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New York: Phillip Morris Company, 1978. Hard Bound, Pictorial. Fine/No Jacket. Photographs. This book was put out in conjunction with Merit cigarettes. Notable firsts have been reported by the New York times since it began publishing in 1851. Merit now honors those events and the men and women who, through their dedication, determination and discipline has achieved these life-enriching breakthroughs. A book that would NEVER be published by a tobacco company now! 1851-1976, unpaginated, pages slightly yellowed. Every page has a story or two on it and photographs that ran at the time. A very interesting read. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: E P Dutton, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Photographs. Everyone knows about the Nobel Prizes, those prestigious awards that recognize the world's most talented and innovative minds. Unfortunately, not all of the hopeful thinkers and academics areound the globe can become Nobel Laureates, but some are lucky enough to win the esteemed Ig Nobel Prize instead. Their unbelievable accomplishments are now documented in glorious detail, in this book. Drawn from the world's wackiest actual achievements in science, economics, and peace, The Ig Nobel Prizes demonstrates the extreme measures people will take in the quest for knowledge. Read about the professor who proved that toast falls butter-side-down more often than not, and the Southern Baptist Church of Alabama, which devised a formula to determine how many Alabamans will go to Hell. This hilarious book features these endeavors and many more, along with photographs from the annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremonies at Harvard University. An Ig Nobel Prize is ideal for anyone who first wants to laugh and then wants to think. 240 pages including appendices and an index. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Citadel Press Book, 1990. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. This is the compelling self-analysis of a young woman who spun to the edge of sixties radicalism, and found equilibrium while living out the consequences of her deeds. This is the autobiography of Jane Alpert, a woman who discovered herself while on the run from the feds, in the aftermath of her arrest for bombing a number of New York City sites. A Swarthmore College honors graduate, Alpert was drawn to radical politics in the charged atmosphere of the Vietnam War era and her relationship with Sam Melville, who died at Attica State Prison while incarcerated for his role in the bombings. She chronicled her passage from concerned civil rights protestor to radical journalist to bomber to her feminist awakening. Alpert spent four years in hiding, living in more than fifty places, before surrendering in 1974. She was imprisoned for two years and now lives in New York City. 374 pages, this is a fascinating autobiography and door to some of the happenings in the 1960s. One corner of the front cover is slightly bent, and there are two small lighter spots on the cover where a label was removed. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: William Morrow & Co, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Photographs. She is the most famous, most complex, most loved/hated/admired/reviled woman - perhaps person - in America. And, whether she fulfills her life's ambition or not, she can already lay claim to being the first woman ever considered a serious contender for the presidency. Now a power in the senate, Hillary is at the right moment to make her own run for the White House. This book draws on important sources - many speaking here for the first time - to paint a startling portrait of America's most controversial woman. And there are some wonderful quotes from Hillary, such as "I want to run something." Will she get her chance? 292 pages including notes, bibliography, and index. 32 pages of photographs included. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Life Books/Time Inc., 2002. No Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Nothing in the world of sports even comes close to the excitement, color, drama and sheer speed of auto racing. For more than a century it has amazed fans, and every year Americans venture forth to see, hear, and feel a dazzling display of grit, guts and glory that is auto racing. In this book, the editors have combined rare photographs and vivid writing to capture the entire panorama of racing, from the wild and woolly early days to the bigger-than-life, modern-day heroes, from the emergence of the Indy 500 has the world's greatest single race to the unparalleled impact of NASCAR. It's all here, the pioneers and bootleggers, the early potholes and the pit stops, the legendary speed merchants and the great families whose generations have left their mark. American Speed - the fabulous thrills and spills of racing as you've never seen them before! 128 pages, black & white and color photographs. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Edison, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Wellfleet, 2005. No Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Marschall, Ken (paintings). A radio reporter's account of the giant Hindenburg crashing to the ground in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey, remains one of the most famous broadcasts ever made. The Hindenburg was truly a flying luxury liner, and her spectacular destruction on May 6, 1937, marked the end of the great era of airship travel. This volume chronicles the complete story of the great dirigibles - from the pioneering efforts of Count Ferdinand von Zepplin to the brief career of the Graf Zepplin II. At the turn of the century zepplins established the world's first passenger-carrying airline. But World War I bombing raids over London earned them the label 'baby-killers'. This beautifully-illustrated volume tells the complete story of Germany's mammoth airship and the other silver giants that once crossed the skies, told as never before. 229 pages, indexed. Dozens of paintings, diagrams, black and white and color photographs illustrate this stunning book. Bound in black cloth. This heavy book may require additional postage. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Putnam Pub Group, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Ever since explorers first ventured upriver, the possibility of navigating the Nile from beginning to end has been a tantalizing dream, but it remained one of the last gret incomplete journeys of exploration. Many perished trying by drowning, shooting, or simply disappearing. Renowned adventurer Pasquale Scaturro with his partner, Gordon Brown, made history in 2004. Leading an expedition that completed the epic first descent of the Blue Nile and Nile in 114 days, they traveled more than 3,000 miles by kayak and raft, from the source in Ethiopia to the shores near Alexandria. This book combines the gripping story of their triumphant journey with the rich history of previous attempts. 294 pages with 16 pages of color photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Phoenix Mill, UK: Budding Books, 1997. Reprint. Hard Cover. New/New. Photographs, Drawings, Letters. 'Debt is the worst poverty' runs an old proverb. Whether by misfortune or mismanagement, debt has continually brought misery to the minority - just as much in previous centuries as in the credit society of the 1990s. In this fascinating and highly readable book, Hugh Barty-King provides a well-researched insight into the behaviour of the age-old principles involved: Buyer/debtor and selller/creditor, money-borrower and money-lender, banker, mortgager, pawnbroker - and those on the sidelines who set the rules and offer advice such as lawmakers, preachers, leader writers, tract writers, playwrights and authors. Chapter one is set in the Middle Ages when credit was based upon 'the exchange of two deferred promises'. As the story unfolds, chapter by chapter through the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, further intriguing facts about debt emerge. For some, debt was a way of lilfe; for others, like Lord Chesterfield and Samuel Smiles, a state to be avoided at all costs, and for Lady Hamilton, to be ignored until there were no ex-lovers to save her from the Sponging House. In more recent times overindebtedness has often become the only way out, with banks, building societies and high-street stores only too eager to provide 'easy' credit in an attempt to encourage the customer to spend, spend, spend. Illustrated informatively throughout. 214 pages including a bibliography and index. The binding is a glossy pictorial, same as the jacket. The jacket back has a few small wrinkles and a 4" diagonal wrinkle. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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United Kingdom: Frances Lincoln Ltd, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Lousada, Sandra. London is among the greenest of cities, with over 67 square miles of parks and gardens. This volume takes the reader on a guided tour of London's green spaces, taking in public squares, community and allotment gardens, riverside walks, front gardens and window boxes - and the many and monumental public parks, from the grand formality of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens to the wild heathland of Hampstead and the commons. Illustrated with color photos that capture all the diversity of this great city, presenting a fresh viewpoint on the familiar, and crammed with intriguing information, this book is a source of delight and discovery for all Londoners and all visitors to London. 240 pages with index. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Universe Publishing, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Ellison, Nancy. Imagine Barbie as a nightclub singer, race-car driver, or presidential candidate. Picture her as a graceful ballet dancer on pointe, as a leather-clad biker babe on the back of a Harley, or as the great film icons - Audrey Hepburn, Judy Garlen, Elizabeth Taylor. In Barbie LIVE she is all of this and more. Barbie acts out her fabulous dreams, adopting a new persona on every page and having the time of her life. In spectacular designer clothing from Bob Mackie, Vera Wang, Christian Dior and others - she attends exciting Hollywood events and New York photo shoots. Nancy Ellison's gorgeous full-color photography is filled with vitality and emotion. Lisa Birnbach provides the voice of Barbie in her fun, playful text. This is the ultimate Barbie collector's item for children and adults alike. Unpaginated. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Thomas Dunne Books, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. This is a definitive history of the most widely used drug in the world, from the neolithic period to the present day. To some, cannabis is the classic "gateway drug," to others it is a harmless way to relax, or provide relief from crippling pain. In this definitive study, Martin Booth crafts a tale of medical advance, religious enlightenment, political subterfuge, and human rights; of law enforcement and custom officers, cunning smugglers, street pushers, gang warfare, writers, artists, musicians, and happy-go-lucky hippies and potheads. Chronicled here is the fascinating and often mystifying process through which cannabis, a relatively harmless substance, became outlawed throughout the Western world, and the devastating effect such legislation has on the global economy. Above all, he demonstrates how the case for decriminalization remains one of the twenty-first century's hottest topics. 354 pages including a bibliography and extensive index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Mainz, Germany: Hermann Schmidt Verl. GmbH & Co. KG, 1996. No Edition. Hard Cover. New/No Jacket. Photographs. In German and English. The collecting of historic, or obsolete, securities has heretofore been limited to a small number of enthusiasts, especially when compared to other areas of collecting. It requires a familiarity with, and an interest in, economics and finance. A given collection, consisting of any combination of groups and differentiating along regional, national or international lines, is limited only by the inclination and interests of the collector. Areas contained in this book include Joint-Stock Ownership, The Development of the Economy, Chronological Overview, Land and Transport Facilities, Transportation, and Banking and Finance. The last three categories include an introduction and chronological illustrations of certificates by date of issue. 295 pages including chronological and general indexes. The cover is gold, textured vertically, with a red cloth spine and pastedown titles. A heavy, oversized book. 11 3/4" x 10" wide. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.: Clock Tower Press, 2004. First Printing. Hard Cover. New/New. When Tom Kerrigan stepped up to the first tee at the Siwanoy Country Club for the inaugural PGA Championship in 1916, he could never have imagined it would become one of the most coveted titles in the history of the game. This is the first book to tell the story of the event. The early winners were journeymen, mainly club professionals who balanced tournament careers wth their responsibilities at golf courses. This changed in the 1940s with Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, and Byron Nelson. They ushered in the modern era of American golf. This book contains the complete history of the PGA, as well as all of the players. It is wonderfully illustrated in color and black-and-white photos. 229 pages with appendices and index. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Herndon, VA: Brassey's, 1999. First Soft Cover Edition. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket. Photographs. In this illustrated war volume, the authors show the battles, leaders, weapons, heroism, and pain of the Vietnam War, from its earliest beginnings to the fall of Saigon in 1975. Through more than 450 official and personal photographs (both U.S. and Vietnamese), they reveal the courage, the loneliness, and the fears of the three and a half million U.S. soldiers, Marines, airmen, and seamen who served in America's longest war. Here are the Marines battling house to house in Hue, river boats patrolling the Mekong, soldiers dodging sniper fire in elephant grass, fighter-bombers screaming over Hanoi and Haiphong, and "The Wall" listing some 58,000 names. We all have pictures of the Vietnam War in our minds. It was the war that shaped an entire generation, and its images are captured here. 179 pages including an index and bibliogrpahy. Fully illustrated with captions and text. Small remainder mark on bottom. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. With colorful narrative detail this book, the companion volume to The History Channel series of the same name, brings to dramatic life the extraordinary stories behind 20 groundbreaking achievements in the field of medical science. It is a field populated by the bold, eccentric, and inventive likes of Werner Forssmann, a doctor who had so much confidence in his theory of catheters being inserted into human hearts for diagnostic puposes that he inserted one into his own; Wilhelm Roentgen, who in his basement developed the X-ray machine with a single cathode ray and some cardboard; and Jean-Baptiste Denis who performed the first recorded blood transfusion with lamb's blood, and found himself later charged with murder on manufactured evidence (the patient had been poisoned not by bad blood, but by his discontented wife). From Typhoid Mary to Dolly and everything in between, here are the healers and dreamers who marched resolutely ahead of their time - and altered the face of medicine for all time. 304 pages with index and endnotes. Remainder mark on the bottom. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Switzerland: Edition Stemmle, 1997. No Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Fernandez, Benedict J.. As early as 1968 Benedict J. Fernandez documented the confrontation between highly vocal minorities and the "quiet majority." A number of photographs from that time have been reproduced in this book. Here was a new phenomenon, even for late-1960s America: The confrontation with minorities who saw it as a part of their constitutional right to free speech that the public would also listen to their views. Many of his photographs contributed significantly to public awareness about this form of opposition. Without a doubt, Martin Luther King, Jr. was the most important figure in the life of the young Fernandez. He took every opportunity to be near the great leader, and thus it is not surprising at all that these photographs are the most impressive, warm-hearted and tender pictures to be found in his entire photographic work. He seeks the individual image, avoiding the anonymous voyeurism of the classical "street photographer". 135 pages including a short biography. The jacket is lightly scuffed around the edges. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Broadway Books, 2003. Fifth Printing. Hard Cover. New/New. On the surface, Christa Worthington's life had the appearance of privilege and comfort. She was a descendant of prominent New Yorkers. Her sparkling journalism earned the fashion world's respect. But she had turned her back on a glamorous career and moved to the remote Cape Cod town of Truro where she had summered as a child. When she was found murdered just after New Year's Day in 2002, her toddler daughter clinging to her side, her violent death brought to the surface the many unspoken mysteries of her life. The murder is still unsolved. 406 pages, with references. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Throughout history, men and women have had opportunities to influence others. Some have succeeded; others have floundered. What made the difference? Discover the answer - and learn how to be a history-shaping leader yourself - in this timely, well-researched book. Filled with stories of how people followed, or failed to follow, the 21 laws of leadership, this resource includes: General Robert E. Lee's use of The Law of Solid Ground; Joan of Arc's use of The Law of Buy-In; R. G. LeTourneau's use of The Law of Inner Circle. Each story will teach you, helping you to evaluate your current effectiveness as a leader, recognize your strengths, and grow in areas of weakness. 305 pages with notes. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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North Dighton, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: JG Press, 1996. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. This book takes readers miles beyond any of the more than two dozen major books published about the dreamy, bespectacled singer/composer from suburban Liverpool. With a riveting text culled from over a decade of research into Lennon's extraordinary life, author Giuliano rounds out his insightful look at the former Beatle with seldom-before-seen photos, many never previously published, spanning the performer's life. The introduction by John's uncle reveals, for the first time, the often complicated hidden world of his famous nephew. This book neatly ties together the myth, music and magic of one of the 20th century's greatest artists. 96 pages, including a Q&A session and Lennon chronology. Pictorial cover; corners are slightly worn. Jacket has light wear at the corners and a 1 1/2" repaired tear at the back. In protective cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Oxford Univ Press, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. The history of law can be viewed as a tale of human choices about the preservation of life, protection of property, exercise of individual liberty, fashioning of creative knowledge, and other basic social concepts. This book gives readers a comprehensive, authoritative, and accesible guide to this ongoing saga, in the form of 468 alphabetically arranged entries written by hundreds of respected scholars about a wide variety of pertinent subjects. 912 pages with a case index and general index. One page came torn, and has been properly repaired. This is a superb, concise source for lawyers, students, scholars, and lay people. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Dubuque, Iowa, U.S.A.: Antique Trader Books, 1998. No Edition. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket. Photographs. In this beautifully illustrated volume, author/collector Daniel E. Hodges provides an informative, entertaining, colorful and nostalgia-evoking look at the most popular marionettes ever produced for the consumer market. You'll find a wealth of special features, including: Descriptions and values for more than 300 of the most highly sought marionettes and string puppets; striking color photographs, including detailed close-ups, of many memorable and beloved marionettes; special sections devoted to categories representing TV characters, animals, clowns, storybook characters, and more; many practical tips for buying, selling, displaying, and preserving your collection. This is your best source for all the information you'll need to start a marionette collection, or to grow the collection you already have. 167 pages including an index and appendix listing web sites, organizations, and a museum. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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San Francisco, California, U.S.A.: Last Gasp of San Francisco, 2001. First Printing. Soft Cover. New. The last time the Filipino tribal warriors actually hunted heads was when they were helping American soldiers during World War II. While assisting in gathering supplies, the Japanese came, and many heads were taken. This happened in 1943, the Filipino head hunter being interviewed told the author. He was 90 years old at this interview. Research in this book was completed over a century's time, from 1890 to the present, and includes information about several tribes, traveling among the head hunters, notes on the Ifugao religion, and the unity of religion, art, and medicine in the Kalinga tribe. 177 pages including common tribal words, a lexicon, and bibliography. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Free Press, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Photographs. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) said of this book: "One of the best forays into the Days of Rage - event, prequel, and sequel - to have appeared in years." In this elegant family history, journalist Thai Jones traces the past century of American radical politics through the extraordinary exploits of his own family. Born in the late 1970s to fugitive leaders of the Weather Undergraound and grandson of Communists, spiritual pacificsts, and civil rights agitators, Jones grew up an heir to an American tradition of resistance. Yet rather than partake of it, he took it upon himself to document it. The result is a book of extraordinary reporting and narrative. The dramatic saga of this family begins in 1913, when Jones' maternal grandmother was born, and ends in 1981, when a score of heavily armed government agents from the Joint Anti-Terrorism Task Force stormed into four-year-old Thai's home and took his parents away in handcuffs. In between, Jones takes us on a journey from the turn-of-the-century western frontier to the tenements of melting-pot Brooklyn, through the Great Depression, the era of McCarthyism, and the Age of Aquarius. 321 pages, including notes, sources, and an index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. First Reprint Edition. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket. The 19th century transition to a small family size in the Western world was unprecedented, and the reasons people began having fewer children are still not clear. Using contemporary novels, letters, biographies and poetry, this book brings forward the voices of the past to give their own comments and views on a wide range of issues which may have influenced that decision. Individuals in fact and fiction discuss families, love and marriage, as well as childbearing, child survival and what children meant to them - and their reactions to unwanted pregnancies. Their experiences reflect and amplify the demographic evidence of the period, and add life to the statistics. In the same way, their perspective on education, religion and the ideas and controversies of the period, as well as social mobility and social change, provide personal notes to the historical background against which their voices are heard. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Thames & Hudson, 1995. No Edition. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket. Photographs. Out of the darkness, out of the primeval forest, comes the hero who will save the world. He is the protector, the man of invincible might. The greatest names in history and mythology of all races are those of heroes - Herakles and Samson, Perseus and St. George - who fought with monsters to rescue the eternal Woman, the princess, the anima. But the nature of these monsters changed. First, the quest turned inward, taking love, intimacy, and moral self-improvement as its aims. Eventually, it moved outward again, shifting towards the far horizons of territorial expansion and intellectual invention. In this wide-ranging and deeply meditated book, John Lash brings the values of epic and myth to bear upon the cult of the hero, which, rightfully used, has led to the highest that a culture can conceive. Misused, it has led to tyranny, violence, and death. 96 pages including further reading. 132 illustrations, 16 in full color. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Layton, Utah, U.S.A.: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2003. 4th Edition. Soft Cover. New. Laurel, Alice Bay. This reprint is updated with information on sustainable technology and the environment, while maintaining the freewheeling lyricism of the original 1970 edition. A landmark book of its time, Living on the Earth depicts in drawings and recipes human life in ecstatic harmony with nature. It's also a wide-ranging compendium of country living skills and a historical document of the back-to-the-land movement created by a teenaged resident of a northern California commune. Incredible amounts of useful information in this book; it is all handwritten. 246 pages, with index. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Univ Press, 2002. Unknown. Soft Cover. New. New, still in publishers plastic. As science penetrates the secrets of nature, with each discovery generating new questions, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein will sound its note of warning. Many scientific developments have provoked references to Frankenstein, a story that, for nearly two centuries, has gripped our imaginations and haunted our nightmares. How can society balance the benefits of medical discoveries against the ethical or spiritual questions posed? Lavishly illustrated, this volume highlights Shelley's novel, focuses on the redefinition of the Frankenstein myth in popular culture, and examines the continuing power of this story to articulate present-day concerns raised by new developments in biomedicine such as cloning and xenografting. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Harry N Abrams Inc, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Photographs. Few artists have left as profound a mark on 20th century popular culture as Irving Berlin. Starting in New York's Tin Pan Alley in 1907 and continuing to Broadway and Hollywood, Berlin captured the hearts - and voices - of his countrymen with a wide variety of song, many of which have become popular standards. Some of the greatest musical stars of the 20th century, including Al Jolson, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and Ethel Merman owed much of their luster to the songs Berlin wrote for them to sing. This lavishly illustrated book accompanied 3 separate exhibitions - "Iving Berlin's Broadway"; Irving Berlin's Hollywood"; and "Berlin's America." 239 pages with index, bound in blue cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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United Kingdom: Sutton Pub Ltd, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Photographs. During the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries there were almost no career openings for women. Yet a group of intrepid and gifted females scaled the heights of what was literally a man's world - they became bawds. Taking what had been a furtive activity on the borders of legality, they turned brothel-keeping into a major industry, colonizing some of the excusive areas of London and making major contributions to the city's prosperity. This book reveals the ohter side of London's years of pomp and splendor, painting a vivid picture of the bawds, their girls and their clients. Drawing on a rich variety of sources - court records, pamphlets, newspapers, diaries and letters - this volume is fresh and original, offering humor, insight and a very candid view of the sexual behavior of Londoners through the ages. 246 pages with index, bibliography, and source notes; illustrated in black & white. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Weathervane Books, 1977. No Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. Rackham, Arthur. This version, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, is abridged from Malory's Morte D'Arthur, by Alfred W. Pollard. It includes 16 full-color plates and 16 black and white illustrations. The characters are familiar: Lancelot and Guinevere, and Tristan and Isolde, for this is the definitive account of the Arthurian legends, and Pollards is the definitive abridgement. 507 pages with glossary. The pages have a 1 1/4" x 1/2" water stain at the bottom, and a small bump at the top. The corners are very lightly worn. The jacket has a 1" tear at the top front near the spine, and another 1" tear near the flap. There are small tears along the bottom and spine head, and a 1/2" tear at the bottom back. There is also a closed tear at the front gutter, and a water stain on the inside of the jacket that shows through very lightly to the outside, being at the front and spine. Tears are repaired and the jacket is in a protective cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Great Britain: Chameleon Books, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Photographs. The daytime sky turns an eerie, deep, dark purple and then black. Earth's tides are thrown into confusion. This is the moment a solar eclipse becomes total, the moment that has frightened and fascinated mankind since prehistoric times. This book reveals the story of solar eclipses through time, and describes and explains how they work. We meet the eclipse chasers, a band of men and women who track this natural phenomenon all over the world. From cave man and woman to the persecuted astronomers of the Middle Ages; from Galileo's telescope to Russia's Mir space station, this book tells how our thirst for knowledge about the Sun and Moon is taking us to the Stars. This is the story of the solar eclipse. 157 pages, including a bibliography and information on how to view an eclipse safely. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Rutledge Hill Press, 2003. First Printing. Hard Cover. New/New. Leverett, Les. The music of Johnny Cash spoke to and for Americans of all ages, backgrounds, and social settings for nearly half a century. He was the first artist to be inducted in both the Rock and Roll and country Music halls of fame. This book is a celebration of the many facets of Cash. It features tributes sometimes moving and sometimes funny from Dolly Parton, Trish Yearwood, Rodney Crowell, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Kris Kristofferson and others. This volume shows why the Man in Black made the common man feel he was one of them. When Cash died, the author wrote in USA Today "Last weekend the whole country wore black." 95 pages, half are photos, with a CD of Cash singing "Ring of Fire." 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Rutledge Hill Press, 2002. First Printing. Hard Cover. New/New. This book is a celebration of Patsy Cline the friend, the legend, and the role model. Patsy's friends and peers such as Loretta Lynn, Jan Howard, Brenda Lee, and Bill Anderson share stories both touching and funny about the star who left well before her time. Performers who never had the opportunity to meet Cline (in fact, many weren't born when she died) such as Lee Ann Womack, k.d. lang, Trisha Yearwood, Amy Grant, and Patty Griffin explain why Patsy Cline remains one of the most respected and loved performers of all time, in any genre of music. This is the first collection of its kind - paying tribute to a legend, like we may never see again. 95 pages, half are photographs. CD included with Diana Krall singing "Crazy." 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1970. No Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Dale, Bruce. For a thousand years Gypsies have roamed the earth, living mainly by their wits, often just a step ahead of their nemeses, the authorities. Today some do lead settled lives but, in the words of Dr. Louis Krasno, one of America's leading cardiologists and himself a Gypsy, "it's a bit like harnessing a lion to a plow." The author journeyed east to India, homeland of the Gypsies. Along the way, in Europe and Asia, he met Gypsies - musicians and bear trainers, gold sellers and thieves, secretaries and engineers. By journey's end the Gypsy hunters had gained a fresh understanding of an old and intriguing people. 215 pages with index; full color. Blue cloth cover with decorations on front. The jacket has wear at the top corners. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Free Press, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. With the continuing prospect that Roe v. Wade may be overturned, the war in our society over reproductive rights is continuing to gain momentum. The author provides a lively and dramatic account of how abortion first became a political issue, beginning in the early 1970s when a disaffected group of young Republican party strategists had the idea of trying to forge a new conservative coalition out of previously disparate single-issue constituencies. They scored numerous successes. President Reagan made numerous appointments from the ranks of the New Right, and while he declined to press such favorite conservative causes as the Human Life Amendment, he quietly authorized his executive appointees to initiate a campaign of bureaucratic harassment and obstruction against the family planning establishment. The author reconstructs this largely unreported campaign, which was conducted by several executive agencies. 227 pages including end notes and index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Missoula, MT: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company Inc., 2000. First Edition. Soft Cover. New. This is the story of a road, the Yellowstone Trail. It was built between 1912 - 1928, and was one of America's first transcontinental automobile routes. At the time, very few good roads existed as automobile travel across the country had not become popular. As the oldest organized highway, the Yellowstone Trail was built to encourage travel, with the hopes that this would then encourage government to set aside funds to build better roads. The author travelled back and forth across this road to gather information, much of it from residents of the towns through which it winds. This fascinating history includes many maps and photographs, both current and vintage. 200 pages. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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San Francisco, California, U.S.A.: Chronicle Books Llc, 2001. First Printing. Soft Cover. New/New. The book DOES have a translucent dust jacket. A book about space-saving designs that include almost anything you use during the day, including furniture, knives, bicycles, eating utensils, fans, maps, lamps, cameras, and lots more. 232 pages with index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Natl Geographic Society, 2003. No Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Photographs. Susanna Moore's narrative begins with Captain Cook, whose arrival in 1778 fulfilled a time-honored Hawaiian legend, but who quickly fell victim to the first of many misunderstandings that would shape Hawaiian history. Soon American missionaries would arrive, bringing Christianity, colonialism, and capitalism to forever change island life. The story that unfolds in these pages is not the tale of savagery that characterized so many chronicles of the age. Lili'uokalani, the last queen, did not lose her throne until 1893; when she died in 1917, she was still a revered and dignified figure. But the old chants, elaborate rituals, graceful rythms of the classical hula died out, vanished underground, or were transformed into quaint customs that survived to charm tourists. As Moore summons her own childhood in the 1950s and '60s, she captures the distinct flavor of an island life still deeply affected by traditional beliefs. This is the portrait of an extraordinary world, where even today the bustle of modern life yields to the quiet yet powerful murmur of the past. 184 pages including notes. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London, England: Endeavour Group, 1997. No Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Photographs. The British Century opens with Queen Victoria on the throne of a stern and imperious nation, a bastion of morality and the stiff upper lip. One in four of all living people were her subjects. It closes with Britian's transformation from global superpower to global entertainer, a place of rock stars and royal soap opera, Oscar winners and best-selling writers, the only serious challenger to the American hold on pop culture. An intimate picture is built of the remarkable settings in which the British have found themselves over the past 100 years. After the cataclysm of the Great War, the hunger marches of the Depression, came the bright-young-things of the 1920s and a literary outburst that ranges from Bloomsbury and Evelyn Waugh to George Orwell. Many of the magnificent photographs in this book, culled from private and public collections, are seen here for the first time. Together with the incisive text, they bring alive the history of a nation which has profoundly influenced the world beyond the British islands. 304 pages including a bibliography and index. Fully illustrated in black & white, the well-researched text discusses the photographs and the period in which they were taken. The binding is cloth. This is an oversized book, weighing > four pounds. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.: Gareth Stevens Pub, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Nebbia, Tom. This is a magnificient visual history of the circus parade as well as the first complete written history of the tradition. It brings together the very best and examples of the old circus wagons with the excitement and pageantry of contemporary artists, animals, and entertainers in the parade today. The book includes a vivid account of the Milwaukee Circus Parade and it's revival. This history is primarily from Wisconson's Circus World Museum in Baraboo, founded in 1954. Binding has very light wear at the corners and is a bit lightened at the top edges. The jacket has some wrinkles at the top, a 1" repaired tear at the back, and a 1/4" repaired tear at the spine head. Fully illustrated in color. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall, 12" Wide. more information

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New York: DK Publishing, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Let your imagination run far beyond the familiar and everyday as you prepare for a merry holiday season, with help from this book. Transform your home with beautfiul mantelpiece displays, dramatic door wreaths, or jewel-like candle centerpieces. Create your own distinctive wrapping paper and stunning gift cards. Use dried flowers and fresh greenery to turn every room into a winter wonderland. Just choose your favorites from the full-color photographs, and follow the easy step-by-step directions to make your own masterpieces. 192 pages with index and templates. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.: Gibbs Smith, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Svendsen, Linda. Yes, linoleum is back! IN spite of the word linoleum having become a generic term for resilient flooring, it is not the same material as vinyl. Drawing upon her expertise in restoring old homes, Jane Powell forays into the world of sustainable flooring with humor, insight, and panache, sharing the history and evolvement of floor coverings and linoleum in particular. Paired with fabulous full-color photography, Lincoleum includes an array of the different types and patterns of this durable product as well as information on its care and maintenance. Powell also celebrates the wonderful and truly amazing designs produced in this material, from its invention in 1863 to its nearly complete eradication by vinyl in the 1960s. Complete with a resource list where you can find linoleum today, this is THE guide to this fabulous, versatily, recyclable and practical flooring material. 120 pages, with beautiful endpapers. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London, United Kingdom: Sandpiper Books Ltd, 1999. No Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Illustrated. This comprehensive and pioneering study explains, in a social context, and with extensive illustrations from contemporary sources, the development and practice of medieval medicine. It begins by examining the prevalence of death and disease in late medieval England, and the limitations of medical theory in dealing with such problems as epidemics, wounds, mortality in childbirth and even relatively minor ailments. Having examined current theory, the use of astrology, horoscopes, and other prognosticatory techniques, the author deals in turn with the way physicians, surgeons and apothecaries organized themselves, their financial and social positions, and contemporary attitudes (often deeply unflattering) towards them. They were regarded as 'craftsmen' rather than 'academics', but their training was more pragmatic and rather less conservative than that of most physiicans, adn their rate of success could be quite impressive as a result. Illustrated with over 60 black & white illustrations and 20 color plates. 241 pages, including further reading, bibliography, and an index. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Book Soup Publishing, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Schulz, Charles M.. This is a fine copy of the Hallmark publication collection 50 years of holiday comics. The book is arranged by century, and it is interesting to see the Peanuts characters become more refined through to the 1990's. A very fun book, comic strips reproduced as they were originally published in black & white and color. 119 pages with a brief biography about Charles Schulz at the end. The binding is slightly bent at the bottom spine, no blemishes or tears. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.: Univ of Washington Pr, 1999. No Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Drawings. In the Soviet Union of the 1920s, the most prominent avant-garde artists were eager children's book illustrators. Reaching a mass audience of unformed, malleable young people appealed to their commitment to an art manifesto based on the creation of a new kind of person for the revolutionary age. At the same time, good pay and a low risk of censorship were practical attractions. Basing his work almost completely on primary sources - Russian picture books from the Russian State Library, private collections and publishers' archives - Evgeny Steiner tells his story in deft prose with a wry sense of humor. The solidness of his sources, the range of his interests, and the depth of his understanding of Russian life combine to make this an unusually perceptive book on a fascinating cultural issue that combines the visual arts, literature, and politics. Bound in cloth, 214 pages, including brief biographies of authors, notes, and an index, this book is well-illustrated in color and black and white artwork. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 2000. First American Edition. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket. Photographs. Booklist review: "Swartz artfully achieves his purpose of showing 'that the infiltration of the Wizard of Oz story into our cultural bloodstream was not an overnight process' by tracking the influences and popularity of the many stage and screen productions of the story that preceeded the 1939 Judy Garland film. . . Swartz briefly profiles L. Frank Baum but focuses his spirited account on the variety of those stage and film adaptations. He vividly describes specific performances, compares and contrasts them with others, and shows how each influenced the ones that followed, up the the 1939 movie and beyond to contemporary stage adaptations. Swartz's scholarship is evident in his many citations of primary source material, which, together with the book's profuse illustrations in black & white and color, makes this book irresistible to dedicated Oz buffs." 291 pages with index and works cited. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: E C W Press, 2000. No Edition. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket. Kotthoff, Dinah K.. This is an insider's look at the birth, evolution and growing popularity of Christian rock music. As the counter-culture movement of the sixties gathered steam, one of its first splinter groups was the Jesus freaks. In addition to newly hip pastors, the scene produced a handful of musicians who brazenly coupled rock & roll music with lyrics that reflected a Christian world-view. Jesus music was born. But by the late sixties, Christian rock had been rejected by its forefathers and dismissed by mainstream pop culture. Legions of creative musicians suddenly found themselves orphaned - left to be raised by wolves. As the author argues, these musicians are the real rebels of rock & roll, living on the fringes of an underground Christian culture, and discovering what can be accomplished when art is combined with faith. Full of photographs that reveal the amazing diversity of the Christian rock scene, this volume presents a detailed exploration of the artists, the social conditions, and, above all, the music that has married Christianity and rock & roll for more than 30 years. 262 pages including an extensive index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Riverhead Books, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Photographs and Maps. NEW - This is a thrilling account of the Great Fire of London that makes terrific use of a vast array of first-person acounts and forensic investigation. The result is an impeccable achievement in historical storytelling. The book follows the conflagration from its beginning in a Pudding Lane baker's kitchen in 1666 through the extreme devastation in wreaked. Adrian Tinniswood recounts the horror and wonder that gripped the city as the flames spread, destroying 13,200 homes, 93 churches, St. Paul's Cathedral, and every administrative building in the capital. While looting, savage violence, panic, and chaos reigned within the city, hundreds of thousands buried their most precious possessions and fled, never again to see the London they knew. Tinniswood brings to life the schoolchildren, servants, clerks, and courtiers of the day who watched the streets run with fire and the greatest city of Britain disappear before their eyes. 331 pages, including an index, chronology, and notes. The end papers are illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Harry N Abrams Inc, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Bowman, Manoah (photographic editor). In publisher's plastic. Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) was the first global cinema star and one of the greatest comic geniuses the world has ever known. His creation, the Tramp, remains to this day the most universal representation of humanity in the history of film. "You know this fellow is many-sided," wrote Chaplin of his character, "a tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure." This volume covers Chaplin's life and career from his early years through the final years, his true rags-to-riches story, and includes a filmography. With 500 photos, this book is a treasure for anyone who enjoys Chaplin's artistic talents. 399 pages with index. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Ivan R Dee, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. In this stimulating and original book, Martin Wain provides the first coherent view of the roots of Freudian psychoanalysis. He has written not an attack on Freud and his theories but an intellectual history of the highest order. In the new urban industrial age of the late 19th century, Wain shows that Freud and his colleagues were social, political, and economic therapists in the broadest sense. Their patient was modern Western culture at a time of disorder and maximum danger. The French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution had overturned the old order but had left the new masses of individuals on their own, lacking the certainties of the old life. Now that authority in the form of the king, the church and family had lost its power, the new liberal democracies needed new means of control. Freud and other pioneers of psychoanalysis provided the way. Their treatment - designed to preserve a form of government they found highly desirable - was a set of theoretical concepts and practices so effective that for a hundred years they held sway, powerfully affecting a myriad of endeavors. 366 pages including notes, bibliography, and index. The top pages have a tiny ink mark on them - not a remainder mark. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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