Search Results: bibliography from Ruth Reaser LAXVESPA

***- Sigmund Freud an autobiography study authorized translation by James strachey the Norton Library well-worn paperback acceptable conditions first publish Norton Library 1963 no ISBN- Cover design Anthony Post - 141 pages interior the book is fairly clean there are a few pages underlined not excessive- - some notations in the back of numbers for some reason- edges of pages are somewhat tanned/ Brown -141 pages - it's covers have numerous amounts of minutiae staining excetera it's spine is still glued tightly although there is some checking and where on its edges and small splits--Freud approved the overall editorial plan, specific renderings of key words and phrases, and the addition of valuable notes, from bibliographical and explanatory. Many of the translations were done by Strachey himself; the rest were prepared under his supervision. The result was to place the Standard Edition in a position of unquestioned supremacy over all other existing versions.Newly designed in a uniform format, each… Read More

gift able hardcover– Grey cloth boards gold title spine beautifully bound printed in USA no edition stated copyright by the author/dust jackets in excellent condition with minor edge wear at its corners-some scuffs-dust jacket-not clipped- excellent pretty copy - lightly read??maybe interior book is clean -spine not/creased/ The Belgian Mandarin (Hardcover) by Anne Splingaerd Megowan - Paul Splingaerd´s life after he left Brussels for China in 1865-41 years spent in China-, but he really did exist. His great-granddaughter relates -story of his youth, travels-"Middle Kingdom"-explorer/geographer -Ferdinand von Richthofen-years as a fur trader in Mongolia-his fourteen years in China's -made a mandarin by legendary viceroy Li Hongzhang. On behalf of his native Belgium-negotiated the rights-major railroad between Beijing to Hankou.-Leopold II knighted him a "Chevalier de l"Ordre de la Couronne." see pictures – Expedited Shipping I have a good description and pictures, however some books can be an… Read More

Exquisitely designed book , gold titling spine , black wrapped boards, and papers with scenes from the Nile , very good, just the slightest amount of wear at the head foot of book at spine bottom / top , Corners good deckle Edge pages dust jacket crisp bright very good minimal amounts of wear on its edges --Magnetic queen whose death ushered in a new world order.Palace shimmered with onyx - gold, richer still in political, sexual intrigue. Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist, ingenious negotiator. Married twice, each time to a brother. Wagering a brutal civil war against the first, poisoned the second; incest, assassination were family specialties. Having, children by Julius Caesar - Mark Antony, two of the most prominent Romans of the day. With Anthony she would attempt to forge a new empire, an alliance that spelled both their ends. Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons. Losing in the drama of circumstance and personality Lost in Time.… Read More

*The history of NCAA basketball - Giftable -Excellent copy, blackboards, silver titling on spine very large volume dust jacket in wonderful condition bright colorful, very well-kept, blue end pages, well indexed in rear, historical look at the NCAA.... Presents a well-researched account of the history of NCAA college basketball, including the formation of the league, the great coaches, dazzling pictures of college superstars, many of whom later became NBA legends..... black and white, color pictures throughout well printed...... The history of NCAA basketball Author Bill Gutman, Publisher Crescent, 1992 , over sized hardcover with dust jacket very good, ISBN 0517069504, 9780517069509 - 176 pages Subjects Sports & Recreation ' Basketball -Sports & Recreation / Basketball...... LAX Vespa, Los Angeles Culver City- maybe this will do it!-At least you know what you're getting. Shipped Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully packed to protect it during transit..-Sandwiched in foam… Read More

Giftable John Adams - David Mccullough, excellent thick meaty paperback copy of this biography, in wonderful shape very good, lightly read, the spine is not creased, colors on covers are bright & shiny, Pages clean oh, just a small tiny amount of minutiae book itself from being shelved... well documented, good contents, good bibliography,source notes, index...- John Adams David Mccullough ISBN-9780743223133,ASIN: B002LLLWYO, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, copyright 2001 David McCullough, Publication date September 3, 2001, 10th printing , VG -Oversized paperback thick, Book design, Amy Hill, cover design copyright 2001 Wendell minor, cover painting Gilbert Stuart intitle John Adams national gathering Gallery of Art, Washington, author photo William B McCullough, About 6.1 x 1.4 x 9.2 in. Pages 752, well indexed, ISBN-9780743223133,... subjects biographies, presidents.. Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa, Los Angeles Culver City- maybe this will do it!-At least you know what you're getting into-City-Media Mail… Read More

*Katharine Drexel - Interesting book interior the book is clean and unmarked however the covers have numerous folds on the front one on the back and some edgware wearing of the color at the spine the spine is still tight however life is not been kind to the book covers -fourth printing 1987- odd/glue at front -pictures provided for review- Grading books can be somewhat subjective- you received the book that you were viewing via -Media Mail- USPS - carefully packed -Los Angeles Ruth Reaser LAXVESPA ----Biography about-American founder of the Formerly-Blessed Sacrament Sisters for Indians and Colored People (now Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament), a congregation of missionary nuns dedicated to the welfare of American Indians and African Americans. She is thepatron saint of racial justice and ofphilanthropists. Active founding & endowing schools and churches forAfrican Americans and Native Americans in the South & West.---- Katharine Drexel was beatified by Pope John Paul II on November 20, 1980. Second… Read More

Excellent tight copy, Natalie Wood: A Life, Gavin Lambert, Los Angeles author. Gift-able very good nice tight clean copy, blackboards gold titling spine, dust jacket has the minimal amount of wear on its edges book feels like it's been hardly opened. Mineral amounts of minutiae anywhere sprinkled throughout with black and white photographs printed on fairly nice beige stock....... Growing up in the business from her start debut in 1946 - Tomorrow is forever, the Decades of her life are marked by movies, entertaining, a career that summed up America's dreams . To her untimely death by drowning in 1981, off Catalina Island California .....Compelling - portrait of Natalie Wood drawing on author's own twenty-year friendship with the actress, interviews with family, close friends people she worked with, others , intimate whom knew her well.---Natalie Wood: A Life, Gavin Lambert. Pub. Alfred A. Knopf, 2004, borzoi book, ISBN 0375410740, 9780375410741 - 370 pages 6.6 x 1.4 x 9.6 in. - 384 pages,… Read More

Orson Wells Critical View by Andre Bazin - In Orson Welles: A Critical View, Bazin traces Welles's career from the theatre and radio to Hollywood and Europe. He assesses Welles's works, his innovations--and in many ways takes the man's measure. Orson Welles: A Critical View is the perfect meeting of two great minds. --From cover...... Oversized paperback book in good condition. Covers are good with minor use wear mostly at edges, corners. Spine is tight. Pages are clean, unmarked. Very interesting book about Orson Wells in good condition...... Orson Welles: A Critical View, Author André Bazin, Edition 5th Printing, Publisher Acrobat Books, 1991, Book design by Floria Adelson, ISBN 0918226287, 9780918226280, 138 pages, Book size about 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 3/8 in. Subjects Biography & Autobiography ' Entertainment & Performing Arts....... Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa, Los Angeles Culver City- maybe this will do it!-At least you know what you're getting into-City-Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing… Read More

Bantam, 1984. mass-market paperback. Mass Market Paper. Fair. this is an older paperback a house wearing its chips round cover and will being portion of the back cover down by the ISBN number that is missing the exteriors cleaned but yellowed pages due to age...... Description..an outspoken thinker, celebrated actress, truly independent woman driven,previous two episodes to take this on the intimate yet powerful journey interpersonal life and intense, clandestine affair with a prominent politician sparks surely the claims quest of self-discovery. From Stockholm to Hawaii to the mountain passes through, from disbelief to radiant affirmation, she laughs discovers a reserve very existence….And the infinite possibilities why.

Gift able Excellent copy almost unread,pristine, -With the assassination of his brother, Robert Kennedy inherited the hopes and aspirations of a bereft nation adopting his brother's political legacy in what became a personal quest for vindication and redemption. A highly successful, controversial political player in his own right, RFK was on the verge of gaining the Democratic Presidential nomination in the last year of his life. Assassination in 1968 at age of 43 felled a man who had come to represent -impossible hopes and ideals of a just political system. Who was this complex man? In this definitive work, master researcher,C. David Heymann has exposed Kennedy's inner contradictions, machinations of his political career, private liaisons, enemies, his lovers. -- RFK: A Candid Biography of Robert F. Kennedy Author Clemens David Heymann Edition illustrated Publisher Dutton, about 6.4 x 1.9 x 9.3 in,1998 ISBN 0525942173, 9780525942177 -Jacket design Allison Saltzman, photograph Bob Hendriques/ Magnum,… Read More

Rosa Parks My Story-Rosa Parks is best known for the day she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, sparking the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott. More to her story than this one act of defiance. In this straightforward, compelling autobiography, Rosa Parks talks candidly about the civil rights movement her active role in it. Her dedication is inspiring; her story is unforgettable. An ALA Notable Book, "American Bookseller" Pick of the Lists, and ALA Best Book for Young Adults. B&W photos. Paperback book in good condition, covers still retain their original finish having minor use wear Pages are clean, unmarked but are starting to tan from age. Rosa Parks: my story Authors Rosa Parks, James Haskins Contributor James Haskins Edition later reprint Publisher Puffin Books, 1999 ISBN 0141301201, 9780141301204 Length 192 pages Size: about 5 x 8 x .75 in Subjects Juvenile Nonfiction . People & Places United States African American Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa,Los Angeles Culver City- maybe… Read More

Toulouse Lautrec: A Definitive Biography Perruchot, Henri. Translated By Humphrey Hare -The World Publishing Co.,Cleveland and New York: 1960. Stated first edition, LCCN 61-6334- printed in Great Britain ..Light green cloth covers, titling on spine red & black, stylized Insignia front of the book sprinkled black and white photos, & drawings, vibrant orange color and papers with women in frilly dresses dancing A specific dance Troop.. & D /J. Light edgewear, good inges, sound text block, however the book is highlighted throughout, as if someone was writing a paper with green ink... The mylar protected dustjacket is clipped -minor shelf soil & rubbed edges, very tiny chips to rear top edge, almost no paper loss. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Dj Good/book- Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is the first volume in a series by Henry Perruchot.. following titles should include biographies of Cezzanne & Manet. .. TOULOUSE LAUTREC A Definitive Biography -Toulouse Lautrec: A Definitive Biography… Read More

*+ The life of Harry S. Truman is one of the greatest of American stories, filled with vivid characters—Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Wallace Truman, George Marshall, Joe McCarthy, Dean Acheson— dramatic events. In this riveting biography, acclaimed historian David McCullough not only captures the man—a more complex, informed,determined man than ever before imagined—but also the turbulent times in which he rose, boldly, to meet unprecedented challenges.Last president to serve as a living link between the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries, Truman's story spans the raw world of the Missouri frontier, World War I, powerful Pendergast machine of Kansas City, the legendary Whistle-Stop Campaign of 1948, and the decisions to drop the atomic bomb, confront Stalin at Potsdam, send troops to Korea, fire General MacArthur. Drawing on newly discovered archival material and extensive interviews with Truman's own family, friends,Washington colleagues, McCullough tells the… Read More

Excellent copy wonderful condition book feels un read-smallest amount of minutiae on its edges small crease on their check the pictures of this copy -about the book- For four decades, Waxman has taken visionary and principled positions on crucial issues & been a driving force for change. – This book–affords readers a rare glimpse into-the strategy, the maneuvering, behind-the-scenes deals.Shows how the things we take for granted (clear information about tobacco's harmfulness, accurate nutritional labeling, important drugs that have saved countless lives) started out humbly-derided by big business interests as impossible or even destructive. Sometimes, the most dramatic breakthroughs occur through small twists of fate or the most narrow voting margin. Waxman's stories are surprising because they illustrate that while government's progress may seem glacial, much is happening, and small battles waged over years can yield great results-At a time when some of the most sweeping national initiatives in… Read More