving wear. Moderate age-toning to paper and card covers.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 25 x 17 cm. ... (more information)

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Nairobi, Kenya: Heinemann Educational Books, 1977 xi, 92 pp. A delightful anthology of modern and classical Swahili poetry with parallel English translations. Divided into three sections: 1) Selections from the poetry of the late Shaaban Robert of Tanzania; 2) Classical poetry; and 3) Miscellaneous poems. CONDITION: Light handling wear. Text clean and free of all marks.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 19 x 13 cm. ... (more information)

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The Hague / Paris: Mouton and Co., 1970 32 pp. Bibliography. A critical study of William Shakespeare's sonnet entitled "Th'expence of spirit." Sewn binding. Paper wrappers around blank card covers. Light foxing to card covers. Text clean and free of all marks.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. 24 x 16 cm. ... (more information)

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T'bilisi (Georgia): Mec'niereba, 1989 113 pp., 72 leaves of plates (many in color). Parallel texts in English, Georgian and Russian (including captions on plates). A survey of fine arts in the Republic of Georgia (former Soviet Union). CONDITION: Light overall shelf wear to cloth covers (no fraying); text clean.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 21 x 16 cm. ... (more information)

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Albany, NY: State University of New York Press (SUNY), 1995 xxxvi, 246 pp. Translator's preface, endnotes, index. Translated from the original French. CONDITION: Text clean and free of all marks; former owner's name written on half title-page. Light overall handling wear.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 23 x 15 cm. ... (more information)

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Bratislava: Tatran, 1966. 300 pp. Epilogue by Vendelin Jankovich, bibliography; maps on endpapers. Text in Slovakian. A book about Slovakian archaeology by the archaeologist and historian, Stefan Jansak (1886-1972). Small bumps to corners of boards. Silk bookmark sewn in. Dustjacket shows moderate overall wear and soiling, and light chipping to corners and edges.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 14 x 21 cm. ... (more information)

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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. x, 281 pp. Footnotes, bibliography, index. This is the first scholarly study (now out-of-print) of African marriage relationships in Southern Rhodesia during the early twentieth century. It is a highly original and cogently argued history of sexuality and gender relations in colonial Africa. The author's analysis pays careful attention to methodological questions and fruitfully combines historical and anthropological approaches. The author examines the marriage relatio... (more information)

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Krusevac: Bagdala, 1983 61 pp. Plates, facsimiles, map, bibliographical notes. Text in Serbo-Croatian (Cyrillic); includes documents in Church Slavic (Serbian recension) followed by Serbo-Croatian transcription and translation. A study of the selected works of the 14th-century Serbian nun, Jefimija (born ca. 1349 AD). CONTENTS: Zivot i prad monahinje Jefimije [by Dorde Trifunovic]. [Documents include:] Tuga za mladencem Ugljesom; Moljenje Gospodu Isusu Hristu; Pohvala svetom knezu Lazaru. Beleske o delima. ... (more information)

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Budapest: Akademiai Kiado, 1961. Scarce. 262 pp. Index. Edited by Erdelyi Istvan. A Moksha-to-Hungarian dictionary. Moksha, a dialect of Mordvin, is a Finno-Ugric language spoken primarily in the western part of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. CONDITION: Paper age-toned. Text clean and free of all marks. Moderate overall handling wear and soiling to red-cloth covers (fraying to very tips of lower corners of boards only); light sticker stain to front cover.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 25 x 1... (more information)

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Beograd: The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 1989. viii, 500 pp. Bibliographical references. Text in Serbo-Croation (Cyrillic) text with English summary. A scholarly study of Serbian artistic and literary aesthetics from the Middle Ages to ca. 1865 (rise of the intellectual, Svetozar Markovic). Sewn binding. Top of spine bumped and torn; minor bumps to back corners.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 17 x 24 cm. ... (more information)

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