Titles starting with S from Left Coast Books

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 1988 279 pp.; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. Fine DJ.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster; A Fireside Book, 1987 337 pp., [16] pp. of plates, illus., ports., biblio., index; 23 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning.. First edition thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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New York: Random House, 1973 Cloth, 752 pp., bib. notes, index; 25 cm. Top edge tinted black. Good+. Previous owner's ink stamp/endpapers, otherwise unmarked. Publisher's remainder mark/tail edge. Dust jacket, with slight creasing/front flap, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. A study of Students for a Democratic Society, the New Left group of the Sixties. Classic account.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -... more information

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New York: Crown Publishers, 2005 viii, 273 pp., bib. notes, index; 25 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Small remainder mark (ink dot)/tail edge. Stated "First Edition." Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "Self-help: To millions of Americans it seems like a godsend. To many others it seems like a joke. But as investigative reporter Steve Salerno reveals in this groundbreaking book, it's neither--in fact it's much worse than a joke. Going deep inside the Self-Help and Actuali... more information

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Boston: Beacon Press, 1964 Cloth, 246 pp., index; 22 cm. VG. Small ink stamp of a SNCC chapter/front free endpaper, otherwise fine. Dust jacket, with small surface tear/front cover (from label removal, lettering restored with coloured pencil), protected in a mylar book cover. On the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, civil rights group of the 1960s. Early Zinn! A New Left classic.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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New York: Hill and Wang; The Noonday Press, 1974 xi, 271 pp.; 22 cm. Includes text of Balzac's Sarrasine (p. 221-254). A very good copy, with a few scattered pencil marks. No spine creases. . Reprint, 1997. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995 451 pp.; 24 cm. AS NEW. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "Sabbath's Theater is a comic creation of epic proportions, and Mickey Sabbath is its gargantuan hero. Once a scandalously inventive puppeteer, Sabbath at sixty-four is still defiantly antagonistic and exceedingly libidinous. But after the death of his long-time mistress - an erotic free spirit whose adulterous daring surpassed even his own - Sabbath embarks on a turbulent journe... more information

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Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1987 xviii, 342 pp., biblio., index; 22 cm. With a New Foreword. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. . 7th printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2004 viii, 316 pp., illus., bib. notes, index; 25 cm. AS NEW. Stated "First Edition." Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "Shortly after America's entry into World War II, Adolf Hitler ordered an extensive sabotage campaign against the United States to disrupt the production of tanks and airplanes and blow up bridges and railroads. Eight German saboteurs were dispatched across the Atlantic by U-boat, one team landing in Amagansett, Long I... more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2004 viii, 316 pp., illus., bib. notes, index; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Cocked spine/lean, back board lightly soiled. Stated "First Edition." Dust jacket nicked & taped on underside. Another copy available. "Shortly after America's entry into World War II, Adolf Hitler ordered an extensive sabotage campaign against the United States to disrupt the production of tanks and airplanes and blow up bridges and railroads. Eight German ... more information

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Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2001 viii, 160 pp., biblio., index; 22 cm. SIGNED "Dan Maguire" on the half-title page, otherwise as new. "As the world teeters on the edge of overpopulation, this new addition to the Sacred Energies series aims to show how ten major religious traditions in fact contain strong affirmations of the right to family planning, including contraception and even, when necessary, abortion. Maquire first shows how interrelated overpopulation is with poverty, ethnic injustic... more information

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London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1976 236 pp., illus. (some col.), maps, ports., biblio.; 28 cm. Exhibition organized by the Arts Council of Great Britain with the support of the British-American Associates, held at the Hayward Gallery, London, 7 October 1976 - 16 January 1977. Reading copy: Worn wraps, creased spine. Clean inside copy. A scruffy, but serviceable copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated, with scholarly catalogue entries.. Soft Cover. Fair. ... more information

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New York and London: Continuum, 2000 Cloth, gilt, 256 pp., bib. notes, index; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "Cancer has long been cured in mice but not in people. Why? Successful laboratory treatments and cures for one species don't necessarily result in cures for humans. But, because practice has become economically entrenched within medical industry, animal experimentation - against all medical evidence - continues.The human benefits of animal experimentat... more information

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New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1993 629 pp.; 21 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps. Winner of the Booker Prize. "Winner of the 1992 Booker Prize for Fiction. 'Possibly the best novel I've read in the last decade.' - David Halberstam. Sacred Hunger is a stunning and engrossing exploration of power, domination, and greed. Filled with the 'sacred hunger' to expand its empire and its profits, England entered full into the slave trade and sp... more information

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New York: William Morrow & Company; Quill, 1984 191 pp., illus., biblio.; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. English translations of North and South American Indian spells, prayers, and songs traditionally used in rituals associated with birth, puberty, love, travel, sickness, weather, farming, hunting, and death.. 4th printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 2001 Cloth, 239 pp., col. illus., maps, index; 32 cm. Map on lining papers. VG. Gift inscription/verso of front free endpaper otherwise unmarked. Dust jacket with slight creasing/front cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates of religious temples in India and SE Asia. Travels in Nepal, India, Cambodia, Java, Thailand, Myanmar, and Bali. Lavish plates with views of Angkor Wat, Borobodur and other cel... more information

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San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco, 1995 Cloth, 495 pp., biblio., index; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated "First Edition." Fine DJ. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "Riane Eisler shows us how history has consistently promoted the link between sex and violence--and how we can sever this link and move to a politics of partnership rather than domination in all our relations. / Riane Eisler is an internationally acclaimed scholar, futurist, and activist, and is codirec... more information

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San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco, 1995 Cloth, 495 pp., biblio., index; 25 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to boards. Stated "First Edition." Fine DJ. Another copy available. "Riane Eisler shows us how history has consistently promoted the link between sex and violence--and how we can sever this link and move to a politics of partnership rather than domination in all our relations. / Riane Eisler is an internationally acclaimed scholar, futurist, and activist, and is codi... more information

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Shaftesbury, Dorset, and Rockport, MA: Element Books; The Sacred Arts Ser., 1995 192 pp., col. illus., biblio., index; 28 cm. Previous owner's signature blacked out/inside front cover, otherwise as new. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... more information

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New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1998 Cloth, gilt, 112 pp., illus. (chiefly col.), biblio., index; 29 cm. Subtitle on DJ: A Guide to the Timeless Icons of Faith and Worship. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Fine DJ. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. "As cultural life evolved, sacred concepts represented by symbols developed and changed throughout the millennia. Yet, remarkably, despite diverse cosmogonies, mythologies, and deities, the symbols themselves remained co... more information

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