Search Results: Authors starting with S from grinninglion

Paperback. Good. Paperback book. Binding is strong, leaves are intact, and text block has no markings or highlighting. Sturdy, usable condition all around. Has light to moderate exterior wear. Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price.

Hardcover. Good. Hardcover book. Binding is strong, leaves are intact, and text block has no markings or highlighting. Sturdy, usable condition all around. Has light to moderate exterior wear. Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price.

Hardcover. Good. Hardcover book. Binding is strong, leaves are intact, and text block has no markings or highlighting. Sturdy, usable condition all around. Has light to moderate exterior wear. Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price.

Seibu Museum of Art, 1979. Paperback. Very Good. Softcover book, neither ex-library nor marked as a remainder. Binding is strong and all leaves are in place. Text is free of markings and highlighting; no dog-ears. Exterior has light wear. 77 plates from Schiele and 13 from Gustav Klimt, plus color plates. Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price.

La Bibliotheque de Arts, 1979. 1st Edition. Paperback. Like New. Softcover book in slipcase; uncut, which means you'll need a letter opener or the back edge of a knife to open the tops of the pages. Binding is strong and all leaves are in place. Text block is free of markings and highlighting; no dog-ears. Slipcase has light age-toning. 99 pp. Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price.

Little, Brown & Co, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Stated first edition, 1947. Hardcover book without dust jacket, neither ex-library nor marked as a remainder. Exterior has bumping, scuffing, sunning to spine, and some damp-staining. Binding is reasonably strong and all signatures are intact; a little cracking at half-title page. Text block is free of markings and highlighting; owner's name on endpaper. All leaves are intact; no dog-ears, but some pages have crease at top. Top edge stained tan. 324 page, no illustrations. <br /><br />Sachs went from Europe to Johannesburg to work at a mental hospital for black Africans, desiring to meet them as human beings. Fortune led him to a witch doctor--a nganga, a diviner and herbalist--who decided to learn Western medicine to top his nganga competitors. Sachs tells the story of the witch doctor in this warm and compelling volume. Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message… Read More

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1976. Paperback. Good. Softcover book, neither ex-library nor marked as a remainder. Binding is strong and all leaves are in place. Text is free of markings and highlighting; no dog-ears. Book has moderate handling wear. 108 pp., illustrated. Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price.

Halton & Truscott Smith, 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover book, neither ex-library nor marked as a remainder. Binding is strong and all leaves are in place. Text is free of markings and highlighting; no dog-ears. Exterior has light scuffing and chafing. Interior has age-toning. 11 pp. of text, 76 plates, and directory of institutions and publishers. Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price.

Harper & Row, 1985. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed on full title page by author. Hardcover book, neither ex-library nor marked as a remainder. Dust jacket is in plastic and has little wear. Binding is strong and all leaves are in place. Text block is free of markings and highlighting; no dog-ears or creased corners. 419 pp. with maps and photographs. Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price.

Pitman, 1979. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8x8x0. Hardcover book, neither ex-library nor marked as a remainder. Dust jacket is in plastic and has light wear. Binding is strong and all leaves are in place. Text is free of markings and highlighting; no dog-ears or creased corners. 96 pp. with photographs. Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price.

Hardcover. Good. Hardcover book. Binding is strong, leaves are intact, and text block has no markings or highlighting. Sturdy, usable condition all around. Has light to moderate exterior wear. Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price.

Louisiana State University Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover book, neither ex-library nor marked as a remainder. Dust jacket has light creasing and a repaired tear on front. Binding is strong and all signatures are intact. Text block is free of markings and highlighting; no dog-ears or creased corners. 390 pp. with some photographs. <br /><br />During the four years of the American Civil War, over 400,000 soldiers -- one in every seven who served in the Union and Confederate armies -- became prisoners of war. In northern and southern prisons alike, inmates suffered horrific treatment. Even healthy young soldiers often sickened and died within weeks of entering the stockades. In all, nearly 56,000 prisoners succumbed to overcrowding, exposure, poor sanitation, inadequate medical care, and starvation. Historians have generally blamed prison conditions and mortality rates on factors beyond the control of Union and Confederate command, but Charles W.… Read More

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover book, neither ex-library nor marked as a remainder. Binding is strong and all signatures are intact. A handful of pages have light penciled marginalia. All leaves are intact; no dog-ears or creased corners. Front endpaper has owner's name. Exterior has bumping around the edges and sunning to spine. Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price.

Paris: Les Editions du Jaguar, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 4to 11 - 13 tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Liime-green cloth boards with gilt-stamped lettering to cover and to spine. Housed in a simple, also Fine condition lime-green cloth slip-case, with gilt lettering to cover and spine and with a neatly affixed illustrated paper label to cover. Hundreds of gorgeous reproductions in both color and black-and-white, the photography being by Banri Namakawa. French language text. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 270 pp. Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price.

Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, 1982. Paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. Softcover book, neither ex-library nor marked as a remainder. Binding is strong and all leaves are in place. Text is free of markings and highlighting; no dog-ears. Exterior has light wear and a price sticker. Italian text covers design -- everything from cars to the pope's hat. 205 pp., illustrated. Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price.

Oxford University Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover book, neither ex-library nor marked as a remainder. Dust jacket has light shelf wear and a few scuffs on rear. Binding is strong and all signatures are intact. Text block is free of markings and highlighting; no dog-ears or creased corners. 280 pp. <br /><br />Identities and Social Change in Britain since 1940 examines how, between 1940 and 1970, British society was marked by the imprint of the academic social sciences in profound ways which have an enduring legacy on how we see ourselves. It focuses on how interview methods and sample surveys eclipsed literature and the community study as a means of understanding ordinary life. The book is the first to draw extensively on archived qualitative social science data from the 1930s to the 1960s, which it uses to offer a unique, personal, and challenging account of post-war social change in Britain. It also uses this data to conduct a new kind of… Read More

The Grolier Club, 2004. 1st Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Softcover, neither ex-library nor marked as a remainder. Binding is strong and all leaves are in place. Text is free of markings and highlighting; no dog-ears. Has little wear at all. 15 pp., illustrated. Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price.

Newport Harbor Art Museum, 1986. Paperback. Very Good. Softcover book, neither ex-library nor marked as a remainder. Binding is strong and all leaves are in place. Text is free of markings and highlighting; no dog-ears. Cover has light wear; small crease and spotting to upper corner. 201 pp. with 137 prints. Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price. Ships from USA.

Munchen Prestel, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 11x8x1. Hardcover book, neither ex-library nor marked as a remainder. Binding is strong and all leaves are in place. Text is free of markings and highlighting; no dog-ears. Dust jacket has light wear. 416 pp. with 595 illustrations, 176 in color. Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price.

Monde Publishers, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover book, neither ex-library nor marked as a remainder. Dust jacket has sunning to the spine, general aging, and light wear. Binding is strong and all signatures are intact. Text block is free of markings and highlighting; no dog-ears. 458 pp. Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price.