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New York, NY: Univ Paperbacks/Barnes & Noble, 1960. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. As New/None as Issued. Text/NEW & Bright. Vintage 1960 Printing. Softcover/NF w/trace edge wear & sticker removal shadow to upper front corner. PO name to title page. First published 1956; this is a printing of 1960. Critical analysis of 6 Greek tragedies --- the Orestes triology, Ajax, Antigone & Philoctetes --- and Hamlet. By British classical scholar Humphrey Davy Findley Kitto FBA (1897 - 1982). 341 pgs in 9 chapters: 1, Agamemnon; 2, Choephori; 3, Eumenides; 4, Philoctetes; 5, Antigone; 6, Ajax; 7, Greek & Elizabethan Tragedy; 8, Religious Drama & Its Interpretation; and 9, Hamlet: (1) The Problem of Hamlet, (2) Hamlet & the Oedipus, (3) The First Six Scenes, (4) Hamlet & Laertes, (5) Hamlet & Ophelia, (6) Hamlet & his Madness, (7) The Players, (8) Hamlet & Claudius, (9) Providence, and (10) Conclusion.

Philadelphia, PA: Chilton Book Co, 1971. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. EX-LIB/UNCIRCULATED Copy. First Edition. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Beige linen boards/Fine. DJ/Fine, but, inner flaps pasted to covers' verso. Library traces limited to front cover verso & fEP. History. In depth study of techinuque, porcesses, design, and usage of early American folk pottery. Subject matter chosen from the Index of American Design. 322 pgs w/b/w photos, in 5 parts. Index of American Design precedes Part I, Introduction; II, The Colonial Environment; III, The Earthenware Tradition; and IV, The Stoneware Tradition, followed by Design, Plates, and Notes.

New York, NY: Oxford Univ Press, 1969. First Edition, First Thus . Near Fine/Near Fine. Text/Near Fine; Short, tidy side-bars to pgs 52 & 79, else As New & Bright. Black linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/Fine. DJ/NF; light edge wear & showing faint discoloration. Published w/o ISBN; ISBN subsequently assigned. PO name to lower fEP. Volume IV, Part 1 of an envisioned 12 volume series designed to present a continuous history of English Literature. Author of this volume, Frank Percy Wilson (1889 - 1963) taught at Oxford Univ. & was General Editor of the Oxford History of English Literature series, of which this volume is a part of. Book begins where Volume II, Part 2, The Close of the Middle Ages by Sir Edmund Chambers left off. It is Part 1 of a projected 2 part work on Elizabethan drama that Wilson was working on at the time of his death.The Bibliography is assembled by editor G.K. Hunter. 244 pgs, in 7 parts: I, The Earlier Tudor Morality and Interlude; II, The Late Tudor Morality… Read More

New York, NY: Avon Books, 1990. First Edition, 17th Printing . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. Contains a new chapter with additional help for today's parents. True to the title, the volume is a guide to happier family relations. Central consideration is the feelings of both parents and children and the dynamics within the walls of home. It also addresses the power of language; as such it is an excellent guide to the art of communication. Choice of words, tone of deliverance can, or destroy, self-esteem, confidence, and asumption of responsibilty.

Ann Arbor, MI: Faber Piano Adventures, 2010. Paperback/Sheet Music. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/Bright & Near New; red pencil editing to 2 pgs & 1 pg w/corner fold. Illustrated stapled softcover/Fine. Collection of popular arrangement for beginning piano students. 24 pgs. Music score include Happy Birthday; It's a Small World; Hedwig's Theme (from Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone ), Over the Rainbow , and more.

Miami Beach, FL: FJH Music Company, Inc., 1993. Soft Cover/Stapled. Very Good/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY w/faint stain to title page. Stapled softcove/VG; strong & sound w/light edge wearr. Highly regarded basic piano exercises supplementing the Lesson Book (Primer Level) in the Piano Adventure Series.48 pgs. Book divided into 10 units w/questions at the bottom of each page to stimulate conceptual thinking as well as a review of prior lessons.

Ann Arbor, MI: Faber Piano Adventures, 2010. Paperback/Sheet Music. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/Near New w/trace markings. Stapled softcover/Fine. Collection of Rock 'N Roll classics from the '50s and '60s. Keyboard music of 5-Finger Melodies. Selections offer fun and excitement at lesson time allong with learning basic piano practice. Inclued are music scores to "Rock Around the Clock"; "Surfer Girl"; "Rockin' Robin"; and last but note least, " Blue Suede Shoes".

Fort Lauderdale, FL: F J H Music Co, 1991. Revised Edition . Soft cover. Good/None as Issued. Text/Highlighting & stickers to pgs 4/5, else clean. Softcover/VG w/light edge & surface wear, and PO sticker to lower front. Classic piano works for pianists. 22 compositions arranged in the major periods of music: 1, Baroque (1600 - 1750); 2, Classical (1750 - circa 1830); 3, Romantic (circa 1830 - 1910); and 4, Contemporary (circa 1900 - present), followed by a glossary of musical terms. Strong copy.

Ann Arbor, MI: Faber Piano Adventures, 1995. Paperback/Sheet Music. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/Bright, clean, As New. Illustrated stapled softcover/NF w/trace edge & surface wear. Collection of symphonic and operatic works by the great composers for the early level pianits. 24 pgs. Music scores includes: 1, The Merry Widow Waltz (from the opera The Merry Widow, Lehar); 2, Spring (from The Four Seasons, Vivaldi); 3, Suitor's Song (from the operetta The Gypsy Baron, J. Strauss, Jr); 4, Canon (Pachelbel); 5, Egyptian Ballet Dance (from the opera Samson & Delilah, Saints-Saens); 6, Minuet (OP. 14, No. 1, Paderewski); 7, Theme from Sympony No. 1, Mahler); 8, Prince of Denmark's March (Trumpet Voluntary, Clarke); 9, Liebestraum (List); and 10, Theme from Don Giovanni (La ci darem la mano, Mozart).

Thousand Oaks [CA] London New Delhi: SAGE Publications, 1996. First Printing . Illustrated Coated Cardstock. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8 7/16" Tall. This is Volume 14 in the publisher's Series on Race and Ethnic Relations. The chapter headings are: Introduction; Enterning the World of Older Chicanos/Mexicans; Being Old and Poor: Structural Constraints in Chicana Old Age; Familial Relationships and Chicana Old Age; and Being an Older Woman Means Being More Than Just a Grandma. 119 pages, with Conclusion, References, Index, and About the Author; plus vii pages prefatory matter. Covers and text are clean and near new; author's inscription (1996) inked on front endpaper.

New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 1990. First American Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated, gilt embossed navy linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/faint creasing to rear inner flap. An intellectual prob into man origins with archaeologist Brian Fagan as guide. Examination of the various hypotheses of how humans evolved, how modern humans colonized entire continents, what biological and technological innovations allowed Homo Sapiens to adapt to the full diversity of the world's environments ... Provacation in thought, lucid in prose, and supported by illustrations. Fine copy.

New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 1991. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/NF; light edge rubs & faint creasing to lower front corner. A narrative of the diverse prehistoric societies of North America from the first settlement before 12,000 BC. This synthesis of archaelogical and anthropological inquires is in 7 parts: Part I, Background; II, The Paleo-Indians; III, The Great Plains; IV, The Far North; V, The West; VI, The Eastern Woodlands; and, VII, After Columbus.

Reading, MA: Helix Books/Addison-Wesley, 1998. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated First Printing, May 1998. Text/BRAND NEW. Bi-color boards/Fine. Illustrated DJ/NF w/closed tear to leading edge of spine. Description of how archaeologist used modern science to study ancient cosmologies and religious beliefs. Title taken from the last chapter which examiness the world of the Aztecs who believed they could ensure continuity of life itself by nourishing the sun with the magic elixir of human hearts. 14 chapters: 1, The Archaeology of the Intangible; 2, Dark Caves, Obscure Visions; 3, San Artists in Southern Africa; 4, Fertility & Death; 5, Power & the Ancestors; 6, Avebury: Landscapes of the Ancestors; 7, Stonehenge & the Idea of Time; 8, Two Livings: Agriculture & Religion; 9, The Moundbuilders of Eastern North America; 10, The Bull Beneath the Earth; 11, A Shrine at Phylakopi; 12, Divine Kings Along the Nile; 13, Xunantunich: "The Maiden of the… Read More

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's, 1975. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW. Dark-Taupe linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF; w/trace edge wear. Egypt, most populous of Abrab nations, dates back to the 6th century BC. This is a history of Nile River, flowing through Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. Primary water source to both Sudan and Egypt, Once sustaining fertile lands along its banks, now much dimished in strength. 399 pgs w/photos in 21 chapters, Part I, Tombs, Tourist, & Treasure; II, The Greatest Plunder of Them All; and, III, Assault on Antiquity.

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's, 1977. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. EX-LIB/Uncirculated copy. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated beige linen boards/NF. DJ/Fine. History of archaeological and anthropological probes in the Americas from European discovery of the New World through the 1900's. This story of the attempt to understand indigenous native peoples is simultaneously an account of intellectual history. Strong copyl

Philadelphia, PA: Temple Univ Press, 1957. 5th Edition, First Thus . Soft Cover/Stapled. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Yellow, stapled soft cover/VG w/soiling. Study guide for college level study of American History from colonial times to post World War II. 20 study units with major focal points in outline form, and each unit followed by Text Assignments (specific readings), Study Suggestions (important terminology and personages), and a list of Collateral Read (bibliography). Special supplement on the history of Pennsylvania included. Very useful reference/resource guide. Strong copy.

New York, NY: Harper Colophon/Harper & Row, 1971. First Edition. First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW w/folded corner to pg 4. Soft cover/NF w/light shelf wear. Anthology. Written for not only the Gestalt therapist, but for therapists of other orientations wishing to explore new ideas, students, and interested layman. 25 essays grouped into 3 parts: Part I, Theory of Gestalt Therapy; II, Techniques of Gestalt Therapy; and, III, Application of Gestalt Therapy, followed by biographical sketches of contributors and appendices. Reference/resource. Fine copy.

Palo Alto, CA: Creative Publications, 1981. Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Janet Cleland (Illustrator). Text/BRAND NEW. Softcover/NF w/trace wear to edges & corner tips, and PO name to front. Volume in the Handy Math Series. Teacher's aid designed to supplement course textbooks; perforated activity pages allows easy duplication for student copies. Problems and exercises in applied mathematics as experienced in the real world of travel --- reading maps, calculating fares, and estimating/calculating expenses.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954. 1st Edition, 3rd Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Text/NEW & Bright. 1954 First Edition, 3rd Printing of 1965. Green linen, silver embossed boards/NF w/trace discoloration/NF. DJ/Good; Strong & intact w/edge wear & discoloration & water splash to lower back. Prize socio-economic political review of modern Chinese historical burdens & misgivings of the past --- all much alive. This scholarly study spans horrors known by over 3 generations of concerted Drug Wars of 1839 & 1842 from Britain against China still remembered. The British so freely consumed on their insatiable addiction for China's teas & porcelain that it threatened their silver on-hand as the Chinese had no interest in English goods. The British government (using it's East Indian Company), cooperating w/British merchants (corruption, hired?), smuggles so much India grown opium into China that by 1839, opium "sales" to China actually paid for… Read More

New York, NY: Viking, 1968. Revised/Enlarged Edition, 13th Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/faint creasing to lower front corner, light edge rubs & showing trace discoloration. PO name to fEP. First published in 1948, eve of Communist victory over China; this copy is a reprint of the "Completely Revised and Enlarged" issued in 1958. Historian John King Fairbank examines Mao Tse-tung's regime in depth. Supported by maps, text in 17 chapters: 1, Our China Problem; 2, The Chinese Scene; 3, The Nature of Chinese Society; 4, The Confucian Pattern; 5, Alien Rule & Dynastuc Cycles; 6, The Political Tradition; 7, The Western Impact; 8, The Revoltionary Process: Rebellion & Restoration 9, The Revolutionary Process: Reform & Revolution; 10, The Rise of the Kuomintang; 11, Authoritarianism & Liberalism under the Kuomintang; 12, The Nationalist Gov't & the Economy; 13, The Rise of the Communist… Read More